Tyra Show and Book Drama

This post is designed to increase the tension leading up to our trip to NY and prolong the posts associated with the Tyra Show appearance*

So, my publisher was supposed to send me a pre-production copy of the book so I could give it the final ‘thumbs up’ this past Monday. That meant I would the book in plenty of time for the taping of the show on Wednesday.  The show wanted me to bring the book—so I started to count down the hours to getting the mail on Monday.  That day the mail was delivered but the book wasn’t, although it was confirmed to be in my post office that morning. My confidence in a federal government controlled health care plan sunk to new lows. I called the post office that day trying to track down my book. They couldn’t locate it in the post office or on my truck—maybe I just needed to give it one more day.

Nervously Tuesday came but the book didn’t. This time the post office asked me to check with my printer to see which address they mailed to book out to. Apparently the printer thought it would be fun to send my book out to a made up address in my zip code thus assuring that it would be sent back to them. The book did reach my post office on Monday and on Tuesday I found out it was shipped back to where it came. It wasn’t the governments fault after all.

After hours of tense conversations with the publisher I discovered that the book wouldn’t be making its way to my house or to the NY studio where the Tyra Show was taped in time for my appearance.

With my tail between my legs I let the Tyra Show producer know. They told me, “Don’t worry about it, we’ll just use a jpeg of the cover instead.” Crisis avoided. This brings us up to Wednesday morning and when Jodi and I made our trip to NY.