It’s Hard Out Here for a Publicist
And I don’t want to make fun of anyone who’s just trying to do their job and makes a small error, but just now I got a note from a publicist for this book about Darwin (which actually looks interesting, is written by a local author, and has maps and pleasant drawings of birds in it) that says: “Seattle author Lyanda Lynn Haupt has a reading on March 24th at Elliot Bay. Any chance Seattle Weekly may run coverage on Lyanda or the book in advance of the event? Thanks for your help!”
Funny. Although it’s not quite as funny as a letter I once got from a Sarabande Books publicist that said, “[Author] Brian Leung requested that I contact you regarding a reading he is doing on Sunday, June 5th and 3:00 p.m. I would really appreciate it if you would consider listing the event in NW Asian Weekly.” That letter is still hanging on my wall. It has faded with age.
the end of this post was originally "It has yellowed slightly," but Mudede pointed out that that sounded like a racial epithet. And this post is already a bit ungracious. So I edited.