LANDFALL BOOK TOUR WITH AUTHOR ELLEN URBANI

via facebook.com

Write A Book, Do A Book Tour, Then What?

Ten years ago Hurricane Katrina blasted the Gulf States along the Redneck Riviera. How bad was it?

Driving from Louisiana to Florida on Interstate 10, I was surprised how far back the houses started.

Except they didn’t always start far back. Foundations remained from big places that once stood before Katrina’s landfall.

Motels were designed for wind and surf to pass through. At least the places that survived the storm had that. No big walls to fall over.

Ms Urbani’s novel is set in a world of bad weather, and she re-visited some of the places still devastated. You can still take devastation tours.

Saturday, August 29th, or tomorrow as we say around here, she brings her show to Powell’s in Portland.

Will you be there? You should.

From Ellen on facebook:

“I just got back into town from the Southern leg of the national tour, and can’t wait to celebrate LANDFALL’s release with all of you. See you at 4pm tomorrow — and be sure to plan to join us around the corner at Cassidy’s for the afterparty, too!”

This has all the fixings for a uniquely Portland event with Cheryl Strayed introducing Ellen. Yes, that Cheryl Strayed.

via Laura Stanfill

When I heard Ellen Urbani speak at a Willamette Writers meeting I knew something different was going on. Now this. The lady knows how to work the room and the road. She’s been out, now she’s back. Some of her travels made it to her facebook page. Great stuff by itself.

Have you seen someone, or heard them, and wondered if that’s who they are, or is it just a public mask?