"Fairwil" -- the fourth and last book of the "Wilfair" series -- is still a ways off, but I've begun thinking about little ways of thanking readers, beyond the oh-so-important, I-love-it-love-it-love-it up-front shout-out.
So there's a bit near the middle of the book where our bespectacled 'n corduroy'd motelier Gomery Overbove starts listing places, for Reasons, and I thought it might be fun for him to list every city or state or country of a reader who has been by the blog or sent me a hello.
If you hang around here but don't see your city, province, state, or country, please drop me a line so I make sure it is in.
Honest, the longer he goes on with his list, the clappier I get, because the other people standing there are like "okay, okay, get to your point already!" Characters being lovably cranky with other characters = Alysia's Happy Place #39.
Also, if we've chatted and I somehow missed your locale, well, dang it. Apologies. Let me know, please.
Truth: Fair Finley actually says a few of the places, too, but Gomery is doing the main rattling-off. When Gomery is on a roll, I only want to encourage and further, never dissuade or halt.
Manhattan Beach
Ventura
San Francisco
East Bay
San Diego
Goleta
Sacramento
Humboldt County
The desert
Las Vegas
Arizona
Scottsdale
Oregon
Washington
Arkansas
Colorado
Texas
Oklahoma
Iowa
Timmer, North Dakota
Kentucky
Baltimore
D.C.
Georgia
North Carolina
New York
Melbourne
Alberta
London
Kerkrade
Sweden
