Then the signing began. I had my list of questions from yesterday’s thread, but resolved to only ask during my time in line, and shout out others as opportunity allowed. Permit me to digress and ask opinion: at the signings, I am always unsure about what is courteous/allowable protocol. More people than not seem to wait and line up and say nothing at all to him (though of the four signings I’ve been to, this was the most with people asking to have pictures taken with him), and so I figure, “Hey, if they’re not going to ask something, I will!”
However, I can never really tell if this annoys RJ or not, and some of his answers were fairly curt. I couldn’t tell if it was because I was being rude (or he thought I was) or that he simply didn’t want to answer the question. The question about his time at The Citadel was mine—meaning I asked on behalf of a poster here—was answered with what I took as “Shut the hell up!” shortness. If anyone can offer thoughts as to what they think is acceptable at such events, I would be most courteous.
Also, I happened to run into an old friend whom I had not seen for two years or more at the signing. So, despite my choice seat (front row after getting books signed) and list of questions, both my uncertainty of what was acceptable re: number of questions and the presence of my old friend made it impossible to ask all I wanted, and to hear everything asked by fans.
However, I was able to glean a few things by either direct question or hearing it:
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