Faith always experienced warm satisfaction when readers flocked to her with great enthusiasm, discussing her characters as if they were personal friends. The journey from thought process to paper to the reader’s mind was often a convoluted one and she took great pleasure in knowing the end product produced pleasure and satisfaction for people. Today people had stood in line for three hours just to have her sign one of her books and maybe exchange a few words with her. The Community Relations Manager had hustled to set up coffee and cookies to feed the inner person of the people waiting, comfort food to take the edge off the long wait. By the time the last person had left, Faith was sure her face would crack from smiling. In addition to the people who came in person, there were more than one hundred pre-solds she signed before the event actually began. Tonight she’d be soaking her hand in a large bowl of ice. But she was pleased. Very pleased. The people at the store were beyond gracious and made everything as smooth as possible.
