Here’s to the jolly Blog Book Tour!
Lift up your glasses and cheer!
They say “Well begun
Is very near done”
And, sure enough, half-way is here!

So toss off a slug of rye whiskey,
Cream soda or vodka or beer.
Just lift up a toast
To every blog host.
The end of the book tour is near!

The Richmond Toastmasters of British Columbia are my hosts today. I’m posting about author’s readings as public speaking. (….I have to say it. No, really, I can’t stop myself. I’m trying, I’m really trying…. GHAAAAAAAHHHH!) Come join us, eh?

Tomorrow, Donna Fletcher Crow will be here to talk about the latest in her Monastery Murders series, A VERY PRIVATE GRAVE. As usual on Tuesday’s, I’ll be at Fatal Foodies with some nonsense about food and, as usual on the 14th of the month, I’ll be at Echelon Explorations, where I’ll answer the question on everyone’s lips, “Why Uncle Phineas?”

WRITING PROMPT: Have your main character maneuvered into a position of making a toast to somebody he/she doesn’t know.