Demorou, mas chegou mais uma edição do The Gift Day. Então se prepare porque temos muitas surpresas, muitos bate-papos e claro, sorteios!!!
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Diário de viagem de Jane Harvey-Berrick – Dias 12 e 13
DAY 12 – The Gift Day
The final post from our #brazilliant adventures with @thegiftboxbr on my Facebook page and Kindle Friends https://kkforever.com or in Portuguese at www.thegiftbox.blog.com
It’s an early start as authors and volunteers head over to the Gift Day event. Hundreds of readers from all over Brazil are already standing in line, and I just want to start! The adrenaline begins to flow and I can’t wait to meet everyone.
Stu and Gergo are on my table, lucky me, a thorn flanked by two roses.
We’re expecting hugs, and we’re not disappointed. There’s a special Brazilian hug, I think, that’s so tight it’s hard to breathe, but completely heart-felt.
Many readers bring chocolate (I must have mentioned my love of chocolate once or twice), and the lovely Leticia brings me a soft toy dog named Pip because I’d said I was missing her. That has me welling up.
Both Stu and Gergo are showered with gifts, and for Gergo especially, it’s a day full of wonderful moments and surprises as he experiences his first Brazilian book signing.
EXPLOSIVO sells out, but that’s because the printer didn’t send enough books. One of the headaches for the Gift Box team. Along the way, they’ve had cancelled venues, cancelled flights, and an Author who had to pull out just days before the event. They even worked until 4am the night before to iron out the final problems.
The day is long, with signing from 9am to 8pm with two breaks. It’s a test of stamina for volunteers and readers as well as authors. Our two translators Carol Sales and Carol Dias work tirelessly, and we even learn a few Portuguese words and phrases along the way.
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DAY 11 #brazilliant adventures
We’re back in Rio after seeing some amazing places as we travelled around Brazil, but now it’s serious business. Today we have lunch with the volunteer helpers for the Gift Day tomorrow, and spend the afternoon meeting bloggers and answering their questions.
Unpacking my case again, this time in Rio, my roomie, Martinha has traded me in for our friend Solange, but I upgrade with Carol Sales blogger from Beauty and the Beastly Books and Carol Vitali.
Then it’s back on the minibus [pic] and off to the blogger event. We find a pile of the new anthology to sign, Para Você. It has three stories, one written by me and Stu, one by the lovely Paola Scott, and one by Sofia Silva , an author from Lisbon.
It’s exciting to see the paperback of EXPLOSIVO, the Portuguese language version of my military romantic TICK TOCK.
The Brazilian bloggers are great, and in point, posting within seconds, which is awesome.
It’s hard to believe that the adventure is almost over. Tomorrow (Saturday) we have our Gift Day event, and then Monday, it’s back home to cold and rainy UK.
Look out for one final post from our #brazilliant adventures with @thegiftboxbr on my Facebook page and Kindle Friends https://kkforever.com or in Portuguese at www.thegiftbox.blog.com
DÉCIMO PRIMEIRO DIA
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