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A Mystery Fan Gets a Surprise Visit from Cheryl Kaye Tardif
Friday, October 06, 2006  8:30:00 PM

by Cheryl Kaye Tardif


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Surprising a Fan is So Rewarding! Every author should do this at least once a year. There is nothing more exciting than plotting a surprise visit and seeing the look of shock in a fan's face when they realize you are there just for them. I love it!




Ok, I'm back from high school--a Catholic high school to be exact. Not because I'm a student or a geek, but because I got to surprise a fan today. And you should have seen her reaction!

Alora had been emailing me the last month. She told me she enjoyed two of my novels and was so genuinely excited for me with my news (new publisher, TV series, etc). She even went so far as to convince her family and friends to order Divine Intervention and The River from Amazon.com to help persuade my new publisher to take my other two books! lol

Now that's a fan!

So after sneakily getting the name of her school, I plotted my surprise. I contacted the school and arranged a visit this afternoon. I loaded up a bag with goodies for Alora, her teacher and the class. I waited in the classroom, wondering if she'd recognize me...

 

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Author Cheryl Kaye Tardif in the Edmonton Journal - 1/8/2008 7:33:00 PM

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Express Yourself...Authors' Conference in Pennsylvania - 9/27/2007 9:02:00 PM

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Lunch with Canadian Idol Eva Avila - 9/24/2007 11:00:00 PM

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Introducing Cheryl's Re-Vamped Website and New Frequently Asked Questions - 9/16/2007 3:17:00 PM

More 5 star reviews for Whale Song - 9/13/2007 4:24:00 PM

Last day of Cheryl Kaye Tardif's VBT: chapter 2 of Children of the Fog - 8/31/2007 9:27:00 AM

Day 30 of Cheryl's VBT: contest and racial acceptance - 8/30/2007 10:53:00 AM

Day 29 of virtual book tour: a peek at Children of the Fog - 8/29/2007 10:36:00 AM

Day 28 of VBT: chapter 3 of Whale Song by Cheryl Kaye Tardif - 8/28/2007 10:12:00 AM

Day 27: author Cheryl Kaye Tardif gives advice on book signings - 8/27/2007 9:26:00 AM

Day 26 of book tour: Cheryl Kaye Tardif is interviewed on Families.com - 8/26/2007 9:09:00 AM

Day 25 of virtual book tour: Picture Perfect by Cheryl Kaye Tardif - 8/25/2007 7:55:00 AM

Day 24 of VBT: A review of Whale Song & chapter 3 of The River - 8/24/2007 7:24:00 AM

Day 23 of VBT: author Cheryl Kaye Tardif answers questions on writing - 8/23/2007 11:27:00 AM

Day 22 of VBT: Whale Song inspires Global 'Warming' - 8/22/2007 11:14:00 AM

Top 100 Amazon Reviewer reviews The River by Cheryl Kaye Tardif - 8/21/2007 2:45:00 PM

Day 21 of virtual book tour: Whale Song reviewed at Raspberry Latte - 8/21/2007 2:15:00 PM

Day 19: Read the final excerpt of Divine Intervention - 8/19/2007 9:35:00 AM

Day 18 of Cheryl Kaye Tardif's virtual book tour: The River and coincidence - 8/18/2007 10:50:00 AM

Day 17 of VBT: Author Cheryl Kaye Tardif shares some trivia - 8/17/2007 9:54:00 AM

Day 16 of Cheryl's virtual book tour: Chapter 2 of Divine Intervention - 8/16/2007 10:41:00 AM

Day 15 of virtual book tour: Cheryl talks about assisted suicide - 8/15/2007 1:05:00 PM

Day 14 of Cheryl Kaye Tardif's book tour: Read an excerpt from THE RIVER - 8/14/2007 9:11:00 AM

Day 13 of her virtual book tour: Cheryl talks about Whale Song and a movie - 8/13/2007 8:39:00 AM

Whale Song - An Amazon.com Bestseller - 8/12/2007 1:26:00 PM

Day 12: Cheryl visits Grow Mercy and discusses how murder touched her life - 8/12/2007 10:59:00 AM

Day 11: Cheryl Kaye Tardif dicusses Virtual Book Tours on LesTout.com - 8/11/2007 9:22:00 AM

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Radio & TV Appearances for author Cheryl Kaye Tardif - 5/31/2007 8:06:00 PM

My new Amazon Short A Grave Error is now available! - 5/30/2007 1:44:00 PM

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