Meet Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman is my rockstar, one of my gods.

Meeting him was amazing. Went to his signings in Melbourne; at the first was told pictures could no longer be taken due to time constraints, but he was nice and signed 3 things for me. Then the next day, his publicist recognised me after one of his talk & before his signing she took me to see him & get my stuff signed first & a picture taken.

I was embarassingly giddy, the man probably thought I was a moron. He did remember me 3 weeks after it though when I emailed to thank him so it’s could’ve been worse! :P

I thought I was going to go violently purple when I met him in Waterstones in London, but he was so charming and unassuming that the idea seemed ridiculous afterwards. I was next to last in the line, but he was really gracious, signed everything I presented (‘American Gods’, ‘The Dream Hunters’ and my old boot – which I still wear) and seemed very happy to chat. I’d loveloveLOVE to do this again!

Being read Stardust – my favourite modern fairytale for years – by Neil Gaiman was magical.
More about the evening with photos.

I didn’t have this on my list because honestly… I didn’t think that Neil Gaiman would ever pop up in Montana, but Saturdy 04.28.2007 my husband and I got to meet Neil after he gave a lecture in Helena. It was so awesome and completely worth standing in line for two and a half hours. :)
He signed a poster and Stardust for me and Preludes & Nocturnes for my husband. We also got pictures. :)

I’m personally not a rabid fan, but it was worth the long line because he doodled a wolf on my copy of Wolves in the Walls and that made my little sister very happy (although she says it looks more like a rat).

I met Neil at UCA earlier this week. He was quite fun. He read us poetry, a short story called “Orange” that won’t be published for another year (though I highly recommend it), and took some Q&A. We got to go up and have books signed, too. I took a picture of him being hugged by my ride (he looked decidedly uncomfortable with it, however). I probably shouldn’t have laughed at him for it, but I did, anyway.

It was great. I met him at his book signing at Forbidden Planet (Tottenham Court Road) and asked him if he preferred The Stooges or The Velvet Underground. He plumped for Cale & co. but also loves the Iggy. He was also a thoroughly nice bloke and accepterd my friend’s lime quite happily (read anansi boys). Just need Terry to sign my book now.

It was the most amazing experience of my life.. he was speaking at a Borders near my house, so of course I went. He spoke, and then he went to the upstairs level to sign. I waited two hours to get my books signed, and when it was finally my turn, i was so nervous that I could hardly speak. He was so nice and when I told him that it was my birthday, he smiled at me and gave me a cookie!!! Then he drew a moon in my illustrated copy of Stardust. When I got in the car afterwards, I was so happy that I cried…

I saw him on his last book tour for Anansi Boys. I got to see him at a B&N in NYC. He was a really cool guy and interesting to listen to. He showed us new versions of Good Omens that are coming out.

i’ve met him 3 times, and each time he’s been amazingly warm and lovely. even when it’s a busy book signing, he takes the time to say hi, and he signs whatever you have on you (he’s signed my travel journal as well as ‘good omens.’) overall, he’s a wonderful person. i can’t recommend meeting him enough.