As my mini-tour looms in less than two weeks, I realized that I haven't been in "show mode" in almost four months. That was when I had the 3.5 week Blood Promise tour, a feat that I definitely needed time to recover from. But now it's time to get out my dresses and author smile again!

A lot of readers who come to see me (particularly my younger ones) tell me mine was the first signing they'd been to and that they didn't know what to expect. Based on that, I thought I'd walk you through what ha...