Atypical relation

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I feel some admiration and a lot of affection for a writer with whom I exchange e-mails. I have the opportunity to meet her in some weeks because she'll sign her books in Paris. But she knows that I live far away, and if I come, she will know that I shall have prepared a whole journey just to see her. I probably already look rather odd for her, I made her confidences about my story and AS. I admitted to her as well that I often listened to her calm sweet voice on her videos to calm down, and it was OK for her ; but I'm always afraid of frightening her, of making something bad. I don't know how she'll manage the fact that I come or that I suggest coming. And I don't know what I shall do when I'll be there, in front of her...

Maybe email her and say you're thinking of attending the book signing and ask her if she minds?

I doubt she'll have a problem and this way, you give her some notice too (if you think you won't know what to say, imagine what it'd be like for her if you suddenly surprise her by turning up out of the blue).

I think you should maybe wait until another book signing and in the meanwhile get to know her a little more by writing. She might have been trying to be nice when she said everything was okay; writers want fans after all. Good luck and best wishes.

Thank you for your answers ! We write to each other since more than a year, yet.
That's right, the "suprise effect" probably wouldn't have been great. I just told her yesterday that I was thinking about going to Paris again and so going to see her and asked her how she felt about that. She hasn't answered yet, anxious waiting...