Ups and Downs

First thing this morning I headed back to the book fair. It was a good time of chatting with friends old and new but only a few books sold/signed. Several folks mentioned that they were coming back for a book, but we'll see. . . .

In the middle of the day I checked to see whether the local Christian bookstore had ordered any books as they indicated that they would last week; however, they have not. That was disappointing.

Later my wonderful husband took me downtown to give a copy of the book to a local businessowner who specializes in African goods. Jeff had made a previous contact with the owner, and she had seemed interested. On this visit she was bemoaning the state of the economy, so she's probably not a good candidate for placing an order. But . . . no exposure is bad exposure, so we left a book and a contact number should the economy have a sudden upswing.

I came home to self-post a picture of Mumsi Meets a Lion on the Amazon.com website. (They still didn't have an image up.) I did this under my husband's login. Sneaky, huh? I just checked, and the image is up! Hopefully, someone will rate the book (positively) soon.

Tonight at a performance of the Gospel of Luke by actor Bruce Kuhn, Jeff told a lady at intermission about my new book and the upcoming book signing. She seemed very interested and wanted to come. After we gave her a postcard for the Open Book signing, she asked whether I would be interested in visiting a local school classroom to talk to the students as an author! (Of course, I said yes.) Word of mouth strikes again.