Woo-hoo, Yoo-hoo and Pixy Stix! My Milford, PA, book-signing was loads of fun, with visits from family, friends and local folk and 36 books off the shelves. The Yoo-hoo was flowing and the Pixy Stix went like hotcakes. I got a contact hypoglycemic buzz.
Just as gratifying was learning that Mill Run Booksellers owner, Barbara Buchanan, loves Across the River. She admitted that she isn't always enamored of the books she's hosting, but she picked up mine and couldn't put it down. And she's not even a third cousin once removed!
One thing you always hear at writing conferences is how important it is to establish a relationship with booksellers. It certainly helps if they like the book! But the store staff also noticed my posters around town--it was a last-minute gig but I managed to get 20 announcements up in public areas and four press releases placed (almost word for word) in local papers and online news sites. Barbara appreciated that too.
I left five books in the store and stuck a Pixy Stix in each. Wish I could package one with every book with the warning: Don't eat until you finish Chapter 15!
Speaking of indulgence. One month from today, at my Edgewater, NJ, signing On August 14, I will be reuniting with grammar-school classmates that I haven't seen (and who haven't seen me) in 40 years. Should I have had that celebratory sundae on Saturday night?
