Coming Events: Art-a-licious in Adrian, Friday, September 18th, 5:00pm
WLEN FM 103.9 interview to air Monday, September 23rd, at 6:15
Family at Booknook, will be available at Walden’s Books in Adrian, as well as: Lighthouse Coffee Shop in Milan, Clinton Inn, Nicolas Books, Ann Arbor and Amazon.
September, 16, 2009—Last night, when I spoke at Nicolas, It felt like a celebration. Old friends: three from Community Mental Health in Adrian, writing partners, neighbors, people I didn’t know but would like to know and a new friend. Swimming yesterday I discovered a potential friend in the locker room. She was dressed—I was in process. Sig is a recently retired nurse, a closet writer and was excited to come to Nicolas and hear about writing and publishing.
Besides selling books, I’d like to inspire people like Sig to develop their creative passions. (Sounds a bit grandiose) But as an aside: When I heard Jay Leno interviewed, he said he was not the best or the brightest but he worked the hardest. When he was working sixteen hours a day, the Tonight’s show was not doing so well. He upped it to eighteen hours and now, he is on at prime time. This resonated with me. I can’t work eighteen hours a day but I am working hard, and I’m having fun!
When Nicola introduced me, she indicated that she liked to spotlight local writers. I’d heard this and once I had Booknook in my hands, I went directly to Nicola’s. Doing the absolute wrong thing, I walked in unannounced. Nicola was scurrying about attending to several things at once. But, when I asked if she had a minute, she said of course. She led me over to a couch, sat and listened to my rambling pitch, agreed to look at the book and gave me some good advice. Her positive response set me on a journey to marketing. I am indebted to Nicola for her help.
Sam Adamopoulos, the young man who wrote the complementary article on the Clinton Inn event for the Adrian Telegram, was free lancing for the Heritage papers. Sam’s article will focus on self publishing, and my experience with it. It will be in several Heritage papers and the Ann Arbor Heritage magazine.
After the celebration Murray and I came home, where we relaxed with a peach martini. I say one because Murray had a sip and I enjoyed the rest. I’m still trying to duplicate Laurie’s Clinton Inn martini. I guess I have to ask her for the recipe.
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