Avilla Freedom Festival Author After-Action Report

[ozma914]

I thought this title was nicely official sounding and also just alliterative enough.

Anyway, the longest book signing in history, featuring two somewhat introverted people who are a bit averse to crowds and noise going to a festival, is over. By now you've all seen a photo of either me or Emily at the display table, which Emily laid out after

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[cornerofmadness]

How did it go overall

[ozma914]

Well, that blog pretty much said it all! Honestly, I still haven't calculated the exact number of books we sent out--about fifteen on the third day, I think, but only one the first day and three the second. Direct sales by themselves weren't worth the time we spent, but the promotion got our names out there, and we gave out a bunch of business cards and bookmarks. (And had one new person sign up for the newsletter.) So we made a lot of eye to eye contacts, and we'll see if that pays benefits in the long run.

I've had a horrible lower back pain ever since, though.

[cornerofmadness]

ugh to the back

yeah the sales just never seem to be worth the bother in my case either