Writing books
Would you buy a book from the guy behind that table? I hope not. I wouldn’t, even if it were me. But it was me at a Half-Priced Books south of Indy back when my first novel Tripio had been published early spring 2019. Yuck.
I look at that photo now and see that I have come a long, long way. But that is such a boring thing to type. Yuck.
What I remember most about that day was my daughter spending the entire time with me. If not for her, I wouldn’t have spoken to or interacted with a single person. She was raised a book lover and browsed and shopped while I sat and stared.
Buying Books
I have a better memory of the two of us in Chicago at the Newberry book festival a couple years earlier. I bought a handful of used books, while I had to carry one of the two boxes of books she bought. When I said my daughter was a book lover, I was not kidding. I’m just happy to know that she loves her dad too.
Not Selling books
Copies of Tripio sold- 0. I have come to realize that bookstores are tough because I feel like you are competing with everyone’s all-time favorite authors.
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