Kindred spirit. I signed on to two book signings in two years and they were both bombs. #1 was at a motorcycle ralley in Sturgis, Mississippi, on a hot, windless day with no a/c, no fan, no water, and the proprietor thought it would be cool to put my chair and table in the picture window. 100 degrees doth not a kinde fellowe mayke. By the end of the day, I was telling people that I was signing up girls for a boxing match that evening. I sold two books and recruited one very large, aggressive woman (but no one wanted to fight her).

The other signing was in a small bookstore in Meridian. Proprietor made it a habit to bring her dogs (4!) to work. Sold 15 books on credit. I came back three months later and repossessed the ten remaining books, listened to a sob story about how she couldn't pay because the books just disappeared and the dogs were giving her a bad time and her landlord was kicking her out of her house. (Run, Jon, Run).

I agree with you on priorities, sorta mostly. One - write and rewrite. Two - cover art. Three - chase down your ARC readers and remind them about the review they promised and how nice it must be to have a family and how hard it must be to keep them safe. Four - eat and sleep. Five - go to Walmart. Six - seriously engage in productive marketing for that book you wrote three years ago. Seven - feed the dog.

Well, ya GOTTA feed the dog!

Jon Etheredge

Virginia:

I also have just put my latest Epic Fable 'Piercing the Elastic Limit' in the Kindle Library, a free download for those with the device.

We'll see what happens.

PS The heroine is named Ginny