Wednesday, November 15, 2006

INTERVIEW IN RIVERSIDE PRESS ENTERPRISE NEWSPAPER

Over and over I've heard we attend book signings not to sell books but to get our names "out there." There may be some truth to that.

I signed and sold one book in October at the North San Diego County Book Faire in Escondido, CA. That's about 80 miles from where I live. The woman who provided publicity sent something to my local newspaper, and they did a nice article from it. There were twenty-five authors at the signing, but I don't think we had more than six outsiders come in. I would have felt the day a bust except I got hugs and greetings from five women I'd been with in a women writers/artists/composers group in that area which had disbanded due to traffic and lack of interest. I may never see them again.

Imagine my shock when I received a call this week from a stringer with the above paper. Apparently the article about me reading from "Marathon Madness" arrived AFTER the event. But that was enough to spur her interest. This is the major newspaper in the county next to mine.

I don't think I was a great interview, but there'll be an article about me sometime next week.

If I don't post again, have a blessedly happy Thanksgiving,

Dee Ann
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