I learned a very wonderful lesson this weekend. I had my very first book signing at Incline Village, Nevada. Incline Village is a ski resort at Lake Tahoe. My illustrator lives nearby so she and I organized a book signing at the local library. We sent out fliers to 20 churches and posted events in the newspaper, but we didn't get any turnout. It really was a lovely day and I think that the slopes had stronger appeal than my little book. I watched the clock tick by and no one coming in and my spirits started to drop. But I really didn't want to be discouraged. I kept telling myself that it was a good run-through for the next event. Yep, that's right. It's just practice. It's not so bad. Got to make the trip to Lake Tahoe, visit with my illustrator, it was good. So I packed up the cute bookmarks that I made with little jewels glued to them, donated the cookies to the library, boxed up the books and was ready to go. My illustrator and I lingered and talked and I kept thinking that I should just leave so I don't get depressed, when in walked a woman looking for the signing. She was a friend of my illustrator and a book reviewer for eleven newspapers! She was intrigued with my children's book, loved the size, the length, the internal layout, all without even reading it yet. She said she would be happy to review it for me and asked me to send her the the entire unpublished series.
Suddenly I wasn't so depressed! Suddenly I was pretty happy! I hadn't let my attitude get to me and force me to leave without meeting this wonderful contact. So my point is, stay positive, even when the situation looks dismal. Stay positive. It takes work, but you just never know who will walk in!
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