The Writer's Life 7/6 - Victory!

Some days good things happen in bunches. I set up shop knowing people would be hurrying back to their AC's or backyard swimming pools to beat the heat, although it wasn't nearly as hot today as yesterday. I hadn't seen Morty, a retired salesman closing in on 80, in six weeks. He recently "graduated" from a program of radiation treatments on a growth in his jaw. Although he said he was still feeling a little shaky, he was his usual positive self. Welcome back, sir.

A while later a heavy set gentleman who visits about once a month overpaid for two paperbacks, a nice surprise I figured would be my only sale of the day - and I was almost right. As I was about to pack up, a young woman, who two weeks ago said she would return, finally got around to it. She debated whether to purchase A Hitch in Twilight or January Valentine's Love Dreams. January, who went by Victoria until she self-published the romance novel through her own Water Forest Press, sent me two copies about a month ago. She has published two of my novels: Adjustments & Killing, and twelve of my short stories in her magazines and anthologies. I was happy to try to sell her book. I feel I owe her. I was thrilled the young woman chose LD. I just sent January a payment through paypal. I can't wait to see her reaction.

Thanks, folks.

As I was taking care of that customer, Laura, one of my biggest fans, happened by with a handsome boy of about ten, who I assumed was her brother. It was her son, John. I was stunned. I'd assumed she was 20, as she is attending college. She explained to him who I was, as if I were someone important. I was touched.

As if all that wasn't enough, I just finished a phone interview with Eli Rosenberg, who works for the Brooklyn weekly newspapers (Bay News, Brooklyn Courier, etc.). Looks like I will be featured in an article, possibly as soon as this week. He's going to send a photographer to Bay Parkway Sunday. I'll believe it when I see it. I would have asked to be photographed tomorrow, but the temperature is forecast to be 100. The global warming alarmists have a lot of ammunition these days. I still say it's just as likely caused by solar activity as carbon emissions. Then again, what do I know?

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