Didn’t sell a book.
Business has been so slow some mornings I don’t even set them out.
I did give a “Lollipop” to an illustrator/artist at the café with whom I’ve been chatting for several weeks once I learned he was from Cicero.
“Do I pay for this?” he said.
“It’s a gift,” I said.
I only mention this since it provides a platform to get to the interesting stuff. Which is…
In other news…
1.) I’ve settled into that article (See previous Adventure) about that homeless cartoonist. But impediments remain. I didn’t know him or his work, and I felt befittingly out of my depth on the evils of capitalism angle the editor felt compelling, as would anyone who’d received a C- in Economics IA. The editor sent me some representative comics, most of which I found uncompelling, and my efforts to interview the guy have been hampered by him being in a situation where email service is “sketchy,” and his voice mail is often unable to take new messages. But we spoke once briefly once, and he was friendly, and the editor has given me a September 1st deadline, which should focus my thinking.
2.) More importantly, my advance copy of “Messiahs…” arrived and looksgreat. I am proud and excited and… amused by the route it and I took to get here. I will receive the copies I ordered before the release date in October but am requested to not distribute them before then.
Meanwhile I have written promotional copy for Amazon. (“Perfect,” the publisher says.) I have notified the fellow who might review it of the release date. (He has not replied.) I notified the fellow who said he might interview me on his podcast. (Neither has he.) [And I’ve told the publisher that the documentary about the Air Pirates met its Kickstarter goal so it can begin filming, in case he wants to hurry along a 2nd edition. (He’s ignored me too.)]
But I’ve been in there pitching.
So many Bob Levins on the Internet; I'm the Bob Levin who writes.