Sold no books. But did gain a “Pirates and the Mouse.”
When it was published, I seem to have given an unsigned copy to my optometrist to put in a bookcase where she displayed books by her patients. Susan Griffin. Scoop Nisker. Robert Reich. A couple years ago, she sold her practice to another optometrist, and when I went in the other day to pick up a pair of prescription reading glasses, I saw a stack of books on a counter. I don’t if they were to be re-displayed, discarded, or available for adoption, but I asked for mine. The sales clerk said “Sure.” If there is a new display, I will bring one or two others to replace it.
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At lunch a friend said he had read a couple more pieces in “Messiahs.” Jaxon and Kurtzman. “You are such a good writer,” he said. “You do so much research. But, seriously, Bob, comic books?”
See what I am up against.
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A veritable tsunami of media attention is sweeping me along:
A woman, who is writing up “Messiahs” as part of a feature on recent-books-by-local-authors for a Berkeley on-line daily, interviewed me by phone. Each book has been allotted 300 words, and she seems to have read none of mine. (She had read the introduction and was impressed.) I gave her some good stuff and am confident I will pull my weight.
The fellows with whom I will be zooming in two weeks for their podcast/You Tube video sent me some preliminary questions. I have honed my anecdotes and can handle them all;
An author of paperback originals about B-movie stars, true crimes, and Christian discipline erotica, with whom I connected on-line over our mutual interest in Peggy Manley (See: “Cheesesteak.” p.33 et seq.) has told me she will be giving “Most Outrageous” “one of the best reviews ever” at Amazon, Instagram, and You Tube.
Happy Thanksgiving.
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