Monday Morning Musings

Posted on September 23, 2013 under Monday Morning Musings with one comment

I spent a pleasant morning at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday shamelessly promoting our big fundraiser coming up this  Thursday, Sept.26th. at 7:00 p.m. at the Schwartz Auditorium. I certainly don’t want to create pandemonium by suggesting that we are going to have a sell out , causing you to make a mad dash for tickets. However, in terms of planning for coffee and tea at the intermission, it would be great if we had a good handle on numbers so please try and buy your tickets in advance. In addition to strong advance ticket sales, we have already received one anonymous donation of $1000 from someone who can’t make it to the show but who wanted to support the cause. Phil and I are both getting very excited about the event. Terrified would be another word to describe our feelings.

I was delivering ticket proceeds to the treasurer of St. Vincent de Paul last week. He lives on Chestnut Street. Well, one thing led to another and he told me this story about when he first arrived on the street. At that time, despite the name, there were no chestnut trees on Chestnut Street. So he and his wife took matters into their own hands. If you go there today you will see several chestnut trees adorning their property and those around them. I decided to write a story about this which is titled : A Family Tree. Coming soon.

In addition to my editorial team ( makes me sound important…don’t be fooled ) and the web designing wizardry of Crispin Cornect  ( new website coming soon ), I have added a consultant from Ontario to my growing list of advisors. We are collectively trying to nail down the final pieces to get my book ready for printing in late October. There’s a lot more to this than meets the eye. As it turns out, writing the stories is the easy part. We are going to try and market the book beyond the borders of Antigonish and to do this we need to use every weapon in the arsenal. We will do all of the traditional stuff by having a launch and selling hard copies but we want to be able to sell the book anywhere. To do this we need to use social media and all that that entails. If you are curious about the title, go to my website and check out the tab “My First Book.”

Have a great week and hope to see you at the big event on Thursday.

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