People who need my book are getting it.

Yesterday a woman whose daughter was drug 500 feet by a horse last June called me. She said her daughter’s teacher gave a copy of my book to her and her husband, and they could identify with emotions my parents felt. She does not know where the teacher got the book, and I guess it doesn’t matter; somehow it’s getting to the people who need it most. The woman said she wanted to hear me; I think she just wanted reassurance that there is a possibility that her daughter could make a full recovery, like I have. I think she wanted to hear that I don’t slur my words and can speak with a semblance of intelligence. She wanted to know that there is hope for her daughter. Her daughter’s only six years old, and she’s doing so well already, not even a full year after her accident.

Yesterday after work I stopped by College Hill Coffee Company & Casual Gourmet and put price tags on copies of my book for sale there. My Lost Summer is the March Book of the Month. I asked if the previous Book of the Month had sold much. The manager told me that only a few copies sold, but that was a book of comic strips by a non-local author. I’m hoping mine will do better since I will be signing there on the 21st.

Drake Rehabilitation Center has sold out. I need to get more copies over there.

As a follow-up to my previous post, we’re back from Puerto Rico. All the license plates there read “Isla del Encanto,” Land of Enchantment. Well, if the traffic ran a little thinner, that saying would ring true. But with the thick traffic and the loco drivers, I remained to be enchanted though the beaches and the rainforest were gorgeous.

On our first flight, Cinci to Philly, I did ask the stewardess to read the “We are lucky enough to have on flight with us today author…” She wasn’t keen on doing this, so I didn’t ask stewards on other flights. I do think I made one sale though. The woman didn’t have cash on her so I gave her a card where she could order online.