You wouldn’t think just sitting for two days would be exhausting, but it can be. It can also be exhilarating fun. I recently spent two days at the Fall Festival on the Courthouse Square in Prescott selling and signing our books. I have to give a shout out to the organizers of the event from PWP: You did an amazing job!! I got to meet some of the most interesting folks who stopped in to look at what the Professional Writers of Prescott’s booth had to offer from the dozen plus authors who participated. I also got to know authors on a different level and discovered some interesting things that surprised me... We would give our best informational pitch on the books we wrote, and then were often fortunate to chat and get acquainted with those potential buyers from all over the country as well as those from Prescott. But what surprised me the most was that as we writers sat adjacent to each other, we all would often make comments to potential buyers about the other’s books. We read each other’s works and could easily recommend a book as an outstanding read.
Why did it surprise me? Because we were in direct competition for the browsing folks’ dollars. Most people will only buy one book, and yet we would be literally praising competitors and hawking their goods for them. That told me a lot about my fellow writers. What an amazing bunch of people they are. I hope if you are a writer, you can find a group like this to join and enjoy the benefits as well as the fellowship it offers. I also hope you will support the local authors in your community, whether they are New York Times Bestsellers or not, because I suspect you will be pleasantly surprised at what you find to read.
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