The WELL: inkwell.vue.136: Adam Gertsacov and Donna Atwood: Rhode Island A to Z

#228: Shambolic post-it notes on the wall of my daily life (tinymonster) Mon 13 Jan 03 06:39

Mon, 13 Jan 2003 06:39:00 PST

Very cool! I look forward to reading the interview. [Read entire topic]

#227: It's all done with mirrors... (kafclown) Fri 10 Jan 03 18:38

Fri, 10 Jan 2003 18:38:00 PST

The run in NYC is over, and now I'm gearing up for my run in Toronto Jan 23-26 at the Artword Theatre

<http://www.artword.net>

Also, Somebody in Baltimore contacted me about doing an interview, which just appeared as part of an email newsletter.

I put the interview up on the Internet

<http://www.trainedfleas.com/press/fluid.html>

The guy who is producing the show in Toronto is doing a great job. It looks like I'll be doing a couple of radio programs, as well as newspaper interviews, and maybe a television talk show! [Read entire topic]

#226: Gail Williams (gail) Mon 21 Oct 02 13:55

Mon, 21 Oct 2002 13:55:00 PDT

Go, Adam. [Read entire topic]

#225: It's all done with mirrors... (kafclown) Mon 21 Oct 02 11:43

Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:43:00 PDT

I've started calling stores to see if they need books for the holidays.

Today I sold 132 books! And the day's not over yet!

It's a nice affirmation! [Read entire topic]

#224: It's all done with mirrors... (kafclown) Tue 15 Oct 02 20:00

Tue, 15 Oct 2002 20:00:00 PDT

Thanks. Things are going well. The box office has been less than I had hoped, but hopefully, these articles will make the difference... [Read entire topic]

#223: Richard Evans (rje) Tue 15 Oct 02 16:45

Tue, 15 Oct 2002 16:45:00 PDT

Congrats <kafclown>- it sounds like the performance run is going more than well. [Read entire topic]

#222: It's all done with mirrors... (kafclown) Sun 13 Oct 02 19:40

Sun, 13 Oct 2002 19:40:00 PDT

Some flea circus articles have come out recently (about my run in NYC)

AP article (on yahoo) <http://shorterlink.com/?LN2L30>

NY Post article: <http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/49180.htm>

The Post article actually ran most of a page, and had two big photos! [Read entire topic]

#221: It's all done with mirrors... (kafclown) Thu 3 Oct 02 13:11

Thu, 03 Oct 2002 13:11:00 PDT

Sure I do! Sometimes doing it is hard and boring.

In order to mail the 300 letters to teachers, I had to:

Print the envelopes. Print the labels. Design/write the 2 pages and the half page order form, Have 300 of them photocopied. Collate and fold the color sellsheet, the 2 pages, and stick in the half page order form. Stuff the envelopes (and lick them-- ewww!) Stick the labels on. Buy the stamps, and then stamp them. Bring them to the post office.

Now I'm fielding the phone calls from them. (Hey, people are calling!)

And next week I'll start re-calling our retail clients, reminding them it's time to place holiday orders.

It's work that needs to be done, and I'm hopefully selling books! (and maybe some school programs in the process!)

Despite my best efforts, being an author/publisher is not all fancy parties and newspaper articles! And it's superfun to check the Providence Public Library and find out that people have taken the book out of the library! Or have a teacher tell me that they used the book in the classroom and it's really great!

To quote Humpty-- "There's glory for you!" [Read entire topic]

#220: Cynthia Dyer-Bennet (cdb) Thu 3 Oct 02 09:58

Thu, 03 Oct 2002 09:58:00 PDT

Congrats on the book sales, Adam. It seems like promoting it is practically a full-time job. Do you ever get tired of it? [Read entire topic]

#219: It's all done with mirrors... (kafclown) Wed 2 Oct 02 14:36

Wed, 02 Oct 2002 14:36:00 PDT

And while I was doing stuff, I sold another dozen books to a new store (in Seekonk, MA!) and also updated the web page to include info on author visits/school programs.

<http://www.riatoz.com/authorvisits.html> [Read entire topic]