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ONLY ONE COPY OF (MY!) BOOK LEFT AT RAKESTRAW, sandra, tvgp

and so during my fieldtrip with my niece to downtown danville, we stopped in at rakestraw books

said "hi" to the book goddess and the owner, michael

collected a stack of my eat, write & exercise books that weren't selling out of their store

-they sold best out of ruby hill's gift store, when people could meet me (but let's be honest.. this did not result in growing online sales)

anyway..

i offered to take them all off his hands (not realizing he sent me an email in november asking me to do so)

and michael ("thank you!") offered to keep one in stock. "is that okay?" he says, "if we keep one?"

"i'd be honored."

so

had to smile on our way out the door.

technically.. if i have one reader here, and one in new zealand -i can honestly say, "i have an international audience!" -write.

and technically.. "i have only one book left on the shelf at rakestraw!"

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anyway..

my niece had a good time in the store. i could tell she felt very grown up, asking the staff for "AR" books. -and they were kind enough to pull up a list on their computer and let her look, and use the mouse, and navigate the computer on her own

we glanced briefly at a book about martin luther king jr., written by his niece
-and i could tell she liked the idea of a niece as an author

but it was a little advanced -so we mostly scanned the pictures

i just had to point out, that's why we could even be havin' so much fun on a monday when she should be in school -martin luther king jr. holiday


and we looked around a little more..

and she landed on this one:

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we walked around a little more.. enjoyed a burger & fries, and ice cream with extra, extra, hot fudge at the foster freeze



and i-spied a heart shape on the sidewalk -write at the corner of hartz and church street:


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there is no explaining my optimism really; except for the holy spirit

i just have it cemented in my mind, my heart, my spirit, my soul

1) not to give up
2) not to rearrange or change my writing to fit someone else's expectations, rules or regulations

3) not to worry about appealing to the masses, but rather.. continue searching until i find that -one write person

who gets me; exactly as i am. who gets my writing; exactly as it is.


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and i think often, of how blessed, how lucky.. how born to blog i am

because i am a very ecclectic writer. i really don't see any other platform that can provide a canvas open and flexible enough for the type, or amount, of writing i do

and so thank you exclusively and only to the blogosphere

i write on

~knowing

something magical is going on here.

and here.

posted by she @ 8:21 AM