Yesterday I had a book signing downtown at a craft show. Sometimes books sell at craft shows, and sometimes people are looking for other things. I was set up at a table with my sister who makes the most adorable stuffed dragons, wolves, and yarn puff balls with googlie eyes.. The Marketplace at the Stride Center in Enid has a craft show about 4 or 5 times a year and it was a hoppin’ place! Creative people as far as the eye could see.

When I got there I found we had a nice table up front. Directly across from us sat a fiber artist who had made the most beautiful crocheted stuffed animals from chenille thread. But they were different from my sister’s and we both had plenty of customers. Inside the main room were baked goods, jelly, lemonade, jewelry, more stuffed animals, and tons of other things. In another part of the huge building a dance competition was ongoing and lots of kids in costume came through between their competitions. Two little girls loved the dragons and especially the one my sister was still working on. They came back several times to see if it was finished. They bought 2 by the end of the day.

Novels were an anomaly. But I sold several. Readers are everywhere and it didn’t hurt that I was the only novelist in the place. I saw several old friends.

They have a Christmas craft show that I should attend. I paid for my table rent and made a little money. But more importantly, I spent the day with my sister and old friends. Today, I straighten out the mess I drug home with me. But that is Another Story another Time.

What are you reading/writing/creating this week?