Author: Emilio

St. Louis Book Signing

So what is the verdict on the cookies? I think they’re a good idea. The cookies cost me $3. It gave me an excuse to invite people over. That’s a small investment to get people to stop and talk. I’ll include them on my remaining stops.

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May Promotional Events

I have several promotional events scheduled for May including book signings in St. Louis and Naples, Florida and a TV inteview on May 30. For details check out 35milesfromshore.com or

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Review of The Mistress’s Daughter

This is one of those stories that began as an article and was then expanded into book length form. It came across to me as being padded and it’s not that long of a book. There are no chapter breaks. The book is basically broken into two parts: the first part covers the time of the author first learning that her biological mother is looking for her to her mother’s death; the second part of the book deals with the author’s genealogy search for more information about her past.

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Best selling author (not): My experience with my first book signing

Like most two story Borders the upstairs was dedicated mostly to music, which meant that there wasn’t much in the way of traffic. In fact, there was hardly any traffic. The setup upstairs was perfect for a lecture type presentation. It was quiet and there was lots of room. But I was doing a meet and greet type of book signing. So I grabbed a bunch of bookmarks and headed downstairs. My first plan was to hand out bookmarks to every person who walked into the store. But then I realized that I’d run out of bookmarks in ten minutes. So I changed my criteria. I would only hand out bookmarks to people who stopped by the display to check out my book.

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Chicago Book Signing

I’ll be at the Borders in Schaumberg, Illinois from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm to promote my book 35 Miles From Shore. For maps and additional information about this stop just click on any of the links below.

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