The title of my blog should have been Misadventures of a first time author.... The thing about first time anything is that you don't know what you should do or what questions you need to ask to figure out what you don't know. All this is very difficult to do on its own, but it gets incrementally more difficult when people who are in the know only gives you one bit of information at a time. Not out of maliciousness, but out of sheer indifference. So, at the end of the day, you have to go back over and over to get all the information. Yuk!



So, here it is. If there's anyone out there who is reading this, here's what you need to do before you think about setting up a book reading/book signing event at a library. I'm told that very few people will attend a book readin/book signing of an unknown or a first time author (even at a big library, supposedly only three or so will show up). So, you really want to get a book club to "sponsor" you. The most important librarian an author needs to talk to is the librarian in charge of book clubs. Most often, you need to send a review copy for the librarian to read before she makes her decision. After four visits, I was finally told this (after having talked to four different librarians). So, after having filled out event application with all the paperwork requested, I'm back to square one. Still need to convince the book club librarian to even request a review copy from me. Wish me luck.