GLORY...THE HAIR LATEST

EXPERIENCE THE GLORY TOUR launched this month in Chicago. We were located downtown in the Chicago Loop. I must say we were very well received and I appreciate Chicago for all the love. Glory...the Hair was on display at the 30th Anniversary of Chicago Tribune's Printer's Row Lit Fest. About 125,000 people were downtown on June 7 and 8. The weather cooperated nicely. It is an excellent family event with pavilions and speakers and dozens of other authors that I did not get a chance to see like Walter Dean Mosley and James Patterson. Andrew Zimmerman was also there. I was too busy trying to sell books and dodging wind shifts from time to time. I really need to hear their best selling tips if a sister is ever to quit her day job. No seriously, I love education. Check out my website at www.glorythehair.com for more pictures or go to http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/printersrowlitfest/ Competition was stiff with some big book stores like Pennyworth Books (http://www.pennyworthbooks.net) selling books for as low as $3 from what I could see. They had at least 3 tents there maybe more. Festival goers were gobbling up books like a famine was coming. It was truly a sight to see. One of their tents was right near us. So, we could not sell books for the regular price, but then we never do when going to festivals. It is all about exposure. Also, the Chicago Tribune columnists were very popular. Our table was located strategically by the Trib Nation tent that had plenty of programming and lots of overflow crowds. I love the way God gives us favor with festival presenters and they always try to place us in high traffic areas. For the first time, I ran into one of those sought after New York literary agents. Well, I have seen and met them before but I was glad to have someone come to me. He provided a few tips but didn't offer representation. He didn't buy a book either. I would have given him one if he had asked just so I could have the feedback. I do this for agents because it's about landing a book contract. We drove to Chicago this year so we didn't get a chance to see a lot of the scenery. We will have to fly back without selling books to soak up the sights, food, and shopping. We did try the world famous Giordano's pizza (http://giordanos.com). They will ship it to you. It's worth it I suppose. It is a stuffed pizza. I'm looking for the meat and it's inside the pizza. It was good. We had the chicken sausage with mushrooms and olives. I know you can't go to Chicago without trying the pizza. Anyway, I think that was a successful stop for the first stop on the tour. Stay tuned to this blog with other locations. I apologize that I don't just list all city sites on my blog or website. That is for competitive reasons only. In the meantime, it's all Glory...all the time.

EXPERIENCE THE GLORY TOUR KICKS OFF IN CHICAGO

GLORY IN THE WINDY CITY Glory…The Hair MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE—Author Sandra Hamer kicks off her EXPERIENCE THE GLORY TOUR in the windy city of Chicago, Illinois at this year’s 30th Printer’s Row Lit Fest June 7 and 8th, 2014. The Printer’s Row Lit Fest is sponsored by the Chicago Tribune and located in the Loop. Founded in 1985, the Lit Fest attracts tens of thousands of people each year. One of the characters in Glory…the Hair is interviewing for a job in Chicago at a local TV station. Read the book to get the inside scoop. Glory…The Hair tells the story of Jennifer Williams and Troy Smith. When Jennifer’s hairdresser, Sheila Kennedy, takes a bit too much off Jennifer’s mane, Jennifer is furious. She decides to sue her stylist! As the plot unfolds, the reader learns about Jennifer and Sheila’s love lives, their spirituality, their pasts, presents, and futures. The two women discover that men are partially at fault for women’s hair issues. Men love hair, yet the vast majority of them have no more than a couple of inches on their heads. Instead, their obsession forces women to grow and maintain long, flowing tresses; spending unbelievable amounts of money and even more time on their hair. However, in addition to men, the book blames hairdressers who destroy women’s hair—their glory. This damage has far reaching effects. It affects a woman’s self-confidence, her peace of mind, her love life, and her employability. However, regardless of all the tangles hair causes, the characters in the Glory agree that God is bigger than any head of hair. Author Sandra Hamer is a Christian. She was born in Grand Junction, Tennessee, and raised by her grandmother. She spent 13 years in the broadcasting industry working as a reporter and overnight anchor, assignments editor and desk assistant. She resides in Memphis, Tennessee and works for Shelby County Schools. Hamer is pursuing a doctorate in Educational Leadership at the University of Memphis. She has penned a second novel which she is shopping around. ABOUT AUTHORHOUSE: The only profitable print-on-demand and eBook publishing company of its kind, AuthorHouse was founded in 1997 and has more than 60,000 titles released. For more information, visit www.authorhouse.com