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.