I had a great time at the Colorado Christian Writers Conference. The two workshops I taught seemed to go well. I got a lot of good comments on them. The first workshop was "Ten Tools for Marketing Your Book." I taught both workshops on Wednesday, at the very beginning of the conference. One dear lady came to me on her way out at the end of the conference on Saturday and said that some presenters have great information, others know how to present it. She said I had both! What a great compliment! She then said my book marketing workshop was one of her top three for the conference. Wow.
I sat on a panel about "Self Publishing" with about a dozen other authors and specialists who help people who self publish their books, and I was quite surprised that many of the questions were directed to me personally. I got to talk about my adventure of self-publishing
Deliver Me. Of course I had both my books,
Deliver Me and
Dear America, in my hands and got to show them off. I also got to show my books during both my workshops.
I think being able to show my books helped my sales (of course). I sold eight
Deliver Me's and three
Dear America's, which was a very pleasant surprise! That may not sound like a lot to you, but I think it's pretty good. My pamphlets also sold well, and I sold one set of my taped seminar.
Many people said they were going to show
Deliver Me to their local pregnancy center. What a blessing!
The conference was the usual long days and short nights and full to the brim. And at the end, I really wished I didn't have to leave!
If you're not familiar with my first book, you can find it here:
Dear America: A Letter of Comfort and Hope to a Grieving Nation.
