Two weeks into September and I feel the need to record here five little items regarding the small but significant ripples being made here and there by Shrewsbury Station Just After Six.
ONE:
AMAZON REVIEWS
Two very nice reviews of SSJAS have appeared on amazon.co.uk. It's wonderful to have this kind of feedback and it all helps to generate interest.
TWO:
CONDOVER COUPLE
A charming elderly couple from Condover rang me at the office recently, asking how to get hold of a copy of my book. They rarely came into town these days and they certainly did not have access to a computer to order one from amazon. So, having made sure that they realised SSJAS was a work of fiction and not a collection of my Shrewsbury Chronicle column (of which they were fans), and that they definitely still wanted this book, I said I would get a copy to them. I drove out to see them and presented them with a copy of the book. They were a super couple and it was one of those strange little moments you don't forget in a hurry. Ahhhhhh.
THREE:
PENGWERN BOOKS - MORE COPIES PLEASE
Susan from Pengwern Books asked for further copies as it continues to sell steadily. It does the heart good to know these things.
FOUR:
BATTLEFIELD 1403 farm shop and visitor centre
Local artist Linda Edwards (friend of Susan Caroline and Pauline Fisk) persuaded me to get copies of the book out for sale at the marquee at Battlefield 1403 farm shop and visitor centre. This was a happy little episode one Sunday afternoon in September, an episode during which we sold three copies and I made a new friend in Linda.
FIVE:
PAULINE FISK
And talking of new friends, I made another new friend when Pauline Fisk (award-winning children's author who lives in Shrewsbury and who writes an excellent blog on the town) and I met up at The Boathouse Inn to interview one another. She was writing about me for her blog and I was writing about her for my Shrewsbury Chronicle column. It was a highly successful and enjoyable meeting. Must do it again sometime.
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