How to Blow it at an Author Fair

Don’t be that author:

She didn’t approach possible buyers at the author fair; she accosted them. She didn’t talk to people, she talked at them, rapid fire, on and on, yakkity yak yak, sometimes hauling out a huge foam core poster of all her books. When things got slow, she walked clear to the other side of the venue, handouts clutched to her chest, and attempted to lure shoppers to her table.

And it backfired. People rounded the corner, saw her table, and then went out of their way t...