Time Out

I had the chance to travel to Toronto for my first sales meeting at Ampersand this past week.   I’m used to speaking to groups but there was still something mildly intimidating about sitting in a room filled with sales reps, all of whom had very specific questions for me about the new book – which by the way is now entitled Timeout: A Teacher’s Year of Reading, Fighting and Four Letter Words.    I managed to make them laugh which broke the tension.  It was a new and interesting experience…one more step along the road to learning about this strange business I’m a part of.  Also had a nice lunch with the ladies from my publishing house, Second Story Press.