First Newspaper Ad is Out!

Royal Purple, page 2 ad for Flesh Wound

Today was the day the first newspaper ad for Flesh Wound was scheduled to hit the streets, in the Royal Purple student newspaper at UW-Whitewater.  So I drove the 40 or so miles to campus this morning with anticipation, in the midst of an unforecast, delightfully picturesque snowfall.  Big, fat flakes that the wind sent scurrying across the road in front of me in waves that broke over the edge of the gravel freeway shoulder into fields lying fallow for the winter, remnants of harvested corn stalks poking jagged, broken limbs through their new white coat towards the leaden sky.  OK, got a little carried away there, but the snow was nice.

UW-Whitewater Royal Purple, Dec 1 2010 Issue

I was happy to discover that the paper was out in great numbers, students were picking them up, and there was the ad for Flesh Wound right on the bottom of page 2!  What a great location!  I picked up a couple of copies for myself and sat in the University Center for an hour or so, working on the character map and chapter outlines for Rubbed Out.  Then I toured the campus locations where I'd placed Flesh Wound posters back on November 17.  Over half the posters remained in place, which was good!  Those that had been removed looked like they got caught up in a general clearing of the board upon which they were placed, and I replaced those.  So Whitewater is set until January!  Hopefully, the ad will entice readers to check out the FleshWoundTheBook website, read the book, and want to participate in book discussions!

Tomorrow, I'll be looking for the ad in the Wisconsin Gazette, and on Friday, I'll be driving up to Oshkosh to see the ad in the Advance-Titan.  And hopefully, the roads will stay dry!  Read something today that inspires you to compliment someone.  Thanks for reading!  -Jon