Between Worlds

Met a publisher today, an older guy, and he basically confirmed that the indie author path is the right way for me to go, at least for now. My website for the book should be up in a few more days, and then the true marketing can begin. He also suggested Google Ads and Facebook Ads, neither of which I have looked into yet. At this point, I am still only selling the book to people within my immediate circles. Obviously, that’s not going to get the project launched. I need to find my audience. My readers are out there, I just need to learn how to reach them.

In the two years in Shanghai, my social/conversational Spanish definitely took a beating. Hanging out with G and some other friends up at the Peña, and though I could understand everything in Spanish, my tongue was slow to catch up, and everyone was talking so fast! I’m fine 1-on-1 with anyone, but in a noisy, crowded room with everyone speaking Spanish quickly, I was a little rusty, for sure.

I am 9 days into my 30-day stretching program, and last night I even played mini-fut (indoor/outdoor soccer) with my ex-students, all of whom have graduated high school. Am I bragging if I say I scored 3 goals against guys less than half my age?

Next blog post, poverty and the open heart chakra…