{"id":572,"date":"2017-09-18T06:50:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/?p=572"},"modified":"2025-11-06T07:02:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T13:02:42","slug":"feeling-good-about-being-a-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/feeling-good-about-being-a-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling Good About Being A Writer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My book, Healing a Broken Man<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n


I am back home after another set of book-signing events. I had sales events in Airdrie and Red Deer at the beginning of August. Then, I returned to Red Deer at the beginning of September and which I then used as a home base to do four events in Calgary with a break of a few days before doing three events in Edmonton the following weeken<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I sold 146 books, including 17 two days ago in Lethbridge. I sold other books during this time period as well, but not via the Chapters\/Indigo stores. Do I make enough money to pay for the gas, the meals, and the Airbnb rentals? The answer is a resounding no. However, when I stay in Red Deer, or at another extended-family’s home, the answer is “good enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selling the books is not really about the money. It is about the ego. I am a writer and a writer needs an audience. As I sign books which people have paid for, it is like getting a trophy. The conversations with prospective buyers is also important. After all, I am an introvert and sometimes it is valuable to be able to talk to others about the books I write.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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