Twenty-Nine

A typical question artists and authors will sometimes ask other artists and authors after an event is, "How much did you sell?"

So I'll tell you. 

BryonySeries had a table (actually two tables) at "Shakespeare and Art in the Park” last Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at the Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park and Theatre in Joliet.

Every person who bought approximately $15 worth of books received a $5 gift card to the Book and Bean Cafe in Joliet, which is inside the Joliet Public Library, Black Road branch. 

So several people actually walked away with a bag full of books and three gift cards. 

We were inside Friday and Saturday night due to rain or the threat of rain. But that didn't deter customers.

We sold twenty-nine books and gave one away.

Bertrand the Mouse did extremely well at this event, followed by The Adventures of Cornell Dyer, followed by Nine Months of Kindness followed by Bryony. 

We also sold the fourth installment of Before The Blood.

We officially introduced "Bryony Bucks" and gave away one dollar off towards future purchases with every $15 spent. A few people (very loyal, repeat customers) received an extra dollar.

Most of those sales were done in the one hour before the show began. We had a couple at intermission, a couple at the end.

The rest of the time, we relaxed, visited with each other and the other artists (I had three of my adult children with me, too), watched bits of the show, and walked around the beautiful park area.

As we packed up on Sunday, I received an invitation to set up the tables at New Orleans North on June 10 in downtown Joliet.

So I will look into that today.

Have a marvelous Monday!