While I chomped down top sirloin and mashed potatoes one of the distributor gurus gave a chat about their process, then the publisher told us a little bit about what we should be trying to do this week. I can sum it up in four words: gladhand, smile and look pretty...

I kid. But we are supposed to take shifts at the booth and strike up conversations with random passersby. Be friendly, etc., etc. I'll also take a few spins around the expo and see if my new marketing t-shirt was worth 20 bucks. It says "Can't get enough Christian fiction? Text 'fiction' to 41411 for a suggestion." Go ahead, you know you want to try it yourself. ;)

Well, I guess I'd better get ready for bed. I've got an early morning tomorrow with an author I find exceedingly interesting <Joel Rosenberg> speaking at 8am. Seriously...8am! How can they expect anyone to be awake and alert at that hour? Obviously the Christian Retail Show is a little different than the <name deleted to protect the innocent> Insurance conventions I used to help plan. Let's just say that the agents didn't show up at something that early without taking some sort of hangover concoction...