It's all about the "hook," the sales pitch, the hawking, er "chickening..."
Meet Millie, one of Jean's chickens (a Polish bantam). She's a sweetie, and Jean decided to bring her to the show today.
![Polish bantam chicken](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfeLa_4t-hzyKxxnnJAK9G_tknAgXMTGEKcMgDAvYhEQBZ-skVsHuwVF0SUARui85d147cOWuODLmMQ5i37qpeJjhkSD6R6OR3I4td0d84XO2GoxUd_VQ3vTXrOyq9X96Bx_bYUKgFgc/s500/MillieChicken01.jpg)
Was Millie an attraction? Sure!
![child petting chicken](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyTKVEs1Wm4PL35n_c-qu3jhA6L_Tu7rQqK__jhSqrIgGRSuiqRR6WOEqK-CZ_4iAMmfolUtJl5ubJ1VUoB8ION9BhYnnZU-BJvaEkk9VKzrg8Wjy29WE4qSVbV9Rz4oaMgg8q0t0YARs/s500/MillieChicken02.jpg)
Jean said Millie did a good day's work selling books, and I got to hold her for a while, too!
![Polish bantam chicken](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_RX3w9Zm2ez78i58rBpaXQRJjhU4gKO7mBa9-baKO44oMUAqodazozJnRl49gCO6MB41LaMcYtcRCgsMTJrAemcl38OYFF3sHJ-andYHmWpM2BR7zEWj1CmXZBQ4FSAkc-l5XQSbTLIE/s668/MillieChicken03.jpg)
The elephant, er... mastodon, was getting a lot of attention today. It seems it was part of a scavenger hunt.
![mastodon statue](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPKCwzEym71Czoii1XghGboKnZiVY9uG-EhAy91wwQAdWVRwzBmGRAGxl_TLOjodjNUIcMoyFusgota18yACFwathSCgHFerttNAqG-xtxVLp2encu4siZFi3g1w6Wpc_43xAbnhbn7vg/s500/LakeshoreArtFestival2021-04elephant.jpg)
Someone thought that a parrot would give good advice about what to buy.
![parrot on a man's shoulder](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqD2_rp8_SQew5t0nhtETQX35Y5IDcyFynw8GaiRkWTJEm6xBuiBNyxLryboN4fv-UEumBwPNXHPbsnsPFQZFeiYd1Gv7p7o8wgJdfwjHRLWsRn7gHKMXqUfKwbvXBcyTQwgILwz4DitM/s668/Parrot01.jpg)
Oh, and some of the time, there was the actual work of selling books happening.
![selling books at an event](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGgT3KNZ2NPRchqk7xRt0U5yPSQgRUIVH9KVDSACvChrDj7lgEGvLsCGY20ZMZRG6gxkALWFqhseEn8r_ed3pgLUbOpv-NMP-x1Nc1yW8M04caFMeCRxUraVS-WSalOhcl8dJuxlB3zo/s500/LakeshoreArtFestival2021-05Andrew.jpg)
I did OK. It was an expensive event, so I think my bottom line wasn't spectacular, but not too bad. I haven't figured it up yet. But good promo and time with other authors. And my canopy didn't get wrecked which did happen to a few people. I'm beat, but all will be fine tomorrow.
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3 comments:
Sounds like Millie could be your new partner. You write em and she'll sell em...lol
Charlee: "Polly want a paperback! Awk!"
Chaplin: "I wonder if we can convince Dada to get a chicken to help him sell books ..."
Lulu: "You just want a chicken to chase around the house."
Chaplin: "Well, sure, who wouldn't?"
Ann- any gimmick that works :)
Charlee- I wish Polly wanted a paperback, but you would have a lot of fun chasing the chickens until someone got pecked!
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