Dear readers:
I won't send updates very often, no more than once or twice a month, and here is your first: PRE-ORDERS ARE AT 101 as of this moment. That seems something to celebrate.
WOOOHOOOO!
Many of you have posted on facebook and shared by email. Some have ordered extras for gifts, and for their book groups. I really appreciate these efforts. We can't reach that 1,000 goal without a lot of help. We need to find people who care about women and homelessness and AIDS, and who care about stories of people too often ignored and shunted aside.
Special thanks to some who are really going to great lengths for Nowhere Else I Want to Be:
* Reader Kayla M. has an idea about ordering extra copies for older friends and acquaintances that might not be versed in the art of on-line ordering.
* Reader Ann M. has promised to send emails and tweet the link a couple of times a week for a few weeks.
* Reader Cristina F., a recent graduate with an MSW, is also going to talk to former professors about using the book as part of a curriculum. And she's looking into how we can better use social media.
* Reader Becca K. made sure an announcement of a book event was posted in the Sojourner's Magazine on-line events calendar.
* N Street Village is providing wonderful support in the form of three book events and emails and messages to their constituents.
* Luther Place Memorial Church is hosting a book event on Sunday, September 27, from 3:00-4:00pm. I'll read a couple excerpts from my memoir, some current and former Miriam's House residents and staff will be there, AND a gospel choir will sing.
* The Potter's House Cafe and Bookstore will display a poster and informational postcards that its patrons will see as they come in the door.
* Seekers Church will display a poster and informational postcards.
* The Center for Nonprofit Advancement will help get the word out to their member organizations.
Many thanks to all of you. Simply by pre-ordering the book, you have expressed faith in it that means the world to me.
Peace,
Carol
