THOUGHTS ON BOOKS AND OLD LOVE

THOUGHTS ABOUT BOOKS AND OLD LOVE I was one of many authors selling and promoting their books at the Leimert Park Village Book Fair Saturday 1 August 2015. The venue was the Crenshaw Plaza in Baldwin Hills. Authors were located in a spacious inside mall area well suited for walking traffic. I’m a self-published author; most of the authors attending also published their own works. It’s a good time for anyone with a story they’ve wanted to share to do just that. It’s also a good time for readers. If you like reading there’s more for you to choose from – not only the subject but story format: print, ebook, audio book. If you don’t like to read, read anyway. You don’t need to have a hard book in your hands; you can download ebooks to your smart phone, tablet, or computed; or you can download audio books in the same way. If you don’t read your world is very small. I sold and gave away more than a few books at the fair. I gave books to students and people who serve students or groups of people. I’m truly an agent for literacy. READ READ READ – for a better view and a better you. The climatic occurrence of my day was meeting the sons of an unforgettable love in my life. One of her sons stopped by my table and listened to my summary of each book – hearing my second book is set in Milwaukee he said he was born there. I asked his family name, he gave it – it was the same as my unforgettable love; I ask if he knew (my love’s first name), and he replied she was his mother who died of cancer in 1989. I could feel her sprit wash over me and had to pause before telling him I knew his mother, him and his brothers – she had four young boys when we met. One of his brothers also lives here in California and just happened to be in the mall. He found my table and spent a little time with me. After 30 years, the grown men, now, and I will stay in contact. http://www.amazon.com/author/adolphusward http://www.adolphusward.net