By Nathan Marchand
September 4, 2014
I hate logistics. They annoy me.
Especially when I’m scrambling to make sure I have everything ready for this year’s Gen-Con. It was my third year selling books at the convention, and while I had loads of promotional materials for Children of the Wells last year, I had actual books to take with me this year! But we all know that old saying about the best laid plans. It goes hand-in-hand with Murphy’s Law.
Nick and Natasha, as usual, have insanely busy summers, so Nick didn’t place an order for Bron and Calea, Vol. 1 until the last possible minute. I figured he entered my address as the mailing destination, so I checked my mailbox every day in eager expectation. Nothing. Empty as the wells after the Cataclysm. Finally, the day before the convention arrived. My brother Jarod and I needed to leave for Indianapolis to set up our table at the Indiana Convention Center. I wasn’t sure how long we had for that. Nick told me the package was coming via UPS, not the mail—and he used his address, not mine!
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I waited as long as I could, but decided to leave without the books. The was plan to ship them overnight to the house I was staying at in Indianapolis. A half-hour into my trip, I get a phone call from Natasha saying the books had arrived at her house.
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So, for the first two days of the four-day convention, I didn’t have any copies of CotW to sell. This was tragic since there was interest in the series. Regardless, when they arrived, I managed to sell several copies, including one to this guy:
My first “Children of the Wells” buyer! His name is Sean Steele (which sounds like the name of a hero in a book).
There’s another old saying that applies to this: better late than never.
See you next year at Gen-Con!
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