{"id":8382,"date":"2014-07-02T11:47:51","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T16:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=8382"},"modified":"2014-07-02T11:47:51","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T16:47:51","slug":"canada-day-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=8382","title":{"rendered":"Canada Day 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Canada Day!<\/h1>\n

\"Canada<\/p>\n

This year, I spent the day at the Canada Day Morrisburg Market. The heat was oppressive as was the humidity. I think it felt like 41C outside – and that was even under a canopy in the shade. Thankfully, there was a breeze coming in off the river, but that also posed a few problems.<\/p>\n

\"Canada<\/a>
My table. Notice hubby is also wearing A Shadow in the Past T-shirt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My little table (while it looks very nice decked out in red and tartan looks so small under the 10’x10′ canopy. And because there was so much room in the tent, people took the short cut through the one end to go to and from other parts of the park.<\/p>\n

I rearranged the table after this photo was taken and put the easel with the “what people are saying about A Shadow in the Past” in the middle behind the calendars and moved the stacks of A Shadow in the Past to the edge of the table.<\/p>\n

I had a few people ask if we had T-shirts for sale but I only ordered the two – one for hubby and one for me to wear to assorted signings (unless more formal attire is required).<\/p>\n

\"Canada<\/a>
Showing of my A Shadow in the Past t-shirt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The militia reenactors scared most of the people (me included) when they started firing their guns… without warning I might add. Still I managed to get a couple of pictures of them.<\/p>\n

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Militia reenactors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Militia reenactors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Early in the afternoon, the wind changed and my easel became a sail, so it spent most of the afternoon under the table, although I did manage to get it back on display a few times. It meant having to hang on to it and even then there was no guarantee it would remain upright.<\/p>\n

By the end of the day, I had sold 4<\/strong> copies of A Shadow in the Past<\/strong> <\/span>and 2<\/strong> copies of The Consequences Collection.<\/strong><\/span> In addition, a number of people took my postcards and were quite pleased that both books are available as ebooks. Now we’ll see if that interest translates into sales.<\/p>\n

How did you spend your Canada Day?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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