Dear
Family and Friends,
I
just finished getting copies of Sing to Me and I Will Hear You – A Love
Story to local bookstores – in Portland (Longfellow and Letterpress Books),
South Portland, Falmouth, and Biddeford, Maine.
If
you would like a copy but cannot reach these bookstores, my own local bookstore
– Longfellow Books – will, from now on, be the distributor of my books,
the CD of my reading the poems, and the next one in the trilogy (now in
progress) – Sing to Me and I Will Hear You – the Uncollected Poems and
Journals. (“Journals” here refers to my own journal since Francis died).
Of
course you can go to Amazon.com to buy this second book, Sing . . . A Love
Story, but if you’d like to support “Indie” bookstores instead – the folks
at Portland’s beloved local bookstore can mail it to you.
All
you have to do is use the link posted here on my new website: http://www.elainemcgillicuddy.com/books/synopses/
Called “fiercely loyal to Maine's community
of readers and writers,” Longfellow Books
– when it suffered water damage from a burst pipe
last February – experienced how much our community appreciates
them; many rallied to help them.
But what does this have to do with “Another Synchronicity”? It’s the
result of what happened three Sundays ago.
When
my friend, Lesley Hoey, asked to interview me for a personal project she had
undertaken, I agreed to meet with her at a local tea shop. In the middle of our
conversation, a young woman, Jessica Bland, approached to inquire if she
could interview us. She explained that she was commissioned to write the
“PlayNotes” for an upcoming play at Portland Stage Company. (For years, Francis
and I bought season tickets to attend performances at this longest running
theater in Portland.) For this one in particular, “Savannah Disputations,” the
staff at PSC wanted input from the community. So Lesley and I gave her forty
minutes of our time.
Well,
today, with my bookstore deliveries completed, just when I was planning to
write this letter – Jessica emailed me the link to PSC’s PlayNotes. This means
you can read her interview with us in the PlayNotes! It will be handed out to
theater-goers when the play opens next week.
On
top of that, there’s this added bonus: Jessica used, in that PlayNotes
interview, my book’s actual cover photo! What perfect timing, since just last
week I also dropped off copies of the (attached) 4x6”
promotion card in strategic places on Portland’s main Congress Street – places
like the Maine Public Library, the Maine Historical Society library, Maine
College of Art, etc.
More
visibility means more books for Longfellow Books to sell. And it means more
people can hear of the love story I was privileged to live and am now
privileged to share. Our world needs love stories.
Just
scroll down to page 18, here: http://www.portlandstage.org/Page.15.PlayNotes
Joyous
spring to all,
Elaine
PS:
Please don't hesitate to let me know if you'd rather not continue receiving
these letters. (Just write REMOVE on the subject line). We'd still be family
and friends.
