Diary 20th To 26th May 2019
@arthurchappell (44987)
Preston, England
May 26, 2019 3:03pm CST
A quiet Monday at home (20th) and a week on a very low budget for me. On the Tuesday I called to the Doctors to pick up a repeat prescription for my blood pressure medications, and collected enough of the necessary drugs for the next few months.
On the Wednesday I took part in a workshop with the university volunteers, helping outline notes for some possible training films we will be working on soon.
The next few days involved job searching and preparing for a talk I was invited to give on Saturday.
Saturday 25th May was the talk itself, relating to local pub signs, on what started off as a very nice warm day. The talk was in a very nice pub, The Stanley Arms, pub and a meal was provided for me. There were only six in the audience and though they were lovely, sadly no one bought copies of my book afterwards.
When I left the pub, the weather had disintegrated and it was raining.
On the Sunday (26th May) I went to the train station to collect my tickets for a trip to Derby in later June (cheaper if ordered and paid for week in advance). I later phoned my mum to let her know that I am visiting her in a few weeks in Manchester.
Arthur Chappell
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@arthurchappell (44987)
• Preston, England
28 May 19
@LadyDuck the ticket ordering systems here are complex - lot of people making the same journey can end up paying wildy different fares - it is stupid
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@arthurchappell (44987)
• Preston, England
28 May 19
@LadyDuck easy to miss the best deals with so many others on offer
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@LadyDuck (485263)
• Italy
28 May 19
@arthurchappell I think it's the same in many countries.
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@arthurchappell (44987)
• Preston, England
15 Jun 19
@RubyHawk it was a lovely visit
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@arthurchappell (44987)
• Preston, England
19 Jun 19
@RubyHawk it is devastating on the relatives left behind
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@RubyHawk (99393)
• Atlanta, Georgia
16 Jun 19
@arthurchappell My mother passed away several years ago. I wish I could still visit her.
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@egdcltd (12059)
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28 May 19
@arthurchappell Me too. I go there quite often. There's a nice bookshop not far south of it, although in my opinion it's gone downhill a bit recently, as a third of it is now cafe.
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@arthurchappell (44987)
• Preston, England
28 May 19
@egdcltd it is a few years since I last went there
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
7 Jun 19
Merchandising at talks is never predictable. There may well be other occasions where a decent percentage of your audience will buy books.
I hope you also get booked by some writers' groups and can do a talk about how you put the book together.
