The World Tour begins!
What an adventure it’s been since The Last Freedom came out in early December!
My first event was a card table set up outside the new restaurant Casablanca (how ironic, since it’s my character’s favorite movie!) during the Christmas-themed First Friday celebration in Augusta, Ga. Sold five or six. The next day, did the card table thing at the Saturday market downtown. Sold another handful.
Since then, it’s been a whirlwind.
We had two pre-Christmas book signings at the small but sincere Book Tavern downtown, and we rocked the joint. Another at Barnes and Noble Feb. 21. And a growing number of speaking engagements around town. And the books are flying off the shelves at the Book Tavern, the only store where the book is readily available.
Word of mouth has been unreal. And the reaction to The Last Freedom has been overwhelming and so very humbling. So many people have said they couldn’t put it down, and that it really moved them. I even got a call from Mrs. Frankl in Vienna!
It’s going to be a wild spring. The World Tour is headed for Kansas, and perhaps Alabama and Texas and Florida and beyond. Since we’re doing all this ourselves, without the help of a major publisher, it’s going to take time. But this will be a world tour.
We gotta get some T-shirts!
Thank you to all my friends and supporters who have already made The Last Freedom a success. We’ve endured the burning. Now it’s time to give off light!
Michael
Sunday, March 8, 2009
March 8th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Good luck on the tour!! I just finished your book and thought it was great. It left me with a hunger for more information and the will to make a difference. I loved the fictional touch. Keep up the blog on your journey.
March 10th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
Michael,
Glad to see your blog update. Looks like things are going great. I’m so glad more people are discovering your book and Viktor Frankl. I enjoyed the lecture at ASU the other night. You definitely won my friend over with your talk on the life of the mind. I’m sure she will love your book too. I’m glad she bought one. I will keep letting people know about you and your book.
March 21st, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Michael,
I came across your site and book when I was looking for the time when Dr. Frankl started rock-climbing.
I am working on his biography as part of my assigments for a psychology course on his work.
Would you have this information?
Your book is on my list now. I share with you and many others the enthusiasm for letting more people know about how great Dr. Frankl was as a human being and how helpful his work is for all of us.
I appreciate your attention to my request.
in peace & gratitude,
Isabela Seabra
April 21st, 2009 at 7:22 am
Michael,
thank you for sending me your book. I finally got around to reading it (I might be the last of my family) and I love it. I could almost hear my grandfather talking. I read huge parts while breastfeeding my 7-weeks-old son Paul, who is 11 years younger than my daughter - just like Luciana and Victor.
btw, in the meantime I`ve also registered on facebook …
Katja