No… that’s okay… I will wait until you finish laughing… is that it? Are you done?
Okay, here is my idea for selling my novel. I am going to make a lemonade stand… no… go ahead… laugh away… I got time… is that it?
So, as I was saying, I am going to make a small lemonade stand out of cardboard with light wood supports for the sign. I will be able to fold it up and carry it with me. Along with a big jug of lemonade. But here is the tricky part. Here is what the sign is going to say;
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LEMONADE
Get a free, signed copy of a hilarious action/adventure science fiction novel with every purchase…
Just $10.00 a cup.
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See, I am hoping that people will think it is funny enough to at least come talk to me about the book. Or just buy the dang lemonade to support a starving writer. I am thinking of trying it out in front of the Comic Con… that big comic book convention they hold in San Diego every year. Maybe I will get in the newspaper of even on the TV news.
Then I might just start hanging around at the beach this summer, playing my guitar and trying to sell a few copies of the book. I wonder if I need a business license for that?
Pouring My Art Out 
I bet if you set up a stand near the beach with your guitar & a bunch of books, you could hawk some of them!
*I have to look up the laws on that. I might need a vendors license or something.
In response to those who suggest $10 is too steep, go with the proven standard $9.99, and put out a tip jar…
That is brilliant. Thanks.
I hope you’re serious! Sounds like a great idea. 😎
What could possibly go wrong with one of my plans?
Nothing, of course — sounds like a great venue, and your humorous approach will draw customers. May I suggest, though, that you significantly lower your price. You may not make a profit, but you’re not making any now, so a little will be a benefit, and a good gateway for your book. Good luck! 😎
I can’t just lose money on the book. I realize that there is a chance that the exposure would be good. But it cost me $170.00 dollars to buy a box of thirty books. I could give that many away in a few minutes. And the odds of one of them making it to someone who might do something with it are pretty slim.
True, but are you making any of that $170.00 back this way. Even dropping a dollar may be worth it, because you get away from that round $10.00, and still make a little money. Just a suggestion, but remember not to bite off your own nose to spite your face. 😎
The whole joke is sort of that they have to pay ten dollars for a cup of lemonade. And I make a couple of dollars. I doubt it will work anyway. I would need a vendor’s license and who knows if I can sell a beverage that way legally.
Yeah, I got the joke, and I think it’s effective. I just think a less solid price, say $9.00, would capture more people. Still, though, if I were you, I would look into the price of a license — see if a bookstore might back you. The lemonade stand is really a good idea, and I know you could make it work. I believe in you. 😎
Thanks. I am looking into it.
Roflmao!!!! i say go for it!! you never know! good luck!
I will get famous…or arrested…
I would totally come buy lemonade 🙂
Thanks. I am worried that I will need a food vendors license to actually serve beverages.
That might be the tricky part! But if you hire a 5 year old then nobody will check for that!
Yeah… stupid child labor laws… nobody enforces that.
How about spiked lemonade stand??
Yeah… what could go wrong with that plan?
nothing! 😉
Or did you mean add real spikes to the lemonade stand… that might actually be a better idea.
how bout both?
That might work…
there you go! use your feety p.j’s and weird hat, to draw attention and you’re all good!
I will work something out.
lol
hey did i see a message from you the other day saying you had another post for my blog?
Oh… no… I have been busy. Painting Mollies room, fixing up an apartment, other stuff.
okay i just thought i saw a message from you, maybe it was an old one.
I haven’t really come up with a good topic… other than wanting to slowly torture abusers to death. Not exactly uplifting.
ha, no pressure at all, like i said i just thought you had sent me notice saying you had another.
I am still trying to think of a good hook… something meaningful…
write from your heart
But it hurts to hold a pen that way.
what’s a pen?
I forgot… in Canada you still carve things on rock tablets.
or type on computers…
Show offs.
we can’t help it if we’re smart!
Or not.
but we are
you might be
we are
so you say
that i know!
A sci-fi lemonade stand had better be decorated like the classic computer game.
Or a classic lemonade stand…
Comic-Con lemonade stand should be a hit! Everybody gets thirsty with all that standing around. But I’m with El Guapo — check for permission first. Can’t hurt.
I may not be able to serve real lemonade…
The lemons would go bad in the heat anyway. Maybe Crystal Lite?
Maybe crystal meth… make ’em buy books really fast.
No reason not to!
Just, for the love of all that’s holy, get all the paperwork filled out first.
No spam repeats… got it.
A Sci-Fi Lemonade stand… It’s worth a try.
If it doesn’t work, that’s the new name of our band.
CominCon-lemonade stand BRILLIANT!
YaY!
Try it!
This is where I hate being shy.
You? shy?
Once I know someone, I wont shut up, but I can’t just walk up to people and start schmoozing.
That’s the best thing about your idea: you don’t have to walk up to people, they’ll walk up to you.
Creepers!!! I will try not to punch them in the faces. Bad for business.
Not if your lemonade stand also serves punch.
HA!!!