NNAOPP Update
January 2013
I regret having to report that
I've once again delayed my yacht order, as Christmas sales of NNAOPP were
insufficient to warrant proceeding with this ostentatious aspiration. However, the New Year has offered a
glimmer of hope for untold riches, but from a new and unexpected direction.
This past weekend we arrived in Sanibel, FL.
We were going to meet friends in Naples for dinner, so Judy planned to
stop at a Wal-Mart Super Center to provision. Her instructions were precise and brusque, "I need an
hour, don't bother me." So I
decided to take my banjo along for a little practice session. I found an isolated spot in the huge
parking lot, pulled my treasured Ome open back out of the car, and contentedly
plucked away. Amazingly, I
collected $2.25 from passersby who threw dollar bills and coins into my
case. The first coin tosser caught
me by surprise, but I thanked him. Once the case was salted, others seemed to
just follow suit. Next time I won't shave and will skip the Naples dining
attire and go with more of a Bo Jangles look, adding even more luster to my
nascent career in the arts.
Mardi Gras is coming soon, so I'm
now faced with a conundrum: Dare I
dress in bedraggled garb, sit on a pickle barrel, and pluck like there is no
tomorrow in the hope of earning funds sufficient for one Hurricane? Or should I stand on our balcony at
Royal and St. Peter, drink a cold bottle of Abita, and shower future Miss
Alabamas with beads? Hmmm?
I'm still waiting anxiously from
word from the NYC book agent. The
good news is that I didn't immediately receive a rejection letter. Sales of NNAOPP are now at 1,190. If
you encounter a wizened man playing banjo on a nearby street corner, throw him
a few coins.
May nothing but good tidings come
your way in 2013.
Warmest regards,
Chuck
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