Open Email To Those Who Love Me #2

So…remember how stressed I was that I might have to be my own Shameless Commerce Division for “Scared Silly”?

Remember how difficult and scary it felt?

And how I was going to trust God to take care of getting “Scared Silly” into the hands that needed it because, after all, it was his assignment in the first place and I really, really wanted him to be in charge of it?

Well, I lied.

Not that asking for prayers and ideas was a bad thing. They came pouring in after my last whiny email and offered a plethora of possibilities that seemed plausible and yet totally safe, I mean extremely creative.

Things like:

Making some spots and posting them on YouTube.com..

Making one of the chapters (or part of a chapter) into a Podcast, offering it for free, and then encouraging people to buy the book to get the rest…

Sending a copy to Oprah and Ellen…because…you never know…

Several friends have agreed to let me put the book and the link onto their website…(Thank you Website Owning Friends!)…

Many offered various connecting points (counseling orgs, publishing orgs/seminars, book clubs, etc.)…

And Kristen (who is like a Sister/Daughter) offered to design a website and who shall from hereafter be known as Kristen the Rocking Sister/Daughter because designing a website was so overwhelming that it made me want to pull clumps of Internet-challenged ergo overloaded and twitching brain cells out of my nose with a bendy-straw.

Thanks for all ya’ll’s prayers and thoughts…they were/are wonderful…

But…

Maybe you should stop now.

Because…

I think God is taking you seriously.

OK…Let me just say I thought I was stressed about “doing-it-yourself” pimping, but I was wrong…

Friday brought an email from Standard’s Marketing Lady, Rebekah Stewart, who is, I’m sure, a very nice lady and who said, (and I quote):

Hi Marcy,

I wanted to let you know that we have secured a publicist for Scared Silly. Joni Baker from Buoyancy PR will be handling all aspects of publicity for your title (press release, securing interviews and reviews). I have already given her your contact information and I’m sure she will be contacting you shortly to “get the ball rolling”. As always, if you have any marketing questions, feel free to contact me directly. Thanks.

Let us bow our heads and join with me in saying, “EEEEEEEKKKKKKK!!!!! WHAT DO YOU MEAN ALL ASPECTS and SECURING INTERVIEWS! Diet COOOKE! I NEED AN IV! STAT!!

There you have it.

I’m maybe your only friend who is so transparent about being completely fickle. In case you missed it—apparently I can’t be pleased: First haranguing and complaining about not having someone to be in charge of shamelessly commercing this book…and then, after God graciously setting up a Proper Book Pimp, I’m freaking about what she will make me DO!

(I should have known that God had something up his sleeve when I felt like all of my Friend-Generated Ideas were cool AND do-able.)

I hope this Book Pimp Lady actually reads “Scared Silly” so she knows just what kind of wacko she’s dealing with.

BTW: You probably ought to keep praying…God only knows what’s coming next (of course he does!). I’ll probably have to fly.

More than once.

And change planes.

In Chicago.

I bet I’ll even have to shower, too.

I need a Diet Coke.

And some chocolate.

Gratefully, even though it doesn’t sound like it today at: marcyjoybryan@gmail.com