Well, I thought you may be interested in how that is going. Since October 4th, when I first posted, I have sold 20 copies of my book, and I have received two donations from people wanting to help. Total money received has been $136.00. Thank You!
Since the defamation campaign was launched against me, however, not a single book has been sold, nor have I received any new clients. This has been disheartening, to say the least, but I have not given up hope.
I am happy to report that my husband has picked up a couple of small jobs that have been able to keep the utilities going.
Here is an interesting tidbit for you... Last month, I tried to make a partial payment to my mortgage holder, Citi Residential, and they refused it. Then, the representative that I spoke with accused me of looking for a hand-out. I, as you can imagine got pretty angry. I said, "Hey, I'm not looking for anything; I am trying to give you some money! Isn't something better than nothing?" Still they refused the partial payment, saying that it was not their policy to accept anything but a full payment. So, I sent the money I did have to my utilities. In this economic climate, you'd think they'd accept anything they can get, but apparently, they are more interested in charging fees for late payments, making people like me even harder pressed to get out of the hole.
Okay, back to my book... I wrote this book to share my experiences with women in abusive relationships; to show that there is hope for a better tomorrow, and that they are not alone in their struggles. I have been trying to get it into the hands of these women through domestic violence advocacy groups, but I've been unsuccessful. I even dreamed that a wealthy philanthropist would take notice and buy 30,000 copies of the paperback and donate them to these organizations. What a dream! It even prompted me to write to Oprah. No, I haven't gotten a response from her, not even a message to tell me to bug off. Oh well.
Just so that you know, I am not giving up.
Thank you once again for all of your support and effort to help me. I appreciate you all very much and thank God for you every day. If you have any other ideas for me as to how to increase sales, I am open to hear them. I must add though, that I cannot join any of your programs or business opportunities. I have no money to invest; none, zip, zilch. Although I am sure that those of you who are sending me information on such things, mean well, I simply cannot participate. Thank you for thinking of me anyway.
I have been called a fraud and a liar for trying to sell my book to get out of my personal financial crisis. I do hope that you do not believe such things should you read them someplace online. The person who is spouting this garbage has absolutely no idea what she is talking about. How could she? She is not a friend of mine and has never been privy to my personal finances, much less has she ever bothered to get to know me as a person. She is vengeful and hateful, and yes, I believe she has jealousy issues, because of what she THINKS she knows. When the reality of it all is that she has no clue whatsoever. If I could afford a lawyer, I'd have her in a court room in a heartbeat.
Please, if you should come upon any damaging information that she has posted anywhere, regarding me, or even sent to you directly, send it to me. She has contacted associates of mine through email, and has admitted to doing so on her own myspace blog.
Have an awesome day!
Your friend,
Trina
http://trinaschiller.ws/book.html
