Church of the Old Mermaids: Old Mermaids Tour

So the Old Mermaids Tour is on! Where do we begin? First, I have decided for now that I will be limiting my traveling for the tour to my general area. So I will go pretty much anywhere in Washington and Oregon and I might dash into California and BC. Later, I might go to AZ and back east. But really, the Old Mermaids Tour isn't about me. It's about the Church of the Old Mermaids and spreading the stories of the Old Mermaid, and it's about having great fun.

COTOM is definitely about creating community and walking, talking, swimming, and dancing in beauty! I am hoping that people around the country will participate in the Old Mermaids Tour. It's not about me personally "touring" but about the stories of the Old Gals. (I guess I just said that, didn't I?) I want to see what creative take you have on the Old Mermaids. I envision book clubs and Old Mermaid parties happening everywhere!

If you want to participate in the Old Mermaids Tour, let me know what you want to do. If you're in the area I can come and do a reading and talk about the Old Mermaids and/or we can have Gifted Ceremony. Or we can dress up as Old Mermaids and celebrate. I'm open! Otherwise I can help you figure out what you want to do from afar. I can help with discussion questions, celebration ideas, get you an outline for the Gifted Ceremony or more. I can be available to help you make it a wonderful event from here. We can keep in touch by email or phone and/or maybe we can skype.

If you want copies of Church of the Old Mermaids you can get those from Amazon.com. If you get two or more, there's free shipping. You can also get them from me. If you order 5 or more copies from me, we can discount them 20%. Just write to me about that option.

The official kick-off date will be in March. I'll get up discussion questions on the website soon. I am also working on a workbook/playbook for the Old Mermaid Sanctuary with suggestions of things to do, but that's definitely a few months off!

So email me if you want to participate. We will dance, read, eat, dress, and transform in Beauty!

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Step by step, I am planning the Old Mermaids Tour. This will be the Old Mermaids coming out party! I want to wander around the country and have Old Mermaids parties and Gifted ceremonies everywhere! I want to be a guest at Old Mermaid Sanctuaries all over the country. I want to help create Old Mermaid Sanctuaries. And I want all of you to be able to participate. So I'd like you to think about how you would like to be a part of this inspiring, fun tour. You'll have lots of opportunities. Let me outline some ideas.

1. You could be on the actual Old Mermaids Tour by inviting me to your home or your town. I'll talk about Church of the Old Mermaids at your house, the public library, or a local bookstore. I'm a good speaker. I can even do a talk on the Old Mermaids Mystery School or some kind of program for you or the library. My only caveat is that I need to be able to sell some copies of COTOM, since my purpose is to get this story out there! (And hopefully someone will offer me a place to sleep.) If you're willing to arrange something like this where you live, let me know. I can easily travel around the West, although I need to know that you can get enough people together for it to be feasible for me to come. We can create an inspiring community for a day or an evening—and hopefully you'll be inspired by what we do to carry these ideas forward after our time together. I have some incentives for you, so let me know if you're interested.

2. You can put together your own Old Mermaids party without me! I'm going to make up a little booklet or pdf for bookclubs, libraries, and anyone who wants to celebrate the Old Mermaids. I can be a part of this from a distance. I can answer any questions. Help you with ideas to create your own Old Mermaid Sanctuary for your party. I'll do whatever I can to make your party a success. Again, I'll have incentives for you if you help sell copies of Church of the Old Mermaids.

3. You can create your own Old Mermaids Sanctuary after you read the book, take a photograph, and write to me and we'll put it up on this blog.

4. You can blog about Church of the Old Mermaids and you can recommend the book to your friends. Word of mouth is absolutely the best press for a novel.

5. Buy a book for yourself! Buy many for your friends. I'm trying to figure out how to do discounts for multiple purchases.

I want to prove that good and beautiful novels can thrive without corporate publishers. I like the idea of these stories starting out small and slowly multiplying all around the country—and maybe the world, who knows. But for now. I just want to get the novel out into the world.

This novel and the story of the Old Mermaids and Myla and her work to save refugees out in the desert is beautiful and meaningful—and joyful and fun. Please join me for this adventure! I want to be with people who worship the ground they walk upon, people who talk to the trees, crows, and wildflowers—people who reach out in compassion to others every day. I want to celebrate with you and the Old Mermaids! So email me or comment with your contact info and your ideas and we'll see what we can get started!

The novel should be on Amazon in the next few weeks. I'll let you know as soon as I do when you can order COTOM!

By the way, the plan is to go around the West (at least the warm part of the West) in February. Back East in April. And around the PNW all year.