Sidewalk Sale Across America

 Sidewalk Sale Across America was not the original title. While working on the manuscript, I referred to it as The Queen, by which I meant The Queen of Sidewalk Sales. I'm not exactly superstiticious, but I prefer to use a working title prior to completion. It was my co-editor, Britt Nichols, who gave the book the official title. It took me about six weeks to pound out the framework, and together Britt and I spent probably another six weeks polishing the work. We've entered a few writing contests which have off-year deadlines. Most writing contests involve the entire calendar year. We won't be able to hold our breath that long.