The Perils of Plans

Making plans and enacting plans are two different things. I have generally been much better at the first than the second, and I can’t say that has changed much in the course of my lifetime.

Currently, and for the past several months, I have been planning a motorcycle tour of the East Coast to Maine and back. Initially, my plan was to schedule a bunch of performances and screenings of my film The Road To Will in order to spread the gospel of Will Rogers through every state I visit. However, booking shows is a much different skill set than writing and performing them, and as much as I appreciate having multiple skills, I can’t say I’ve done much to improve my skills as a booking agent or talent manager.

Nevertheless, I do have four shows booked. Now, it’s just a matter of getting people to come to them. I have three dates near Savannah, Georgia and one in Clifton Forge, Virginia. However, since I haven’t booked as many as I hoped, I’ve started to give more consideration to the other merits of taking this particular tour.

First, I also hope to visit as many zoo gift shops and bookstores to get them to carry my new coloring book A Group Of Critters since it’s the first product I’ve ever created that isn’t a hard sale. I am calling many of the zoos, but I think that personal visits might be more effective. Who wouldn’t want to learn about the different names for groups of animals?