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If the Shoe Fits...or Doesn't—Part 2

12/29/2013

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Time to regroup and go shopping at the mall--not one of my favorite things to do. First, I found a pair of hot pink stilettos at a major department store. Hmm…I actually liked the idea of using these more than red because the color was compatible with the background colors. Then, I found a pair of red stilettos at a small shoe store. Sensing impending cruel abuse, the bunion on my right foot began to throb like a three-alarm migraine headache. “Oh pipe down!” I scolded. “I don’t intend to try on or keep either pair.” I verified both pairs of shoes were returnable after the photo shoot.

Armed with two pairs of stiletto heels, my pacified bunion and my integrity that was about to become an endangered species, I scheduled another photo shoot.

The redesigned cover with the red shoe and a darker red-to-gray gradient was too bright, too stark and clashed with my olive drab gumboot. But the hot pink shoe with the original background gradient not only popped and sparked, it sizzled! The consensus was unanimous: This cover would sell books! 
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I loved my new cover and my designer was anointed with rock star status in my life! But there was still the issue of my integrity. A copy of the cover with the hot pink stiletto replaced the now-tattered, boring-shoe copy in my purse. When I showed it to people and related the back story, which always ended with the statement, “I sacrificed a little integrity to sell books,” they chuckled and assured me my integrity would not suffer.

I returned the red shoes and received a full refund. But I kept the hot pink stilettos and use them in my book signing display along with the gumboots. 

This cover reaches out and grabs people at book signings! 
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2 Comments
Lila
12/29/2013 09:42:26 am

Did you buy the shoes in your size?

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June
12/30/2013 01:58:31 am

I'm glad you asked because now I realize I accidentally left out part of the story on the hot pink stilettos. I didn't buy them on the first trip through the department store. The door I used to enter the mall led directly into the store and through the shoe department. After I bought the red shoes, I talked myself into also buying the pink ones on the way out of the mall. There was no price on them so I hunted down a clerk. She disappeared into the back and came out several minutes later with the report that she couldn't find the shoe box to get the price. She consulted with the assistant manager and they both disappeared into the back. After another interval of several minutes, they returned and said it was the only pair of shoes of that model in the store, it didn't even belong in the display it was in and they didn't know where it came from. I asked about a price and the assistant manager suggested $29.95. So I bought them. They are about one and a half sizes too small for me which made my bunion deliriously happy! Thanks for your question!

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