The Night Writers held a book signing yesterday at Maple Grove Lutheran Church, with four of us signing books. In addition to Blue Bells of Scotland, Lyn Miller LaCoursiere was on hand with the fourth book, Sunsets, in her Lindy Lewis mysteries series, Inna Sicard with I Have Been Thinking…, a collection of very short stories and observations about life, and Ross Tarry with his fourth mystery, Eye of the Serpent.
The event was well-attended, with nice facilities, live music, and great food! It was also a good chance to see some old friends. My thanks go to all who helped make the event a success, and I am looking forward to future events. On December 3, I will be speaking at the Author’s Tea at Osseo School District with Genny Kieley; December 8, several Night Writers will be speaking at the Maple Grove Library’s Author Talk series.
On December 12, a number of us will be in the community room at the Maple Grove Byerly’s, once again sponsoring a “Rescue an Abandoned Book” event– that means come and get them, they’re free! Justin Knauss and I will be providing live music with guitar, harp, and flute. I am looking forward to having a chance to pull out my alto flute, so if you’ve never heard one, stop by!
And of course, we will be there with our books. In addition to Eye of the Serpent, I Have Been Thinking, Blue Bells of Scotland, and Sunsets, John Stanton will have his new book available: The Truth About Aliens, UFO’s, and All That, and I have just received a shipment of 2010 Daily Planners featuring Urquhart Castle in Scotland, which will be available.
If you’re looking for gifts for a book lover or for yourself, stop by and take a look!
30 Nov 2009
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The past week has been hectic, to say the least.
Blue Bells of Scotland was officially published just over a week ago on Friday, September 11, 2009. Within 2 days, it was live on amazon. It took another 2 days before it was searchable by title, author, and ISBN (because lots of people search by ISBN numbers– actually, that was the first thing by which it could be found.)
On the following Monday, Buffalo Books agreed to sell copies. They will be available there soon.
Within 6 days, it was uploaded to Kindle, and should be available there soon. It can be found at Barnes and Noble’s web site.
On Wednesday, my writers’ group, Night Writers, briefly discussed further plans for our joint appearance at the Maple Grove Library’s Author Talk on December 8.
By the following Friday, September 18, my copies had arrived, so it is now available from my website.
There are several days left on the give-away at goodreads, for anyone who would like to sign up. The site will do a random drawing, on September 24, of all entrants, and send me the names of the winners. Blue Bells can also be found at Shelfari and LibraryThing.
And in the meantime, I am working on draft 2 of the sequel, The Minstrel Boy. I’m currently in the graveyard just below Stirling Castle, late at night with the revelry of Hogmanay going on in the castle courtyard above, looking at tombstones with the name Campbell on them, and about to find out something unexpected about the crucifix Niall left Amy.
20 Sep 2009
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