Thank You

Well, I survived my first foray into meeting the book reading public.  I spent three enjoyable hours at the West Allis Public Library where I got talk about my books to anyone who was interested.  I met a lot of really nice people, some of whom are aspiring writers of their own.  My only advice there is to keep writing and writing and writing.  Keep a journal.  Randomly blog like I do.  Whatever appeals to you, the more you write, the more you'll learn about what works and doesn't work for you.

For anyone who's thinking of doing this on their own; go ahead and give it a shot.  Other writers tend to be really nice people and willing to talk about what they love.  I was placed next to Sandy Goldsworth who writes paranormal romance novels.  Her books looked really interesting.  She told me these venues were mostly just about getting your name and books "out there" and if you sell 1 or 2 books you did ok.  Well, I sold one and had another 4 or 5 people look very interested in possibly buying them online.  So I guess it was a success.  I did overprepare and bring too many copies of my book.  That's a lesson learned for next time.

Back to the Verdan Chronicles.  I'm still over my head in work and struggling to stay caught up on my favorite television shows, let alone find time to write or publish.  Still, I managed to squeeze in one day at Heroes and Villains FanFest in Chicago.  I'm glad I did and got to spend a few minutes with two amazing people, Chloe Bennet and Katrina Law.  I even fulfilled my self-promise to wear my T-Shirt supporting Chloe's charity campaign "FightLikeaGirl".  Check out Chloe on twitter and you can find the link to help her cause.  You may even find my my photo op with Chloe while wearing the stylish shirt.

Work and activities aside, I'm always thinking about the next book and I'm still committed to getting the final book in the core series published in the next few months.  In the meantime, Blood and Magic is available on Amazon (but buy the softcover at Lulu.com).  The kindle version should be available in the next week or two.