Giveaway for Chapter By Chapter Rave

In September, I'll be participating in a book signing near New York City.  The Chapter By Chapter Book Rave has an amazing set of authors who plan to attend.

Here's a giveaway to celebrate the countdown! Enter to win books, a bookshelf, or a gift card (for our international friends.)  ​

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Busy weekend

I am signing ARCs of I Wish today (Thursday at 1pm) at BEA in New York City.

Then it's off to Mississippi. I have another signing Sunday at the Barnes&Noble in Tupelo, 2pm.

There was a Neil Patrick Harris sighting today at BEA; that's my daughter talking to him.

Proof of I Wish

A proof (advance copy) of I Wish showed up in the mail today.  I'll be signing copies at Book Expo America (BEA) during the last weekend in May.

I Wish (book 1) releases in 200 days! Read an excerpt if you can't wait until November.

Book birthday week in images

For Whisper Falls, the first official week of life has been a lot of fun. I've been obsessive about watching the numbers, which are fine. Reviews have been good. And some readers have tweeted or emailed me with the nicest messages.

Here are a few images from some of the events of the past week.

The lovely young lady beside me is the freelance editor Laura who helped me polish Whisper Falls before it sold.

I'm signing a book at a private launch party. (Thank you, Lisa!) The pen was made for me by a high school classmate. (Thank you, Lou!)

My husband snapped the above photo at my first public book signing at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, NC.  The lovely lady before me is a fellow Mississippian who heard about the book on TV and came to meet me. Waiting politely and patiently at the side is Emilia, the daughter of one of my critique partners.

This last image was taken at the Cary Community Library. The county library system is carrying my books; thanks to them for supporting local authors!

I love booksignings

I had my first public book-signing on Sunday (at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, NC.)

At 3pm, the seats were half-filled, which made me blink.  At 3:05, it was standing room only.  That was cool.

I was incredibly nervous for about the first 25 seconds. Then it was just great. I loved talking with this group of readers, answering their questions, listening to their thoughts.  We had a reading from the book; my husband narrated for Mark (the hero) and my daughter narrated for Susanna (the heroine.) That was amazing.

It takes a lot of people to produce a book. Without my family, I couldn't have done it.

Then came the problem. The book store ran out of books.  Now, this is a good kind of problem to have. But it also means that I'll have to drive back to the store later this week to sign several books that are on order. I do not mind. Really.

Hmm, now I need to find other places to sign books! That was fun.

Support your local bookstore!

Quail Ridge Books & Music, one of my all-time favorite independent bookstores, will be hosting a book-signing event for me.

Here are the details:

Where: Quail Ridge Books
Date: 24 November 2013
Day: Sunday
Time: 3:00pm

If you love to support indie bookstores as much as I do, please consider ordering Whisper Falls from Quail Ridge!