Hallelujah, it's finally October. Another 11 week spree of events is over!
I do want to highlight the glory that was the Funky Ferndale Art Festival and my record sales of 140 books that weekend. If only all weekends were that wonderful, but hey, I'll revel in that one for a while.
My plan was to relax this month, to not do anything book sales related. But guess what? There's a local silkie chicken event and it's close to home and you know what they say, "Go where your readers are". So yep. I'll be there with my children's chicken books, dragging my 11 week spree right on into 12. #crazy
I'll also be doing a virtual interview with Canadian author J.M. Frey at a local bookstore on the 16th and signing my own books while I'm there. I am relaxing this month, really, I swear.
Oh, and formatting I9 as soon as that comes back from my proofreader so I can get it out to ARC readers. That's not technically going out to sell books though so...
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I also just sent off the last of the edits to the narrator for the audiobook of Sahmara so that will be out soon too.
Yep, crossing off projects left and right. Woohoo!
So what's ahead for the rest of the year? Three fairly big comic cons and a little local(ish) holiday art and craft show. Oh, and writing new material so I'll have a new book or three next year. So yeah, some stuff.
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What is your most favorite thing you've written, whether it's published or not?
I get this question ALL THE TIME when I'm out signing books. The most favorite thing I've written is Book 5 of the Narvan Series, Tears of the Tyrant. That one sucked my soul onto the pages. Writing the end of a series, man, it's hard to let go of those characters. I did my best to make every bit and piece come together, to go for the gut punches and balance them with a few good laughs, to make readers cry.
I cried. Others have reported they cried. Mission accomplished.
That might be considered a spoiler, but really, if you've read any of the books in the series, you know I do not go easy on my characters even in a happy ending.This revelation inevitably annoys new-to-me readers because they want the answer to be a stand alone book, or at least the first book in the series for goodness sake. Sorry folks, I'm difficult. That's my answer and I'm sticking to it.
Yup, I'm tired now. And that is a lot of books sold.
ReplyDeleteWhat I thought was the end of my series was my favorite as well. Like you, I threw everything into it.
Congrats on selling so many books! And it's great you're getting close to publishing another book.
ReplyDeleteLOL! I write a monthly update email for family and friends, and when I get done, I feel exactly what you're saying here. (Now that I've exhausted you vicariously....)
ReplyDeleteBook promotions, eh? They can eat your life. But hey, you're succeeding!