Yesterday I attended the first (possibly annual) Providence Book Festival. In terms of sales, I didn’t do too well, but in terms of networking and finding out information (and helping other authors) I did really well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One nugget I learned was that librarians go to these things. It’s not a bad thing to try to cater to a school library. Because Grimaulkin <\/em>is young adult, and that market is hot (not hot-hot like middle grade) I can get the book into the hands of high schoolers. I also offered myself up as a speaker to school librarians in case they ever wanted to put together a panel of authors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, I am now doing the rewrite for Blood From a Stone.<\/em> I did all the background work, figuring out what works and what doesn’t, what characters to keep, what scenes to redo and add in. I hope to have it done in the next two weeks and ready to send out to the editor by then. My self-imposed deadline is June 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n May 1 is when Grimaulkin Tales<\/em> comes out. We titled each of the stories like Canterbury Tales<\/em>, which is kinda neat. I’ve sold one copy already, and I may have someone ready to get it in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My next appearance will be June 1, at the Woonsocket Meet & Greet in the Woonsocket library.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yesterday I attended the first (possibly annual) Providence Book Festival. In terms of sales, I didn’t do too well, but in terms of networking and finding out information (and helping other authors) I did really well. One nugget I learned … Continue reading