HWG Author Day at BookLore November 17, 2012
Sometimes book launches are best shared with friends. Fortunate for me, the Headwaters Writers' Guild was invited to do a fun afternoon of readings, snacking and book buying this past Saturday. Included in the frivolities were local authors: Jayne E. Self (author of Harbourlight's Seaglass Mysteries) ; Harry Posner (Charivari) ; Ruth Cunningham (Mystical Verses) ; Kelli Curtis (Amber and the Fallen Bridge) ; Diane Bator (Murder on Manitou) ; Joe Gilbey (Langsdorff of the Graf Spee: Prince of Honor, Kriegsmarine: Admiral Raeder's Navy: A Broken Dream) ; David Chesterton (Twelfth Night in Royal Blue) and June Hustler (Kindred).
We were fortunate to have not only friends and family there to join us, but also local media. During my reading, I had to contend with a hovering photographer (You can see the back of his head here!) It was a fun experience and I certainly look forward to my next one!
Wednesday night, November 21, two more members of our group, Marilyn Kleiber and Gloria Nye will be launching their novels. Another fun event for the HWG!
We were fortunate to have not only friends and family there to join us, but also local media. During my reading, I had to contend with a hovering photographer (You can see the back of his head here!) It was a fun experience and I certainly look forward to my next one!
Wednesday night, November 21, two more members of our group, Marilyn Kleiber and Gloria Nye will be launching their novels. Another fun event for the HWG!
Real copies of Murder on Manitou
Published as an e-novella by Wynterblue Publishing in January 2012. By September, it had been downloaded 576 times!
I longed for a real copy that I could sniff and flip pages and hug. Voila. Nine months later, here they are! I bought 100 copies just to see how it felt and what would happen. One day into my promotions, I have 10 books given away to family and - amazingly! - 30-40 copies both promised and sold to friends, family and co-workers! Not bad for 21 hours of work!
Now the real work begins. Getting the rest of the world to discover what I can do!
Good thing I have my biggest fans - my family to whom the book is dedicated - behind me!
I longed for a real copy that I could sniff and flip pages and hug. Voila. Nine months later, here they are! I bought 100 copies just to see how it felt and what would happen. One day into my promotions, I have 10 books given away to family and - amazingly! - 30-40 copies both promised and sold to friends, family and co-workers! Not bad for 21 hours of work!
Now the real work begins. Getting the rest of the world to discover what I can do!
Good thing I have my biggest fans - my family to whom the book is dedicated - behind me!
Photo Shoot for Front Cover of HWG's A Walk in Fields of Gold
Just a disclaimer that no canola was maimed or killed during this shoot!
The writers, however...
We all had a great time, got covered in pollen and Richard took a great cover for our anthology.
Stories of Prayers and Faith Author Meet and Greet
The authors of Stories of Prayers and Faith, published by Spiral Press.
This photo was taken at our author greet in Eramosa Eden, a great place for retreats and just getting away from everything! The building below is called Gaia House, a favourite retreat for the Headwaters Writers' Guild in past years. The kids spent the day meeting writers and watching bats swoop over our heads!
Musically inclined...
My dad Joe Rondeau and I in the Village Coffeehouse with one of the CDs we compiled together called Merry Christmas, Little One." I did the lyrics, he did the music. Together, we did five albums: Merry Christmas, Little One, Cuppa Joe, The Realm of Blue Sky, For Us Jesus Prayed, and Songs of Friendship, Songs of Love.
While I never actually learned to play any instrument, I do sing in the shower and my kids all play and some perform.