Author Event

Fun and Successful Author Event

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Thursday evening, October 2, 2025, I participated in an Author Reception at my friend, Becky’s, beautiful artisan shop, Pebbles & Lace. This is me at the table I shared with my friend and fellow author, C.S. Wachter, ready to start greeting readers.

Here are some of the wonderful authors who participated. The cute little dog is the character in her mommy’s books, and she even co-signs the books her mommy sells. Her name is Charlamay. We had such a great turnout that I didn’t have enough time to meet and talk to all of the authors. I think I spoke to the majority of shoppers, though.

I have known this dear young lady since she was a young child. It was such a blessing to have her, her mom, and several of her siblings come out. I enjoyed seeing them. It was a blessing to have this young lady so excited and happy to purchase my book! She said she had waited a whole year to get it, and she had. She saw me just a month or two before I published it. She was the first to purchase my book at this event.

The young lady in the blue dress standing next to me came out for this event to promote her Literary Magazine the evening before its release! I was very intrigued because there aren’t very many literary magazines around anymore, since so many things are on the internet. Her magazine is called “The Drowsy Dragon”. It’s a small magazine of short stories by this young lady and a few other people. I was excited to purchase one and take it along home to read.

This author reception was definitely the most fun and most successful event I have attended as an author so far. Thank you to all of you who came out to support us authors! And thank you, Becky, for hosting this wonderful event!

I wish all of the author attendees blessings, and I hope to see you all again.

Follow-up on the Previously Mentioned Author Event

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I attended the Author’s event at the Intercourse Library on Saturday, July 19, 2025. It was scheduled for 11:00 a.m. — 3:00 p.m. We had a steady trickle of attendees from about 11:30 until 1:10. After that, it was dead. I was able to meet some new people, gain one more sign-up for my newsletter, and connect with a few authors. However, sales were very hard to come by. I have come to the conclusion that Summer is not a great time for an Author event, and location matters. Unfortunately, the Intercourse Library is a bit off the beaten path and has no signage to let people know it’s there.

The above photo shows my friend, Shelleen Weaver, sharing one of her wonderful children’s books from her Fruit Fables Series with three attendees. Each of her fables focuses on one of the Fruits of the Spirit and the illustrations are beautiful!

The above is a photo of Melissa Roos’s table with all of her books. Right after set up, I spoke with her briefly and purchased a copy of You Can Hide, her first book. She mentioned that Tennessee Wishes was available on Amazon Kindle for free that day, so I downloaded it as soon as I got home. I purchased her other books on Kindle today. I love Mystery/Romance and these all sound so good!

Later, when the traffic was slow, I returned to Melissa’s stand to talk to her more. I enjoyed asking her about her writing journey, and we discussed book covers because I really love her covers for The Further I Fall and Cherry Hollow. She encouraged me in regard to designing my own book covers.

When there wasn’t a single “shopper” in the room, other than the owner of these two furry ladies, he mentioned that these girls were waiting outside. So the author he came to purchase a book from and I went out to see them. They are Greyhounds and were quite sweet and friendly, and I found their coats much softer than I expected.

I would say having one of my author friends go on a coffee run and bring back a chai latte for me, meeting the Greyhounds, seeing my friend, Shelleen, sharing a table with my friend, Megan, encouraging a struggling author at the table next to us, and talking with Melissa Roos were the best parts of the day for me. Though this Author event wasn’t what I had hoped, I look forward to the next Author I will be participating in. It will be held at Pebbles & Lace Boutique in East Lampeter on October 2nd. Check out my upcoming events tab for details.