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A book signing event can be exciting and chaotic for a participating author. You may be alone in a bookstore, or in a small event with a few authors, or be one of two hundred crowded into a hotel ballroom. How do you stand out from the crowd? Start with imagining your assigned table as a storefront window enticing passersby. You need to have your message/name visible from across the room. You need to have your product (books) displayed in a pleasing and informative way. Once you draw them closer to your table, you need to create an atmosphere around …
How did I decide and create the final cover of “Warrior Queens”? It was a process… Deciding on a cover illustration can be a matter of trial and error until it clicks in your mind. The first incarnation of “Warrior Queens” had a photograph for a cover and that just did not sit right. The story is original and from the author’s imagination, the covers should be unique, too. I played with a few ideas for the cover with more stylistic approaches. I still like them, but they didn’t strike that right cord with me. …
Happy October!! When you think of October you may imagine brightly colored leaves, carved Jack O’Lanterns, candles in lanterns, spooky cemeteries, witches on broomsticks, or kids in costumes. You may think of partaking of cider and donuts while you slip into your first warm sweater of the season. Such a fun month! Drawing from all those scenes, sensations and experiences, I will share my love of October with you by sharing fun and weird facts all month. Keep Scrolling down each day for more! Which Witch? If you lived during the 1600s, do you think someone could have accused you …
The second story in the book “Sleepy, Scary, Sexy” and part of the Willow’s Moon Song series is “Harvest Grove : In the Year of the Comet 2230” Story Teaser: Turmoil has swirled around Casey’s head since childhood. It would bubble over in hints from stories written, or from sketches of images dreamed. What was being suppressed so strongly? This last sketch of the little girl in a puritan like outfit haunted Casey day and night. Those dark eyes had to hold the key. Who could help solve this puzzle? Miss Moon of the Willow Library could, but instead, she …
Welcome to the Willow’s Moon Song Universe As each book is published, this list may grow. Each name or place will be matched up with the book they appear in. Enjoy!! Miss Moon: She will be in every book! It is her the comet years are based on. Amber: Youngest sister of Chandra. Talented Healer. She can be found in “Jesse Monroe and Company”, “Oak Ridge Shadows”, “Moonlit Meadow” and “Winter and Spring”. Ann Monroe: You will learn about her childhood through young adulthood in the book “Jesse Monroe and Company”. Has a cameo in “Ceremony of the Rose”. …
“Sleepy, Scary, Sexy” by Archer Atwood is ready to come home with you! But first, a little bit about how the book and artwork came about. Let’s begin with the “Sexy” part of the book: “Ceremony of the Rose” Determined to ace her “History of Women” college course, Claire finds herself at the Willow Library. There she meets Miss Moon who hands her an old book that leads her to a special elderly woman. This woman hints about a ceremony that fuels Claire’s imagination and creates an obsession. An obsession to find the meaning of the Ceremony of the Rose. …
