Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Carrollwood, Tampa, FL
October 26th,
7:00-9:00 pm

Come join local Florida authors for fun and festivities as they sign their latest releases at the Carrollwood B&N in Tampa, FL.

Attending authors include:

NY Times & USA Today bestselling author, C.L. Wilson, signing CROWN OF CRYSTAL FLAME, the 5th and final book in her epic fantasy Tairen Soul series.

NY Times bestselling author, Julie Leto will be signing HARD TO HOLD, the launch title for HCI Books new True Vows series of Reality-based™ Romances.

Kathy Carmichael will be signing DIARY OF A CONFESSIONS QUEEN which received a Booklist Starred Review

Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review and Rita Award winner, Linnea Sinclair will be signing REBELS AND LOVERS, the 4th book in her Dock Five Universe series.
NT Times bestselling author, Tina Wainscott/Jaime Rush signing TOUCHING DARKNESS, the latest in her The Offspring: Sexy…dangerous…outcasts, series.
Kimberly Llewellyn will be signing her nonfiction book, I WANT TO BE AN AUTHOR: NOW WHAT?

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Now Available :)

Popular lecturer on the craft and business of writing, award-winning author Kathy Carmichael has compiled many of her workshops and articles in this first volume of her Fast, Easy, Painless series. A number of these articles appear on her website, but new material includes: Turning your Talents into Income, Characterization and Viewpoint, helpful information about searching for a literary agent, and more.

Featuring a Foreword by Vicki Hinze, Who's Who in the World recipient (author and educator) and award-winning author of ONE WAY TO WRITE A NOVEL and FORGET ME NOT.

Workshops and articles included in Volume 1:

Writing Craft
Strengthening Your Manuscript for Contests (and Editors!)
Recipe for Writing
Characterization and Viewpoint
How to Improve Story Dialogue
How to Give Your Reader that Ah! Ending
Considering Tickling a few Funny Bones? Writing Humor
Recommended Reading List
Business of Writing
Warm Up Your Pitch (Writing the Story Blurb)
In-person Pitching Tips
Query Letter Basics
Turning Your Talents into Income
Tips for Finding a Literary Agent
Characteristics of Bad Agents
Recommended Websites
Motivational
Banish the Unpublished Writer Blues
The Writer's Voyage
A Writer’s Life: Hurry Up and Wait

"Clear, concise, and easy to follow. Kathy Carmichael's writing articles will streamline the process toward getting published."
~ Kimberly Llewellyn
Award-winning author

Available on Kindle

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I'll be discussing and signing copies of DIARY OF A CONFESSIONS QUEEN at the St Pete Times Festival of Reading on Saturday, Oct 23 at 10:00. Admission is free.



Hope to see you there!

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A very nice review from the St Petersburg Times:

Review: In 'Diary of a Confessions Queen' by Kathy Carmichael, a hapless hero bones up for mystery - St. Petersburg Times

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Having a lovely Labor Day with family. Ian's home from college and we've been enjoying having him here. Lots of grilling on the barbecue, chatting and general fun :)

Speaking of fun, I found this cool badge thing about the upcoming Cleveland Street Books & Wine Festival, so thought I'd try it out :) Okay, I tried it and it didn't quite work :/ But at least the link is there

Find Book & Wine Festival on

tampabay.comthings-to-do

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I'm very excited to be participating in the first Clearwater Book & Wine Festival on September 11, 2010. I'll be talking about my books and holding a Q&A session on writing topics, followed by a booksigning. It should be lots of fun. Admittance is FREE!! My appearance is scheduled at the Station Square Park stage at 6:30 p.m. Please stop by!

Click here for the schedule of events.

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From now until August 17th, a lot of mystery novels are on sale at B&N. I was pleasantly happy to find that my cozy mystery, DIARY OF A CONFESSIONS QUEEN, is among those discounted 45%. Click here to link to the sale. Click here to link to DIARY.

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