We’ll have 100+ local authors along with Matt Fraser from Meet The Frasers, Jon Land, ex-Red Sox pitcher Bill Lee along with raffles, writing panels and Santa.
Free parking and admission.
Remember, personalized books make great stocking stuffers!
The Expo committee has been working hard to learn what needs to be done to put on a free virtual event.
The Rhode Island Author Expo website has been updated with a registration button, panel schedule and participating authors.
The event will be running from 10 AM – 5 PM and will be held on Zoom.
There’re author panels just like in years past along with keynote speakers and this year we’re trying something different with an author kaffeeklatsch, a nice intimate setting to sit down and talk to one of our many local authors.
I hope to see you at the Expo in December where I’ll be on two panels and a kaffeeklatsch.
The library is adhering to the Rhode Island State of Emergency that states people should stay away from events where large amounts of people may gather for fear of the corona virus.
No makeup date is forthcoming and the library said they will have us back next year at this time.
Welcome to October, where did summer go? NaNoWrimo is 30 days away. They’ve updated the website. The new interface looks great, the only problem was the books got transferred over but not your friends list. Make sure to check-in and update your bio before November 1st. And speaking of NaNoWrimo check out my post on New England Speculative Fiction Authors website about going to write-ins. Bennett North‘s and Aimee Ogden‘s spec fiction magazine Translunar Travelers Lounge is now taking submissions for their new issue. Submission guidelines can be found here. (Remember to read the guidelines.) On October 30, I’ll be speaking along with A Keith Carreiro at Greenwich Hotel and Lounge for an open mic night with the Association of Rhode Island Authors. Costumes welcomed!
Several free ebook giveaways are going on through out the month of October! Check’em out if you daire!
Novel Spotlight
Two novels to spotlight this month. The first is The Cymage by Dave Walsh With each cough death looms closer. Only an experimental technology can save him. New meaning enters his life when a foreign leader asks the humble monk Am’ranth to help solidify his legacy during a time of peace. That legacy? A weapon unlike any other. Their friendship is the stuff of legends; their rivalry reshaped humanity’s future. A novelette set in Dave Walsh’s Andlios universe, the Cymage provides a glimpse into the rich history of the planet Andlios before the events of Terminus Cycle. The second book is Reverb by David Fuentes It’s ‘The Inbetweeners’ meets ‘Groundhog Day.’ ‘Reverb: Live, Die, Rave, Repeat’ tells the epic story of six young and adventurous students who get to relive the first day of their, no holds barred, holiday to the hedonistic party haven of Magaluf over and over and over again.