Abbie Chandler's Blog

Upcoming Facebook Book Events that you might be interested in!

Interview with Assaph Meh, an award-winning historical mystery author: https://www.facebook.com/events/90579...

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Mystery Thriller Week, a celebration of mystery books and authors: https://www.facebook.com/events/16036...

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Earlier this year, I hosted my first Virtual Book Fair. It was a test run to see what did and didn't work, and I was pleased to get lots of positive feedback. I've looked over advice on how to improve, and I'm organizing another one for November! Submission call for The Virtual Book Fair is open until August 20!

Check out www.TheLittleBookNook.wordpress.com for more information!

This year’s virtual book fair will be from November 12- November 20th and will host 10-20 books from each of the following genres:

Romance / Erotica / Mystery / Thriller / Horror / Paranormal / Fantasy / Science Fiction / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction / YA / Nonfiction / Poetry / Young Readers / Short stories / Seasonal stories

Amazon link must include a sample of your book! Submissions will be filtered through beta readers and selected based on writing skill, content. formatting, and overall appearance. Any submissions that do not have a sample will automatically be deleted!!

The main event will host at the Little Book Nook (www.TheLittleBookNook.wordpress.com) and at the following Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/92756.... Both of these pages will direct guests to participating author booths which MUST be featured on a blog or webpage or Facebook page.

The book fair will feature several games with gift card prizes. Two of these games require author booth participation, but these will be on a volunteer basis. I’ll explain these games in detail later on. If you decide to participate, you’ll be required to include the information in your booth set-up.

This year I am also testing “vendor booths” for editors, publishers, book bloggers, and virtual book clubs.

**To be considered, all submissions must be made at https://thelittlebooknook.wordpress.c...

If you have any additional questions, you may email me at TheLittleBookNookBlog@gmail.com

Thank you so much!!

Earlier this year, I hosted my first Virtual Book Fair. It was a test run to see what did and didn't work, and I was pleased to get lots of positive feedback. I've looked over advice on how to improve, and I'm organizing another one for November! Submission call for The Virtual Book Fair is open until August 20!

This year’s virtual book fair will be from November 12- November 20th and will host 10-20 books from each of the following genres:

Romance
Erotica
Mystery
Thriller
Horror
Paranormal/ Fantasy
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
YA
Nonfiction
Poetry
Young Readers
Short stories
Seasonal stories

Amazon link must include a sample of your book! Submissions will be filtered through beta readers and selected based on writing skill, content. formatting, and overall appearance. Any submissions that do not have a sample will automatically be deleted!!

The main event will host at the Little Book Nook (www.TheLittleBookNook.wordpress.com) and at the following Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/92756.... Both of these pages will direct guests to participating author booths which MUST be featured on a blog or webpage or Facebook page.

The book fair will feature several games with gift card prizes. Two of these games require author booth participation, but these will be on a volunteer basis. I’ll explain these games in detail later on. If you decide to participate, you’ll be required to include the information in your booth set-up.

Your booth MUST include the following information:

brief author bio
brief synopsis of book

Optional information might include:
Giveaway set-up
Author interview
Main character interview (questions provided by the book fair)
Villain interview (questions provided by the book fair)
Q&A session
Blog trivia answers (question provided by book fair)
Choose your own adventure paragraphs (provided by book fair)

There is a $2 booth entrance fee to help cover the cost of gift cards and marketing.

Please review the following rules before submitting your book:

* Ebook must be available on Amazon
* Ebook must be less than $2.99 at the time of event.
* Must have at least (5) four or more star reviews
* $2 booth entrance fee
* One book per author
* Authors must have blog or website or Facebook page.
* Authors are responsible for their own contests on Facebook or website or blog

Please also review the following dates and deadlines:

* Final book selections made Sept 15
* Booth fee due Sept 30
* Choose your own adventure approval Nov 1
* Booth approval by Nov 10
* Fair from Nov 12- 20

* November 12 Literary Fiction
* November 13 Romance / Erotica
* November 14 Mystery/ Thriller /Horror
* November 15 Paranormal/ Fantasy / Science Fiction
* November 16 Historical Fiction
* November 17 YA
* November 18 Nonfiction / Poetry
* November 19 Young Readers
* November 20 Short stories/ Seasonal stories

This year I am also testing “vendor booths” for editors, publishers, book bloggers, and virtual book clubs.

**To be considered, all submissions must be made at https://thelittlebooknook.wordpress.c...

If you have any additional questions, you may email me at TheLittleBookNookBlog@gmail.com

Thank you so much!!

Check out the beginning of my Merlin fanfiction. Arthur is destined to rise again, but the sorcerer by his side is no longer the naive young man.

Blog: www.MyCreativeCauldron.wordpress.com

Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/Abbie_Ch...

Hi everyone! So tomorrow starts my journey into the world of fanfiction. I was a huge fan of the BBC show Merlin and terribly disappointed with the ending. (Spoiler alert- although not really a spoiler alert because it happens in all of the Arthurian canon: Arthur dies). That, of course, wasn't the problem. For my thesis in grad school, I studied the impact of Guinevere on the archetype of the female in Medieval culture, so I was well aware of Arthur's fate. As popular legend has it, Arthur will rise again in Albia's greatest time of need.

My problem was the final showdown between Merlin and Morganna. (Spoiler alert: In the BBC show, Morganna, sometimes known as Morgan la Fey, is a product of her environment and becomes the big bad.) There were no fireworks or heartbreak. It was mundane and boring. Blah.

So I've been working on an idea to bring everyone back as Arthur rises again. So if you're a fan of the show, or even if you're not but you love the King Arthur canon, come check it out! You'll be able to find it for free on wattpad (username abbie_chandler) and on my blog at www.MyCreativeCauldron.wordpress.com.

Thanks for checking in and have a great weekend!

I've got some exciting news! I'm currently building up a new blog where readers can discover discounted fiction eBooks! Starting in late spring and early summer, The Little Book Nook will post discounted ($2.99 or less) eBooks once a week from the following genres:

Literary Fiction
Mystery/ Thriller
Horror
Romance
Erotica
Paranormal/ Fantasy
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
Young Adult

Now this is certainly not a new concept which is why my blog will have a little extra incentive.

Every month, all followers (both email and Wordpress followers) will be eligible to win a free kindle eBook! I'm kicking off the event with FIVE winners on April 30th. As a winner, you'll be asked about your preferred reading genre, and from there I'll give you several highly rated books to choose from!

If you're an author, entries are currently free! To sign up and/or enter your book, check out www.TheLittleBookNook.Wordpress.com

And thank you in advance for helping me get this idea off the ground!

The Veiled Soul is now only 99 cents! Check it out on Amazon and the iBookstore and take advantage now through 2/14!!

I just wanted to take a moment and thank all the new people that are following me and everyone that entered my giveaway! I'm new at the publishing game, and I'm pleased with all the support! I will probably be doing another giveaway before Christmas (either on here or on Amazon), so stay tuned!!!

In the meantime, I am writing an urban fantasy for National Novel Writing Month (November). And in January of 2016, I'll start writing the next book in The Veiled Soul series! I'll update everyone as soon as milestones become more clear!

Thank again!

I'm excited to announce that I will be giving away two copies of the print edition of The Veiled Soul. The contest begins on September 18, so be on the lookout for details!