Renee Spyrou's Blog
March 21, 2017
My News & planned Book Signing Events for 2017
Hi all, It’s been a very long while since I blogged, my only excuse, I’ve been super busy working. I should say Juggling all my jobs and writing Book 3. Seraphympire ~ The Edge of Apocalypse and working on its cover-art. Which I hope to have published by the end of the year.
Firstly, I hope everyone had a Fabulous Christmas and New Years and 2017 is going spectacularly so far. I’ve had a few hiccups, but nothing that hasn’t stopped me from doing my job. I sliced off half my thumb print a month ago using a compressor blade whilst cutting Velcro. A stupid, stupid accident, me being a perfectionist again. It all could have been avoided if I'd used the scissors to cut the remaining half centimetre left on the velcro, but hey, we live to learn. It’s been a real learning curve. You should try to sew without the use of your left thumb, hilarious, NO... not really.
It’s amazing what you can accomplish when you need to. Oh, and getting dressed, well, I’ll leave it up to your imaginations, a contortionist comes to mind when I think about it, let’s just say it’s been interesting – frustratingly so. I’ve been giving everyone the thumbs up lately, hey, what can I say, I have a warped sense of humour. Quite funny under the circumstances when you think about it. Especially with the abnormally large bandaged thumb, I’ve been sporting. I can't count how many times I did the thumbs up whilst my thumb was bandaged. Too many times to count. The eye roll I kept getting from my teenage daughter was very entertaining. "It's getting old mum!" She said on numerous occasions.
I have been busy organising book signings for 2017. Coming up next month I have the Gold Coast Supanova Pop Culture Expo on April 21st – 23rd & the Melbourne Supernova on April the 28th –30th the following week. If you like unique Supernatural, Paranormal, Fantasy books, with action aplenty, drop by & say hi and perhaps buy a personally signed copy of my awesome books. (I'm not modest at all am I?) I love chatting with new people, my husband and daughter can’t shut me up, what can I say I work alone so I’m starved for conversation.
Another event I’m really excited about is the Riveting Reads event in Brisbane at the end of the year held on the 21st – 22nd October. It will be my first-time book signing at this event and I have to say I’m really looking forward to. Thanks, G.R. Thomas for telling me about this Event. The money raised by this event goes to the Make-a-Wish foundation and the Starlight foundation, two foundations close to my heart. My son was lucky enough to have had his wish come true by the Make-a-Wish foundation. They are both worthy causes that help sick kids. If you love books and meeting the people who write them get behind this amazing event & support sick kids by buying tickets to Riveting Reads. See Website Link Below.
http://rivetingreadsaus.wixsite.com/r...
I have also applied for the Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane, Oz Comic Con events this year, fingers crossed my applications are accepted. I’ll keep you posted.
That’s all my news for now if you want to check out my books Seraphympire ~ Guardians of the Gateways Book One & Seraphympire ~ Keeper of the Key Book Two, you can find both books on Amazon. To find out what other people are saying about my books just go to my Goodreads page and you’ll find my book reviews there. I'm currently running a Goodreads giveaway for Books One & Two so try your luck you may win.
For those of you who have left ratings and reviews for my books, a thousand thanks. I truly appreciate it. If you have yet to leave a rating & review, please do, I love to know what you think of all my hard work. It doesn’t have to be a long review one line is enough.
Anyway, that's all for now have a fabulous week.
Firstly, I hope everyone had a Fabulous Christmas and New Years and 2017 is going spectacularly so far. I’ve had a few hiccups, but nothing that hasn’t stopped me from doing my job. I sliced off half my thumb print a month ago using a compressor blade whilst cutting Velcro. A stupid, stupid accident, me being a perfectionist again. It all could have been avoided if I'd used the scissors to cut the remaining half centimetre left on the velcro, but hey, we live to learn. It’s been a real learning curve. You should try to sew without the use of your left thumb, hilarious, NO... not really.
It’s amazing what you can accomplish when you need to. Oh, and getting dressed, well, I’ll leave it up to your imaginations, a contortionist comes to mind when I think about it, let’s just say it’s been interesting – frustratingly so. I’ve been giving everyone the thumbs up lately, hey, what can I say, I have a warped sense of humour. Quite funny under the circumstances when you think about it. Especially with the abnormally large bandaged thumb, I’ve been sporting. I can't count how many times I did the thumbs up whilst my thumb was bandaged. Too many times to count. The eye roll I kept getting from my teenage daughter was very entertaining. "It's getting old mum!" She said on numerous occasions.
I have been busy organising book signings for 2017. Coming up next month I have the Gold Coast Supanova Pop Culture Expo on April 21st – 23rd & the Melbourne Supernova on April the 28th –30th the following week. If you like unique Supernatural, Paranormal, Fantasy books, with action aplenty, drop by & say hi and perhaps buy a personally signed copy of my awesome books. (I'm not modest at all am I?) I love chatting with new people, my husband and daughter can’t shut me up, what can I say I work alone so I’m starved for conversation.
Another event I’m really excited about is the Riveting Reads event in Brisbane at the end of the year held on the 21st – 22nd October. It will be my first-time book signing at this event and I have to say I’m really looking forward to. Thanks, G.R. Thomas for telling me about this Event. The money raised by this event goes to the Make-a-Wish foundation and the Starlight foundation, two foundations close to my heart. My son was lucky enough to have had his wish come true by the Make-a-Wish foundation. They are both worthy causes that help sick kids. If you love books and meeting the people who write them get behind this amazing event & support sick kids by buying tickets to Riveting Reads. See Website Link Below.
http://rivetingreadsaus.wixsite.com/r...
I have also applied for the Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane, Oz Comic Con events this year, fingers crossed my applications are accepted. I’ll keep you posted.
That’s all my news for now if you want to check out my books Seraphympire ~ Guardians of the Gateways Book One & Seraphympire ~ Keeper of the Key Book Two, you can find both books on Amazon. To find out what other people are saying about my books just go to my Goodreads page and you’ll find my book reviews there. I'm currently running a Goodreads giveaway for Books One & Two so try your luck you may win.
For those of you who have left ratings and reviews for my books, a thousand thanks. I truly appreciate it. If you have yet to leave a rating & review, please do, I love to know what you think of all my hard work. It doesn’t have to be a long review one line is enough.
Anyway, that's all for now have a fabulous week.
July 10, 2016
Winter, Book 2 eBook release & Book Reviews
Hi Everyone,
I hope you're all happy and healthy.
Well, winter is upon us once again, for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere that is, Australia in my case. I'm actually happy to don my winter woolies as I've had three Summer's in a row now and was getting a little sick of the heat, okay, I was getting very sick of the heat, although where I live in Australia it doesn't get really cold. I live near Byron Bay so the winter months are quite mild.
It's funny, we have a wood burning heater inside our home, and love having the fire burning in cold weather, only the weather doesn't seem to want to co-operate with us and get really, really cold ... so sad. My husband often says "that's it we're moving to Tasmania, where it get's cold." Yes, a little extreme, I know, but hey he's used to chilly weather having lived in Greece where it snows in winter.
So to satisfy our bizarre need for an excuse to light a fire, we open all the windows and doors in our house until it is positively freezing, or as freezing as it can get given the area we live in, then we light up our beautiful wood heater, there is nothing more sublime than watching and listening to the pop of logs burning; the flames seem to have a magical quality. Have you ever just sat and watched a fire and imagined shapes of creatures forming within the flames, it's a bit like watching clouds and seeing what animals and objects they resemble.
I'm feeling a little melancholy this month, though, this time, last year we were holidaying in Greece, Hmmm... I wish I had access to Doc's Time traveling DeLorean from Back to the Future, don't you just wish you could step into your favorite movie or book and have a little fun, like taking Doc's DaLorean for a joyride, life would be extraordinary, to say the least. One can but dream hey, or curl up and read a good book, a great many books.
Seraphympire ~ Keeper of the Key
Speaking of books, Seraphympire ~ Keeper of the Key is now available as an eBook on Amazon for those who are interested in grabbing yourself a copy, pleeeeeeaaaasssssse grab a copy, you won't be disappointed. For those of you who already have copies of my books and have actually read them and liked them please rate and review them. I can't stress enough how important a rating and review are to we author's, because not only do we know what our readers think of our hard work, but the feedback is invaluable and always welcomed. A lot of sweat and tears goes into writing a book, believe me, a lot of tears are shed by the end of writing a book and publishing it. Reviews really do help with a book's visibility on the net. I'm after genuine review's though, a review should come from someone that has read the entire book, not two chapters. Okay enough said about reviews.
Anyway, I think I've said enough for one day, have a fabulous day, week and month.
Cheers
Renee.
I hope you're all happy and healthy.
Well, winter is upon us once again, for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere that is, Australia in my case. I'm actually happy to don my winter woolies as I've had three Summer's in a row now and was getting a little sick of the heat, okay, I was getting very sick of the heat, although where I live in Australia it doesn't get really cold. I live near Byron Bay so the winter months are quite mild.
It's funny, we have a wood burning heater inside our home, and love having the fire burning in cold weather, only the weather doesn't seem to want to co-operate with us and get really, really cold ... so sad. My husband often says "that's it we're moving to Tasmania, where it get's cold." Yes, a little extreme, I know, but hey he's used to chilly weather having lived in Greece where it snows in winter.
So to satisfy our bizarre need for an excuse to light a fire, we open all the windows and doors in our house until it is positively freezing, or as freezing as it can get given the area we live in, then we light up our beautiful wood heater, there is nothing more sublime than watching and listening to the pop of logs burning; the flames seem to have a magical quality. Have you ever just sat and watched a fire and imagined shapes of creatures forming within the flames, it's a bit like watching clouds and seeing what animals and objects they resemble.
I'm feeling a little melancholy this month, though, this time, last year we were holidaying in Greece, Hmmm... I wish I had access to Doc's Time traveling DeLorean from Back to the Future, don't you just wish you could step into your favorite movie or book and have a little fun, like taking Doc's DaLorean for a joyride, life would be extraordinary, to say the least. One can but dream hey, or curl up and read a good book, a great many books.
Seraphympire ~ Keeper of the Key
Speaking of books, Seraphympire ~ Keeper of the Key is now available as an eBook on Amazon for those who are interested in grabbing yourself a copy, pleeeeeeaaaasssssse grab a copy, you won't be disappointed. For those of you who already have copies of my books and have actually read them and liked them please rate and review them. I can't stress enough how important a rating and review are to we author's, because not only do we know what our readers think of our hard work, but the feedback is invaluable and always welcomed. A lot of sweat and tears goes into writing a book, believe me, a lot of tears are shed by the end of writing a book and publishing it. Reviews really do help with a book's visibility on the net. I'm after genuine review's though, a review should come from someone that has read the entire book, not two chapters. Okay enough said about reviews.
Anyway, I think I've said enough for one day, have a fabulous day, week and month.
Cheers
Renee.
April 6, 2016
Book 2. Seraphympire ~ Keeper of the Key
Hi everyone,
I’m happy to announce the publication of Book 2 Seraphympire ~ Keeper of the Key the next instalment in the Guardians of the Gateways Series, which is now available in paperback at https://www.createspace.com/6017201, you can also find the links on my website www.reneespyrou.com, it will soon be available in eBook format on Amazon within the next couple of weeks as well. If you're looking to purchase a copy.
Well, it’s that time of year again, Supanova time, I will be attending Supanova Pop Culture Expo on the Gold Coast this weekend 9th & 10th of April 2016 and will be launching book two Seraphympire ~ Keeper of the Key whilst there, if you’d like to purchase a personally signed copy of book 2 and live in Australia or happen to be in Australia this weekend drop by the Gold Coast Convention Centre, you'll find me in the alley with all the Indie publishers, come and say hi and grab yourself a copy, but I must mention there are limited copies available. I hope to see you all again at Supanova this year and look forward to catching up and chatting.
I will begin writing book 3 Seraphympire ~ The Edge of Apocalypse in May 2016 and will keep you posted on how it’s progressing throughout the year.
That’s all my new’s for now, many thanks for all your support. I hope to see you soon.
Kind Regards
Renee.
To purchase tickets and find out information about Supanova just click on the link below.
http://www.supanova.com.au
I’m happy to announce the publication of Book 2 Seraphympire ~ Keeper of the Key the next instalment in the Guardians of the Gateways Series, which is now available in paperback at https://www.createspace.com/6017201, you can also find the links on my website www.reneespyrou.com, it will soon be available in eBook format on Amazon within the next couple of weeks as well. If you're looking to purchase a copy.
Well, it’s that time of year again, Supanova time, I will be attending Supanova Pop Culture Expo on the Gold Coast this weekend 9th & 10th of April 2016 and will be launching book two Seraphympire ~ Keeper of the Key whilst there, if you’d like to purchase a personally signed copy of book 2 and live in Australia or happen to be in Australia this weekend drop by the Gold Coast Convention Centre, you'll find me in the alley with all the Indie publishers, come and say hi and grab yourself a copy, but I must mention there are limited copies available. I hope to see you all again at Supanova this year and look forward to catching up and chatting.
I will begin writing book 3 Seraphympire ~ The Edge of Apocalypse in May 2016 and will keep you posted on how it’s progressing throughout the year.
That’s all my new’s for now, many thanks for all your support. I hope to see you soon.
Kind Regards
Renee.
To purchase tickets and find out information about Supanova just click on the link below.
http://www.supanova.com.au
October 4, 2015
Book 2 and Holiday News
Hi everyone,
How terribly slack of me, I've just realized it's been quite a while since my last post. To my own defence I've been very busy. With the book promotion of Seraphympire ~ Guardians of the Gateways book 1 (pronounced Sera-fim-pire.) and the writing of book 2 Seraphympire ~ Keeper of the Key, I'm pleased to say it's coming along nicely, I'm half way through and hope to have it published next year.
I've also been away for 2 months holidaying in Greece and have just recently returned home to Australia. It was lovely to see the family and beautiful, beautiful Greece again, 23 years is way too long to wait to go back to my father's country of birth.
I had good intentions of finishing book 2 whilst I was there, no such luck, but I did write one of the best chapters I've written to date, chapter 13 is a cracker where a lot of questions from book 1 are answered, there's nothing more satisfying than writing a chapter and having all the pieces just fall into place without overthinking a scene too much.
I also did a book signing at the Hotel Philoxenia whilst on the island of Kalymnos, where I spent the majority of my stay in Greece, it was great fun meeting and speaking with new and wonderful people, to those of you who attended, a very big thank you. I'd also like to extend my thanks to Nikolas the manager of the Philoxenia Hotel, and my cousin, for running the book signing event, it was fabulous.
I still have so much to do, I've been procrastinating about getting my newsletter up and running for those who'd like to actually subscribe and hear my news about up and coming books etc. It's all so intimidating, what to write? Will anyone actually read it? Why bother, how will I navigate and build my newsletter using Mailchimp? which I've decided to use. I remember feeling the same overwhelming feeling when I was attempting to build my website, I think once I get started I'll be fine.
I've yet to compile a video of all the photo's and videos I took whilst overseas, but I will do it within the next month, I hope, you must remember I'm busy writing book 2 and working two jobs during the day, if only there were more hours in the day. I think many of you would agree.
Anyway, for those of you who actually read my blog, a big thank you and sorry for not posting sooner, have a very fabulous month.
Regards Renee
How terribly slack of me, I've just realized it's been quite a while since my last post. To my own defence I've been very busy. With the book promotion of Seraphympire ~ Guardians of the Gateways book 1 (pronounced Sera-fim-pire.) and the writing of book 2 Seraphympire ~ Keeper of the Key, I'm pleased to say it's coming along nicely, I'm half way through and hope to have it published next year.
I've also been away for 2 months holidaying in Greece and have just recently returned home to Australia. It was lovely to see the family and beautiful, beautiful Greece again, 23 years is way too long to wait to go back to my father's country of birth.
I had good intentions of finishing book 2 whilst I was there, no such luck, but I did write one of the best chapters I've written to date, chapter 13 is a cracker where a lot of questions from book 1 are answered, there's nothing more satisfying than writing a chapter and having all the pieces just fall into place without overthinking a scene too much.
I also did a book signing at the Hotel Philoxenia whilst on the island of Kalymnos, where I spent the majority of my stay in Greece, it was great fun meeting and speaking with new and wonderful people, to those of you who attended, a very big thank you. I'd also like to extend my thanks to Nikolas the manager of the Philoxenia Hotel, and my cousin, for running the book signing event, it was fabulous.
I still have so much to do, I've been procrastinating about getting my newsletter up and running for those who'd like to actually subscribe and hear my news about up and coming books etc. It's all so intimidating, what to write? Will anyone actually read it? Why bother, how will I navigate and build my newsletter using Mailchimp? which I've decided to use. I remember feeling the same overwhelming feeling when I was attempting to build my website, I think once I get started I'll be fine.
I've yet to compile a video of all the photo's and videos I took whilst overseas, but I will do it within the next month, I hope, you must remember I'm busy writing book 2 and working two jobs during the day, if only there were more hours in the day. I think many of you would agree.
Anyway, for those of you who actually read my blog, a big thank you and sorry for not posting sooner, have a very fabulous month.
Regards Renee
March 3, 2015
Author Interview
Hi everyone,
I hope you're all well and healthy, and have had a Happy New Year so far, may it bring good health much love and prosperity.
Sorry it's been a few months since my last posting, it's been a very hectic time. I've had a busy holiday period and have finally come up for air. I'm just starting to catch up at work.
It's getting close to my Supanova book signing on the Gold Coast in April, 2 months away, boy has the time flown, I can't wait. It will be my first official book signing event. I must say I'm a little nervous, but also very excited.
I will also be doing a book signing in Greece in mid August at the Philoxennia Hotel on the small island of Kalymnos, (dates have yet to be set, but I will keep you posted,) which I'm extremely excited about, it's been 23 yrs since I last visited my country of heritage, it will definitely have changed.
I've been writing Book 2
Seraphympire ~ Keeper of the Key and promoting book 1.
If you're interested in learning more about me I recently did an interview with The Manuscript Appraisal Agency, I can't sing their praises high enough.
They appraised the 2nd draft of Seraphympire Book 1, and I must say it wouldn't be what it is today if not for their tireless work and valuable feedback. Having said that, any author who is at a crossroads with their novel and need feedback on their Manuscript, check them out you won't be disappointed.
On that note I think I'll call it a night, or I should say, morning, it's 2am here in Australia and I have to be up for work in 4 hours, crazy I know, Goodnight all or Good morning if you'd prefer.
Here's a link for the author interview if you're interested.
http://manuscriptagency.com.au/author...
I hope you're all well and healthy, and have had a Happy New Year so far, may it bring good health much love and prosperity.
Sorry it's been a few months since my last posting, it's been a very hectic time. I've had a busy holiday period and have finally come up for air. I'm just starting to catch up at work.
It's getting close to my Supanova book signing on the Gold Coast in April, 2 months away, boy has the time flown, I can't wait. It will be my first official book signing event. I must say I'm a little nervous, but also very excited.
I will also be doing a book signing in Greece in mid August at the Philoxennia Hotel on the small island of Kalymnos, (dates have yet to be set, but I will keep you posted,) which I'm extremely excited about, it's been 23 yrs since I last visited my country of heritage, it will definitely have changed.
I've been writing Book 2
Seraphympire ~ Keeper of the Key and promoting book 1.
If you're interested in learning more about me I recently did an interview with The Manuscript Appraisal Agency, I can't sing their praises high enough.
They appraised the 2nd draft of Seraphympire Book 1, and I must say it wouldn't be what it is today if not for their tireless work and valuable feedback. Having said that, any author who is at a crossroads with their novel and need feedback on their Manuscript, check them out you won't be disappointed.
On that note I think I'll call it a night, or I should say, morning, it's 2am here in Australia and I have to be up for work in 4 hours, crazy I know, Goodnight all or Good morning if you'd prefer.
Here's a link for the author interview if you're interested.
http://manuscriptagency.com.au/author...
November 14, 2014
Book Signing @ Supanova Pop Culture Expo April 17th to the 19th of April 2015
Hi everyone, a big cheery hello from sunny Australia, I will be doing a book signing at the Supanova Pop Culture Expo on the Gold Coast Australia on the 17th, 18th, 19th of April 2015. If you'd like to drop by and say hi and maybe buy a signed copy of my Novel Seraphympire, I'd love to see you all there to chat .http://www.supanova.com.au/
Please enter the giveaway for my novel through Goodreads, there are only 10 days to go.
I'm also getting some really great reviews for Seraphympire. I'm humbled and so happy people are enjoying Makayla and the Shadow Seekers stories, I can't thank those who have purchased copies of the paperback and eBooks enough, thank you, thank you all so much, have a very merry Xmas all.
Cheers Renee Spyrou
Please enter the giveaway for my novel through Goodreads, there are only 10 days to go.
I'm also getting some really great reviews for Seraphympire. I'm humbled and so happy people are enjoying Makayla and the Shadow Seekers stories, I can't thank those who have purchased copies of the paperback and eBooks enough, thank you, thank you all so much, have a very merry Xmas all.
Cheers Renee Spyrou
September 16, 2014
My new cover art
Hi everyone,
I recently found my cover on lousycovers.com, I really wasn't surprised, but it was great, as it was the catalyst to changing my novels cover, it pushed me into sitting down, and redoing it. I've had many sleepless nights fixing the problem, and wow what a difference it has made. If you would like to check out the new cover it is currently on the About Authors twitter page, and if you would like it that would be even better, I will be doing another Giveaway soon, I will keep you posted Cheers Renee
http://www.beingauthor.com/2014/09/se...
I recently found my cover on lousycovers.com, I really wasn't surprised, but it was great, as it was the catalyst to changing my novels cover, it pushed me into sitting down, and redoing it. I've had many sleepless nights fixing the problem, and wow what a difference it has made. If you would like to check out the new cover it is currently on the About Authors twitter page, and if you would like it that would be even better, I will be doing another Giveaway soon, I will keep you posted Cheers Renee
http://www.beingauthor.com/2014/09/se...
August 14, 2014
First 9 Chapters FREE
Hi everyone,
For those interested, I'm giving away the first 9 Chapters of Seraphympire ~ Guardians of the Gateways for FREE, if you would like your copy you need only go to this link and press like and the chapters are all yours.
http://reneespyrou.com/pay-with-a-like/
Also I'd like to thank goodreads and everyone who entered the goodreads giveaway for Seraphympire. Congratulations to the winners, you'll be happy to know your books are in the mail, I hope you enjoy reading my Novel.
Have a great weekend everyone Kind Regards Renee.
For those interested, I'm giving away the first 9 Chapters of Seraphympire ~ Guardians of the Gateways for FREE, if you would like your copy you need only go to this link and press like and the chapters are all yours.
http://reneespyrou.com/pay-with-a-like/
Also I'd like to thank goodreads and everyone who entered the goodreads giveaway for Seraphympire. Congratulations to the winners, you'll be happy to know your books are in the mail, I hope you enjoy reading my Novel.
Have a great weekend everyone Kind Regards Renee.
August 11, 2014
Seraphympire ~ Guardians of the Gateways book 1
Hi People,
If you would like to read a longer preview of my book go to the adult content section at Smashwords.com, there you will have access to 8 chapters and if you can get passed the first chapter I'm sure you will like it after that, if not well thank you for checking it out anyway.
It is available in eBook format on Amazon, Smashwords, itunes and in paperback and Hardback. Go to my Website at reneespyrou.com and you will find all the book links. For those of you who have entered the Goodreads giveaway for Seraphympire, Thank you all and good luck.
Cheers Renee Spyrou
If you would like to read a longer preview of my book go to the adult content section at Smashwords.com, there you will have access to 8 chapters and if you can get passed the first chapter I'm sure you will like it after that, if not well thank you for checking it out anyway.
It is available in eBook format on Amazon, Smashwords, itunes and in paperback and Hardback. Go to my Website at reneespyrou.com and you will find all the book links. For those of you who have entered the Goodreads giveaway for Seraphympire, Thank you all and good luck.
Cheers Renee Spyrou
