Keller Public Library Author Event
Last week I got a call from a friend from church who happens to also be a TCU librarian. She told me she’d given my name to a Keller Public Library librarian who’d called her looking for suggestions for an author event. They’d had a couple of people get sick and back out of their Saturday event honor Indie Author Day. My friend kindly supplied the Keller Librarian with my name.
Yes, I had to take this pic from my computer. For some reason, I couldn’t upload the pict from the downloads. I worked on it for a good thirty minutes. This was the best I could figure out.Now I really wanted to do this because I hadn’t done a live event in a couple of months and celebrating Indie Author Day is really cool. But Bob and I had plans to attend a dance performance at TCU Saturday afternoon. I called my daughter who was a rehearsal choreographer for one of the numbers to see if we could switch to Friday night. We were able to do that, which made it okay for me to say yes to the Keller Public Library.
Keller is a small town north and a bit east of Fort Worth about forty minutes from where we live. Not a bad drive since there is an expressway north until the turn off. I asked Bob to go with me because he hadn’t gone in a while, and I thought it would be nice to get feedback from him on how he thought it went. And…he could help haul in all the books. I only took 4 of each title, but I have 10 books out. Forty books weigh a lot.
As soon as I entered the beatiful libraryI, I met Joshua Cade, the librarian who was very appreciative of me coming at the last minute. We were set up in a side room before you enter the main library. He’d provided tables for the authors to set up our books. I was glad I brought my turquoise sheet I use to cover tables. I wasn’t sure what the situation would be.
Three other authors attended. Monical Flores who has two young adult fantasy books out. Angelicque York who published a memoir about her experiences with her husband’s struggle with Alsheimer’s. She also wrote articles for newspapers. The third person was in a different category. Amanda Churchill has a book releasing in February 2024 published by Random House. She tells stories her Japanese grandmother shared with her growing up about coming to this country and losing everything she knew before. And she couldn’t even go back because it was no longer the way it had been. Amanda is definitely not an Indie Author. However hearing her experiences made an interesting contrast to the rest of us.
Josh asked questions, and we all took turns answering, and then the audience had their turn. We had a good turnout, twenty to twenty five people. It was really a great time. I didn’t sell any print books but picked up a few new newsletter followers, and people asked where they could get e-copies. Several people have reached out to me with follow up questions about the business. Giving back is part of being an author because so many folks gave to me when I was first starting.
Josh asked me to send him a blurb to use. I didn’t realize the size. I should have cut this way back. (But then I’ve been writing a long time with 10 books out.) Here’s where you can see the other athors. https://twitter.com/kellertxlibrary I hope you will take a minute and check out the other authors. The blurb look better because there is more white space. 
So thank you, Robyn Reid for giving Josh my name. Thanks, Josh for the invite. And thanks to the lovely people who came to the Keller Public Library. Oh, and Bob said I did really well. Could be he’s a bit biased. 
But it was lots of fun.My newsletter will go out next week and I’ll share a bit of this again for those people who don’t follow my blog. (Of course, I wish they did. )Also, next week I have two cool things happening. I will be a guest of my friend JQ. Rose. She’s an author I met when we were both with Muse It Up Publishing quite a few years ago. JQ’s writing crosses genres from suspense to mystery to thriller. All really interesting reads. And you should check out her memoir about the time she and her husband made the jump to move and start a new business. She also has a book telling you how to write your own memoir and a great book for young girls spotlighting women doing amazing things. Here’s the link to her blog. https://www.jqrose.com/ I’ll share the specific link to my post next week on Facebook.And then from November 1-December 31 NN Light Book Heaven has her Gift Guide. I’m spotlighted on November 15 with COMPROMISE. I’ll share that link on Facebook, too.Hope you’re experiencing great fall weather. Love to hear from you.Blurbs for each of my books with links can be found on my website https://authormarsharwest.wordpress.com/ Where you can also sign up for my blog and my
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Yes, I had to take this pic from my computer. For some reason, I couldn’t upload the pict from the downloads. I worked on it for a good thirty minutes. This was the best I could figure out.Now I really wanted to do this because I hadn’t done a live event in a couple of months and celebrating Indie Author Day is really cool. But Bob and I had plans to attend a dance performance at TCU Saturday afternoon. I called my daughter who was a rehearsal choreographer for one of the numbers to see if we could switch to Friday night. We were able to do that, which made it okay for me to say yes to the Keller Public Library.
Keller is a small town north and a bit east of Fort Worth about forty minutes from where we live. Not a bad drive since there is an expressway north until the turn off. I asked Bob to go with me because he hadn’t gone in a while, and I thought it would be nice to get feedback from him on how he thought it went. And…he could help haul in all the books. I only took 4 of each title, but I have 10 books out. Forty books weigh a lot.
As soon as I entered the beatiful libraryI, I met Joshua Cade, the librarian who was very appreciative of me coming at the last minute. We were set up in a side room before you enter the main library. He’d provided tables for the authors to set up our books. I was glad I brought my turquoise sheet I use to cover tables. I wasn’t sure what the situation would be.
Three other authors attended. Monical Flores who has two young adult fantasy books out. Angelicque York who published a memoir about her experiences with her husband’s struggle with Alsheimer’s. She also wrote articles for newspapers. The third person was in a different category. Amanda Churchill has a book releasing in February 2024 published by Random House. She tells stories her Japanese grandmother shared with her growing up about coming to this country and losing everything she knew before. And she couldn’t even go back because it was no longer the way it had been. Amanda is definitely not an Indie Author. However hearing her experiences made an interesting contrast to the rest of us.
Josh asked questions, and we all took turns answering, and then the audience had their turn. We had a good turnout, twenty to twenty five people. It was really a great time. I didn’t sell any print books but picked up a few new newsletter followers, and people asked where they could get e-copies. Several people have reached out to me with follow up questions about the business. Giving back is part of being an author because so many folks gave to me when I was first starting.
Josh asked me to send him a blurb to use. I didn’t realize the size. I should have cut this way back. (But then I’ve been writing a long time with 10 books out.) Here’s where you can see the other athors. https://twitter.com/kellertxlibrary I hope you will take a minute and check out the other authors. The blurb look better because there is more white space. So thank you, Robyn Reid for giving Josh my name. Thanks, Josh for the invite. And thanks to the lovely people who came to the Keller Public Library. Oh, and Bob said I did really well. Could be he’s a bit biased. But it was lots of fun.My newsletter will go out next week and I’ll share a bit of this again for those people who don’t follow my blog. (Of course, I wish they did. )Also, next week I have two cool things happening. I will be a guest of my friend JQ. Rose. She’s an author I met when we were both with Muse It Up Publishing quite a few years ago. JQ’s writing crosses genres from suspense to mystery to thriller. All really interesting reads. And you should check out her memoir about the time she and her husband made the jump to move and start a new business. She also has a book telling you how to write your own memoir and a great book for young girls spotlighting women doing amazing things. Here’s the link to her blog. https://www.jqrose.com/ I’ll share the specific link to my post next week on Facebook.And then from November 1-December 31 NN Light Book Heaven has her Gift Guide. I’m spotlighted on November 15 with COMPROMISE. I’ll share that link on Facebook, too.Hope you’re experiencing great fall weather. Love to hear from you.Blurbs for each of my books with links can be found on my website https://authormarsharwest.wordpress.com/ Where you can also sign up for my blog and my
NEWSLETTER
MRW Press LLC (list-manage.com)Contact me at marsha@marsharwest.com , and follow me on…(20+) Marsha Riegert West | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmnhttps://www.twitter.com/Marsharwest @Marsharwesthttps://www.pinterest.com/marsharwest/ https://www.instagram.com/marsharwestAmazon.com: Marsha R. West: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, KindleMarsha R. West (Author of Vermont Escape) | Goodreads Marsha R. West Books – BookBub
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