Another week has flown by and spontaneity has hit. During lunch with my parents, my sister asked us to go see Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. It was an on the spot decision and off to the theater we went. The movie has its flaws. After all, this is the fifth time the world has let dinosaurs run amok, twice in America, and it looks like there will be one more in the series. When will we learn that dinosaurs and humans just don’t mix well together? Still, it was great to spend time with my sister, nephew, and parents.
Open up your calendars, you have two chances to see me in the next ten days. First, I’ll be at the West Fork Treasure Trove, 36 Main Street, West Fork, Arkansas from 2-3:15 this Saturday, July 7. Then on Tuesday, July 10, I’ll be giving a talk from idea conception to publishing (and everything in between) at the Village Writing School’s meeting at the Pizza Hut in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, from 12-2. Also, on Friday, check out Two Ends of the Pen blog and learn more about me and Bill’s Cajun House of Pleasure. At the end of the month is my publisher’s retreat in the Ozark hills.
On August 18, come get your pleasure at the Mississippi Book Festival at the Capitol Building. I’m looking forward to being around so many other authors and fans of books. It’ll be a romp in the swamp. On September 9, come see me at the Fayetteville (AR) Public Library Second Sunday author talk from 12-2. It’s also the start of the NFL season, but books are more fun anyway.
I’m working on setting up other events for the summer and fall. Hope to meet you at one of them. I’ll gladly autograph your copy of Bill’s Cajun House of Pleasure. And in case you missed my post from this week, I finished the first draft of my second manuscript. Going to do some editing on it before sending it to my publisher. Hopefully, my second book will be printed before the end of 2019.
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What I’m Reading – Many readers I know like to inquire what their favorite author is reading. At the end of each blog post, I’ll let you know what book is open on my Kindle. I hope my choice of reading material inspires you to read a variety of authors and topics. I finished reading book nine of the Ellis Peters’ Brother Cadfael series, Dead Man’s Ransom. My review is on Goodreads and Amazon. Tomorrow, I start book ten, The Pilgrim of Hate.
Bill’s Cajun House of Pleasure is available on Amazon, as an eBook, and in physical formats. It is also available on the Barnes and Noble website.