Thursday, June 24, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
summertime happenings
Wow! It makes me hot just looking at that profile picture. It's 96 degrees in Greensboro right now on the second day of summer! Lots of book happenings to report. The print proof is on its way to me and I should receive it tomorrow. I should have my first run of books in about two weeks. The fourth of July was the original target date and it looks like we are right on schedule.
There is a book signing event planned in Greensboro for Thursday, July 29th at The Mix Martini Bar at Quaker Village from 6-9 pm. It's half-price wine night so bring your friends and buy an autographed copy or two (or three) of The One! Stay for dinner. I can promise you that the food is excellent!
If you plan to be at the Outer Banks on August 2, stop by Sam and Omie's Restaurant on the Beach Road in Nags Head from 3-5 pm for a signing event there! They have great food too, and the atmosphere is really cool. A trip to the OBX would never be complete without a visit to Sam and Omie's! A chapter of The One takes place there, and S & O's is mentioned, in case you were wondering...
The sequel to The One is finished as of this week. It is entitled, Second Time's a Charm, and is the story of the Outer Banks characters, Stacie and Tyson. It is an adult romance, so be ready for some heat...and lots of beach scenery, too. Unfortunately I have to sell enough copies of The One before I can start publishing this one, so tell your friends. The website will be up and running shortly so we will be ready for online orders soon.
Stay cool!
There is a book signing event planned in Greensboro for Thursday, July 29th at The Mix Martini Bar at Quaker Village from 6-9 pm. It's half-price wine night so bring your friends and buy an autographed copy or two (or three) of The One! Stay for dinner. I can promise you that the food is excellent!
If you plan to be at the Outer Banks on August 2, stop by Sam and Omie's Restaurant on the Beach Road in Nags Head from 3-5 pm for a signing event there! They have great food too, and the atmosphere is really cool. A trip to the OBX would never be complete without a visit to Sam and Omie's! A chapter of The One takes place there, and S & O's is mentioned, in case you were wondering...
The sequel to The One is finished as of this week. It is entitled, Second Time's a Charm, and is the story of the Outer Banks characters, Stacie and Tyson. It is an adult romance, so be ready for some heat...and lots of beach scenery, too. Unfortunately I have to sell enough copies of The One before I can start publishing this one, so tell your friends. The website will be up and running shortly so we will be ready for online orders soon.
Stay cool!
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Writing The One has been an amazing journey so far. Writing it has been the most fun I have ever had. Letting others read it has been the most soul-baring experience I have had. Writing this book has only been about 5% of what is to happen next. As we prepare to release the first 100 copies in July of 2010, I hope you will help me spread the word about this story and see if people are as caught up in these characters as I have been over the last seven months.
The story has been kicking around in my head over the last thirty years. Thirty years ago I met someone like Kyle, who had experienced many of the same sad events. I couldn't help wondering, how does someone deal with all of that and move on? And someone should write a story about it! When I became an empty nester in August and was looking for a cheap hobby that I could do from home at any time of day, I sat down at the computer one evening and this story finally came tumbling out. Real-life experiences, anecdotes, places I love, people I'd met or knew well, and sayings poured themselves into what has become the first love story of Chelsea Davenport and Kyle Davis. There is no other place like the mountains of North Carolina and it has become the magical backdrop for the setting of The One.
There are many themes in this story; among them are family, hope and commitment, self-discovery, responsibilty, and perseverance. It also deals with suicide. I, like Kyle, have been forced to deal with suicide, although his account is quite different from my own. The way we dealt with it may have been the same, but the circumstances leading to the fictional one and the one in my own life were quite different. For both Kyle and myself, it took the love of those we hold dear to pull us out of the dark places and into the light again. Those people who loved us helped us heal and hold up our heads again and move on.
I hope that Kyle and Chelsea's story will strike a chord with women of all ages, whether looking back on their own first loves, or hoping to find this for themselves, or just living vicariously in the dream. It is a good dream...or maybe even a good memory!
Look for a book signing event in Greensboro in mid-July!
The story has been kicking around in my head over the last thirty years. Thirty years ago I met someone like Kyle, who had experienced many of the same sad events. I couldn't help wondering, how does someone deal with all of that and move on? And someone should write a story about it! When I became an empty nester in August and was looking for a cheap hobby that I could do from home at any time of day, I sat down at the computer one evening and this story finally came tumbling out. Real-life experiences, anecdotes, places I love, people I'd met or knew well, and sayings poured themselves into what has become the first love story of Chelsea Davenport and Kyle Davis. There is no other place like the mountains of North Carolina and it has become the magical backdrop for the setting of The One.
There are many themes in this story; among them are family, hope and commitment, self-discovery, responsibilty, and perseverance. It also deals with suicide. I, like Kyle, have been forced to deal with suicide, although his account is quite different from my own. The way we dealt with it may have been the same, but the circumstances leading to the fictional one and the one in my own life were quite different. For both Kyle and myself, it took the love of those we hold dear to pull us out of the dark places and into the light again. Those people who loved us helped us heal and hold up our heads again and move on.
I hope that Kyle and Chelsea's story will strike a chord with women of all ages, whether looking back on their own first loves, or hoping to find this for themselves, or just living vicariously in the dream. It is a good dream...or maybe even a good memory!
Look for a book signing event in Greensboro in mid-July!
Friday, April 23, 2010
The One
It's official! The One will be in print by July 4th 2010. Get ready for a big book signing party and some bikini martinis!
Thursday, April 22, 2010
For my mom...
My mom is a new author and is very much enjoying writing in her spare time! She is a Greensboro native and this town is in for a great surprise with what she has in store with her new novel! This is her blog and I hope you all enjoy reading it as she continues on her literary journey...
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