Horn Tootin’

Last Friday, I took the day off.  Big whoop, you might say.  Not if you understood how protective I am of my days off.  I hoard them like they are priceless art work.  But, it was worth it .

The Longview Public Library hosted a ‘Celebrate Authors’ event.  There was a meet and greet on Thursday evening, workshops Friday and David Hartwig with Skidboot (2) on Saturday.  Plus, they had several tents out front for authors to set up, meet people and sell their books.  I was one of those authors.  I connected with a few old friends and made some new ones.  And yes, I sold some books (yea me!).

This is actually the first time I’ve done something like that.  Vickie Phelps (used to work at Barrons) had local authors in the store for book signings.  I did that shortly after Vendetta came out but that is the only book signing I have done.  I did sign some for the people at work who bought the book (because I wrote it).  But, I haven’t really pushed myself or my books.

It’s that whole not tooting your own horn thing.  That has been a definite problem for me.  Now if it came to you, that’s a whole different matter.  If I really believed in you, I would go all out to toot your horn.  

I was talking to my friend, Lana Lynne, (historical books) about it and said what I need is a tootin’ buddy.  Someone I could brag on while they bragged on me.  We laughed and said we could do it for each other.  Works for me.  So here’s some tootin’.

“I was an avid reader and was enthralled once I began to weave my own story.  My middle school years were filled with journals, poetry and began the process of hand writing multiple novels on notebook paper.  Once of my poems was placed in the church program and a few more in our high school’s publication.  My creative writing teacher was very encouraging, but I placed the stories in a drawer and closed it as I started college.  Three degrees later:  certified teacher and clinically certified speech-language pathologist, I rediscovered my writing as my daughter entered middle school.”

Lana's Blog

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Twitter:  @lanalynneauthor

I also met Anne Mateer.   She writes historical romance.  I didn’t get to spend as much time with her as I would have liked (we were on opposite ends of the tents).  She also said she didn’t like tooting her own horn and usually brought a friend that helped her with that (good idea).  Check her out.  Here is some tootin’ for her.

Anne Mateer has loved reading and writing stories since childhood. In

2000, she began studying the craft of fiction and working toward

publication. Ten years later, she received her first book contract. Anne

is a three time Genesis contest finalist, a Carol Award finalist, and a contributor to A Scrapbook of Christmas Firsts.

Anne On Amazon

On Twitter:  @AnneMateer

I really enjoyed it and hope they do it again next year.