Category: Events (Page 15 of 17)

The Great Connecticut Caper Starts Today

January 4, 2015 / Katie L. Carroll

Gillette Castle has gone missing! And after all the hype I’ve been giving it on the blog lately, you can now finally join the young sleuths in solving the mystery in The Great Connecticut Caper. Chapter one goes lives today! (You can see I’m speaking in exclamation points!) Follow along at http://ctcaper.cthumanities.org/ as a new chapter is posted every two weeks and for fun activities as well.

The story has been getting some great local press coverage (see these great stories from the CT Post, which includes quotes from the illustrator of chapter two, the one I wrote; the Middletown Press; and NBC Connecticut), but it’s not just for my CT peeps. Any young or young at heart reader will enjoy the CT Caper. Make sure to regularly check out the blog here, too, as I’ll be hosting some of the other authors and illustrators on the weeks their chapters go live.

And if you are local, there’s still time to sign up to attend the launch party at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT, this Wednesday, January 7 from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. There will also be a launch party later in the month in New Haven (details to come).

Happy Holidays From My Family to Yours

December 16, 2014 / Katie L. Carroll

It’s a busy time of year for everyone, and that’s no exception for this gal! Between the decorating, cookie making, and holiday activities, a minute of spare time is just not to be found.

This past weekend we took a holiday train ride with Santa (and other fun characters) on the Essex Steam Train. And tomorrow we’re taking The Boy on his first ever trip to NYC. So that means another train ride (this time on the train we see from the cafe all of the time), seeing the big tree at Rockefeller Center, and probably a trip to the toy store.

I’ve also got some really exciting things going on with the writing career, but I’ll be gabbing about all that in the New Year. If you’re local, don’t forget to check out the launch party for The Great Connecticut Caper at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford on January 7, 2015. The countdown has already begun for the first chapter release on January 4, 2015. The official site for reading the chapters as they release is http://ctcaper.cthumanities.org/.

I’ve got one last guest post scheduled for Thursday (a cover reveal!) and then I’ll be taking next week off from blogging for Christmas. The Observation Desk will be back strong in the New Year with lots of guest posts from The Great Connecticut Caper contributors and the usual writing, parenting, blathering posts from me. 😉

With that, I wish all of you a happy and healthy holiday season and New Year!

The Great Connecticut Caper Launch Party

December 9, 2014 / Katie L. Carroll

Gillette Castle has gone missing! Join the fun as twelve Connecticut authors and twelve Connecticut illustrators solve the mystery in THE GREAT CONNECTICUT CAPER, a serialized story for middle grade readers and those who love adventure. Chapter one will be released on January 4, 2015 with a chapter to follow every two weeks.

Come celebrate the launch on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, CT. I’ll be there! Will you?

Fall 2014 in Pictures

November 18, 2014 / Katie L. Carroll

We’ve been having a wonderful fall here, playing in the leaves, watching The Prince’s personality emerge more each day, starting pre-school with The Boy, baking, Halloween…all kinds of fun things (except for our disastrous vacation where the house leaked, but I’m so over that now!). Busy, for sure, but a good kind of busy. I haven’t done a picture post in awhile, and you all love seeing pictures of the cuteness of the boys (right?), so I’ve got some great pictures to share with you all today.

Exciting things are happening in my writing as well. I am loving my WIP. I’m deep into drafting it and still have that new book enthusiasm. We’ve got something of a regular schedule at home, too, so that’s helping me to keep up with my word counts and get in regular writing sessions.

Chapter one of The Great CT Caper, a collaborative, serialized MG mystery is set to be released on January 4, 2015. A new chapter with its illustration will be released every two weeks, so look for chapter two (mine!) on January 18. As the chapters release, I’ll be featuring guest posts from some of the writers and illustrators here on the blog, so that should be a lot of fun. It looks like I’ll be making some in person appearances as well to help promote the Caper…I’ll keep you all posted on that.

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ELIXIR BOUND Book Blitz Schedule

September 8, 2014 / Katie L. Carroll

The ELIXIR BOUND sale and giveaway book blitz is a go! There’s still time to sign up if you have a spot on your blog, just fill out the form. Here are the amazing bloggers who have already signed up and the blitz schedule.

September 14:

Bookaholics-http://leodinzlyandra.blogspot.com

The Storyteller’s Scroll-http://thestorytellersscroll.blogspot.com

Author Eric Price-http://authorericprice.com

Wendy Laharnar-http://wendylaharnar.blogspot.com.au/

MuseIt Young & YA-http://museituptweenyoungadultbooks.blogspot.ca/

September 15:

Write Stuff-meradethhouston.blogspot.com

Jeff Chapman’s Writing-http://jeffchapmanwriter.blogspot.com/

Shelf Full of Books-http://kathrynsshelffullofbooks.blogspot.ca

September 16:

Leona’s Chater-http://leonaschatter.blogspot.com/

Kimberly G. Giarratano-www.kimberlyggiarratano.com/blog

September 17:

Suzanne’s thoughts for the day-http://suzannesthoughtsfortheday.blogspot.com/

S. J. Pajonas-http://www.spajonas.com

The Dragon Blog-www.melissapetreshock.com/the-dragon-blog

September 18:

J.Q. Rose, author-http://www.JQRose.com

Waibel’s World-http://waibelworld.blogspot.com

September 19:

Kelly Hashway-http://kellyhashway.blogspot.com

September 20:

A Thousand Words A Million Books-http://athousandwordsamillionbooks.blogspot.in

September 22:

Strands of Thought-http://kaistrand.blogspot.com/

Kay LaLone I Love Books-www.kaylalone.blogspot.com

Planet Book Lion-Planetbooklion.blogspot.co.uk

September 23:

Penny’s Tales-http://www.pennyestelle.blogspot.com

Palace of Twelve Pillars-www.weigandchris.com

The Poet’s Fire-poetsfire.blogspot.com

September 24:

Heather Fraser Brainerd & David Fraser-http://drivingblindproductions.wordpress.com

September 25:

Jester Harley’s Manuscript Page-http://AnneEJohnson.blogspot.com

September 26:

Erin’s Blog-http://blog.erinrhewbooks.com/

The Story of a Writer-http://beverlystowemcclure.blogspot.com

Carpinello’s Writing Pages-carpinelloswritingpages.blogspot.com

September 27:

Beth Blogs-http://bethovermyer.blogspot.com/

YA Guy-http://theyaguy.blogspot.com/

I hope you get a chance to check out these blogs. See you on the tour!

P.S. I know I said I was going to make an announcement today about the collaborative writing project I’m working on, but I forgot I had this schedule to post today, so stop in tomorrow for the announcement. 🙂