Category: Events (Page 16 of 16)

Local Authors Day and an Interview

June 11, 2014 / Katie L. Carroll

Today a great event will be taking place at the Milford, CT Public Library at 5:00 p.m. for Local Authors Day as Milford celebrates its 375th anniversary. I was going to be there selling signed copies of Elixir Bound, chatting about books and stuff, and giving out bookmarks, but baby boy #2 arrived late Monday night. We are both doing well, but I will not be attending the event. Don’t worry, I’ll post more about this once I wrap my head around having a new baby around.

In the meantime catch an interview of me at A Thousand Words A Million Books blog, along with a review of Elixir Bound and a giveaway. If you’re interested, some other guest posts and interviews I’ve done lately include a post on the seeds of inspiration for one of works in progress BLACK BUTTERFLY over at J.Q. Rose’s blog, one about my favorite writing spaces on the MuseItUp Tween and YA blog, an author interview on The Masquerade Crew, and a post about Sary in the real world on Meradeth Houston’s blog.

What have you all been up to lately? Any thoughts on what you’d like me to write about on the blog this summer? I’ll have an office update and probably another couple of posts in the Females in YA series, but I’m open to suggestions. 🙂

We Love Tween/YA Books Cover Scroll

April 14, 2014 / Katie L. Carroll

Some shameless book business first…Elixir Bound was the Friday Feature on the Dragon Blog and you can enter the rafflecopter over on the post to win a copy of the book.

Okay, now on to the fun! MuseItUp Publishing is hosting a We Love Tween/YA Books event over on Facebook. Lots of MuseItUp authors (including yours truly) have been stopping in and sharing all kinds of goodies related to their books. The event runs through Thursday and is open to the public, so stop by to discover some new YA/tween authors and their amazing books!

I thought in honor of the event, I’d do a cover parade of some of the MuseItUp titles I have enjoyed (full disclosure: some of these I’ve worked on as an editor…but that doesn’t mean I can’t recommend them, right?). I’ve included links to buy them at the MuseItUp bookstore, but they can also be purchased on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and many other online book retailers. And here comes the parade (cue the upbeat marching band music!).

First up some paranormal titles:

YA paranormal romance WANTED by Annika James

YA paranormal TEX, THE WITCH BOY by Stuart R. West

Upcoming MG paranormal THE UNWANTED GIFT by K.L. Pickett

YA paranormals COLORS LIKE MEMORIES, THE CHEMISTRY OF FATE, and the upcoming SURRENDER THE SKY, all in Meradeth Houston’s Sary Society Series.

And for you fantasy fans:

MG fantasy BEWARE OF THE WHITE by Kai Strand

MG fantasy THE SHADOW OF THE UNICORN: THE LEGACY by Suzanne de Montigny

MG fantasy LAUNCHING SISTERS TO WITC HCAMP by LRS

YA fantasy UNVEILING THE WIZARDS’ SHROUD by Eric Price

YA fantasies QUEST OF THE HART, CHARMED MEMORIES, and DIFFERENT KIND OF KNIGHT all by Mary Waibel

If you’re in the mood for a little mystery, don’t miss these next titles:

MG humor JULIUS CAESAR BROWN AND THE GREEN GAS MYSTERY by Ace Hansen

YA thriller THE MASTER’S BOOK by Philip Coleman

YA mystery ISOSCELES by Scott R. Caseley

And finally for those fans of contemporary:

YA CASCADES by Rick Taliaferro

YA A HORSE CALLED TROUBLE by C.K. Volnek

MG NOTHIN’ BUT NET by Kris Rutherford

MG MAYBE IT’S MAGIC by K.L. Pickett

I’d love to see what MuseItUp YA/tween books you all recommend in the comments! 🙂

Book Signing at Bank Square Books Wrap Up

April 8, 2014 / Katie L. Carroll

So as I’m sure you all know, I had my first book signing event at Bank Square Books in Mystic, CT last Saturday. Mystic is a fantastic town and I was thrilled my first signing was there and at a great indie store as well.

Admittedly, this photo is from last September when I was in Mystic on vacation, but it gives a good sense of what the town is like.

Admittedly, this photo is from last September when I was in Mystic on vacation, but I didn’t take nearly as many pictures on Saturday as I should have and this gives a good sense of what the town is like.

I brought along my trusty entourage of my brother (the muscle to carry all my materials) and my mom (moral support extraordinaire). I talked to lots of people (including catching up with my 2nd cousin once removed who lives in Mystic), gave out a bunch of bookmarks, and sold some books (some even to complete strangers!). All in all, I’d call it a successful event.

My display of books and bookmarks…lovely bookmark fan the creative work of my brother (now he can’t say I never give him credit for anything!).

A new reader and the baby bump making an appearance as well!

We even made it home in time to watch the UConn men’s basketball team win their Final Four game! I know it was a little far for my some of local friends to make it, and I’m hoping to book a signing a little closer to home, but baby time is fast approaching so we’ll have to see about that. And I’ve got to admit it kind of exhausted me a bit…took a nice long nap Sunday afternoon.

How was your weekend?

Event Announcements and Updates

March 28, 2014 / Katie L. Carroll

I have my first book signing coming up in just over a week. If you live in Connecticut or southern New England, I’d love for you to come by. I’ll be at Bank Square Books in beautiful downtown Mystic, CT on April 5 from 2-4 pm. I’ll be signing copies of Elixir Bound, talking writing and books (or whatever topics may come up), and giving away my shiny new bookmarks.

Mystic is awesome and I recommend making a day trip out of it (we vacationed there for a week last September). There’s a bunch of great shops and restaurants, the Mystic Seaport, Mystic Aquarium, and Olde Mystick Village.

Also, I’ve been invited to participate in the Milford Author Day at the Milford, CT Public Library on June 11 from 5-8 pm. This is incredibly close to my due date, so I’m a maybe, but there will be other great authors there and exciting presentations as well. I’ll have more details on this event as it approaches (and fingers crossed that I’ll be able to attend).

And finally, Amazon has been dropping the price of Elixir Bound in paperback. Currently it’s $6.83 ($4.12 off the cover price and only $1.33 more than the ebook). I’d be happy to send anyone who purchases (or has purchased) it a signed bookplate. Just use my contact me page to send me an email.

Okay, that’s all for my announcements. Have a great weekend, everyone!