Southern Festival of Books

Wooooo hooooo!!!! Back in the spring, my local authors and I applied to the prestigious Southern Festival of Books for a slot in their author presentations. The festival runs from Friday, October 8 through Sunday, October 10, during which there will be a wide variety of books for sale at the booths of a multitude of publishers, including Sheaf House this year, plus author presentations and panel discussions. It all takes place at War Memorial Plaza in downtown Nashville.

Well, two of us were chosen, one of them being moi! And best of all, I’ve been chosen to do a solo presentation on Wind of the Spirit, with a book signing to follow! The presentation takes place on Friday, October 8, from at noon to 1 p.m. at the Capitol Library. My talk is subtitled Recreating the American Revolution, and I plan to talk about how I’m researching and writing this series.

This is a pretty big coup and hopefully will bring more attention to this series. Needless to say, in addition to being terrified, I’m really excited. I ordered special postcards shown here, which will have info about the American Patriot Series on the back, to hand out to attendees. I’m working on a PowerPoint presentation that I hope will engage the audience and make the subject interactive and fun.

If you’re on Facebook, click on the links to find my personal page, my American Patriot Series fan page, and the Southern Festival of Books fan page. And if you aren’t on it, why not? Create an account and come like my pages!

So if you’re in the Nashville area this weekend, please stop by the Sheaf House booth. And plan to join me for my presentation on Friday to talk about the Revolution and the great values this country was founded on.

Sad to Say . . .

Because of the amount of spam comments I’m getting on all my blogs, I’m reactivating comment moderation. That means your comments won’t appear until I have time to go in and approve them. Just another little task to add to my day.

The problem nowadays is Asian-language comments. If I can’t read the language, then I have no way of knowing what’s being said, and it more than likely isn’t nice. I figure if you can read my blogs, which are in English, then you’re capable of making comments in English. And if you don’t want to do that, then you’re not going to be allowed to add a comment at all.

As usual, all we good folks are going to be inconvenienced because of the evildoers. A pox upon your house, I say! Find something productive to do and leave the rest of us in peace!

Book Signing Tomorrow!

Oh, goodness, in the midst of the blog tour rush, I totally forgot to post about the book signing I have coming up tomorrow! My local group, Middle Tennessee Christian Writers (MTCW), is having our annual Christmas brunch in the morning, and then this year those of us who are published—or about to be published—are participating in 2 book signings instead of the usual 1. It’s going to be a killer day, but we always have a huge amount of fun, and I hope you can join us!

The poster at left has the details of time and place. The first is from 1-2:30 at the Books-A-Million at Rivergate, just off I-65 on the north side of Nashville. The second is from 4-5:30 at the Books-A-Million at Mt. Juliet out on the east side off I-40.

I’ll be signing copies of One Holy Night for this Christmas season. For those of you who are fans of Tamara Leigh, please be aware she’ll only be participating in the first signing at Rivergate.

If you’re in the Nashville area, please do stop by at one location or another and join in the fun! We’d love to see you!

Blog Stop Change

There’s been a change to December 14 stop on the Wind of the Spirit blog tour. My favorite Christmas memory will appear on the As the Pages Turn blog. Below is the corrected full list. I'd love it if you'd stop by some of these blogs and leave a comment!

Tuesday, Dec. 1: http://bookvideos.wordpress.com/
Wednesday, Dec. 2: http://edgyinspirationalauthor.blogspot.com/
Thursday, Dec. 3 http://beyondthebooks.wordpress.com/
Friday, Dec. 4: http://readingthepast.blogspot.com/
Monday, Dec. 7: http://bookexcerpts.wordpress.com/ (Between the Covers)
Tuesday, Dec. 8: http://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, Dec. 9: http://blog.lyndacoker.net/ (Between the Lines)
Thursday, Dec. 10: http://www.thehotauthorreport.blogalogues.com/
Friday, Dec. 11 http://fewmorepages.blogspot.com/
Friday, Dec. 11: http://www.sipsncupscafe.com/2009/07/wind-of-spirit-review.html
Monday, Dec. 14: http://asthepagesturn.wordpress.com/
Tuesday, Dec. 15: http://thebookrack.wordpress.com/
Wednesday, Dec. 16: http://www.masoncanyon.blogspot.com/ (Thoughts in Progress)

Wind of the Spirit Blog Tour!

Here is the schedule for my upcoming Wind of the Spirit blog tour. Don’t miss out—stop by these sites and leave a comment. You might find out some things about me and the series you don’t already know!

Tuesday, Dec. 1: http://bookvideos.wordpress.com/
Wednesday, Dec. 2: http://edgyinspirationalauthor.blogspot.com/
Thursday, Dec. 3 http://beyondthebooks.wordpress.com/
Friday, Dec. 4: http://readingthepast.blogspot.com/
Monday, Dec. 7: http://bookexcerpts.wordpress.com/ (Between the Covers)
Tuesday, Dec. 8: http://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, Dec. 9: http://blog.lyndacoker.net/ (Between the Lines)
Thursday, Dec. 10: http://www.thehotauthorreport.blogalogues.com/
Friday, Dec. 11 http://fewmorepages.blogspot.com/
Friday, Dec. 11: http://www.sipsncupscafe.com/2009/07/wind-of-spirit-review.html
Monday, Dec. 14: http://homesweethomewritingchallenge.wordpress.com/
Tuesday, Dec. 15: http://thebookrack.wordpress.com/
Wednesday, Dec. 16: http://www.masoncanyon.blogspot.com/ (Thoughts in Progress)

Last Chance for One Holy Night Blog Tour!

This is the last week of the tour, so this is your last chance to drop in on these sites!

Monday, Nov. 23: http://booktoursandmore.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, Nov. 24: http://www.broowaha.com/articles/5379/interview-with-novelist-jm-hochstetler
Wednesday, Nov. 25: http://cafeofdreams.blogspot.com/
Friday, Nov. 27: http://therempels4.blogspot.com/

I have a new tour coming up in December for Wind of the Spirit, book 3 of my American Patriot Series. Go to americanpatriotseries.blogspot.com to check out the schedule!

I wish you all a most blessed Thanksgiving!

Latest Blog Tour Information!

Here are the dates and sites for the One Holy Night blog tour this week! Don’t forget to drop on by!

Monday, Nov. 16: http://reviewfromhere.com/
Tuesday, Nov. 17: http://rebecca2007.wordpress.com/
Wednesday, Nov. 18: http://thewriterslife.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, Nov. 18: http://www.divinecaroline.com/49804/87025-interview-author-j-m--hochstetler
Thursday, Nov. 19: http://www.cherylsbooknook.blogspot.com/
Friday, Nov. 20: http://thestorybehindthebook.wordpress.com/

Next week is the last week. I’ll post those dates next Friday.

New Blog Tour Dates!

Below are the dates and sites for the One Holy Night blog tour for this coming week. The tour lasts all month, and at the end of each week I’m posting the dates and sites for the following week.

Monday, Nov. 9: http://myheartbelongs2books.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, Nov. 10: http://reviewfromhere.com/
Wednesday, Nov. 11: http://cafeofdreams.blogspot.com/
Thursday, Nov. 12: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2367414/interview_with_joan_hochstetler_author.html?cat=38
Friday, Nov. 13: http://bookexcerpts.wordpress.com/

I’ll post the following week’s info next Friday. I’d love it if you’d stop by some of the sites and leave a comment!