Sunday Snippet

The I'm Not Really Here Edition

Okay, so that’s not exactly true. I’m here, but I’m crazy busy getting ready to not be here.

On Tuesday, I’m headed to RAGT26--the annual Reader Author Get Together in Cincinnati. Pal, fellow Tule author, and fab travel buddy, Carol Light and I are both participating in this event, which is a huge author/reader ... well, get-together. About 50 authors and around 350 readers connect for a three-day book lovefest. There are events scheduled for darn near every moment, including a luncheon that Carol and I are hosting (pal and fellow Tule author J.C. Kenney is also sponsoring, but is unable to attend). We are also going to be hosting a “boardroom”--a smaller session where readers and authors can get to know each other, ask questions, and just generally connect.

Dozens of events are planned including themed dinners and parties and book signings and moments for readers to meet their favorite authors and find new favorite authors. It’s a pretty big deal because readers have to buy a ticket to attend, plus drive to the venue and get a room in the hotel to be able to be there for all three days. This is my first time to attend.

I’m nervous and excited and worried that I’ll forget something vital or I won’t bring enough books or I’ll bring too many... sigh. That’s always a concern at any book signing, really. You never know how many books you’re going to need because book signings, like life, are a crap shoot. You might get dozens of folks interested in and buying your books or you might sit for hours and not sell a single title. I always feel like it’s better to have too few books than to cart home most of what you brought with you, because if you run out of books you can always hand folks a rack card and tell them your books are available at all book retailers. Hopefully, I won’t be bringing home any books--send good book-selling energy, okay?

In other news, our deck at the cottage is done and looks fabulous! Can’t wait to get back up there and set up our table and chairs and umbrella and start using it! Take a look. We have to wait a year for it dry and cure before we stain it, but man, I love it!

That’s all the news from here--I don’t have FB on my phone, but I’ll pop into Instagram this week, to share some fun stuff from RAGT26, so watch for me there at @NanReinhardt.

Gratitude for This Week: Our primroses and daisies are so lovely! I signed a new contract with Tule Publishing for another 4-book series set in Montana! More cowboys! Time with the kids at the lake. The deck is done. My little yellow miniature rosebush (Katie Rose) is blooming up at the lake!

Whoops, there IS more news! Carol’s novel, Room for Suspicion, a Windy City Mystery is just 99 cents for a couple of more days, so don’t miss this deal!

Stay well, never stop speaking out when you can--it’s the only way to save our democracy, always choose kindness, and most of all mes amis, stay grateful!