Hi all,
As I said in my last blog post, I attended a book signing event at The Ivybridge Bookshop! There were twenty-eight authors in total who attended, listed here:
Margaret Arnold
Charles Becker
Sue Blackmore
T P Fielden
Biku Ghosh
Alan Grant
Trevor Griffiths
Eleanor Halton
Adam Hart-Davis
Kathryn Harries
Judith Hasell
Alison Huntingford
Kevin Jefferys
Mary McClarey
Laurence McPartlin
Julian Mitchell
Jenny Moore
Pip Payne
Tony Rea
John Simes
Ewen Southby-Tailyour
Julian Stockwin
Clive Venables
Veryan Williams-Wynn
Jane Whittington
Anne Willingale
And of course, me!
The poster for the event
There were quite a lit of people in the shop itself, which made it quite nerve wracking. I was one of the last to talk about my book, and read a short excerpt from Blood and Water about Aqueous hatching. It was fun to hear about other authors talking about their books and how they've sold. A lot of the authors based their books in the Devon area of the UK, often in the crime or mystery genre. I was one of the few that wrote Young Adult Fantasy.
I bought three books while I was there, which I have added to my to be read pile! My boyfriend, who came along to support me, ended up buying a book too!
A collection of photos from the event, courtesy of The Ivybridge Bookshop
Unfortunately, none of my books sold while I was there. I also brought along holographic stickers of Aqueous, a dragon character from my books, but no-one had any of those either. In total, I sold no books and didn't sign any either. It's disappointing, but I'm still glad that I did it. While waiting to read I was getting anxious, and when I spoke to the audience my hands were shaking so much that I had to cut my excerpt short. Still, it's good experience for if I get invited to one of these events again. It was nice to speak to other authors about their journeys in writing and see all of their books on display in one place.
You can check out the books by local authors here (includes the complete Elemental Dragons series!): Ivybridge and South Devon Authors
There are currently four of each of the Elemental Dragons books in stock, so if you want to buy my books and support a bookshop I would recommend getting them from the link above! I will also being doing a giveaway of some holographic stickers… So keep an eye out for that too!
That's it for this week, I hope you enjoyed reading! For an idea of next week's blog post, keep an eye on my social media... See you next week!
