Coming Soon: Virtual Indie Author Conference!

 

Hello everyone! It's been longer than I thought since the last time I posted here! I've been busy with a lot of things other than writing in the last couple years and while I do have future publishing plans, in the meantime, I am doing something a little different. 

I've wanted to organize something for the indie community for a while, and so I am putting together a virtual conference for indie authors and those in and around the community. 

If you are an indie author, want to be an indie author, or work with indie authors as a cover artist, editor, indie publisher or anyone else of similar vocation, this is an event for you!

We're currently in the process of pinning down an exact date, and if you would like to help out, please fill out our Interest Check form so that we can better plan for the best event possible. 

You can also find out more information on our Website! 

I hope to see you all there! I'm really looking forward to having a place for indie authors to have fun and enjoy networking with each other.

Modern Tales of Na Fianna Cover/ Title Reveal

Hey everyone! I'm super excited to announce that on Monday the 21st I'm going to have the cover/title reveal of the third book in the Modern Tales of Na Fianna series! This has been a long time coming but I'm super excited to share it with you!

The official release of the book will be on August 31st, but until then, you can enjoy what the cover reveal days will have to offer!

First of all, you'll be getting SIX different excerpts to read that will be distributed through my own blog and the other bloggers taking part in the cover reveal.

I'll also be running a giveaway for e-copies of the first two books. All you have to do to enter is comment on one of the posts. I will be counting up the commenters after all the posts are up and if you comment on more than one, you'll be put into the drawing as many times as you count, so more comments, more chances to win :)

Here are the blogs you will be visiting:

My Blog (Hazel West's Character Purgatory)
The Reading Hedgehog
Road of a Writer
Knitted By God's Plan
The Overactive Imagination 
Not Unworthy 


I hope you will all join me!

Announcement! BLOOD TIES Readalong!

So I decided that a fun way to start off the summer was to do a readalong for my book Blood Ties, especially since Book Three of the Modern Tales of Na Fianna is going to be out in August!

This is for anyone who wants to join in! I have set up a discussion group on Goodreads that you can join if you are on GR, and even if you aren't, you can join in on Twitter with "live tweeting" for the weekly readings. Just let me know that you are participating that way by either linking your handle in the comments below or Tweeting at me through @artfulscribbler and use the hashtag #bloodtiesreadalong I'll be updating daily through Twitter and you are welcome to join in mini discussion there as well even if you are joining the group :)

Other than that, there's other fun things going on on the GR group during the time like Fanart Fridays and Author (and Character) Q&As. You can find out more about this on the group.

Also, if you don't have a copy of Blood Ties yet, you can get the ebook from Amazon for only $0.99 right now. Just follow the link below.

The readalong starts Sunday June 4th, so if you want to participate head on over to the GR group and introduce yourself :)

Goodreads Readalong Discussion Group

Purchase Blood Ties On Kindle

Indie E-Con!

Hey Readers and Writers! 

Next week, I will be taking part in this super awesome event that was put together by Kendara at her blog, Knitted By God's Plan, which will be an online convention where myself and a bunch of Indie authors are going to get together and do some blog posts and videos on the writing and indie publishing scene. There will also be some fun and games for participants as well as giveaways and opportunities for writing critiques. I highly suggest you guys all stop by to check it out. It is running Monday through Friday (20-24) and is going to have a different topic every day. I will be featuring Blood Ties and the Modern Tales of Na Fianna specifically so if you have enjoyed those books, come along. Take a look at this for more information: http://knittedbygodsplan.blogspot.com/p/indie-e-con-2017.html

I'll be keeping all of you guys updated through Goodreads and Twitter as to fun stuff happening throughout the E-Con, and whenever I will be doing anything. I'm scheduled for a sort of live Q&A on Wednesday, so I will let you know when that goes up. Start thinking of any questions you may have for me!

You can also check out the E-Con Book Awards and get a bunch of our books for free or .99 cents. Blood Ties is also on there for .99 cents. If you are looking for something to read this weekend, I highly recommend checking out these indie authors, then you can have read their books before the E-Con :)

Also, a promotional thing I am doing for the E-Con is that everyone participating in it (either actually in the Con or just checking it out) is offering 30% off formatting services from Once More Unto the Page Formatting. Just send me an email through the site when you book the service and tell me that you saw the promotion during E-Con :)

I really hope to see you at the E-Con and I'm sure the other Indie Authors will too, so please take some time out of next week and check out all the fun stuff we'll have for you there!

Happy writing/reading!

Hazel