This is my second time appearing on the Merry Writer Podcast, which is hosted by authors Ari Meghlen and Rachel Poli. Many thanks to both of you!
You can also listen to it on Podbean. There are many other places you can choose from to listen to it as well.
I wish all my fellow Americans a Happy Independence Day tomorrow.
My signing will be on August 30th, a month away! I’ll be there alongside fantasy authors Anna Bright and Daniel M. Ford. It will be done with MDRF’s bookstore Page after Page. Tickets are required for entrance to MDRF and must be bought in advance, online only.
Multi-day passes will be available soon, on July 7th 10am Eastern Time, and can cover any specific range of days depending on which pass you choose. Individual day tickets will go on sale August 4th at 10am Eastern Time. These tickets will likely go fast, so make sure to plan on buying them right away if you want to come.
I will have copies of Mystical Greenwood and Beneath the Deep Wave as well as three anthologies featuring my poetry and/or short stories: Faery Footprints, Fae Dreams, and Into the Glen: Into the Light. The novels will be on sale at $20 each, and the anthologies $10 each. So, plan accordingly.
The event is on Facebook if you would like to join there or invite anyone you think would be interested.
I have a few author appearances coming up in the next few months. Mark your calendars!
In a few weeks, I’ll be participating in Balticon 59. This will be my second time at Balticon. I had a good time last year and hope I will have a good time this year as well. Here is my schedule:
I will be the moderator on the Name panel, a subject I was eager to contribute to, having done a presentation on it. And my autograph session will be alongside one of the guests of honor this year, Sebastian de Castell!
I also have an update on tickets for the Maryland Renaissance Festival, where I will be doing another author signing on August 30th, Labor Day Weekend, from 11-5pm. Tickets are required for entrance to MDRF and must be bought in advance, online only. Daily tickets will go on sale August 4th 10am Eastern Time, and multi-day passes will be available July 7th 10am Eastern Time. Also, the event is on Facebook.
On a last note, the Maryland Writers’ Association is accepting presentation submissions for their annual conference in October. The deadline to submit is at the end of the month. I hope to present myself, but I’ll have to wait and see whether that’ll happen.
I am going to be signing books at the Maryland Renaissance Festival! I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to it. I remember going there a lot as a kid, once with the Tolkien Society in college, and having volunteered there a few times with my Masonic brothers.
I plan to have copies of Mystical Greenwood and Beneath the Deep Wave as well as three anthologies featuring my poetry and/or short stories: Faery Footprints, Fae Dreams, and Into the Glen: Into the Light. You know, I may have written the festival scene in Mystical Greenwood with the Renaissance Festival in mind.
My signing will be on August 30th. It will be done with MDRF’s bookstore Page after Page. Tickets are required for entrance to MDRF and must be bought in advance, online only. Daily tickets will likely go on sale August 1st. So be sure to mark your calendars or make a note on your iPhones. I hope to see you there if you can make it!
Here’s my reading at this month’s open mic at the Annapolis chapter of the Maryland Writers’ Association. The poems are four of six featured in the new anthology Honesty in Verse. YouTube made it a short for some reason instead of a traditional video, but at least it’s up.
And many thanks to Sally Cronin for featuring Beneath the Deep Wave in her Christmas book fair:
Happy Holidays, everyone! If you’ve read something of mine and haven’t rated or reviewed it yet, please do. It would definitely make the season brighter for me.
Many thanks to Ari Meghlen for this opportunity to talk about my latest book.
This is the third time I’ve been featured on her blog (fourth if you count my appearance on the Merry Writer Podcast).
Many thanks to Barbara Leonhard of MasticadoresUSA for publishing my image poem, “Trees.” Enjoy!
For those who haven’t watched it yet, here’s my presentation on word and page count last month at the Annapolis chapter of the Maryland Writers’ Association, shortly before Beneath the Deep Wave was published.
Here’s the handout:
And here’s the original post that inspired it:
Be sure to watch my previous writing presentations as well!
Many thanks to Jenny for a wonderful opportunity to promote Beneath the Deep Wave and another upcoming anthology from Fae Corps Publishing that I’ll be featured in.
Wishing all my fellow Americans a Happy Labor Day tomorrow.
That’s right. I find it hard to believe that Beneath the Deep Wave will be available in a few weeks (on the 23rd). Ever since Mystical Greenwood first premiered, many people have been asking and asking when sequel would come. Well, the wait is almost over. I won’t be a one-book author for much longer. I am excited but also nervous. Hopefully, critics will feel I’ve gotten better and not that I’ve lost my touch.
Don’t forget you can still preorder the Kindle for Beneath the Deep Wave. Print copies will come after the release.
You can mark it to-read on Goodreads as well, and you can preorder the paperback and Nook through Barnes and Noble. Other vendors offer eBook preorders too.
Many thanks to Sally Cronin and Fae Corps for helping to promote it as well.
In the meantime, a micro memoir I wrote, “Eight Ball Corner Pocket,” is featured in the newest issue of Pen in Hand from the Maryland Writers’ Association.
You can mark it to read on Goodreads.
Also, on the 21st, I will once again be giving my presentation on word and page count, this time for the Annapolis chapter of the Maryland Writers’ Association. It’ll be via Zoom only. So please register and join me at 7pn Eastern Time! Information can be found on the MWA website. You can help promote it on Facebook too!
Speaking of the Maryland Writers’ Association, registration is open for their annual conference in October. Early bird prices are available for one more week. I’ve signed up, and I hope to sell some books there. See you there if you can make it!
Now the pressure will be on to complete the third and last book in the trilogy. I imagine I will be besieged with the same questions.
Andrew McDowell