Seventy-five authors!
Hundreds of books!
Sessions on writing, sessions on publishing. How to, how not to.
Author's lounge!
For me the most fun was touring the author tables and gleaning ideas. Oh, the candy bowls, wonderfully delicious. One author who writes about pirates had a treasure trunk full of chocolates.
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So I'm not a professional photographer, but this photo I snapped of my table display shows my attempts at spreading the word about my books.
How do you sell mountain stories in the flatlands?
Easy. You share techniques. You share processes and ideas. Yes, Lessons Learned is a story about a school in the South Mountains of North Carolina. But it is also the story about growing up in the forties, the fifties and sixties. It is unique and at the same time it is universal. The reader sees himself in the pages, no matter what decade or which century. That is the selling point.
And before you leave, look in the far right side of the display table. There in the glare of the camera's flash is the first hint to my newest project. Coming soon!
Catch of the day,
Gretchen
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