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Bestselling author of historical fiction including THE ARCTIC FURY and the Five Queendoms epic fantasy series (SCORPICA, ARCA).
Just one event this week, and it’s a corker! I’m delighted to be appearing at An Unlikely Story* with Serena Burdick and Judithe Little, talking about THE ARCTIC FURY along with their new historical novels FIND ME IN HAVANA and THE CHANEL SISTERS!
(* = yes, I have events this month at both A Likely Story and An Unlikely Story and I’m glad I didn’t show up at the wrong one… yet)
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The Arctic Fury has been out for 10 weeks now and I still get to have virtual events every week! How awesome is that? Things will be slowing down soon, but… not for another month or so, and that’s amazing.
And I’m particularly thrilled to join this Wednesday’s event with Friends & Fiction, the powerhouse group of five bestselling authors who have taken these awful pandemic lemons and made sweet, lively, delicious lemonade. I’m even more excited because my fellow guest is Susan Meissner, whose new novel The Nature of Fragile Things is set in one of my favorite moments of historic importance — the 1906 San Francisco earthquake — and I adored that book. So join us! There will be much gushing!
I’ve written and talked before about how virtual events have allowed me to work with more bookstores and reach more readers in more places than a traditional book tour — and here’s another great benefit! If you miss the event itself, many of them are recorded for later viewing.
So! Last night’s Literature Lovers’ Night Out panel was a smashing success, and the replay is now available. So not only can you learn about THE ARCTIC FURY, but also Lauren Fox’s SEND FOR ME (a Jenna’s Book Club pick!), Judithe Little’s THE CHANEL SISTERS, and Sarah Penner’s much-buzzed-about debut THE LOST APOTHECARY, all in one tidy hour. And the sponsoring Minnesota bookstores, Excelsior Bay Books and Valley Bookseller, have signed copies of all the books we talked about — until supplies run out, anyway, so if you want one, get to it!
You can watch the whole fabulous session here.
I’ve been lucky enough to do all sorts of events on this virtual tour for THE ARCTIC FURY, ranging from book club discussions to solo presentations, from being interviewed to being the one doing the interviewing. One of my favorite virtual event types is the historical fiction panel with multiple authors— so not only do I get to connect with readers, but I get to hear my fellow authors talk about their exciting new books!
And the panel I’ve got coming up is particularly special to me — it’s part of the Literature Lovers’ Night Out series, coordinated by the amazing Pamela Klinger-Horn from Excelsior Bay Books in Minnesota. When I toured with Girl in Disguise, I got to visit in person; this year, it’s virtual, but the spirit and enthusiasm is exactly the same as ever.
More detail on the panel and how to register here; the books we’re talking about include stories of wartime sacrifice and conspiracy to commit murder, full of letters and poison and sisters and secrets and… well, you’ll just have to join us and find out.
Are there other things in life going on these days besides me having virtual events for THE ARCTIC FURY? Yes! But some days, does it feel like the events are non-stop? Also yes!
Would love for you to join me for one or all of the following, coming up soon. All require advance registration, so make sure you get that taken care of. (If you’re not the type to plan that far in advance, there are definitely events on the calendar you can just drop in on — check out the full list here.)
But specifically next week:
Tuesday, January 26 at 7pm — in virtual conversation with Marie Benedict (THE MYSTERY OF MRS. CHRISTIE) for Reads & Company, Phoenixville, PA. Details and registration here.
Wednesday, January 27 at 7pm — Murder at the Library live virtual author event featuring THE ARCTIC FURY. (Tidbits, trivia and more!) Register for the webinar here.
Thursday, January 28 at 7pm — in virtual conversation with Erica Wright (FAMOUS IN CEDARVILLE) for Union Ave Books, Knoxville, TN. (RSVP in advance by e-mail as requested here.)
And if you missed my chat with J’Nell Ciesielski for A Likely Story, you can catch that replay here. (Tartan! Research! Mutual admiration!)
It’s a beautiful, sunny Saturday morning and I’m still smiling from the fun of Virtual Happy Hour with Garden District Book Shop last night!
If you missed the fun, you can catch the hour-long replay on either Facebook or YouTube! Both links here.
Discussion topics include:
how I ended up writing historical fiction in the first place
pandemic hair experiments
the weather (why not?)
just how bad I am at stage magic
the TV adaptation of Woman 99
much, much more
Check it out!
The headline says it all! I’ve got boatloads of virtual events set up for THE ARCTIC FURY, including tonight. Check out the details on my Events page — most events require registration in advance, on Zoom or Crowdcast or Skype or what-have-you, so make sure you get signed up if you want to tune in.
A few cool highlights:
tonight! I’m chilling out with the booksellers of Garden District Book Shop in New Orleans for a very bookish, very casual Virtual Happy Hour
later in January, I’m talking with Marie Benedict and J’nell Ciesielski about their new books
in February, I get to return to the fabulous Literature Lovers Night Out event run by Excelsior Bay Books, to participate in my first Adventures by the Book event (Super Book II!) and interview Erika Robuck about her fabulous Virginia Hall novel, THE INVISIBLE WOMAN
And there’s more! So much more. Check it all out here.
I’ve had a whirlwind week talking about THE ARCTIC FURY, but as the holiday season approaches, I get to take a little break from events! Which, thanks to the magic of technology, doesn’t mean that YOU have to.
Several of my recent interviews and discussions have been posted after the fact, which means you have more than one option to hear me talk about my new novel right. This. Minute. Yay!
So! Choose one or more from the list below, and get clicking:
To hear me talk about The Arctic Fury and my love of cooking, beamed directly from my kitchen, here’s my appearance on Heather Gudenkauf’s Side Trips & Sidekicks series: on YouTube
To hear me talk extensively about The Arctic Fury with a great moderator and audience questions, hosted by one of my favorite bookstores, here’s my appearance at FoxTale Bookshoppe, on Facebook
To hear me discuss historical fiction (including, yes, The Arctic Fury) with Denny S. Bryce, author of the upcoming Wild Women and the Blues, at another of my favorite bookstores, here’s my online appearance at One More Page, on Facebook
And there’s way more to come! Check out my Events page for an upcoming book club discussion on Facebook on December 17, and a whoooooole bunch of virtual conversations, interviews and panels in January, February, and beyond.
Cheers!
Even with pandemic restrictions, my launch day for THE ARCTIC FURY was an absolute delight. I got to (safely, outdoors) sign some books at one of my favorite indies, eat a tasty lunch, do a cool virtual event, and top it all off with a delicious nightcap.
Now begins the much longer, but just as fun, work of having a book out there in the world!
Today’s highlight: Goodreads pulled together a list of readers’ Most Anticipated Books of December 2020, and look! There’s THE ARCTIC FURY! So delighted.
More soon, I promise. Always happy to keep the good news coming!
I am super-excited about next week’s event with The Back Room — it’s a format I’ve never done before. So there are four historical fiction authors, and we all start out the event in one big group, as at the type of online author event you’ve probably been to many, many times. But! Then we split out into breakout rooms, each author with a smaller group of attendees, and that way you get a chance for more interaction, more discussion, more everything! Kind of like hanging around after a reading and getting the chance to chat, back in the Before Times.
And this lineup! I mean! Finola Austin! Melanie Benjamin! Kristina McMorris! (And me.)
Sign up here ASAP, before all the spaces are full. They cap registration so the breakout rooms don’t get unruly. We want to see your smiling faces — engagement is the name of the game.