Book Club pick again

I found out today that another book club in Binghamton has selected A Sudden Gift of Fate to read.

I’m thrilled to hear this, and if any members of the group care to send me feedback on the group’s reaction to the novel, I’d love to hear from you.

You can send an e-mail here.

If you know of any other book clubs carrying the novel, or if you want to know how you can get your local bookstore to carry the novel, please send me an e-mail.

Fingers crossed

I entered A SUDDEN GIFT OF FATE into the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest just now.

We had to submit a pitch, excerpt (from the first 5,000 words) and the complete manuscript.

The first round cut will come after reading the pitch. Say some prayers, light a few candles or keep your fingers crossed. Better yet, do all of the above!

Should I win, the book will be picked up by Penguin USA. Now THAT would be a sudden gift of fate…

A new year…

Well things got off to a rocky start in 2010. My computer came down with a bad virus and I just got it back. $$$!!! I have some good news in the meantime, however, to share with you all.

• A Sudden Gift of Fate was the first featured story in Jim McDonough’s Irish News USA E-Missive, year-end edition. A review of the novel will be in the January issue of the Irish News & Entertainment newspaper coming out soon. If you’d like to subscribe to either, send an e-mail to Jim here.
• I will be interviewed by WSKG Radio’s Bill Jaker on the February edition of “Off the Page.” The show airs live on Tuesday, February 16 at 1 p.m. You can call in questions to the show. An archived edition of the show will be available on the WSKG web site for a year. More info to come.
• It has been suggested to me by a person in the book industry to enter A Sudden Gift of Fate in the Amazon.com Breakthrough Novel Award contest. I’ll let you know if I do that.

What’s new

• Check out the latest review on my Reviews page.
• Very soon you will be able to order my book from all the chain, as well as indie, bookstores across the country. Watch here for an update.
• Many people who are new to my work are buying both books at once. Thanks for your support!
• NEEDED: input from my readers. Am thinking of writing one more book in what I’m dubbing the “Maeve Kenny Series.” Would you be interested? Send an e-mail here.

Across the miles…

To my readers, I wish…

Nollaig Shona Dhaoibh!

Merry Christmas to you!

Order soon for Christmas!

If you want to purchase either of my novels from Amazon.com for Christmas, order by Dec. 17.  Click either of the links at left.

Tonight: RiverRead Books!

Enjoy an evening of holiday shopping fun with live music, Finger Lakes wines and a book reading/signing by me. It’s all at RiverRead Books, 5 Court St., Binghamton, NY. Music starts at 6:30 p.m.

Gifts for the wine lover

Be sure to stop by the Loughmare Winery Gift Shop at Cafe Press. There you’ll find all sorts of fun gifts with the catchphrase from A Sudden Gift of Fate, “Got terroir?”

Potential audience about to explode

     Hurray! CreateSpace, the publisher of my books, has just offered a new option in which they can be distributed to indie and chain bookstores, academic organizations and libraries across the country! Woo-hoo!!! This means someone living on the West Coast can pop into a local bookstore and order my books! This is wonderful news!
     I signed up both my books, but they might take six weeks to be available for national distribution. I’ll let you know when this great new feature goes live.

A night of holiday shopping fun

On Friday, Dec. 11, be sure to stop by RiverRead Books for a fun evening of holiday shopping. Starting at 6:30 p.m. there will be live music, I will read & sign my new novel plus lead people through a tasting of Finger Lakes wines. Special guest will be there, too! Click here for more information.