Well, it's here people! At long last, and I'm so excited!
Today Scott Appleton, author of the books "Swords of the Six" and "By Sword, By Right" and owner of the publishing company "Flaming Pen Press" will be in Peoria Illinois this evening 5pm -8pm at Berean Bookstore just off Sheridan Road to sign books and meet with fans.
And hopefully meet new fans. ;) I've been spreading the word like crazy, reminding friends and other people over and over again. I've been posting posters, telling classmates and teachers, and updating my Facebook. Even my mother has jumped in, braved the dangerous waters of FB, and has been posting reminders and updates. She's also posting all over our APACHE group's page, and has been contacting homeschooling families in our Co-op.
If anyone out there following this blog lives anywhere near Peoria Illinois, you should come by tonight. This promises to be an epic event!
Mr. Appleton will also have a booth set up at the Central Illinois Home Schooler's Apache Convention, held tomorrow and Saturday (April 15th and 16th) at the Peoria Civic Center. He will be selling books, signing books, and meeting with fans during the convention, so if any of you home schoolers out there have families that attend the convention, be sure to check out his booth!
I can hardly wait for this evening! And tomorrow. And Saturday for that matter. :D
I have also reviewed Mr. Appleton's book here on The Pen and Parchment, and he was kind enough to allow me to interview him here as well.
You can read my review of his book here:
http://theravenquill.blogspot.com/2010/09/book-review-sword-of-six-by-scott.html
And you can read the interview here:
http://theravenquill.blogspot.com/2011/02/self-publishing-vs-traditional.html
Hope to see some of you there!
Nichole
Showing posts with label exciting news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label exciting news. Show all posts
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Happy Belated Blogaversary!!!
Woa... I just realized that my 1rst year blogaversary was April 1rst. And it's already April 6th. Yep. I'm out of it. O_o
But hey; happy blogaversary to the Pen and Parchment, I guess. :D It's neat to think that it's already been a year. Where on earth did a whole year disappear to? It snuck away when I wasn't looking and I'll never be able to get it back... how tragic. Or exciting. Depends on how you look at it. ;)
And looking back, I'm happy to announce that I met some of the goals I laid down in my full profile. Even took a step beyond them. One of my goals was to get my manuscript, Song of the Daystar, on an editor's desk before Christmas.
Well, that happened.
And not only did it happen, but now I've decided to announce the other exciting news that I've been holding off on since the beginning of March: the publisher contacted me again with a revision request and an invitation to resubmit.
I said before that I wouldn't name the publisher until I heard back from him: well, now that I've heard back from him, I will tell you the company's name.
Flaming Pen Press.
Yep! Me excited!
Now, nothing is certain yet. I started rewriting the manuscript before I'd heard back from Mr. Appleton. However, when I explained this to him, he kindly invited me to send him the first 20 pages of the rewrite. A few days later he contacted me through email saying that he really liked the direction the new version was going, and told me to go ahead and finish the rewrite, then resubmit the manuscript when I'm finished. (If you head on over to the "Read an Excerpt" page, you can read the new blurb and the new first chapter of the rewrite.)
I refuse to count my chickens before they hatch... but it's hard not to feel a little giddy. :) I really don't want to assume too much, or get my hopes too high before I know anything for certain; it all feels a bit sureal and I've got a long way to go before I know for sure if Mr. Appleton's company will actually decide to publish SOTD. I guess I will leave it up to God; He's knows what He's doing. I just need to sit back and enjoy the ride... and continue writing. :D
Speaking of which, this blog post was originally going to be called "In the Slum" which is where I've been for the past couple of weeks. The Writer's Slum, that is. It's not a very fun place to be. But I just wanted to send a shout out to Mr. Wayne Thomas Batson and thank him for his awesome books: I'm almost half way through reading Sword in the Stars, Mr. Batson's latest epic achievement, and I find it very inspiring. The world in SITS is slightly reminiscent of J.R.R. Tolkien's world, Middle Earth - complete with histories, languages, different races, etc... - and yet it is completely different. Reading through the book, it keeps reviving old ideas I had thought near death, and suddenly I understood how I could continue my story!
So thank you, Mr. Batson.
I think I shall go write now. :D
But hey; happy blogaversary to the Pen and Parchment, I guess. :D It's neat to think that it's already been a year. Where on earth did a whole year disappear to? It snuck away when I wasn't looking and I'll never be able to get it back... how tragic. Or exciting. Depends on how you look at it. ;)
And looking back, I'm happy to announce that I met some of the goals I laid down in my full profile. Even took a step beyond them. One of my goals was to get my manuscript, Song of the Daystar, on an editor's desk before Christmas.
Well, that happened.
And not only did it happen, but now I've decided to announce the other exciting news that I've been holding off on since the beginning of March: the publisher contacted me again with a revision request and an invitation to resubmit.
I said before that I wouldn't name the publisher until I heard back from him: well, now that I've heard back from him, I will tell you the company's name.
Flaming Pen Press.
Yep! Me excited!
Now, nothing is certain yet. I started rewriting the manuscript before I'd heard back from Mr. Appleton. However, when I explained this to him, he kindly invited me to send him the first 20 pages of the rewrite. A few days later he contacted me through email saying that he really liked the direction the new version was going, and told me to go ahead and finish the rewrite, then resubmit the manuscript when I'm finished. (If you head on over to the "Read an Excerpt" page, you can read the new blurb and the new first chapter of the rewrite.)
I refuse to count my chickens before they hatch... but it's hard not to feel a little giddy. :) I really don't want to assume too much, or get my hopes too high before I know anything for certain; it all feels a bit sureal and I've got a long way to go before I know for sure if Mr. Appleton's company will actually decide to publish SOTD. I guess I will leave it up to God; He's knows what He's doing. I just need to sit back and enjoy the ride... and continue writing. :D
Speaking of which, this blog post was originally going to be called "In the Slum" which is where I've been for the past couple of weeks. The Writer's Slum, that is. It's not a very fun place to be. But I just wanted to send a shout out to Mr. Wayne Thomas Batson and thank him for his awesome books: I'm almost half way through reading Sword in the Stars, Mr. Batson's latest epic achievement, and I find it very inspiring. The world in SITS is slightly reminiscent of J.R.R. Tolkien's world, Middle Earth - complete with histories, languages, different races, etc... - and yet it is completely different. Reading through the book, it keeps reviving old ideas I had thought near death, and suddenly I understood how I could continue my story!
So thank you, Mr. Batson.
I think I shall go write now. :D
Friday, March 25, 2011
The News of the Week :D
Well, this is long overdue, but I've finally decided to share some good news with all of my bloggy friends out there. :DMr. Scott Appleton, founder and owner of Flaming Pen Press, and author of the book "Swords of the Six" will be coming to the Peoria Illinios area April 14th, 15th, and 16th. :D
Thursday, April 14th Mr. Appleton will be signing books at Hoerr's Berean Bookstore on Sheridan Road from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. He will also be attending the Apache Home School Convention taking place on Friday, April 15th, and Saturday, April 16th at the Peoria Civic Center.
I hope that some of you will be able to attend. :D I don't know how many of my followers actually live in Illinios, but I am certainly looking forward to meeting Mr. Appleton in person. I will be posting updates in the future and will definitely blog about the event when it is over.
Hope to see some of you there!!! ^_^
Monday, November 15, 2010
REALLY REALLY EXCITING NEWS IN ALL CAPS!!!! (with lots of exclamation points. :D )
Ok, so I know I haven't blogged in a few days. He, he... sorry about that. Life has definitely been busy, and I just lost the use of my faithful lappy... so, I will probably not be getting on near as much until I get him back, which will be (hopefully) Wednesday. *dramatic sob* He was so young...
Anywho, today is the last day to vote for your favorite first chapter! So don't wait another minute. It looks like it might be a close call for third place. If we have a tie, then we have to have another poll, so vote, vote, vote!
But now to get the REALLY EXCITING part of this post. You know... the part that's IN ALL CAPS WITH LOTS OF EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!! (love to do that. :D)
Well here it is: I WAS INVITED TO GO TO A PRE-SCREENING OF THE NEW "VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER", NOT DUE IN THEATRES UNTIL DECEMBER!!!!
You heard right folks! *does really happy dance* The screening is this Thursday in Minneapolis.
I really don't know how it happened. It's like an answered prayer, but it was so unexpected. I'd just been keeping in touch with people over the web and I'd been entering a few contests and what-not... (especially concerning Narnia, because Lewis was my first inspiration to write). Then the other day I get an email reply saying that I've been chosen to go see this pre-screening because of my apparent presence on the web.
Cool! That means I'm being noticed, which is really good platform-building material for me and my writings. And this opportunity will also look great noted on a future resume.
Awesomesauce!
So here's the deal. I won't be able to give out any details of what I actually saw in the movie when I get back home, but I will be able to tell how I felt about the way the movie was made. So in honor of that, I've decided to make this week on the Pen and Parchment all about Narnia and C.S. Lewis. Get ready for some really Narnia related posts. And on Friday, I'll post my review of the movie to close out the week.
I'll try to get the first post of this series up later today. Until then, don't forget to vote!
C ya all later!
Nichole
Anywho, today is the last day to vote for your favorite first chapter! So don't wait another minute. It looks like it might be a close call for third place. If we have a tie, then we have to have another poll, so vote, vote, vote!
But now to get the REALLY EXCITING part of this post. You know... the part that's IN ALL CAPS WITH LOTS OF EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!! (love to do that. :D)
Well here it is: I WAS INVITED TO GO TO A PRE-SCREENING OF THE NEW "VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER", NOT DUE IN THEATRES UNTIL DECEMBER!!!!
You heard right folks! *does really happy dance* The screening is this Thursday in Minneapolis.
I really don't know how it happened. It's like an answered prayer, but it was so unexpected. I'd just been keeping in touch with people over the web and I'd been entering a few contests and what-not... (especially concerning Narnia, because Lewis was my first inspiration to write). Then the other day I get an email reply saying that I've been chosen to go see this pre-screening because of my apparent presence on the web.
Cool! That means I'm being noticed, which is really good platform-building material for me and my writings. And this opportunity will also look great noted on a future resume.
Awesomesauce!
So here's the deal. I won't be able to give out any details of what I actually saw in the movie when I get back home, but I will be able to tell how I felt about the way the movie was made. So in honor of that, I've decided to make this week on the Pen and Parchment all about Narnia and C.S. Lewis. Get ready for some really Narnia related posts. And on Friday, I'll post my review of the movie to close out the week.
I'll try to get the first post of this series up later today. Until then, don't forget to vote!
C ya all later!
Nichole
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