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PubSmart Conference and a repeat meander …

April 17, 2014 by Patricia Sands 11 Comments

Bonjour! I am in Charleston, South Carolina, attending the 3-day PubSmart Conference and I can tell you there has been a lot of excellent information to absorb.

 

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Here’s a quick explanation: “PubSmart is about introducing new models that lead to smart decisions about how to seize opportunities in today’s transformed book marketplace”.

The keynote speakers, Jane Friedman,  Hugh Howey, and CJ Lyons were superb and the coolest, most down-to-earth people to chat with.

BONUS! I have a fabulous new free app especially for readers that I will share with you next week and I’m very excited about that!

Making this conference even more special was the opportunity to spend quality time with my friends and fellow authors Steena Holmes, Christine Nolfi, Leona Bodie, Bette Lee Crosby and of course, Bette’s charming husband and publisher, Dick. As always, when the literati gather, there were opportunities for wonderful connections to be made and new friendships established. The fact that PubSmart was limited to 200 attendees offered unique opportunities to mingle and chat with everyone! Truly a very special time!

This stop in Charleston fit in nicely with our trek back to Toronto from south Florida, but tomorrow afternoon we will hit the road again and be home by Saturday evening. Hopefully there will be no snow to greet us!

If it’s Friday, it must be France

Entrevaux-PSandsPhotos
Entrevaux-PSandsPhotos

Along with attending the writer’s conference … which has been exciting, innovative and energizing … I have also been tweaking the final details in my MS so I can send it off to my editor this weekend. One of the chapters involves Katherine and Philippe visiting with some friends in this intriguing village of Entrevaux. I had such a good time writing about it, I decided to share my post from last November with you again. There is a slideshow of a walk through the narrow passageways and, as I wrote, I kept those photos on my screen to remind me exactly how it felt in that ancient and mysterious, semi-abandoned village. I hope my husband and I will have time to return there this summer.

I hope you enjoy your return visit! Click here to take another Medieval Meander.

Next week I will have my act together again and bring you a new post. Thanks for your patience!

Bon weekend, tout le monde!

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Filed Under: Blog, News, Writing Tagged With: bette lee crosby, Charleston, Christine Nolfi, Entrevaux, Hugh Howey, Jane Friedman, Leona Bodie, Patricia Sands, publishing, PubSmartCon, Steena Holmes, The Promise of Provence, writing

Celebrate Bette’s new website + a BONUS giveaway

March 20, 2014 by Patricia Sands Leave a Comment

My good friend, the talented Bette Lee Crosby has a new website.Bette Lee Crosby With all of the bestsellers Bette has written in the past couple of years, it was time to provide them with a new home. To celebrate the launch of this website, 5 of us are pleased to be joining  Bette in this fabulous giveaway which contains 12 bestselling books in all.

 

Here’s a taste of what awaits you:

A Dozen Reasons to Celebrate My Grand Opening

March 15, 2014  Bette Lee Crosby  News & Events  22

Take a look at all the paperbacks to win during this giveaway to celebrate my grand opening!

A Dozen Reasons To Celebrate My Grand Opening

“I’m so pleased that several of my author friends came together to help me celebrate the grand opening of my new website. Please take a look around, leave some comments, visit and read about the different authors involved (links to their posts are below). If you like what you see, why not connect with me through social media or sign up for my newsletter so you’ll be the first to know about events like this. The paperback giveaway will be open all week, and of course this is my new home and the door is always open so visit anytime!”

 Today is my day to be featured, so please stop by and leave Bette your good wishes. Then join in the fun. Click right here to take a look around Bette’s website and enter in the Rafflecopter options as often as you like. Good luck! 

If you are in search of more great reading material to get you through this long winter, visit the other participating authors’ websites and make a list! Christine Nolfi, Kathleen Valentine, Rachel Thompson, and Leona Bodie have an excellent selection of novels just waiting for you.

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Filed Under: Blog, Contests Tagged With: bette lee crosby, Christine Nolfi, giveaway, Kathleen Valentine, Leona Bodie, Patricia Sands, Rachel Thompson

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