Today I’m being interviewed by the fabulous Celine Jeanjean on her blog, Down the Rabbit Hole. The interview is part of her “What interesting things did you find while researching your book?” series. Hop on over to read about spooky swamps and having fun with swords. 🙂
Here’s the link:
https://celinejeanjean.wordpress.com/2015/07/15/an-interview-with-lori-maclaughlin/
Hope to see you there!
© Lori L. MacLaughlin and Writing, Reading, and the Pursuit of Dreams, 2015. All rights reserved.
Celebrate the Small Things is a weekly celebration created by VikLit and now hosted by Lexa Cain to celebrate the happenings of the week, however small or large. You can learn all about it and sign up for it here. 
I’m celebrating big news this week. I scheduled a book-signing event at Barnes & Noble! It’s coming up on July 24th. Whoo hoo! I’m excited and nervous and wondering what on earth I’m going to wear. B & N is ordering my books to have on hand, and the event is listed on the store’s website: http://stores.barnesandnoble.com/store/2776?page=1&size=10&month=Month&day=Day&type=all
How cool is that!!
I’ve also signed up for three more book events coming up: a local Farmer’s Market Craft Day on July 16th, the League of VT Writers Summer Retreat and Member Showcase in Albany, VT, on July 18th, and the Bookstock Literary Festival in Woodstock, VT, on July 25th. It’s going to be a crazy month.
More celebrations for the week — spending a Sunday afternoon swimming and visiting with good friends, cooling off at Sandbar beach on Monday, and celebrating IHOP’s birthday on Tuesday with 57-cent pancake stacks!
All in all, a pretty good week.
What other celebrations are going on out there?
© Lori L. MacLaughlin and Writing, Reading, and the Pursuit of Dreams, 2015. All rights reserved.
Based on the overwhelming advice I received on a previous post (thank you!!), I ordered a Square credit card reader from their site: www.squareup.com. After several days, the Square arrived in the mail! I attached it to my Android smart phone through the headphone jack, downloaded the Register app, and set up the register with my items and tax percentage. It was really easy to set up and has the simplicity of e-mailing receipts to customers. I did a $1.00 test run charge on my credit card, and it worked perfectly. Very quick and easy.
I hope to get a chance to use it this weekend. On Sunday, I’ll be participating in The Craft of Small Publishing in Vermont event at the River Arts Center in Morrisville, VT. It’s a celebration of small publishers, self-publishers, and book artists and illustrators from around the state with presentations and activities for all ages. I’ll get to mingle with the writing community and maybe sell a book or two. Even if I don’t sell anything, it will be a great learning experience. I like that it’s a smaller venue, since I already know I’m going to be nervous. We’ll see how it goes. Thinking positive thoughts! 🙂
© Lori L. MacLaughlin and Writing, Reading, and the Pursuit of Dreams, 2015. All rights reserved.
Art by Jason Pedersen
The final champion stirs and reaches out to any who can hear her voice. Yet all who heed her call will disappear into the misty fugue.
Awakening their new ally is only the beginning as Luke, Nyx, and their friends head south to the desert city of Bor’daruk. Hunting for another temple once used to seal Baron Kernaghan, they are unaware that the game of destiny has changed. Out for blood and pain, Stephen is determined to make Luke wish he’d never set out to become a hero.
By the time the sun sets on Bor’daruk, minds will be shattered and the champions’ lives will be changed forever.
Charles E. Yallowitz
Charles Yallowitz was born and raised on Long Island, NY, but he has spent most of his life wandering his own imagination in a blissful haze. Occasionally, he would return from this world for the necessities such as food, showers, and Saturday morning cartoons. One day he returned from his imagination and decided he would share his stories with the world. After his wife decided that she was tired of hearing the same stories repeatedly, she convinced him that it would make more sense to follow his dream of being a fantasy author. So, locked within the house under orders to shut up and get to work, Charles brings you Legends of Windemere. He looks forward to sharing all of his stories with you and his wife is happy he finally has someone else to play with.
Celebrate the Small Things is a weekly celebration created by VikLit and now hosted by Lexa Cain to celebrate the happenings of the week, however small or large. You can learn all about it and sign up for it here.
Today, I’m celebrating that my new fantasy adventure novel, Lady, Thy Name Is Trouble, is now available in print! Click here for details.
I’m also celebrating the wrap-up of my two-week-long blog tour with Tyrean Martinson and Juneta Key! Hop on over to Tyrean’s and see what Bilbo Baggins and I have in common, and to Juneta’s to learn more about my characters and their stories in a book-related interview.
Here’s a huge THANK YOU!!! to everyone who hosted me on their blogs and to all who visited along the way! I truly appreciate it!!
Blog Tour Stops:
3/5:     Eclectic Alli & Jo @ My Inner Geek          Reviews
3/6      Doreen McGettigan & Unicorn Bell          Interviews
3/9      Caffe Maggieato                                            Behind the Scenes
3/10    Marie Andreas                                               Reason #57 Why I Chose To Self-Publish
3/11    Elizabeth Hein                                               Lessons Learned
3/12    Sue Archer                                                     Conversation Corner
3/14    Diane Burton                                                 Saturday Sampler
3/16    Loni Townsend                                              Typos: Say What??
3/17    Kari Jo Spear                                                  The Magic of Names
3/18    Kristin Smith                                                  My Writing Space
3/20    Juneta Key                                                      Book-related Interview
3/20   Tyrean Martinson                                          What Bilbo Baggins and I Have in Common
What other celebrations are going on out there?
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© Lori L. MacLaughlin and Writing, Reading, and the Pursuit of Dreams, 2015. All rights reserved.
Come join me today at Kristin Smith’s, where I share the secrets of my writing space, as my blog tour celebrating the release of my new fantasy adventure novel, Lady, Thy Name Is Trouble, continues. Hope to see you there!
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Today, my blog tour celebrating the release of my new fantasy adventure novel, Lady, Thy Name Is Trouble, visits From the Heart of Kari Jo Spear. Kari Jo and I have been friends for more years than I can count, and I’m happy to be a guest on her blog with a St. Patrick’s Day-themed post about the magic of character naming. Please stop by and say Hi!
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My blog tour celebrating the release of my new fantasy adventure novel, Lady, Thy Name Is Trouble, continues this week on This World Bites! author Loni Townsend’s blog, Squirrel Talk. Stop by for a humorous post about typos and the unfortunate consequences of not proofreading your work!
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© Lori L. MacLaughlin and Writing, Reading, and the Pursuit of Dreams, 2015. All rights reserved.
My blog tour celebrating the release of my new fantasy adventure novel, Lady, Thy Name Is Trouble, hits the weekend today as part of Diane Burton’s Saturday Sampler series. Have a wonderful weekend, and thanks for stopping by!
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Celebrate the Small Things is a weekly celebration created by VikLit and now hosted by Lexa Cain to celebrate the happenings of the week, however small or large. You can learn all about it and sign up for it here.
It’s been a busy blogging week for me, and I’m still trying to get caught up. This week I’m celebrating:
What other celebrations are going on out there?
© Lori L. MacLaughlin and Writing, Reading, and the Pursuit of Dreams, 2015. All rights reserved.
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