Big Show Day- Lancaster and Chelmsford, later Townsend

It was quite a day, with two book signings on one day, two different towns (three towns, if you count the celebration- more on that later).
Now that's working hard to get the word out!

With me in my travels this day was fellow writer Ursula Wong, whose second novel, Amber Wolf, will be out soon.
To see an interview with Ursula, click here. She talks about her debut novel, Purple Trees.

First, we went to the Thayer Memorial Library in Lancaster, MA, for a panel with members of the New England Horror Writers.
The event was sponsored by the Seven Bridges Writer's Collaborative, who have been doing great things to bring writers and readers together in the central MA area.
Thanks to Hollis Shore and Paula Castner for hosting us and promoting the program.

Here are some event pics- 

Joining me on the panel:

Left to Right: Paula, Moderator Dan Keohane, Remy Flagg, Jennifer Allis Provost, Trisha Woolridge, and Ursula Wong

 

We had an appreciative and attentive audience

 

 

 

A nice time was had by all. Then we had to race off to Chelmsford for the event put on by
The Society of Independent Publishers and Authors.

We set up at the Chelmsford Center for the Arts, and spoke with shoppers dropping in.  

Thanks to Laura Marshall and Sara for overseeing this one. 

Ursula Wong, still looking fresh at her second signing of the day...

Here you can see the back of Richard Hollman, and behind him is Kameryn James

There's Kevin Willett in red, across the room

You can see Katharine Grubb below on the far left, and the gentleman in neon green is Glenn Davison, who has published five books on kite-flying! Just to the right of the post is Scott Millin

So after all that, we needed a little celebrating. So we went to see writer Vlad V. to celebrate the upcoming release of Insanity Tales II: The Sense of Fear (from Books and Boos Press), with writers from The Storyside: Stacey Longo, Rob Smales, and the sadly missing David Daniel.

Check out our cover, with the image made as a cake-- a delicious taste of Insanity! 
To see a cool trailer for the book, click here

 

Featured in Latest Granite Coast Magazine

The new Granite Coast entertainment magazine is out, and features a few New England writers- most notably myself and fellow Insanity Tales author Stacey Longo, author of the new release Ordinary Boy.

The mag has lots of info about music and entertainment in our region, so check it out. Here's their Facebook page.

Authors by the Sea and Queen City Kamikaze Con Writeup

Fun couple of days this weekend, but exhausting.

First up was the Author's Night by the Sea, sponsored by Pear Tree Publishing, where we had a good night of signing books and meeting people.
Some pics courtesy of Jenn Hobbs, others by Maureen Ross.

 

Many thanks to K.D. Mason for his work on publicity, raffle prizes, and taking over in a time of need for others. And thanks to the Portsmouth, NH Elks Club for hosting us.

 

Friends new and old were there, including: T. Stephens

Scott Goudsward, Ogmios, Joe Ross of Rosstrum Publishing, Coralie Hughes Jensen, Maureen Ross, and others

Steven Hobbs

Jed Power

 

and Kurt D. Springs

 

Then early next morning, we were off to Manchester, NH, for the Queen City Kamikaze Con, where we were signing our works at the Books and Boos table.
More pictures available here.

And as the authors of Insanity Tales we were on a panel to discuss writing collaboration.
Left to right: David Daniel, me, moderator Stacey Longo, Ursula Wong, and Vlad V.
Thanks to Jason Rivers for playing official Staff Photographer for the panel shots.

Other friends were there, like The Dome from SciFi Saturday Night, the cool podcast of all things science fiction. Here, the Dome meets his cosplaying counterpart!

Stacey gets in on the action ...

And then we get the Three Jasons! Which one is the scariest?

Haunted Acres

Had a great time at Haunted Acres this last weekend, signing books in their big tent with other members of the New England Horror Writers. We named it "The Haunted Bookstore" and people-watched amid the screams and laughs. What a fun place! Definitely a must-do for folks who like scary theme parks.

Despite the all-male nature of our crew, we had a good time. Vlad and I were there promoting Insanity Tales, 9 scary stories for the Halloween season. While we were there, our rebroadcast of SciFi Saturday Night played over the airwaves, interviewing us with fellow Insanity authors Ursula Wong and Stacey Longo. Click the SciFi link to go to the site to hear the show.

The Lineup: Kurt Springs, Vlad V., Bracken Macleod, Rob Smales, Errick Nunnally, Scott Goudsward, Tony Tremblay

 

Making faces

 Kurt and The Priestess. Check out his book Price of Vengeance

 

 

 J. Sjostrom, illustrator

 

 

Rob Smales- that guy is always taking pictures!

 

Vlad scares people...

 

More faces

 

Thanks to Brent for getting us there

 

And to the staff for the fun time, and to Kelly at the concession stand.

 

The last set of faces. Everyone wanted in on the act...

Middletown CT Fair

Yesterday I drove down to CT to sign books at the Open Air Market in Middletown at the Wadsworth Mansion. I'd like to thank the weather gods for an absolutely beautiful day.

We had a brisk day of selling books with Jason Harris and Stacey Longo, along with Joe Ross of Rosstrum Publishing. A good time with good people, including someone with news from my alternate life.

Even had a surprise drop-in visit from G. Elmer Munson, a fellow horror writer.

This was a repeat of the event from last year, where we had a bigger gang under the tent.

 

Going fierce to sell books!

 

Cool- another guest spot- Susan Kaye Quinn

Can fame and fortune be far behind? :-)
First we guest on the site of Joe Konrath, prominent Indie guru:
http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2014/04/guest-post-by-dale-t-phillips-and-vlad-v.html

Today we're guesting on the great blog of Susan Kaye Quinn-- Innovation: Four Indie Authors, One Small Cooperative:  http://www.susankayequinn.com/2014/06/innovation-four-indie-authors-one-small.html

She's written the Indie Author Survival Guide, listed on my Writer's Bookshelf resource page as a necessary book for writers to absorb.

Tomorrow I'll be selling books at the Town of Fremont, NH 250th celebration.

And a week from Sunday, I'll be at Noir at the Bar in Boston, hobnobbing with cool mystery writers.