booksigning Archives : All About Romance

An Evening With Susanna Kearsley

Last evening I had the chance to see Susanna Kearsley in action at the Central Rappahannock Regional Library here in Virginia, and it was such a treat! This time around, she was on tour(there’s still a few stops upcoming!) and promoting her new release, A Dangerous Fortune.

A nice big crowd packed one of the library’s biggest auditoriums, and it was so much fun to see so many enthusiastic readers. Seriously, the library closes at 9 but the signing and chatting portion of this event was still going strong well past closing time!

So, what did Kearsley have to say? Well, we started with a Q&A, and then readers threw in all manner of questions about her books, her writing process, and even history in general. If you’ve never heard Susanna Kearsley speaking live, she’s a wonderful storyteller and I learn something new about writing and history every time. […]

Joss Ware/Colleen Gleason Booksigning

My regular, monthly booksigning column won’t appear here for a couple weeks, but I wanted to post now about an interesting booksigning that I went to this past weekend. The signing was for Joss Ware’s latest book, Night Betrayed, the fourth in her post-apocalyptic Envy series.

If you don’t know, Joss Ware is a pseudonym of Colleen Gleason, the author of the popular Gardella vampire series set in Regency England. I’ve read the Gardella series, but had never read any of the Envy series, so decided to check out this event.

The signing was at a bookstore about 25 miles from where I live. With snow predicted throughout the day, I decided to leave extra early to make certain I got there in time. I actually arrived at the bookstore about 30 minutes early, while the bookstore employees were still setting up the area for the event.

Rather than sitting by myself […]