First Western North Carolina Bigfoot Festival

I (Sharon) live in North Carolina, about 90 minutes east of the mountains. So you can imagine how thrilled I was to find out the first Western North Carolina Bigfoot Festival is happening in Marion, NC.

What: Western North Carolina Bigfoot Festival

Where: N Main St, Marion, NC 28752, United States

When: Saturday, September 8 at 12 PM - 6 PM

Contact Bigfoot 911:

bigfoot911bobr@gmail.com

Facebook page for the event

https://www.facebook.com/events/908376379329977/

The event will be family-friendly with food, entertainment, vendors, children’s activities, and a raffle for two tickets to join a Bigfoot 911 expedition. A portion of festival proceeds will be donated to the Disabled American Veterans.

There is going to be a 5K Run in the morning at 8.
Opening Ceremony at 12 pm.
Pictures with Bigfoot
Scavenger Hunt
Bigfoot Calling Contest
Bigfoot Knocking Contest
Town Hall Meeting
Raffles
Inflatables
Vendors
Educational Vendors
AND MUCH MORE!!!

Mark Price wrote an article about the festival for the Charlotte Observer. Check it out for more details.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article199803064.html

*Bigfoot 911 is taking applications for vendors, as well as sponsors for the festival. If you or someone you know is interested.

bigfoot911bobr@gmail.com

Carolina Romance Writers: Sip and Sign Featuring Christie Craig + giveaway

There are so many great authors living in NC and lots of chances to meet them. Carolina Romance Writers is the local RWA chapter. They put on an event in Charlotte for readers to stop by and mingle with some of their members.

They gave out nice tote bags with swag and everyone was friendly and excited to talk about books!

I took some pictures and got some signed swag to give away.

April Alieda, Kaitlyn Ashely, Trish Dawson, Jennifer Delamere, L. P. Dover, Zoe Forward, AnnaLisa Grant, Regina Jeffers, Caroline Lee, A. J. Matthews, Mimi Milan, Michele Miller, Nancy Northcott, Kimberley O'Malley, Shaila Patel, Eileen Richards, Cecy Robson, J Lynn Rowan, Brea Viragh

I drove to Charlotte with my friend and author Adrienne Wilder along with my date, Pello, the fart ninja.

I caught a shot of Adrienne Wilder (right pic wearing a knit hat). Adrienne just had a contemporary mm romance release, Wild.

 

I was excited to meet Cecy Robson. The second book in her Weird Girls Flame Series comes out this month. She gave me a signed tote and swag to give away.

I finally got a chance to meet Zoe Forward. She has a new PNR out. Rawr!

Nancy Northcott was also there. She has a new sci-fi anthology out, Outcast Station...which I am reading right now! She also writes PNR and historical fantasy.

I met L.P. Dover. She writes contemporary romance but also has the Royal Shifters series (werewolves) and the Forever Fae series. She has a lot of books for free right now on amazon (first books in series)

Shaila Patel was so excited to talk about her debut YA paranormal romance Soulmated (Joining of Souls) that is getting a lot of love on amazon...and it's on sale right now for $4.61,

 Caroline Lee has a sweet coming of age PNR series, Everland Ever After Tales. Little Red Book One is free on amazon. All the covers in this series are gorgeous!

She also writes historical romances and contemporary western romances.

Carolina Romance Writers brought in New York Times Best-Selling author Christie Craig. She has written more than 30 books and thousands of magazine articles.

She is also author CC Hunter writing the YA dark fantasy PNR series Shadow Falls.

CC Hunter has a book that is very special to her coming out Feb 27, 2018. This Heart of Mine is a YA romance and mystery thriller about a 17-year-old girl who receives a heart transplant.

GIVEAWAY

One winner will get all this swag! Lots of it signed.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Swaggiest Swag and Book Giveaway Is Back!

Swaggiest Swag and Book Giveaway Is Back!

Facebook event page

https://www.facebook.com/events/541375496052205/

The holidays are just around the corner and there are several authors that are going to play Santa. We have NYT Bestselling authors Faith Hunter and Jennifer Estep. Also, Gail Martin, and Laura Anne Gilman, all offering books and swag.

To get the free swaggiest of swag

Bookmarks and signed materials from NYT Best Selling Authors Faith Hunter, and Jennifer Estep, as well as Gail Z. Martin, and Laura Anne Gilman!

 Send a business sized envelope with two stamps to:

Swag Event

PO Box 241721 

Milwaukee, WI 53224

*before Dec. 10, 2016

To win a pack of books!

2 packs of books from NYT Best Selling Authors Faith Hunter, and Jennifer Estep, as well as Gail Z. Martin and Laura Anne Gilman!

Go to the host website to enter the rafflecopter

http://www.ltpromos.com/2016/11/06/swaggiest-swag-and-book-giveaway-is-back/

Book Review: Birdwoman by Jeffe Kennedy

Birdwoman
by Jeffe Kennedy
Publisher: Jeffe Kennedy
ASIN: B01AVK09AE
January 19, 2016

14 pages
A true story of a paranormal encounter from award-winning fantasy author Jeffe Kennedy.

Jeffe and her husband had traveled to Vancouver Island where she has a paranormal encounter with what she called the ‘Birdwoman.’ Well-written and haunting, it left me felling unsettled after the story/article ended.

I give Birdwoman 5 sheep

Pamela K. Kinney

About the Author:

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Jeffe Kennedy is an award-winning author with awriting career that spans decades. Her works include non-fiction, poetry, short fiction, and novels. She has been a Ucross Foundation Fellow, received the Wyoming Arts Council Fellowship for Poetry, and was awarded a Frank Nelson Doubleday Memorial Award. Her essays have appeared in many publications, including Redbook.

Her most recent works include a number of fiction series: the fantasy romance novels of A Covenant of Thorns; the contemporary BDSM novellas of theFacets of Passion, and an erotic contemporary serial novel, Master of the Opera, which released beginning January 2, 2014. A fourth series, the fantasy trilogy The Twelve Kingdoms, will hit the shelves starting in May 2014 and a fifth, the highly anticipated erotic romance trilogy, Falling Under, will release starting in July.

She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with two Maine coon cats, plentiful free-range lizards and a very handsome Doctor of Oriental Medicine.