(Note: I am going to try to keep the latest information about "Small Town News" at the top of the blog for the time being. Newer postings can be found below. Thank you for your patience.)
The newly-formed teen advisory council, LENDS (Library, East Newton, Neosho, Diamond, Seneca), is sponsoring the first book signing for my novel, "Small Town News," 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, at the Neosho Library.
The council includes two high school students from each of Newton County's schools: Sara Spangler and Katlyn Peterson of East Newton, Megan Davis and Jessica Uitts of Neosho, Hannah Pendergraft and Becky Wohlenhaus of Seneca, and two of my favorite former students from Diamond, Ashley Nickolaisen and Lacey Carneal.
The signing and short presentation I will make are part of the first two teen council activities, Teen Read Week, which is Oct. 16-22 and Kids Love a Mystery Month.
I will talk a little about the background of my book, my writing techniques, and checkered career, and I will take questions from the audience before the signing.
I hope to see some of you there.
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In other "Small Town News" updates:
-I am scheduled to be interviewed by another local newspaper next Monday. I will let you know more afterward.
-The story in The Carthage Press should be coming out sometime by the end of the week.
-The library will be providing publicity information to Neosho media outlets to promote the signing.
Everything is moving rapidly on the "Small Town News" front.
My first signing has definitely been set for 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, at the Neosho Library. I will have 40 copies of the novel available and I will definitely be happy to order more if there are not enough copies to accommodate the audience (and, of course, I am hoping that turns out to be the case).
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"Small Town News" can be ordered through Amazon.com as well as Books-A-Million and IUniverse. It can also be ordered at any Books-A-Million store, which will save you shipping costs. I plan on having some outlets set up in the Joplin area sometime in the next few weeks.
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A friend of mine read that book recently, and thought it was the worst thing he had ever read.
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I wish you well with it. Just never give up. Good things will happen.
Thanks, Shyloh, for the kind comments. They are much appreciated.
Sorry to put this here, no better place.... Randy, do you have any info on the CableOne switching from cartoons to pornogrophy incident? I heard it happened a few weeks ago, but I didn't see it. Appearently, there was some written apology.
I haven't heard anything about that. That will teach me not to avoid The Cartoon Network in the future. (Just kidding!) I probably need to add a guest book for comments that don't necessarily fit with the postings, or for news tips. I will set up sometime in the next few days.
So the shilling of the book is first before the news huh? Isn't that the same as having ads on the front page, which you went off on a few articles back?
Cheap shot, but no, it is not the same. Newspapers should be able to promote themselves on their front pages; when they are sponsoring events, or when their reporters are honored for their work, they naturally should put it on their display page. The big thing going on with my writing is "Small Town News," so the latest news about that project is going to go right up at the top of the page with no apologies necessary or forthcoming.
The truth hurts, but you are selling something...hence an ad for people to buy your product. I don't see the difference.
The primary difference is I am not selling space on my blog to someone whose advertising could affect its content or readers' perception of that content. That is what front-page advertising does to newspapers. I would guess that there are only a handful of readers, if that many, who even equate these two things.
That picture does you justice Randy. You are a good looking dude.
It's ironic that there are blogspot mandated ads at the top of the Turner Report.
Blogspot has not mandated anything. I placed the ads on the blog in an effort to get a little bit of a return on the work I am putting in. So far, I have not received a cent from it. The ads are designed to fit in with the content of the page and are placed there by Google (the owner of Blogspot). I do not have anything to do with their selection. I really don't believe there are more than a couple of people out there who are upset by the fact that I am trying to make the most out of the projects in which I am involved, whether they be this blog, "Small Town News," or "Natural Disaster," but I did not want there to be any misinformation about the ads. These readers (or it may just be one reader) seem inclined to see hypocrisy in everything I do, and that is all right...I'll just keep writing and saying what I think anyway.
Randy, you got a good blog with useful information. I read it daily and I look forward to reading "Small Town News." Your analysis and comments on the politico are absolutely on target!
I appreciate your sharing your perspective on events,,,,a perspective that is enlightening and shared by many!
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