2014 Dahlonega Literary Festival!
2014 Dahlonega Literary Festival is in the books!
The 2014 Dahlonega Literary Festival was held on March 8-9, in Dahlonega, GA. Set in the beautiful north Georgia Mountains, the Dahlonega Literary Festival is a celebration of books, authors, and reading! I was lucky enough to be one of the Regional Authors in this year’s event!!
With the amazing talents of the lovely and gracious Lana, we set up our table for the Festival. We have a poster of the cover of The Gemstone Chronicles Book One: The Carnelian, business cards with the covers of each book of the series, and samples of different gemstones that play a role in the books (both rough gemstones and tumbled gemstones). The only gemstone that was missing was a carnelian.
Once we got everything set up, we were ready to meet and greet other authors and the readers. Many stopped by to say hi and talk about the books and the gemstones.
We had a lot of visitors that came by to say hello. Families, librarians (with a shout out to Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville, GA), and individuals, all who were interested in The Gemstone Chronicles and the gemstones we had on display stopped by the booth. We even gave away a couple of the gemstones!
Panel discussion:
I participated in a panel discussion about our experiences in publishing. Of the eight members of the panel, half of us were self-published and the other half traditionally published. It seemed all of us faced similar challenges in getting the word out about our books!
Lana and I enjoyed our first Dahlonega Literary Festival. We look forward to returning in the future. The town is beautiful and the people extremely friendly. The Dahlonega Literary Festival was a perfect venue for my initial book event! The other authors that attended were great. I found many new books to add to my TBR pile! I’ll leave reviews for the books I read. I hope you’ll consider leaving reviews, too!
Don’t forget to visit the Dahlonega Literary Festival site to find out about next year’s event! I hope I will see you all there!!
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Congratulations, Bill, it sounds like you and Kana had a great time . I am half way through book 4 now , another great read!
Hi Steve! We did have an awesome time. Whenever you and Lynn want to hunt rocks or prospect for gold, just come on up! The Dahlonega area is perfect for both!
Let me know hat you think of the book when you finish!!