L J Green Going to the Sunshine State Book Festival in 2025

 

Get ready for the Sixth Annual Sunshine State Book Festival in Gainesville, Florida—where readers and writers come together to celebrate stories and creativity! Join us January 31st and February 1st, 2025, for an unforgettable experience.

Meet acclaimed authors from around the state and beyond! Richard Gartee, Julie Ann Gasper, Vida Gecas, Hoplyn Gray, Lillian Jade Green, Pamela Grey, and Gay Lynn Grigas will be there, sharing their stories and their passion for writing.

Plus, on January 31st, dive deep into your craft with our *Writers’ Workshop Intensive*! This day-long event features expert sessions like ‘Power Up Your Prose,’ ‘Searching for an Agent,’ ‘Indy Publishing,’ and ‘Marketing Your Books.’ Learn from the best, including bestselling author Lana McAra and literary agent Sarah N. Fisk.

Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to grow as a writer, connect with peers, and take your work to the next level.

Join us for an inspiring weekend at the Sunshine State Book Festival—where the love of reading and writing shines bright. Register now and reserve Author Table. Readers Come on Saturday and Meet over 200 authors selling their books.

See you at the festival! 

We have posted some new links to preorder the latest book "Where Trade Winds Meet" preorder until December 5, 2024. The book is being offered in paperback, hardback, eBook and even audio versions Worldwide.

Revised-Expanded-And-ReEdited - Where Trade Winds Meet is Available for Preorder

Yes, I have finally finished revising, expanding the storyline and had two more rounds of edits from my lovely new editor, Faye, Roberts.  "Where Trade Winds Meet" is now Available for Preorder for the December 5th official release date. It has been assigned a Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN), has ISBNs for the eBook, paperback, hardback (with dust jacket) and audio formats. Draft2Digital has already released preorder of the eBook to several retailers so I updated their Books2Read link: https://books2read.com/WhereTradeWindsMeet-ljgreen

Today, I uploaded the hardback edition to IngramSpark and created a dust jacket as well. This version has some small additions that are not posted in the eBook or paperback versions to make it a little bit more special. Later on today I will upload the eBook to Kindle for pre-order and if I can I will upload it to Google Play for preorder as well. 

It is so thrilling to get those emails from Draft2Digital tell me that my book is "LIVE" on book sites everywhere:

Live status updates for this book: Apple - Available for preorder @ Apple on November 8, 2024, 20:22 PM Smashwords - Available for preorder @ Smashwords on November 8, 2024, 20:42 PM Gardners - Available for preorder @ Gardners on November 8, 2024, 20:42 PM Odilo - Available for preorder @ Odilo on November 8, 2024, 21:27 PM Tolino - Available for preorder @ Tolino on November 8, 2024, 21:28 PM BorrowBox - Available for preorder @ BorrowBox on November 8, 2024, 21:36 PM Barnes & Noble - Available for preorder @ Barnes & Noble on November 8, 2024, 22:12 PM Kobo - Available for preorder @ Kobo on November 9, 2024, 4:08 AM Fable - Available for preorder @ Fable on November 9, 2024, 9:39 AM

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Tips for Finding Writing Resources - Google Maps

I am the process of creating a series of videos to share with my fellow writers on my writing journey. Today's is all about how to use Google Maps to research places you want to include in your stories but do not have the budget to travel to yourself. Google Maps also has a historical feature for those who need information on how places looked for the last twenty years. Not good for really old stuff but there are other resources out there that she will share in coming videos. 😁

Creating Your Own Promo Videos for Your Channel

Finding tools that will help you with your marketing as a writer can sometimes be quite daunting. But there are some tools out there that can help you create fun and informative videos to share on your website and social media platforms. Videos more than just plain photos seem to attract more people. However, a mixture of videos and graphics with you, your books, showcasing your hobbies and your pets can really grab peoples attention. Ultimately, we hope that this will also attract readers who are willing to purchase our books and perhaps write a review, share the book with friends, and ask for it at their local libraries and bookstores. 

Besides the social media apps themselves some other tools have been created to help you have a little bit of fun while you are creating these create pieces of content to share with your readers and future readers too. I like Canva.com and Capcut app Both can be used on your smartphone or even downloaded to your laptop or desktop to use as well. Of course, the really cool tools within each of these are within the PRO versions but they both have some nice beginners FREE stuff to get you started.

There is a newer tool by Adobe called Adobe Express you can also use for FREE. This one is a new tool that I haven't used but for a few things. It is a little bit harder to move around and they will keep popping up with the paid version but if you like Adobe products it might be worth your while to give it go. 

Using Every Free Tool in Your Toolbox

L J Green Author - New Story in the FCRW Anthology

My latest short story has been added to the First Coast Romance Writers latest anthology called "Romancing the Tropics 2". There are 5 stories within the anthology for you to read and enjoy. Mine is called "Where Trade Winds Meet" available for purchase beginning June 11, 2024. Escape to sun-drenched Key West, 1910, where defiance meets desire. Muriel, yearning for adventure, rejects a stifling future. William, a seafaring dreamer, craves a life beyond duty. A chance encounter sparks a forbidden connection, igniting a shared passion for exploration. Will they defy societal expectations and chase their dreams together? Dive into this captivating historical romance, where love and adventure set sail under the trade winds.