Going Indie with Dead Before Dinner
My Kerry Schafer self sat down for a fun interview with the ever awesome Mark Stevens on the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers podcast. We had some technical difficulties, but my enthusiasm and love for the Shadow Valley series comes through loud and clear!
Real Life Meets Magic: Women's Fiction with Magical Elements
On women’s fiction day, I got together with Barbara Davis, Willa Reece, Maddie Dawson, and Kim Neville, all fabulous authors who write books about strong women on growth journeys—with a little magic along the way. We discussed our books and why we chose to include elements of magic, plus our thoughts about the difference between women’s fiction and fantasy and so much more. I seriously want to be able to meet with these women once a week for dinner and drinks. They are all so amazing and fun!
NYT Bestselling Author Susan Mallery and The Friendship List
Kerry Anne King interviews bestselling author Susan Mallery about her new release--The Friendship List. Other questions asked and answered include: "Accountant to Romance Writer? How does that work, exactly?" and "what kind of research do you do?" Susan also explains a plotting process so extensive it makes Kerry's head hurt, and reveals the fun ways she researches houses in which to place her characters.
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Climb: A Live Interview with Author Susan Spann
What do you do when you're diagnosed with breast cancer? If you're author Susan Spann, you make plans to move to Japan and climb 100 mountains. Naturally! Join Kerry Anne King for an inspiring and soul lifting conversation about the story behind the brave and beautiful new release, Climb: Leaving Safe and Finding Strength on 100 Summits in Japan
Everyone Knows How Much I Love You explores the dark side of female friendships
Hey, I am going to be sitting down for a live interview with debut author Kyle McCarthy. We’ll be talking about her first novel, Everyone Knows How Much I Love You. At this point, I honestly have no idea what kinds of other things we’ll talk about, but I’m always trying to get authors to tell us a secret. Wednesday, July 8, 4 pm PDT/7 pm EDT
A Chat with Bestselling Author Kristan Higgins
I couldn't be more excited to have had the chance to hang out with the fabulous and funny Kristan Higgins! On the off chance that you don't know about Kristan, she is the New York Times, USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of 19 novels. We talked about writing and publishing in Covid quarantine, how she writes her fabulous characters, or mutual love of feisty elderly people, and so much more!
Live Interview with debut author Lainey Cameron
Kerry Anne King and debut author Lainey Cameron discuss her upcoming release The Exit Strategy and the ins and outs of positive, supportive female friendships and work relationships. Has Lainey actually worked as a female exec in Silicon Valley or is this novel the product of great research? Where is she riding out the Corona Virus? (Hint: exotic location alert). What is a digital nomad? And more!
What Would You Bring to a Book Party?
If you were throwing a book discussion party and you had all of the time and money to make it whatever you wanted it to be — what would it be like? Who would be there? What would everybody bring? How would the party go down?
I love imagining unique and awesome events and I’m curious what you might come up with!
In the real world, or at least the real virtual world, there is a book party for Everything You Are happening on FB Live next week—and I’d love it if you would come and bring a virtual representation of whatever it is you would bring to the Best Book Club Meeting Ever!
Place: Facebook, in the Blue Sky Book Chat group. Click here to request to join!
Date: December 3
Time: 4:30 pm PST/5:30 pm MT/6:30 pm CT/7:30 pm ET
What to Bring: Yourself, questions about Everything You Are, and a virtual white elephant gift to share with other readers! Be prepared to let me know what would make your favorite Book Party perfect!
Join Me and Steena Holmes for a Live Author to Author Chat
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Steena Holmes is joining me for a FB Live author to author chat on Wednesday, October 23 at 4 pm PDT/5pm MDT/6 pm CDT/7 pm EDT. We’ll be streaming live to my Facebook Author page. I’d love to have you join us as we talk about life and books and answer reader questions—mark your calendar and save the link!
In the meantime, you can grab Steena’s new release, The Patient, here on Amazon or look for it wherever books are sold! And if you still need a copy of Everything You Are, here’s a handy Amazon link for that.
In other news, Whisper Me This is a Kindle Daily Deal on Monday the 22nd for just $1.99.
i hope you can make the author chat!
Happy Reading.
Today is Release Day for Everything You Are!
Today is release day! Finally!
Which means you can finally get your hands on your very own copy of Everything You Are even if you’re not a Prime Reads subscriber!
One of the things I love about being an author publishing with Lake Union is the live sales feed we have access to. I get to look and see how many books are being bought and, what is so much more fun, I get to see where people are buying them! I absolutely love knowing that people in Germany, Italy, and Mexico are reading Everything You Are!
I was trying to think of something that would be fun for all of us to celebrate launch week, and in addition to the Everything You Are Birthday Book Bash that I talked about yesterday, I came up with this:
Introducing the #loveeverythingyouare contest and giveaway
The #loveeverythingyouare contest and giveaway
At the very center of Everything You Are lies the truth that we, as humans, are far from our best selves when we are not pursuing our talents, abilities, and passions. I want to celebrate the things that you most love along with celebrating the release of the book. So I came up with a fun little contest!
I'll draw the name of one participant to receive an Everything You Are original tote bag, and a $50 Amazon gift card to buy books to put in it!
Here's how to play:
1. Take a selfie of you doing something you love AND incorporate the cover of Everything You Are in the photo somewhere. (You can get somebody else to take the pic if you want. If you can’t get your hands on a copy, photoshop and canva are options)
2. Post on social media with the hashtag #loveeverythingyouare. One entry per post - multiple posts across Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram will win you the most entries!
3. Feel free to share here too so we can all see and celebrate YOU while we celebrate the book.
4. Contest closes at midnight PDT on October 7.
5. Winner will be announced IN MY NEWSLETTER so be sure you're signed up and check your email!
6. Disclaimers: Winner must contact me within 72 hours after email is sent, or another winner will be chosen. Must be 18 to enter. US and Canada only. (sorry, international people. I love you but the rules are complicated. Feel free to play for fun though!)
In order to play you’ll want a copy of the book.
#loveeverythingyouare
This is my favorite entry so far! I know it’s not a selfie, but fur babies definitely count. Seriously. How cute is this?? The object is to have some fun with the book while sharing a little bit of what you love and are all about.
Happy reading!