Updated Count

I haven't updated my count of book signings and such in awhile, so I thought I should. I'll be updating it a lot in September when we're on tour in Canada!


Number of Speaking Events Total: 103
Number of Signings: 20
Number of Interviews : 19

Places Spoken In:

Florida
Kansas
Texas
New Mexico
California
Washington
British Columbia
Montana
Colorado
Nebraska
Missouri
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Georgia
North Carolina
Maryland
New York
New Jersey
Virginia


Places signed in:


Georgia
Texas
New Mexico
Oregon
Washington
British Columbia
Colorado
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Michigan
Florida
Maryland

ICRS - 2012

Some of you know I recently  skipped off to Florida for a little over a week, and now I'm telling you why.

Every year since 2004 ( maybe missing one year) we have attended the International Christian Retail Show (ICRS.) It used to be called Christian Booksellers Association (CBA) but a lot more than books is brought to the convention - music, gifts, etc, so the powers in charge decided to the name to better reflect the convention's purpose.

 Publishers put together this show every year by putting up booths to show off their wares, and book store owners from around the world come and talk to the publishing house reps and network with each other and purchase some of their stock for their book store for the year.

It used to be a giant convention, one could walk for 2 hours and not see the whole floor, but with more people purchasing on the web along with other factors, it is much smaller. Still, one can easily walk 2 miles in a day wandering around the floor.

Publishers bring authors in to do book signings and give away books because that attrachs book buyers to the booths and lets them know the authors, which incentives the buyers to put those books in their stores. Make sense?

 And that is why my dad and I go to this show every year.

And my sisters come, as well, but mostly for the candy that the publishers have in their booths.

I like the candy, too. :)

 This year my dad signed copies of Liberator (with his publisher Zondervan) and From the Mouth of Elijah (with his publisher AMG), and I signed copies of Noble Imposter (with AMG). He had 4 separate book signings. I had one. :) Less work for me. ;)


My sister and cousin were excited to get to meet Steve Green and get an autographed CD.

My nephews thought it was cool to see grandpa signing his books. :)

Signing Noble Imposter.

I think the pictures turned out okay this year, but I like last year's pictures better.

I signed copies of Precisely Terminated last year.  They were pre publication copies, though, and didn't have their final cover yet.

And I got to meet Roma Downey (sp?)   the lady who plays Monica in Touched by an Angel. 

And no. Monica in the Cantral Chronicles was not named after Monica in Touched by an Angel. I didn't even think about them both being named that until I met Roma!

She was very nice, btw. :)


Also, ICRS moves almost every year. It rotates between being at the convention center in Denver, CO, to St Louis, MO, to Atlanta, GA, to Orlando, FL.  This year it was in Florida, last year it was in Missouri, and next year it's in Missouri again. I'm not sure what makes them decide which state to use, but that's the way it is. Two years it was in Denver twice in a row. No telling what makes them do what they do. :)

Or Wednesday--That Works, Too. Noble Imposter is Here!

Yesterday, I said Noble should arrive on Thursday, but it got here early!

I have 100 copies of Noble Imposter to do with as I please, and I will be sending out pre-orders tomorrow morning! 

If you order by 8 AM tomorrow morning, I'll send out yours, too. :) www.amandaldavis.com


It looks really great. There's spot varnish on the train and train lights. Spot varnishing is the shiny parts of the cover, while the rest of the cover isn't so glossy. Precisely Terminated has some spot varnishing on it as well.

The series logo, title, and my name are also embossed (raised), and feel really cool. 

Monica is not embossed or spot varnished, because she's hiding and it wouldn't due to draw attention to her, now would it? :) 

Arrival on Thursday!

That's when Noble Imposter is supposed to get here!


My publisher, AMG, has informed me that NI (Or Noble, as they call it) is in their warehouse, and I should have my copies by Thursday! Huzzah! 


As soon as my copies arrive, I will be sending out all my pre-orders! So get yours in as soon as you can! www.amandaldavis.com 


CCB3 is now 30,000 words long and climbing!  Simon, Aric, and Monica are all on an exciting adventure, along with a new character named Wheaten.    Of course, Aric doesn't find it at all exciting, since he is currently indisposed, out of action, not doing too well. :)


I'm going to Florida next week to introduce and sign copies of Noble Imposter at a book seller's convention! It should be fun.  I really like Noble Imposter's cover. 

I've also heard rumblings that Precisely Terminated will eventually get a new cover. Not certain about that yet, but I'll be very excited if it does!



And here is a bonus picture - Our neighbor's donkey had a baby 2 weeks ago. Isn't he adorable?

He even let me pet his nose.

CCB3 Update and Noble Imposter

Guess what?

I'm supposed to have my copies of Noble Imposter by next week!  Hurrah!


You can order your copy from my website at www.amandaldavis.com, and if you want, I can even autograph it for you. :)

People are saying Noble Imposter is even better than Precisely Terminated, and I hope you find that to be true!

I had never written a second book before I wrote NI, and it wasn't even planned when I got the contract for Precisely Terminated!  I was given a contract for a trilogy when I had only the first chapter written for PT.  I was a little nervous, but it's turning out okay so far!



On the CCB3 front, I've now reached almost 28,000 words with a projected final word count of 105,000 (Give or take a few thousand).  Things are moving along quickly, though Aric is in peril.   You don't know who Aric is yet unless you're a pre-pub reader. :) He's introduced in Noble Imposter.


On another note, I started an everyday, what's going on in my life blog, which you may or may not be interested in. It shows that us authors are pretty normal, too, and we do normal people things all the time! www.averageamanda.blogspot.com


This blog is scheduled to update every day at 8AM central time. I have more blogging material when it's about every day life and not just writing.

Enjoy!