Welcome to 2022

2022 is going to give me a lot of trouble. I typed that four times before I got the right number of 2s in the right order!

Happy New Year!

What’s in store for 2022

In the Princelings world, there are only a couple of incidents that are firmed up, and both appeared somewhere in the blogoverse in 2011. One made it into the paperback as a bonus chapter, and follows the trip Mariusz made to see Fred and the Realms as you read in my Christmas story. Actually, I suppose it shouldn’t be called the Realms any more, as they are not exactly kingdoms. But it’ll do.

I have two projects involving the Princelings on my list of things to do. Neither is listed as to do in 2022, but I may get started on them.

  • A set of short stories involving Roscoe and Neville, possibly as seafarers, we’ll see. I’m not sure I can come up with four or five 5000 word stories for them. They may or may not involve other Princelings characters. That’s how it starts: just ‘stories with Roscoe and Neville’.
  • The second is a very long-term project, maybe over ten years. A Princelings Encyclopedia, or some such title. Maybe I’ll start it off here and see how far I get with it.

I’m also awaiting the edited version of the Princelings and the Lost City audiobook.

Personal Appearances

The Craft & Gift Fairs I did last autumn may not have been a huge success, but they were successful in that I sold books and probably raised my author profile by several hundred percent. I think if I’m prepared to invest in advertising, I have to consider this as an effective way of putting my books in front of, maybe fewer people, but one who are more inclined to read them. I sold copies of books 1,2 3,4 and 7, and a couple of Messenger Misadventures, too.

So I’ve booked four venues in Hampshire and Wiltshire for the coming year:

  • Lymington (Masonic Hall) — leisure sailing port: March 26, June 25, and possibly August dates
  • Salisbury (Guildhall) — tourist destination: April 9, July 9, and possibly August and December
  • Romsey (Town Hall) — local to me: May 7, July 23 , and possibly October and December
  • Lyndhurst (Community Centre) — heart of the New Forest: June 4, August 20.

I’m also investigating other venues, including the summer shows (agricultural etc) and book fairs, if I can find them.

These are all subject to English Covid rules, of course. And they may (are likely to) change. And hopefully change back. I think people are willing to mask up and get out and about, but the venues have to be strict to keep their licences etc.

Zoom Events

If you are a teacher or librarian and would like a Zoom event for your pupils/members, please get in touch. So far I’ve only been on the receiving end of these.

Keep safe, have a productive year, and look after your well-being and that of your loved ones.

Meet Jemima Pett this autumn!

village hall craft fair

I’ll be taking part in several Craft and Gift Fairs in southern England this autumn and winter.

My main focus will be on the Romsey / Winchester area this year. If all goes well, then next year I’ll expand to other major towns in the Hampshire/Berkshire/Wiltshire area.

Confirmed:

  • Saturday 18th September 2021: Romsey Town Hall, 10am – 4pm
Romsey Town Hall courtesy of Mynt Image Ltd

Provisional:

  • Saturday 4th December 2021, Romsey Town Hall (waitlisted)
  • awaiting Winchester dates post-Covid

2022

If these events go well, watch for dates in Salisbury (Guildhall), Lyndhurst (Community Centre), Marlborough (Town Hall), and possibly Wokingham (Town Hall)

Books on Sale

Usually all my paperbacks and notebooks will be available.

  • 10 titles in the Princelings series
  • Messenger Misadventures (Dylan, Deirdre and Dougall collection)
  • The Princelings Notebook
  • 4/5 titles in the Flash Fiction Collection
  • Two titles in the Viridian System series (science fiction)
  • White Water Landings (my father’s memoir)
  • George’s Guinea Pig Notebook
  • BookElves Anthology Vol 2 (limited numbers)

Stock availability may vary according to location

Ebook vouchers are also available for many titles. You pay me, you get a voucher for a download with the code to make it free online.

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Reserving books

If you know you’re coming to a specific market, I can reserve books for you to purchase until 3 p.m, or to pick up until 4 pm if you have prepaid. Use the ‘Contact me‘ form on my blog; I will email you.

Merry Christmas

With all the excitement of the launch over and done with, I have to wonder how to promote the Princelings series in future.

I intend to make a marketing plan, and lift a few ideas from people like fellow BookElf Cheryl Carpinello, who has been doing wonderful things with her Guinevere series.

Meanwhile, there’s a new story featuring Fred that will appear on 29th December, as it’s set during the Yuletide season of 2020. This period is covered in Princelings Revolution, so it may be a slight spoiler if you haven’t read it. Then again, there aren’t any secrets revealed!

I hope you enjoy it.

Watch out for any special offers I may have on Smashwords after Christmas!

Have a good festive season and very best wishes for 2021.

Princelings Revolution Launch Tour – starts today

The Princelings Revolution Launch Blog Tour starts today with the cover reveal on my blog.

I’ve had to be careful about not showing the cover publicly until now, because I didn’t want to spoil the surprise. I expect people have got used to the ‘holding’ cover which Dani did for me last October, soon after finishing the Chronicles one. I’ve had the general idea for some time, even before finishing the book, but Dani gave it wings! Literally, as it happened!

I love the way she wrecked the castle, although I had to get her to go further and rip off the banners flying from the turrets! I copied her changes to make the last picture of the castle for the chapter illustrations.

But now we’re all ready to launch. The ebook is loaded on most of the websites, and I hope the paperback gets onto the online store files before the launch too.

The Blog Tour

I’m very grateful for everyone who responded to my call for bloggers and tweeters and any other way they would like to get involved with the launch. Officially the tour lasts for the duration of the Giveaway: 15th September to 23rd October. The generic link is to this blog, and the banner on the front page here links to this post. So anyone wanting more information can check out the tour stops here, and enter the Giveaway here as well if they wish.

This is the current schedule (may be updated).

and one to look out for on November 18th, a party with Patricia Josephine on both our blogs!

The Giveaway

If you meant to enter the giveaway or lost track of it, you can enter or catch up with it here. Entries close 11.59pm New York time on 23rd October 2020.

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