The Black Feather Press crew has another event down and my head is still spinning a little. Not in a bad way. The Merritt Square Mall Con was certainly an experience. I’m extremely grateful for the attention we received and the connections we made. Sales weren’t as good as for the book fest but I honestly expected as much because a convention inherently means the range and variety of goods offered is much more vast. So the fact that we still sold books is a win in my opinion. Many thanks to the newest owners of my titles!
Despite the set up being greatly different, the Black Feather Press team executed it in a seamless way, and despite our table being ten foot instead of the eight foot we expected, everything went well. Ten feet is a lot of table.
At both events, “The Murder Meets at Dusk” was hands down the star. I do love that fact although I’m a little sad that The Nameless crew hasn’t caught any attention yet. All in due time, I suppose. I have to be honest here, online sales have been dismal for a while and the social media grind doesn’t seem to boost them regardless of how much time I dedicate to it, so this month has been very refreshing. Was it an investment to get event ready? Absolutely. Was it worth it? Also yes.
As of right now, BFP doesn’t have a next event in line, but trust that I am working on it. Of course I’ll drop the news here when that happens. Meanwhile, I’ll be getting my nose back to the editing grindstone while swatting at noisy characters vying for my time. Derrick has made strides in streamlining his digital art process and I’m hopeful that means Sevina Gate will see its first installment actually published sooner than later. As a side note, I’ve figured out what I want to do with the cover art for the third Order of Crows book and also the title of the fourth book (titles don’t come easily to me). We’re also inching closer to the time when The Nameless sequel gets the cover treatment and that is very exciting, because that means we’re also getting closer to all the hoopla of release for the title.
That’s all the news for now. Thanks for stopping by!
Aj Elmore, Author 