I was an attendee at the Raleigh Bouchercon Convention this past week – at least for a day, which I will explain in a subsequent post. Bouchercon is held every year in a different city, and is billed as the “world’s finest annual crime fiction event, bringing together more than 1,000 authors, fans, publishers, reviewers, booksellers, and editors …for a fantastic four day event.”
The very first activity was something called speed dating for authors. Those of us who signed up brought goody bags to the event and moved in pairs from table to table for 15 tables, each of us taking two minutes to introduce ourselves and our books – and hand our goody bags.
I used specimen bags for mine, tucked a postcard of my first book, Death in a Red Canvas Chair, in the outside pocket, and chocolate, bookmarks for both DRCC and my second book, Death in a Dacron Sail, a red syringe pen (Rhe Brewster, my protagonist, is, after all, a nurse), my business card, and some colored paper clips for fun. I also told the people at each table that my first book would be available for free on Kindle this week.
So there you have it, folks! You can download Death in a Red Canvas Chair for FREE from Monday through Friday this week.
If you haven’t read it yet, I’m making it easy for you to give it a try, and I hope you enjoy it.
I do like that idea, Noelle 🙂
Hope people will pick it up to read!
Let’s hope so 🙂
Haha! 😀 Love the specimen bags.
Thanks, Sarah. I thought they were a good idea, too!
I like the goody bags! I’ll definitely have to get Death in a Red Canvas chair. I’m looking forward to reading Rhe’s first case.
Thanks, Katherine. Just what I wanted to happen!
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Noelle Granger’s “Death in a Red Canvas Chair” is available for free download this week…
Love the goody bags – great idea.
Thanks!
Hope it does well. I think the free kindle is better than the countdown promotion option, but doubtless others will think otherwise.
Thanks for the reassurance. I just want to get the people I pitched to, to read my books!
Clever!
Thanks, Barb! I’m learning marketing…
Great ideas!
This reminds me that I still need to read the copy you sent me! Also, those bags are a FABULOUS idea! So clever! I’m sure they flew off the table like nothing else. 🙂
The people at the table were completely loaded down with swag. I had to do something to stand out! Get reading, Alex – in your copious free time, of course!
Awesome, Noelle. I think everyone should read your book. I loved it and highly recommend it. Will share this blog post on Twitter.
Thanks so much, Sylvia! How’s that next book coming along?
It’s coming. 🙂 Have been trying to keep away from distractions and write, but you know how that is. 🙂
I picked up Death in a Red Canvas Chair on my Kindle this week and I am really enjoying it so far. 🙂
Thanks for letting me know, Tammy. I think you’ll like the second book in the series even better!
Wow! The second book was great too. I need you to write faster so I can find out what happens.
Thank you so much! The third book is now done, and in the editing and rewriting phase. Should be available by March. Stay tuned. I’ll have a cover preview in January on this blog!
Speed dating for authors! Sounds great! I hope you had fun!
I did, but that’s where I lost my voice!
It must have been a lot of fun in that case! Take care 😍