Like I said a couple of weeks ago, the Nampa Public Library hosted the Treasure Valley Indie Book Fair and I wanted to take a minute or two to talk about it.
I’d seen the numbers of authors—and had tried to look them up to know who I wanted to be sure to talk to. But in person, it seemed like a lot more authors had tables. The library’s conference room was filled, and it spilled out into the main lobby area, too. My daughter and I went pretty early because we had other commitments—but there were lines at most tables when we arrived, and they were longer when we left.
Many of these authors wrote romances of various types—so we could skip those (not to be snobs, but we only had so much time, and neither of us were going to read any of them), and there were a couple of others we couldn’t make time for. But we did manage to have a nice conversation with J.C. Jackson (I feel bad about the fact that her first reaction to me was apologizing for not getting back to me about some emails—I just wanted to say hi), Jeremy Billups, Danielle Parker, and Troy Lambert. Names that I’ve mentioned a time or six here.
We also got to introduce ourselves and chat with a few others like novelists Justin Reed (who is a self-published author who takes the design of his books very seriously—and it pays off), Laura Jenski, and Amy Maren Rice. Rice was accompanied by her son, who a few years ago wrote a book that I was able to snag a copy of. There was another young author there, Elliot Linker, selling the graphic novel he wrote and drew. I tell you what, if you ever get the chance to have an elementary school-aged author sign their book for you—do it. The care they put into it… We also met children’s book author S. E. Richey and had a very nice conversation with her. Most, if not all, of these authors, will be showing up here in the near future, I hope.
All in all, it was a great event with a large range of genres, target audiences, and authors represented (which was pretty encouraging) and one I hope is repeated.
Now, I can’t be expected to show up to an event like that and walk away empty handed can I?
What you see there (in addition to my lousy photography skills) is:
Cooked Goose—the first in Laura Jenski’s Motorhome Murder Mystery series
Teaching Moments—the second in Troy Lambert’s Max Boucher Mystery series
The Call of the Karen by Denise Lynn Lambert, a book I’m not going to try to describe until I read it.
Stray Ally—a military/dog adventure by Troy Lambert
However Long the Day by Justin Reed—essentially The Prince and the Pauper in 1918 New York
Pure of Heart—the first in Danielle Parker’s Faoladh Series
Fuzzwiggs: The Switcheroo by Amy Maren Rice—a YA fantasy adventure
My Border Collie World by Ruth Simerly, which pretty much looks like what the title says.
Lulu and the Missing Tooth Fairy and Trouble with Truffles (do you have any idea how hard it is to get my fingers to not type “Tribbles” there?) by S. E. Richey
Red Stripes VS Miles the Mutant Mouse by Kyson Rice, and illustrated by Amy Rice
George the Banana: Book One by Elliot Linker (he was also giving away the banana toy on top of that stack—with the hand-drawn face)
I’m so glad I knocked off so many books from Mt. TBR last month, I need the space…
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