Yesterday I had my book signing at an actual Barnes & Noble bookstore. When I walked inside, I was in awe. I hadn’t been inside a Barnes & Noble in years, and the one I grew up going in was nowhere near as big. When I talked to one of the staff, they got my […]
After years of marketing my books, I’ve become a promoting pro. I’ve learned it isn’t enough to be a masterful storyteller; you have to be a competent marketer or have a good marketing team behind you. Luckily, in this digital era, it’s not as challenging to become a promoting pro as it was in the
Almost three years have passed since publishing my first book, and I can finally call myself an award-winning author! I was over the moon when I received the email from Literary Titan the other day. My debut novel, Looked Down Upon: The Exiled Kin, won the Literary Titan gold award in the fiction category. Earning
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Today, I got some amazing wins at Wethersfield. It was a great feeling returning to the city that gifted me my greatest single sales day when it comes to my books. It’s a beautiful town that supported local authors for the second annual Nutmeg Lit Fest Book Walk. While I wasn’t in the most ideal
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Yesterday was my first book event as a vendor outside of my home state of Connecticut. Thank you to Bookaround for hosting the 2026 Summer Book Festival in Rhode Island; it was a blast. I fell short of my sales expectations, only selling five books. However, I made some connections, and those precious moments are
Happy Birthday to me! Earlier this week, I turned twenty-seven years old, which is crazy to imagine. Due to a heat wave, I didn’t do a whole lot physically, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t mentally reflect on my life. Never in a hundred years, let alone in twenty-seven, did I believe I could write
I submitted my debut novel to the Literacy Global Awards for a review. Today I awoke to the news that I received their five-star Gold Award. It’s an honor to receive recognition within the indie author community after years of hard work. While it’s not the same feeling as winning an award, it’s another step
The results from the 2026 Literary Global Awards are in! The good news is that my debut novel, Looked Down Upon: The Exiled Kin, was a finalist in two categories. I entered my first novel into two categories, Action & Adventure and Young Adult Fiction, in which I was a finalist in both. This is
Hi everyone! A few weeks ago, I was interviewed for another podcast episode. This one with The Nutmeg Litfest Podcast. I am very honored to have been given this platform to tell my stories as an author and advocate. From April onwards, I have many events booked to sell my books, which I am extremely
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Bookstores are the wonderland of the reader world. Avid fans of literature are like kids in a candystore whenever they enter one. Just like most franchises, there are bigger fish than others. In the world of bookstores, it’s Barnes & Noble. However, a new and local Bookstore just opened up called ‘The Signed Collection LLC‘.
