T.E. Antonino's Blog, page 12
May 1, 2015
Battery Park Book Exchange
The reading went well at the Battery Park Book Exchange. A really cool thing happened after the reading. A fourteen-year-old boy who is a big reader asked his mom if he could also have a copy of the book. From the feedback I have been getting over Fritz Fombie Have No Fear it seems that older children also like the book as much as the younger children. When writing the book, I wrote it to make me laugh, too, so that might be the reason older children and many adults have really enjoyed the book. I’m meeting with a librarian in Asheville, so hopefully I can give more readings and manga art lessons in the Asheville area. Remember kids, you're bigger than your fears no matter how big or small you are and that’s the message of Fritz Fombie Have No Fear.
Published on May 01, 2015 14:22
April 21, 2015
My appearance at the Christians Writers fellowship of WNC...
My appearance at the Christians Writers fellowship of WNC went well. They were all very supportive of my book Fritz Fombie Have No Fear. As I did my reading from the book I tried to portray the characters the way I have envisioned them. So basically I put on a small theater production. One of the members told me she would have loved for me to have read the whole book right then and there, which really made me smile. I have a background in acting so I was happy to see the reading go so well. One of the hardest things about a self-published book is letting people know it exists. So I'm very happy to see that people are now buying the book on referrals from other people. I believe reviews and word of mouth is the best way to get a book moving. I'm thankful to goodreads.com because they're allowing Fritz Fombie Have No Fear to be read by people who I would have never been able to reach otherwise. I will be appearing at the Battery Park Book Exchange in downtown Asheville on Saturday April 25th from 12:00-1:30 pm. I will do a reading at 12:30. I will also be giving away a crotchet hat of one of my characters in the book. The Battery Park Book Exchange is located in the Grove Arcade. Happy Reading!
Published on April 21, 2015 17:04
book reading
My appearance at the Christians Writers fellowship of WNC went well. They were all very supportive of my book Fritz Fombie Have No Fear. As I did my reading from the book I tried to portray the characters the way I have envisioned them. So basically I put on a small theater production. One of the members told me she would have loved for me to have read the whole book right then and there, which really made me smile. I have a background in acting so I was happy to see the reading go so well. One of the hardest things about a self-published book is letting people know it exists. So I'm very happy to see that people are now buying the book on referrals from other people. I believe reviews and word of mouth is the best way to get a book moving. I'm thankful to goodreads.com because they're allowing Fritz Fombie Have No Fear to be read by people who I would have never been able to reach otherwise. I will be appearing at the Battery Park Book Exchange in downtown Asheville on Saturday April 25th from 12:00-1:30 pm. I will do a reading at 12:30. I will also be giving away a crotchet hat of one of my characters in the book. The Battery Park Book Exchange is located in the Grove Arcade. Happy Reading!
Published on April 21, 2015 16:56
April 13, 2015
Local interest
Things are going well with Fritz Fombie Have No Fear. I've received a lot of local interest. The Blue Ridge Book Store in downtown Waynesville is carrying my book. The Waynesville public library has purchased two of my books. I have five upcoming appearances in the Waynesville and Asheville area.
I just had a ten year old who read my book tell me she had a crush on Fritz, which is pretty cool since he is a zombie. A 12 year old read my book in one day. She told her parents she just had to finish and told me that she loved the book. My book giveaway on goodreads.com will be over in about a month. Once I mail out Fritz Fombie Have No Fear to the winners I should get back plenty of reviews. I'm very excited to see what kind of reviews I'll receive. Thanks for everyone who believed in me and the book. I'm working away on the second book in the Frtiz Fombie series.
I just had a ten year old who read my book tell me she had a crush on Fritz, which is pretty cool since he is a zombie. A 12 year old read my book in one day. She told her parents she just had to finish and told me that she loved the book. My book giveaway on goodreads.com will be over in about a month. Once I mail out Fritz Fombie Have No Fear to the winners I should get back plenty of reviews. I'm very excited to see what kind of reviews I'll receive. Thanks for everyone who believed in me and the book. I'm working away on the second book in the Frtiz Fombie series.
Published on April 13, 2015 07:39
Things are going well with Fritz Fombie Have No Fear. I'v...
Things are going well with Fritz Fombie Have No Fear. I've received a lot of local interest. The Blue Ridge Book Store in downtown Waynesville is carrying my book. The Waynesville public library has purchased two of my books. I have five upcoming appearances in the Waynesville and Asheville area.
I just had a ten year old who read my book tell me she had a crush on Fritz, which is pretty cool since he is a zombie. A 12 year old read my book in one day. She told her parents she just had to finish and told me that she loved the book. My book giveaway on goodreads.com will be over in about a month. Once I mail out Fritz Fombie Have No Fear to the winners I should get back plenty of reviews. I'm very excited to see what kind of reviews I'll receive. Thanks for everyone who believed in me and the book. I'm working away on the second book in the Frtiz Fombie series.
I just had a ten year old who read my book tell me she had a crush on Fritz, which is pretty cool since he is a zombie. A 12 year old read my book in one day. She told her parents she just had to finish and told me that she loved the book. My book giveaway on goodreads.com will be over in about a month. Once I mail out Fritz Fombie Have No Fear to the winners I should get back plenty of reviews. I'm very excited to see what kind of reviews I'll receive. Thanks for everyone who believed in me and the book. I'm working away on the second book in the Frtiz Fombie series.
Published on April 13, 2015 07:36
April 5, 2015
I will be appearing at Blue Ridge Book Store in Waynesvil...
I will be appearing at Blue Ridge Book Store in Waynesville NC, during Children’s Book Week on Saturday May 9 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. I will give a reading from my book Fritz Fombie Have No Fear and there will be a book signing afterwards. I will also be teaching the kids how to draw manga, which is Japanese comic art. The bio picture in my book is the same form of manga that I will be teaching the kids.
Address:
Blue Ridge books
152 s main st,
Waynesville, NC 28786
Address:
Blue Ridge books
152 s main st,
Waynesville, NC 28786
Published on April 05, 2015 18:50
April 1, 2015
Author Appearance
I will be appearing at Blue Ridge Book Store in Waynesville NC, during Children’s Book Week on Saturday May 9 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. I will give a reading from my book Fritz Fombie Have No Fear and there will be a book signing afterwards. I will also be teaching the kids how to draw manga, which is Japanese comic art. The bio picture in my book is the same form of manga that I will be teaching the kids.
Address:
Blue Ridge books
152 s main st,
Waynesville, NC 28786
Address:
Blue Ridge books
152 s main st,
Waynesville, NC 28786
Published on April 01, 2015 19:36
March 30, 2015
I just confirmed a appearance with Co-Create in Asheville...
I just confirmed a appearance with Co-Create in Asheville NC. I will give a reading from Fritz Fombie Have No Fear and teach manga to kids in a class structure. Date: Friday April 17th from 10:00 am to 11:00 am. Manga is a form of Japanese comic art.
Published on March 30, 2015 15:37
March 29, 2015
I will be doing a reading and signing at the Battery Park...
I will be doing a reading and signing at the Battery Park Book Exchange in downtown Asheville NC. It's located in the Grove Arcade 1 page Ave, #101.
Date: Saturday April 25th from 12:00-1:30pm. The reading starts at 12:30.
I will be doing a reading and signing at the Christians Writer Fellowship of WNC. The group meets at Longs chapel 175 old Clyde rd. Waynesville 28785.
Date: Wednesday April 15th from 1:00-3:00pm.
There is a possibility of a couple more appearances in April. I will post them once confirmed.
Date: Saturday April 25th from 12:00-1:30pm. The reading starts at 12:30.
I will be doing a reading and signing at the Christians Writer Fellowship of WNC. The group meets at Longs chapel 175 old Clyde rd. Waynesville 28785.
Date: Wednesday April 15th from 1:00-3:00pm.
There is a possibility of a couple more appearances in April. I will post them once confirmed.
Published on March 29, 2015 20:16
April is going to be an active month for my book, Fritz F...
April is going to be an active month for my book, Fritz Fombie Have No Fear. Now that it's available on Amazon, I need to start getting the word out. I love to talk about my book. I priced the book so anyone who wanted to buy the book would be able to. The kindle version of my book comes out this week. I start a Goodreads book giveaway from April 1st to May14th. I'm giving away 30 copies of my book at the end of the giveaway time period. The target range for my book is 8 years old on the low end and 13 years old on the high end, although the adults who read the book have really enjoyed it, which is really cool. I'm doing several book readings and signings in April. I will post the places and times this weekend. Take care and happy reading.
Published on March 29, 2015 19:52