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| Store Manager and Hostess with the Mostest - Tamara Tomac at The Island Bookstore on Mackinac Island |
Mackinac Island Kisses & Mackinaw City Lifesavers
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Carrie Fancett Pagels
As my pastor, Rev. Larry Jones, said this morning to me -- having a book set on Mackinac Island, and being there, and doing signings -- how great is that? Yes, indeed, fellow author Larry fully understands how awesome that experience that was! Coming home to a bad RA flare didn't help transition me well back to reality, either!
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| Author Carrie Fancett Pagels with Grand Hotel Store Manager Mert Vartanian |
I was made to feel so welcome at the book signing venues I visited --
The Island Bookstore (Manager Tamara Tomac and owner Mary Jane Barnwell were recently featured in Publishers Weekly!) on Mackinac Island (I signed on three separate occasions PTL!) and at their location in Mackinaw City (see my friend Pegg Thomas's picture below) and at the
Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island (Mert Vartanian got me settled in with her staff, too! What a dream come true.
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| Author Pegg Thomas at The Island Bookstore in Mackinaw City |
It was fun meeting up with family and with friends, like author Pegg Thomas who recently had a release in The Pony Express collection. Pegg is a member of
Colonial Quills blog, also, and will have a novella in our 2018 release from Barbour -- the Backcountry Brides Romance collection from
Barbour Publishing with nine colonial stories, including my "Shenandoah Hearts" too which I'm working on this month (prayers appreciated!)
My Heart Belongs on Mackinac Island: Maude's Mooring was the only on-location romance released this year, so how cool is that? (I could be wrong though!)
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| Carrie Fancett Pagels with readers book signing at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island |
When I asked what I should bring for swag to my book signings I was advised that "candy is always good!" I found that the ones who most like candy were often teenage boys on the island for Boy Scout activities at the Fort (or with their parents!) I met some super nice people at my book signings, like the lovely ladies above and below who I got to chat with!
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| The Island Bookstore on Mackinac Island - Guest and Author Carrie Fancett Pagels |
I brought more candies than these pictured below, though! I have an upcoming book signing at the
College of William and Mary Barnes and Noble book store in Williamsburg, Virginia on Saturday, September 2nd, from 1-3 PM. There will be kisses and lifesavers there, too!
Question: If you could choose, would you want Hershey's kisses, Lifesavers, or a copy of my new RT Book Reviews Top Pick for July --
My Heart Belongs on Mackinac Island: Maude's Mooring? And do you think
Mackinac Island Kisses and
Mackinaw City Lifesavers sound like great titles for a couple of books?
