{"id":9634,"date":"2015-10-19T10:03:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T17:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=9634"},"modified":"2015-10-19T15:10:31","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T22:10:31","slug":"now-godforsaken-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/now-godforsaken-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Party For The Godforsaken!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queen Of The Godforsaken Book Launch Party<\/span><\/h4>\n

Bohemian Cafe<\/h4>\n

October 16, 2015<\/h4>\n
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I started the launch with an intro to the brutal\/bucolic prairie setting and the dark & violent history of the ancestral land that my fictional family inherited…<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Queen Of The Godforsaken<\/em> book launch party was wonderful success! I couldn’t have asked for a better event. The party had the best vibe<\/strong>. We had a total of 50 guest come out to support the launch of Queen….<\/em> I\u00a0didn’t realize what a feat the number was until one of the\u00a0servers (Rebecca) said that she’s been to author events where only 4 people showed up\u2014yikes!\u00a0<\/em>Everything came together: the guests, ambience, food, entertainment, my presentation, the Bohemian servers. I love the Bohemian Cafe atmosphere, it was the perfect place to hold a literary event. I learned a few things along the way: namely, don’t start the presentations at a book event until at least 45 minutes after it starts (on a Friday night, people like to saunter in at a leisurely pace). Thank you to everyone who came out to support my launch. I was thrilled to see each and every one of you at the party. I\u00a0\t\t\t<\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0you all and I\u00a0\t\t\t<\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0you all because in Queen Of The Godforsaken<\/em> language, the lightening bolt means a whole lot (read the novel to get the significance).<\/p>\n

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I’d had enough experience with a few early readings that I was calm for the launch party presentation (TG).<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The launch started with an author introduction provided by John Klironomos\u00a0and then I provided a scintillating<\/em> introduction to the novel, followed by a reading and then time for questions. We then had a wonderful musical interlude (guitar, mandolin and vocals) provided by Theresa Hart\u00a0and Kyran Cunningham (their music style is folk\/contemporary). Anemone and Tabitha managed book sales while I signed a few copies. Then, my youngest daughter Pippi played one of the songs from my novel sound track. While I wrote the novel, I listened to the music of my characters lives for inspiration. Queen Of The Godforsaken<\/em> has an amazing sound track and I hope to share it with fans of QOTGF one day. One of the songs on the sound track is ACDC’s Thunderstruck<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Book Signing time: this one was for Caroline who came from Salmon Arm for the event!<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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And this one was for Virginia (all the way from Ottawa)…<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Thank you John, for your thorough author introduction!<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sharing Queen Of The Godforsaken<\/em> with \u00a0so many potential readers is a dream come true. The novel was many years in the making and I have many individuals to thank for their help in the writing\/publishing process: Thistledown Press: Al and Jackie Forrie, Stephanie Strain; my editor Kim Beach; my early readers: Theresa Hart, Miranda Hart, Catherine Hart, Kyran Cunningham; my first copy editor Robert Carlson; my family: Peter, Mistaya, Tabitha and Pippi for putting up with my obsessive writing habits, and my parents for giving me a childhood that fostered my creativity: running wild through BC forests and prairie fields.<\/p>\n

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My high-heeled boots were not nearly as daunting to walk in as I had feared!<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Time for a short reading from my novel..<\/strong>.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I’ve never needed glasses. I have greater than 20\/20 in both eyes. However, I suddenly thought that I could use a pair of reading glasses; after all, an author needs to look distinguished…<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I unveiled my new reading glasses to a few amused chuckles from my sisters. I picked them out because they look a like the glasses Emma Swan wears in Once Upon A Time<\/em>. Fittingly, I call them my Emma Swan glasses \ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Question Time!<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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My nephew Kyran (on guitar) and sister Theresa (on mandolin) performed 4 numbers for the crowd. They are so good! \u00a0 \u00a0Thank you Theresa and Kyran!<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pippi played ACDC’s Thunderstruck on guitar. That kid has fast fingers.<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Time for a little socializing…<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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So happy my daughter MIstaya and her boyfriend Conrad made it in time, after writing a midterm at UBC Vancouver and driving the Coquihalla all afternoon to make it to my launch!<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Launch Guests…<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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More socializing…Thank you to everyone who came out to support my launch! It was a memorable night…<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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