Happy New Year! I’m sponsoring a giveaway with some other fabulous YA authors like Susan Kaye Quinn, Elle Casey, Rysa Walker, G.P. Ching, Katie French, and others. Enter, and you’ll have the chance to win a 6 month audiobook subscription to Audible.
Check out our cool video featuring audio samples of our books.
And here are the sponsoring authors audiobook covers. Click to purchase on Amazon!
Everything has a celebration day, right? Like Mother’s Day, Grandparent’s Day, Donut Day (yum.) In October alone, there’s Bald and Free Day (the 6th), International Skeptics Day (the 13th), and, my personal favorite, Evaluate Your Life Day (the 19th.) So, why not Indie Author Day?
The Pikes Peak Library District in Colorado Springs asked me to be to participate as an Indie Author Ambassador for the inaugural national Indie Author Day, and of course I said yes! We hope to raise awareness for independent authors and our books, and to create connections with our local libraries.
I’ll be part of a panel discussion and Q&A, and I’ll be selling and signing all of my books. This is open to the public, so I’d LOVE to see you there. If you aren’t in Colorado, check out the link below for the nearest participating library in your area!
Here are the details:
What: Indie Author Day
Where: Penrose Library, 20 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs 80903. In the Carnegie Reading Room.
When: Saturday, October 8th, 2016 from 12-4pm, but my part will be from 1-2:30pm
Questions? Here’s a link to the national event.
Or, ask away in the comments or email me through Contact Me above!
I was lucky enough to be invited as an panelist in the author track for this year’s Denver Comic Con over the weekend of June 17-19. I didn’t know what to expect, other than crowds, cosplay, and crazy fandoms. I thought it might be exhausting. Comic Con was all of that, but unexpectedly more, too.
I attended two of the three days, one for my three awesome panels (see below) and one to sign books. During the con, I caught up with a few of my Wicked Ink Books co-authors/publishers and met some new, dynamic authors like Amalie Howard, Brianna Shrum, and Ellie Ann, and bloggers like Sisters in Geek.
The sights and sounds of the con were sometimes overwhelming—we were across from the Resident Evil area, complete with a black vehicle with police lights and a siren, groups of soldiers in full assault gear with face masks and weapons, and a caged zombie—but the time flew by because everyone was having such a good time (even the zombie.)
The panel audiences were engaged, the folks who wandered by my table were interested in hearing about (and buying – whoot!) my books, and supporting local authors.The happy vibe was contagious. I wish I could have done it justice with my photos, but I’ve included a selection to give you a taste from Game of Thrones (starting young,) to Wonder Woman.
I’m really looking forward to participating again next year! Consider attending Denver Comic Con next year, or a con in your area. Here’s a list that seems pretty comprehensive, including Wizard Con and Dragon Con : ) Whatever fandom you enjoy, there’s likely a con for it!
PS – Some of the pics I took refused to sit up straight once uploaded. Sorry for the technical difficulty, but they had a mind of their own. Fits with DCC!
Happy 4th to all of my U.S. readers! I hope you enjoy a lazy holiday spent with the summer sun, family and friends, something cold to drink, and of course, a book.
My family and I had a chance to visit Charlottesville, Virginia, home of the University of Virginia and Thomas Jefferson’s masterpiece, Monticello, this past week. Touring his home again—one of the settings of my latest published story, Untimely—offered a fascinating overview of the controversial third U.S. president’s varied interests, quirks, and abiding loves, such as architecture, science, gardening, data collection, government, odd timepieces, and family. I’m not sure my family found his home as compelling as I, thanks to 90 degree heat and liquifying humidity, but they were good sports and humored me.
When writing Untimely last fall, I used online resources to research the settings, relying heavily on Google Earth and Monticello’s excellent, informative website. Although I was surprised at how often my imagination got things right when I had to fill in gaps, there’s nothing like the real thing, baby. Next time, I’ll try to do in situ research before writing the story : )
Here are a few other pics of real places around Charlottesville that inspired settings in the story. Take a peek, then get back to that book you were reading…
Just in time for Memorial Day weekend in the U.S. – The Scourge ebook is 99 cents! Please share, and let your friends and family know that now’s their chance to start a new summer book series at a sweet low price. Thanks in advance!
Welcome to the Spring 2016 YA Scavenger Hunt!Welcome to my blog, hunters! I’m author A.G. Henley. I wrote the completed Brilliant Darkness series featuring a teen whose blindness mysteriously protects her from the flesh-eating creatures that threaten her forest people. My book, THE SCOURGE, was a 2013 Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist and a 2016 Library Journal SELF-e selection. Take a minute to check out my books on the Books page!
The YASH (YA Scavenger Hunt) bi-annual event was first organized by author Colleen Houck as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus material from their favorite authors… and a chance to win some awesome prizes! In this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each author, you also get a clue for the hunt. Add up the clues, and you can enter for our prize–one lucky winner will receive one signed book from each author on the hunt in my team! But play fast: this contest (and all the exclusive bonus material) will only be online until noon Pacific time on April 3rd!
Go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page to find out all about the hunt. There are NINE contests going on simultaneously, and you can enter one or all! I am on TEAM SILVER, but there is also a red team, a gold team, an orange team, a teal team, etc. Follow the clues for each team and enter for a chance to win eight other different set of signed books! If you’d like to find out more about the hunt, see links to all the authors participating, and see the full list of prizes up for grabs, go to the YA Scavenger Hunt page.
Directions: Somewhere in this post, you’ll notice that I’ve listed my favorite number. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on the SILVER TEAM, and then add them up (don’t worry, you can use a calculator!).
Entry Form: Once you’ve added up all the numbers, make sure you fill out the form here to officially qualify for the grand prize. Only entries that have the correct number will qualify. You can then hunt out the secret numbers of the EIGHT other teams in the hunt and enter to win their books!
Rules: Open internationally, anyone below the age of 18 should have a parent or guardian’s permission to enter. To be eligible for the grand prize, you must submit the completed entry form by April 3rd, at noon Pacific Time. Entries sent without the correct number or without contact information will not be considered.
I’m very happy to host author Annie Cosby for the YA Scavenger Hunt! She’s a short, dog-obsessed, ketchup-loving romantic who splits her days—and her wardrobe—between her hometown, St. Louis, and her adopted love, Galway, Ireland. She really likes boys with accents.
She’s featuring her USA TODAY recommended book, LEARNING TO SWIM, the first of the Hearts Out of Water series. It can be purchased on Amazon. Find out more about Annie and her books by checking out her author website! Annie’s here to share her awesome bonus content: a gorgeous inspiration board for LEARNING TO SWIM. Check it out—I don’t know about you, but it makes me want to read the book!
Annie’s doing a bonus giveaway! Enter from here.
And don’t forget to enter the TEAM SILVER contest for a chance to win a book, THE SCOURGE, by me, A.G. Henley, and many (many) others! To enter, you need to know that my favorite number is NUMBER TEN. Add up all the favorite numbers of the authors on TEAM SILVER and you’ll have the secret code to enter for the grand prize!
As a bonus, I’m giving away a print copy of TICK TOCK: SEVEN TALES OF TIME, the 2016 anthology by Wicked Ink Books. My novella, Untimely, is included. It released yesterday, March 28th! (Giveaway open to U.S. residents only, please. Ends April 3rd at noon Pacific time.)
