It was a great weekend in San Diego, one of my favorite cities, where a celebration books, authors, libraries, and the joy of all those coming together made for a very special gathering.

Personally, I was thrilled to step away from all the political madness of this last week (month… year!) to be part of the Indie Author Project‘s Annual Celebration honoring their 2023 winning slate of authors (which I was honored to be part of for THE ALCHEMY OF NOISE).

They threw a great party, I always love being in San Diego, and really enjoyed meeting the wonderful crew from Lyrasis, an impressive non-profit that, amongst its many projects, works with libraries around the world to bring independent authors into the fold. A special thanks to Nash Steele (what a great name!), an amazing liaison to work with who always made me feel welcome and does a great job in her position as an operations specialist with the company.

A big congratulations to all my fellow winners who were there, especially Tom Rogers, who was the other California winner (in the YA category with his book Eleven), and Kelly L. Hitchcock, a Texas winner, whose novel, Community Klepto, is also published by She Writes Press (small world!).

A great event all around and a wonderful celebration of indie authors… who always appreciate being acknowledged in this big world of books and publishing!

#indieauthors #books #IndieAuthorProject

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