Next on my Calendar

Tuesday, March 24, 7-9 p.m,
I'll be featured author at Governor's Book Pub.

I'll be reading from my new novel, The Value of the Land .

CORRECTION

CORRECTION for tomorrow's reading/signing in Baddeck:
the correct time is 2-4:30pm.

Diva Arriving with Entourage

I will be cruising up the highway to Baddeck Saturday, March 7,
to do a reading from my novel, The Value of The Land,
at the Baddeck Public Library, 1-3 p.m.

One broken shoulder requires an entourage -- chauffeur, personal assistant, personal chef, page turner, nose scratcher...

Everyone is welcome.
Refreshments will be served

Other upcoming dates:
Sydney - March 24, 7pm - Reading at Authors with Glasses - Governor's Book Pub

blame it on mercury retrograde

it's been a week of cancellations due to weather ---
and to a broken arm!

i looked up my horror-scope and there it is:"... a thin, but a powerful impulse of destructive energy. This can be a sort of a sharp sting from a rapier, but if it will fall in an unprotected area, the Taurus may fall [her]self." i'm sure it wasn't meant to be literal, but...

so it looks as though the valentine's day signing of 'the value of the land' at coles book store at the mayflower mall will have to be rescheduled.
of course, you can still get a copy there.

Spring Signings and Readings Scheduled

Valentine's Day - Saturday, Feb 14, 1-3pm
I will be at Coles, Mayflower Mall
signing my new novel The Value of The Land.

Other upcoming dates:
Baddeck - March 7 - Reading at Baddeck Library
Sydney - March 24 - Reading at Authors with Glasses - Governor's Book Pub

Times and info to be confirmed.

Out of the Writerly Mind, and Into the Real World

First the announcements:

"The Value of The Land" is now available at the Mayflower Mall Coles and at the Cape Breton Curiosity Shop in Sydney, and at the Glace Bay Heritage Museum (aka the Town Hall).
It is also listed on my website: dctroicuk.ca, and is now in stock on the chapters/indigo site.

But I promise, my novel is not (yet) rare or used, and it certainly doesn't cost $3000.00! Now, why do I say that?
Did you ever google yourself? Sure you did. Well, writers also look themselves up on various author platforms to see if we are in stock, or possibly rare or used. (I myself know several authors who are rare and/or used.)
This week, for example, I went to www.chapters.indigo.ca to see if my book is in stock yet. I did what one would normally do -- I did a search on the title on their home page. That is, I searched on "The Value of THE Land". And to my surprise, what came up was a used 1998 edition of an American book on land policies, its title being "The Value of Land"! No "the." And as if that isn't bad enough it's listed at over $3000.00. And... there is no image or description or seller listed (that I could find).
So if a potential reader were looking for my book there, they* might be so shocked and appalled that they will close their browser immediately lest the purchase be somehow mysteriously processed without their knowledge.
Hint: (because I have old friends who still cannot spell or pronounce it) my last name -- t-r-o-i-c-u-k -- should get you there without any hiccups.:-)

* I am taking a vote: Who thinks it should be proper grammar to mix singular (e.g., "reader" and "browser") with "they" when the sex or number of persons is not indicated? (No one under 30 knows the difference anyhow.)

NEWS -- after a long hiatus

I am back to my blog with an announcement: A new novel!

The Value of The Land

has just been launched by Boularderie Island Press.

It is available through Paypal from my website

www.dctroicuk.ca
as well as from the usual sources online and through your local bookstore. If you ask, they should be able to order it.

BTW, this is not the novel A Writerly Mind posts were following in the past; I did refer to it, though -- as the 'dairy novel.'

Take time to read a book.
Namaste.