On February 15th, I attended the Desert Writers Expo in Rancho Mirage, California. This was my third year going. The Palm Springs Writers Guild holds it annually and there were a lot of people there. Many of them were fellow writers, who were just looking for more information on how to publish. I’ve been there. Before Silver Rose was published in October 2017, I stopped by the Expo with the sole purpose of gaining information.
As for this year, I can’t say I wasn’t disappointed. Nobody bought any books from me, but my table mate, a man named P.F Walsh, had much more success. He wrote a book called “The Velvet Abbey,” which he described as a modern version of Downton Abbey. I haven’t read the book, but he was so nice that I’m sure I would enjoy it.
Even though I didn’t sell any copies of my book, the Expo was far from unproductive. I gave out tons of bookmarks and my cute, little dragon toy attracted a lot of attention. There were quite a few people who told me that they were planning on looking me up on Amazon. I can’t see the Desert Writers Expo a loss. It was a good chance to network and make a difference in some authors’ and readers’ lives. I don’t think I will go to the Expo again next year.
