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Great Contest News, and All Kinds of Free Reading!

February 6, 2020 By Kari Kilgore

The Spider Who Ate the Elephant cover

This year started out fast and busy around here, and I have all kinds of fun things to share!

The first goes back to last year, when I entered my very short story “The Spider Who Ate the Elephant” into the Golden Nib Contest for The Virginia Writers Club. My home group The Appalachian Authors Guild surprised me by picking it as their winning entry. Then I was even more pleasantly surprised when it took second place in fiction statewide! 

Filed Under: Events, News Tagged With: Appalachian Authors Guild, Appalachian Stories, Contests, ebooks, Free Stories, Golden Nib, Infinite Bard, Just So Stories, Kari Kilgore, Myth, Print books, Short Stories

2019 and a Decade in Review

January 1, 2020 By Kari Kilgore

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I ended 2018 with one simple goal, really. I wanted to work on consistency in my writing. Getting all kinds of words in huge bursts from time to time with weeks or even months of nothing in between wasn’t working for me any more. I also knew I had to actually track my word count to see where I was and how I could improve.

Well, the totals are in for 2019. While I didn’t hit a couple of the big pie-in-the-sky goals I had in mind on 1/1/19, wow, did I ever fail toward the better!

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2019, Goals, Inspiration, Kari Kilgore, Short Stories, Year in Review

Holiday Spectacular: The Magic Cat of the Hidden Springs Inn and Spa

December 24, 2019 By Kari Kilgore

Magic Cat WMG cover

Thank you for stopping by to read my sweet holiday romance The Magic Cat of the Hidden Springs Inn and Spa! Alas, the free week is over, much like the holiday season for 2019.

Check out this post for more information about the WMG Holiday Spectacular, including my two stories, one by Jason A. Adams, and a bunch of wonderful holiday tales by some of my favorite writers. 

Thank you for your fantastic support in 2019, and Happy New Year!

Filed Under: Events, News Tagged With: Appalachian Stories, Cats, Free Stories, Holiday, Holiday Spectacular, Holiday Stories, Kari Kilgore, LGBTQ, Pro Sales, Romance, Short Stories

A Thirty-five in One Holiday Gift for Readers!

November 25, 2019 By SpiralPublishing

WMG Holiday Spectacular

A great opportunity to get holiday shopping done early for the readers in your life, or to give yourself a daily break from festive madness! 

WMG Publishing has put together a wonderful Holiday Spectacular: a collection of 35 holiday-themed short stories, including two by me and one by Jason A. Adams. Both of mine are Appalachian stories, too. I’ve read almost all of the stories, and I’m excited to get to read them again in this fun story-a-day format! 

Filed Under: Events, News Tagged With: Appalachian Stories, Gifts, Holiday, Holiday Spectacular, Holiday Stories, Jason A. Adams, Kari Kilgore, Mystery, Romance, Shopping, Short Stories

The Occasional Bookstore Right Here in St. Paul!

November 20, 2019 By Kari Kilgore

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Local-ish folks, Jason A. Adams and I will be out and about for the holidays! We’re launching The Occasional Bookstore right here in St. Paul, Virginia, based at the Mountain Heritage Museum and Gallery.

These dates are a perfect chance to shop local with us and other great small businesses around town!

More local authors will be joining in, so read on for dates and more information.

Filed Under: Events, News Tagged With: Book Signing, buy direct, Events, Gift Cards, Gifts, Holiday, Jason A. Adams, Kari Kilgore, Print books, Shopping, St. Paul, The Occasional Bookstore

Early Holiday Shopping from Kobo!

November 14, 2019 By Kari Kilgore

Storms of Future Past Books One through Four cover

Kobo has a great ebook box set sale going on, and my Storms of Future Past box set is part of it! For local folks, this series takes place mostly right here in the Appalachian Mountains of far southwestern Virginia.

This set includes all four books in the series, and it was already a pretty dang good deal at $9.99 for over 220,000 words. From now until November 18, it’s 40% off.

Filed Under: Events, News Tagged With: Box Set, ebooks, Gifts, Holiday, Kobo, Sale

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