Below are some of the book signings for members of Authors 4 Charity.  If you  hold a book signing, take a couple of photos to be included here.

 

Asheville Mall Book Signing

Our charity was for Make A Wish Foundation. They came to the signing, had their table set up to pass out literature. We had great products that we raffled off to help raise money for them that were donated by local merchants.  We had a sponsor there from the Charity with her brochures and she stayed until the end of the two day signing.  All the money from the raffles were given to this charity, along with a percent from all the authors who participated.

 

Brenda Thomas 

Connie McNabb

Noel Griese

Shirley Masaoka

Brenda signing book

California Book Signing

Ken Goldstein One more Authors for Charity event completed, with some minor success. It turned out we were in competition with an Octoberfest celebration going on about a mile down the road (and screwing up traffic), but we still brought some people into the store and generated a couple-dozen sales.  Participating were: Beth Elliott,  Jack Schroder, Angelia Almos, Morgiana Storm Celestine, Sandy Fox, Anne Silber, and Ken Goldstein (me). Anne and I sold the most books, but each author sold at least a couple.

Proceeds from this charity book signing and reading event went to benefit Future Families. Future Families is a foster care/adoption agency that has been serving the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas since 1984. Future families recruits, trains and supports families willing to open their homes to children who have been removed from their homes due to neglect or abuse. These children deserve loving, caring homes and parents who are willing to help become part of the team to help them heal from past events.

Authors for Charity in action
  At table: Morgiana Storm Celestine, Sandy     Fox, Ken Goldstein, Anne Silber, & Beth Elliott

Florida Signing  1993

Joe O'Steen

My arrangement with the bank is that on Monday the 29th I will set up a card table draped with a large pirate flag. On it will be a treasure chest, some of my nautical items, hand out copies of my newsletter, interview, a book review and a stack of bookmarks. These will be on display with colored posters each day until the Friday signing. I am hoping to generate enough interest during the week that some of the bank customers will return Friday for a signed book. I have pledged $5 from each book to the March of Dimes.  

Last Friday, October 3rd, I held a book signing at the Compass Bank in St. 
Augustine, Fla. I thought it might be a good location to expose the 
book to more people. I sold a few but now think a busy bank on a 
Friday when everyone is trying to cash their check might not be the 
best place to find folks interested in buying a book.
We met lots of nice people and laid some seeds for future 
opportunities so all was not lost.

Attached are some photos of our set up in the banks lobby.
We will be sure to report on our next book signing adventure.
Joe O'Steen

Joe(center), wife Chris (left) 7 a happy book buyer

Chris O'Steen and daughter Mandie mind the store while Joe takes a break

This display was set up in the bank for 4 days before the signing.

Bill Creed  Book Signing Tour

Madison NC Book signing

Tracy Crudup was in Madison, North Carolina on July 10.
She signed copies of The Mist of Mineral Springs, A Madison, North Carolina Novel.
Proceeds to help benefit The Endometriosis
Web Site  http://www.theromancewriter.org/index.html

 Nashville Tennessee Book Signing

Randal Bush

Barbara Davis

       Rosanna's charity sale in NY

I raised over $2000 between t-shirt sales and book sales. I also had a great sales and pr team besides an exciting booth. I researched "book fairs" by state and contacted the organization. It cost me $795.00 for the booth plus the additional out of pocket expense for books and t-shirts.- I decided to create a booth based on my underlying themes: love, lust, death, sex, life... real life and I wanted the booth to emulate my book logo, cover, etc (Decorating is my passion and design is soon to be my profession as I am a design student). Based on a comment by my mother " It's like a Fellini movie"- I created various vignettes: the empty picture frames below a photo of me with the boys ( whose eyes were cut out, faces blurred, images distorted); 2.the black velvet chaise lounge with the red rose petals and one martini glass, open book; 3. 200 plus red roses ( the first line of my book and the last line: red roses-long stem. 4. The free standing mirror with catch phrase written in red lipstick:"

Have you ever been in love- I have or so I thought..and so on and so on...". 5. The mannequib wearing a wedding dress and "whore" t-shirt. As for signing books- my fans were very much into "meeting the author." What really made this event a success was the outgoing team I had with me wearing "whore by default" t-shirts ( even my mother and pregnant sister) with "why is it you play with lust, frolic with desire but have to work so hard at love?" written on the back, the bookmarks and pamphlets handed out at different street corners with the booth number... In addition, I got Kinkos to donate my $800 banners and signage ( another $500 plus) because I donated 100% of all sales to a fund established in my late brother's name.

The only thing that stole my thunder: the Dali Lama was in town and there were two other street fairs. Great pr for me, no money in my pocket and I'm still broke...but it was a great experience and I suggest "authors for charity" pool their resources and get a booth next year!!!

 

Rosanna's booth for signing

1st Annual Indianapolis Authors for Charity (IAC)

with Gloria A Lewis-Vaughn
 

10/18/2003 - 10/18/2003
Time: 1:00 p.m.--5:00 p.m.
Location: 5420 E. 38th Street, Indianapolis, IN
Category: Family Summary: An evening of Information, Inspiration and Goodwill. Indianapolis authors will sign and sell their books and donate a portion of proceeds to charity. Details:

Indianapolis Authors for Charity (IAC) Presents.....

An evening of service to benefit the Salvation Army Harbor Light substance abuse center.

Gloria Lewis Vaughn, Indianapolis event chair for Authors for Charity, will welcome a host of local authors on October 18, 2003, to sign and sell their books with a portion of proceeds going to Salvation Army Harbor Light.

Confirmed authors to date, include: Crystal Rhodes, author, "Sin" "Sweet Sacrifice" Francine Yates, author, "Carrie O and Me, What a Woman God Made" Margaret Donaldson Cobb, author, "Are You Mrs. or (Miss) Understood?" Vernon Williams, author, "That Black Men Might Live, Beth Crawford, author, "Silent Storm" "Silent Rage" Catherine McGhee Livers, author, "History of Black Mankind" K.C. Taylor, author, "Any Possible Outcome" Minister Judy Mays, author, "The Sounds of Kwanzaa" "Prevailing Victory, Overcoming Faith" Olgen Williams, author, "Healing the Heart, Healing the Hood" Phyllis Adair-Ward, author, "Windchimes and Promises."

Authors for Charity is a group of independent writers, who have declared October 2003, "National Authors for Charity Month."

Throughout the month there will be signings and events in cities across the U.S. All participating authors will be donating a portion of their royalties to local charities.

For additional information contact Gloria Lewis Vaughn at glvaughn1216.yahoo.com

For more information regarding "Authors for Charity," go to www.authors4charity.com
 

Follow your dreams

  A full time novelist and poet, Weslynn McCallister spent a year working on her most recent book, Apache Springs, a coming of age novel based on a true story that introduces us to Annie McClaine and her struggles and evolution as a young woman forced to be apart from Cort Shannon, the man she loves. Born in Evansville, Indiana, but raised in Roswell, New Mexico, Weslynn has spent most of her life in the Sun Belt. She attended St. Petersburg Jr. College in St. Petersburg, Fl., business school in Tampa, Fl. and the Laguna Beach School of Art in Laguna Beach, Ca.

She has won many awards for poetry in both literary and poetry magazines, including a second place award for Best Romance Novel in 2002 at the Florida Writer's Conference for the first edition of Apache Springs. She belogs to many organizations, among them the National Writer's Association, National Association of Women Writers, Authors for Charity and is one of the founding members of the Florida Writer's Association. When Weslynn is not writing, she enjoys long walks on the beach, boating, attending theater, performances, operas and concerts. She also enjoys traveling and has been to South America, Mexico, Europe and the Hawaiian Islands. A former astrologer, McCallister is a single mother of three who divides her time between northern New Mexico and southwest Florida. She is currently at work on her next novel.

Bertha Davis is a full-time freelance writer and member of the Authors for Charity Group and Marguerite Press Writers Group. She received the "Woman of the Year" award in 1985, 1989 "Parent of the Year" award presented by the Boy Scout of America. Other recognitions and awards have been: "In Appreciation for Outstanding Services to the Community" (1994), by Sheriff Joseph G. McAtee; and Honorary Deputy Sheriff for Outstanding and Unselfish Service to the Marion County Sheriff's Department and to the Community" (1996), by Sheriff Jack L. Cottey.

Author of the books, "Growing Up in Mississippi", "Marriage and the Family", Poetry for the Heart and coming soon, "Knowing God beyond Life's Winter Season", she is available for book signings, and speaking engagements. For more information about her books, visit her website at www.maedavis.net , Email or call 317-546-3158

More signings and newspaper accounts
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Dorie Thurston     grades K-2, at 6:30-8:30 PM.   Hillside Elementary School which is located in Ashburn, Virginia, about 10 minutes from Leesburg, about 45 minutes from Washington, about 2 1/2 hours from Richmond.

Delores Thornton   Pike Library, Indianapolis, on April 20, at 6:30pm, in conjunction with National Library Week.

June 12, 2004  Delores Thornton
Indianapolis Book Fest
Presenter, Spokesperson, Author Signings, Panelist  Indiana Historical Society

June 4, 2004 (8:30a--5p)  Delores Thornton
Workshop Presenter The Write Stuff
Writer's Gathering Hosted by the Indiana Historical Society 450 W. Ohio St.
Indianapolis, IN

Bertha Davis
Indiana Convention Center  Women's enrichment Expo
Sat-Sun March 13-14 2004
Sat 10-7, Sun 12-7

Author Mary Ann Carman  signing 
Mostly Books   Tucson, Arizona at Wilmot and Speedway.  11:30- 1
march 13

Sandra Levy Ceren
psychologist, columnist and author of a mystery series featuring a psychologist-amateur sleuth will discuss her books 
Solana Beach, California