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—In addition to the Chowan Arts Council Gallery in Edenton, NC, the Zephyr Stone series is now also available at the wondrous shop, Buxton Village Books, on the North Carolina Outer Banks near the famous Cape Henry Lighthouse

https://www.buxtonvillagebooks.com

—June 1, 2024: Dare Days Festival, downtown waterfront in Manteo, North Carolina, 11am-6pm

—Drum Roll! Blue Ink Press will release Book 3 in the Zephyr Stone series:  Zephyr Stone and the Frosty Phantom on July 23, 2024! Stay tuned for more information including the Cover Reveal in May!

—April 20, 2024: Edenton Farmers Market on North Broad Street in Edenton, North Carolina, 8AM – 12PM

https://www.facebook.com/edentonfarmersmarket

—March 23, 2024: Elizabeth City Parks and Recreation Spring Eggstravaganza, River Road Sports Complex, Elizabeth City, NC, 11 am 

https://www.facebook.com/ecpcparksandrec

—December 3, 2023 (Sunday:) 33rd Annual Somerset Place Christmas Open House and Christmas Market2572 Lake Shore Rd, Creswell, North Carolina, 1-4pm

https://www.facebook.com/SomersetPlaceHistoricSite/

—Exciting Announcement! Blue Ink Press has accepted Book 3 of the Zephyr Stone series and will publish it in 2024! Stay tuned for updates!

—December 9, 2023: Edenton Farmers Market Christmas Festival on North Broad Street in Edenton, North Carolina, 8AM – 12PM

https://www.edentonfarmersmarket.org/

—October 21, 2023: 9th Annual Dismal Day festival at Dismal Swamp State Park—Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center, 2356 US Hwy 17 N South Mills, North Carolina (Milepost 28) 10AM – 2PM

https://dismalswampwelcomecenter.com/dismal-day/

—September 22, 2023: 5th Annual Carnival of Darkness, Haunted Pamlico Film (and Halloween) Festival at Raised in a Barn Farm, 2100 N.C. Highway 33, Chocowinity, North Carolina, 5PM – 10PM  (a primarily teen and adult event but with author/craft/vendor tents where adults can buy my spooky-fun books to take home to their kids.)

https://artsofthepamlico.org/event/haunted-pamlicos-5th-carnival-of-darkness/

—September 16, 2023: “MHC is for Book Lovers”- Martinsville-Henry County is for Book Lovers at  Spencer Penn Centre in Spencer, Virginia (475 Spencer Penn Road, Spencer, Virginia) 11AM – 3PM

https://www.facebook.com/MHCisforBookLovers

https://www.kbsconsultantpa.com/mhc-is-for-book-lovers-2023

—September 9, 2023: 37th Annual Perquimans Indian Summer Festival in downtown Hertford, NC, 10AM – 4PM

https://www.visitperquimans.com/isf-crafts

—July 22, 2023: Edenton Farmers Market Summer Festival on North Broad Street in Edenton, North Carolina, 9AM – 1PM

https://www.edentonfarmersmarket.org/

—July 14-15, 2023: Chattanooga Southeast Home Education Association (CSTHEA) Home Education Expo at Camp Jordan Arena – East Ridge, Tennessee

Friday, July 14  9AM – 6PM
Saturday, July 15 9AM – 4PM

https://www.csthea.org/

—June 24, 2023: “SML”- Saturday Morning Live Downtown market on Church Street, Hertford, North Carolina, 9AM – 1PM

https://townofhertfordnc.com/

-June 1, 2023: Kate’s fun, personal essay, “Road Food For Thought” selected as a Staff Favorite in the Carolina Woman magazine annual writing contest. Click on the link to read! 

http://www.carolinawoman.org/writing_winners2023_stafffaves.phpdowntown

We go to great “links” on this page. (Pardon the groaner pun, but Kate just can’t help herself; it’s in her DNA on her father’s side.) Just click on the name or URL for great information.

 

Kate’s Own Links:

 –Blog– KathrynLouiseWoodAuthor.blogspot.com (To see my older blog posts)

–Author Kathryn Louise Wood  Facebook– https://www.facebook.com/KathrynLouiseWood

– Kate’s Giving Plate (recipes) Facebook– https://www.facebook.com/KatePlate15

–Goodreads– https://www.goodreads.com/kathrynlouisewood

–Instagram– https://www.instagram.com/kathrynlouisewoodauthor/

–Twitter– @KLWoodAuthor

– Kate’s YouTube Channel- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZfh8xvOFEac76AK2iINZGA

 –Amazon Order Page– https://amzn.to/2RArO2w

–Barnes and Noble Order Page: bit.ly/3dHHhX1

  –The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge– https://www.fws.gov/refuge/great_dismal_swamp/

–Nansemond Indian Nation– https://nansemond.org/

–Descendants of the Great Dismal– https://descendantsofthegreatdismal.com/author/nikkibass/

–The Outer Banks of North Carolina– https://www.outerbanks.org/

–Genealogy– https://www.familysearch.org/en/

–Library of Virginia– https://www.lva.virginia.gov/

–Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library–  https://pettigrewlibraries.libguides.com/PRL/SPML

( Click to see their: Instagram, Facebook, YouTube)

–Edenton, North Carolina– https://www.visitedenton.com/

–Washington, North Carolina– https://www.washingtonnc.gov/index.php

–Old Dominion University– https://www.odu.edu/

–The Award-winning Photography of William F. Ahearn (Kate’s husband)– http://ahearnarts.com/

–North Carolina Writers’ Network– https://ncwriters.org/

–Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators– https://www.scbwi.org/

–Blue Ink Press– https://www.blueinkpress.com

-Suggested Link for New Author Advice from young reader/writer, Anna, via Kelly Ackford of https://www.studymap.org –

https://www.couponfollow.com/research/money-saving-guide-authors-writers

-Thanks to Young Writer— Olivia—for Recommending this Useful Writing Resource Link– https://training.certstaff.com/certstaffox/Computer-Tools-and-Editing-Software-for-Writers.asp

 

 

 

 
 

-April 29, 2023—Book sale at Edenton, North Carolina’s Farmer’s Market Spring Festival (8am-noon)

-April 11, 2023—Author presentation and reading at Perquimans County Library in Hertford, NC. Open to the public. (4pm)

-January 25, 2023—Zoom meeting with Florida homeschoolers’s Book Club

-December 8, 2022— Author presentation and reading for Columbia Middle School 8th graders at Tyrrell County Public Library

– December 1, 2022— Author presentation and reading for Homeschoolers at Tyrrell County Public Library

-November 19, 2022— White Oak Elementary School Craft and Vendor Fair

-October 29, 2022— Book Launch Party at Chowan Arts Council Gallery, Water St, Edenton, NC 

-October 25, 2022— Release Day for Zephyr Stone and the Haunted Beach House!

 -August 23, 2022— It’s Book Cover Reveal Day for my second in the Zephyr Stone series! 

 -August 6, 2022—The Book Cover Reveal for my new book is just a couple weeks away! Aug 23! I’d love for you to be part of my Launch Team. Just click on this link for opportunities. https://forms.gle/2j3onAuqjMwuS7ueA Thank You!!

-August 1, 2022— Check out my new monthly Blog Page and be sure to sign up for my new monthly Newsletter on the Contact Page! Loads of fun, book news, surveys, and giveaways.

-April 20, 2022–🎉Happy First Book Birthday, Zephyr!🎉
My first middle grade novel, Zephyr Stone and the Moon Mist Ghost, is one year old today! 🥳 (To relive the fun book launch from the Great Dismal Swamp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6csTunqu4Y)
To celebrate, I have three exciting announcements, a beautifully updated book cover, and a Giveaway!
—One: (do I hear trumpets?) announcing the title of Book Two in the Zephyr series—
Zephyr Stone and the Haunted Beach House (Outer Banks ghosts!👻)
—Two: Zephyr Stone and the Haunted Beach House will launch this FALL 2022—Just in time for “spooky season”!🎃)
—Three: 12:00-2:00 on April 30th, I will join three other Blue Ink Press authors (one dressed as a Viking!) at Page 158 Books https://www.facebook.com/Page158Books in Wake Forest, NC to celebrate Indie Bookstore Day
—The Book Cover: Blue Ink Press (https://www.blueinkpress.com/) redesigned a sparkling, updated cover for Zephyr Stone and the Moon Mist Ghost, and all new book orders will feature this gorgeous illustration!
—The Giveaway:
Everyone who “likes” or “loves” this post by April 30, 2022, will be entered into a drawing for a copy of Zephyr Stone and the Moon Mist Ghost featuring the new cover! (If you’d rather not “like” or “love,” but wish to be included, just message me with your name and contact info.) I’ll contact the winner by May 2nd for a shipping address so, if you’re the lucky one, be sure to accept a message from me!
—Now, who wants a slice of birthday cake? 🎂

-November 12, 2021- It’s a Giveaway! I’m giving away three signed copies of Zephyr Stone and the Moon Mist Ghost along with three signed bookmarks and ghost charmer pins. Check out the Blue Ink Press Instagram page:https://www.instagram.com/p/CWLvQuRrvkZ/ or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlueInkPressNC for details. Winners will be announced December 3, 2021

NEWS FLASH!!!!– September 9, 2021- Blue Ink Press will publish the SECOND book in the Zephyr Stone series! Tentative launch date is Fall 2022. Stay tuned for details and tidbits!

-May 6, 2021- From Blue Ink Press and Page 158 Books: Two of our amazing authors will be doing a free virtual event with @Page158Books on May 6th at 6:30 pm EST. We are so excited we thought the only way to make it more fun was to include a giveaway! YAY!!Register for the event and then forward your confirmation email to us at amanda@blueinkpress.com and you will be entered to win a $50 gift card to Page 158 Books! It’s that easy! (Register at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/blueinkpress/register)

We hope you will join our authors and Page 158 to chat about their stories and writing!

* Page 158 does ship orders so even if you aren’t local to them, you can still get lots of cool books.
** We won’t share your emails with anyone or spam you. So you are totally safe to forward those confirmations.
*** A winner will be selected at random and notified via email after the event.

-April 20, 2021- Blue Ink Press launch date of Zephyr Stone and the Moon Mist Ghost-April 20, 2021, 6:30pm EDT- Live Premiere YouTube Showing of Kate’s Book Launch Celebration, filmed ON LOCATION in the Great Dismal Swamp! A short but fun celebration at 6:30pm EDT, on April 20, 2021on Kate’s YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6csTunqu4YApril 2, 2021- Blue Ink Press has released a fun video of Kate reading from Zephyr Stone and the Moon MistGhost! Check it out on Kate’sYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZfh8xvOFEac76AK2iINZGA 

-March 31, 2021- Blue Ink Press has released a short Q&A post on its FaceBook page featuring Kate. Check it out! https://www.facebook.com/BlueInkPress

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