This week, I took part in my first ever author event! I joined authors Sheila O’Flanagan and Jo Thomas at Foyles in Birmingham. Here we are waiting to go on …
We started the evening with each of us saying a few words about our books and then we did a short reading. It was my first experience of standing up in front of readers and talking about The Second Love Of My Life. I was quite nervous but the room was full of friendly faces and I actually enjoyed doing my first live reading from the book reading some of chapter one.
After we all spoke, there was time for the people who came to ask us questions and then we were able to have a chat and mingle with everyone. It was so wonderful to meet some readers who had read and loved my book and ones that were excited to read it.
As you all know, I get very excited about books myself so I loved meeting fellow book fans and getting to chat with them. Plus there was wine and cheese, which is always a bonus.
It definitely was a night where I felt like a “proper” author, and because most of the time I feel like a massive fraud, it was such good fun. I also got to stay over in Birmingham with my fellow authors and publicist and I’m hoping I will get to do more events like this in the future!
Thanks so much to Foyles for having us and everyone who came along too. Book people really are the best.
Victoria
xoxo
Victoria Walters 
Congrats! Someone out there is doing the thing. I understand the “fraud” idea and with my first novel still in draft stage I’m bracing myself to feel that way as well for a long while. It’s about the keep on keepin on, right?
Thank you! Yes just keep on writing – you are a writer! Believe 🙂