
I hope you’ll join me again this year as I feature a different Rhode Island author every day in November. For the past few years, this has served as a lead-up to our annual RI Authors Expo. This year the Expo will be a virtual event, but the November showcase will be just as much fun, with a couple of great prizes and lots of books to give away!
Each day a member of the Association of Rhode Island Authors will be featured here. You can learn a little about the author as well as their book(s). Many authors will offer a giveaway, and your comment on that day’s blog post enters you into the author’s drawing.
But wait, there’s more! Your daily comment also enters you into our Grand Prize and Bonus Prize drawings. You can get up to 30 entries just by commenting – of course, all of our authors appreciate your likes and follows, too. The Grand Prize is a $200 Amazon gift card, just in time for some serious holiday shopping, and the Bonus Prize is a $100 Amazon gift card.
You can follow this blog by email, and I’ll also be sharing the daily posts to my Facebook pages.

Meanwhile, enjoy the month of October! Due to the rainfall shortage here in New England, we have some spectacular color. But we could use some rain. I know that other areas of the country, especially the West, are in difficult shape, so my thoughts are always with all of you on the West coast. Around the globe, there is uncertainty. Know that I’m acutely aware. I just see this blog as a way to momentarily escape, and it’s my intent to give you an outlet, even if for just a few moments, to step away from the news headlines and negativity. Life continues. Breathe.
Great post idea. Do you remember the name/design of the wordpress you use?
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Hi Cindy! WordPress tells me I’m using Penscratch2 – I wouldn’t have known! 🧡
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Cool. I like that one. But want ass pictures. Was it easy to make?
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Sorry for the word _ss I meant was it hard?
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Cindy, if I can do it, anyone can! I made the graphic on Canva.
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What a fun event, Martha. If you include artwork like you have on this one, I’ll drop by every day!
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Looking forward to this ! Thank you Martha !
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Reading, author interviews and book reviews have been an important part of my survival kit these past months. Your daily author/book blogs will be a welcome addition to this kit.
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I will look forward to this Martha. Too bad the usual event can’t happen during a Pandemic . Safety first !
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Thank you Martha, I always enjoy this. 💜😊
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I’m happy to follow along this year as a reader!
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Looking forward to this. We got a fair amount of rain yesterday, but we also got cold weather. Yuck!
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Your generosity, of time and of talent, are well as your kind thoughts, are bottomless. Thank you for all you do, my friend. As always, I eagerly await this fun event.
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