First Author Fair under my belt

Yesterday I participated in my first ever author fair, Oregon Author Fair down in Lebanon, Oregon. It’s a tiny town you probably have never heard of but if I say “near Corvallis” you might nod and say “oh yeah okay I’ve seen that off ramp sign.” Anywho, this was the third year for the Oregon Author Fair, my first year in attendance and what an experience! There were roughly 44 other authors in participation and somewhere around 130 shoppers attended the event, weaving through the isles, checking out what authors had to offer. Not at all surprising, fantasy and science fiction were high traffic tables, as were romantasy and little kid books.

While I didn’t snag any sales, either due to people not being in the market for young adult contemporary, or my introverted inability to market my work lol, there were plenty of people interested and took a bookmark for shopping later. Boy am I glad I printed out a big handful of bookmarks!

It wasn’t overwhelming, and everyone was so nice, so overall, it was a good way for me to dip my toes into author events. I picked up tricks to help improve my table, and how to better my pitch, and now look forward to future author events!