Dear
Readers,
I have exciting news to share with you
today. This spring I submitted Casual Lies – A Triple Crown Adventure to
be considered for inclusion in the 32nd
Annual Kentucky Book Fair. All of the submissions were presented to an Author
Selection Committee for preview, and I was hopeful.
Saturday I pulled an envelope out of the
mail box from the Kentucky Book Fair Board of Directors, and the letter advised
I’d been invited to participate in the Kentucky Book Fair. It will be held at
the Frankfort Convention Center in historic downtown Frankfort Kentucky on
November 16th, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. This is a big book
fair, where a lot of really talented authors would've submitted their work,
and I am honored to have been selected.
After I wiped a tear from the corner of
my eye, and called all my friends, I was still so pleased and excited I've already booked
my airline tickets and rental car.
I’ve wanted to get back to Kentucky for
several years, and the yearning has only been getting stronger. This is the perfect
excuse to invite one of my friends to stay at my house with Nigel (my
greyhound), take care of my ninety gallon reef aquarium and let me fly off to
Kentucky, footloose and fancy free.
The November breeding stock sale will be in
full swing at the Keeneland Sales venue in Lexington from November 5 through
the 14. I’m flying in early enough to tramp around the barns, look at the
beautiful horses, greet old friends and smell all the wonderful odors that make
up the world of horse sales. I may have to tie my hands to my belt to keep from
bidding on the one special horse that catches my eye.
I may also take one day to look at real
estate while I’m there. I would like nothing better than to move to Kentucky. It
has always called to me and the idea of having a place big enough to raise a
couple of sales yearlings would be…well it would simply be heaven.
So any of you who live near Frankfort,
please come over and see me, I would love to meet some of the people who have closely
followed my blog, or read my memoir.
Take
care,
Shelley
Riley
Author of
Casual Lies – A Triple Crown Adventure
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