1. Ask your local library or indie bookshop to invite them.
2. Ask your local library or indie bookshop to invite them.
3. Ask your local library or indie bookshop to invite them.

Getting your favorite indie author to visit your local library or indie bookshop is a bit like getting a specific guest for your local Comic Con. In my experience most libraries and bookshops (understandably) do not want cold calls from indie authors. As a result, authors really can’t invite themselves to the party. You, the patron, have to want your fave author to do a signing – and more importantly, you have to communicate this want to the library and/or bookshop.

(In a related matter, do you want to see your fave sci-fi/fantasy/spec fic author at your local fan convention? Ask the con to invite them!)

If you want me to come to a particular town or city or event, I am the guy who is probably the least in charge of whether or not that happens. While I very much appreciate all the kind messages asking me to visit your local bookshop, there’s very little I can do about it on my end.

So how do you make it happen?

Ask the people running the thing if it’s possible, and if so, ask them to invite me to apply. (Ask them nicely! Politely! Be kind and be willing to accept “no” for an answer!)

As always, thank you for reading, and I look forward to meeting you soon!