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Author's First Festival

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Author's First Festival

April 16, 2026

Hello Reader,

Last weekend, right before Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) day, I got to experience my first art festival as a vendor, and it was a blast!

I'm a member of T.W.I.G. (Tuscaloosa Writers and Illustrators Guild), and we were allowed our own section at the festival called "author's alley." I spent Friday and Saturday with some amazing authors of every genre. We sold our books, talked about our ideas, and I fished for writing and publishing tips. I learned a lot (like how to fill out festival tax forms), and sold enough books to pay to buy a few of my fellow authors books.

Here are some pictures from my excursion:

Do you know of any festivals I should visit next?

Reading Recommendations:

The Accidental Road

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American Shadows

Three dark tales of American obsession, conspiracy, and inherited guilt.

The Legend of Rosa

When tragedy strikes, one woman's quest for justice becomes a legendary crusade.

Blood in the Stone

A dark dungeon and kingdom-building fantasy where power is carved from blood and stone.

Elise Burke Brown Author

A Newsletter for Readers and Writers

I'm an author who comes from a family of detectives, including a grandfather who filled my childhood with true crime stories I learned not to repeat at daycare. My novel, CHASE HARLEM, won the grand prize for the Monroe-Walton Center for the Arts New Writers Contest 2021 as well as the 2023 Killer Nashville Claymore Award for Best Unpublished Investigator Novel. I've had had stories and poetry published in Sojourn Literary Magazine, Dewpoint Literary Magazine, The Moonlit Road, and Southern Quill. I've also sold stories to the podcast, Chilling Tales for Dark Nights. I'm represented by Rachel Beck of Liza Dawson Associates.

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