Many of you have asked me lots of different questions about Saturday’s event, so I’m going to try to answer all of them in this post.

Where is this place?

The address for Five Forks CrossFit is 2613 Woodruff Rd, Simpsonville, SC 29681. It is at the corner of Woodruff Road and Scuffletown Road.

Why are you having your book signing at a gym?

Because I love my gym, because they love me, and because they are letting me use the space for free. Authors don’t make much money, so I’m all about free!

Will there be a workout?

Despite some people requesting to see me do burpees…NO.

Can I bring my kids?

Yes. Mine will be there. 

Do I need to dress up?

No. Feel free to come in your bathing suit and flip flops. Or pearls and high heels. Whatever floats your boat.

I’ve never been to a book signing. What should I expect?

I’ve only been to a few myself, and none have been in a gym, so I’m going to go out on a limb and say that this one won’t be a typical book signing. 

Normally, you walk into a bookstore and you see a sign that says an author is signing books. You find the line (or lack, thereof), you buy the book, the author and you make small talk as he or she writes something adorable on the title page, you grab some chocolate or a slice of cake and make small talk with the other readers, then you go home.

This will not happen on Saturday.

Mine won’t be quite like that. 

When you come in on Saturday be sure to see my helper, Emily Mages. Emily is a rising 8th grader at Langston Middle school and an excellent writer. She will be helping me with door prizes and you’ll want to be sure to get your tickets so you don’t miss out on any of that action.

After that, PLEASE have some snacks. Eat some cake. Drink some Mountain Dew. Or water. Whatever. 

If you’ve already purchased your copy of Covert Justice, bring it with you. I’d love to sign it. If you don’t have a copy, no worries. I’ll have books for sale. I’m selling them for $6.

I’ll be walking around, or maybe standing somewhere signing a book. I don’t know what I’ll be doing. If I’m talking to someone for more than a few minutes and you need me to hurry up, by all means throw something at me. If you don’t want to be rude, find my sister. Her name is Jennifer. She does not look like me. She’s tall and has red hair. She will have no problem at all with helping you interrupt me. In fact, she’ll probably enjoy it.

We have door prizes that will be given away approximately every 15 minutes. I don’t know. The door prizes have taken over my table. It might be every 10 minutes. 

Prizes include books for your summer reading from my sister Killer Voices as well as from my mentor, Lynette Eason. There are movie night packs, note cards (handmade by mom – they are awesome), Covert Justice one-of-a-kind memorabilia pieces, and a few other things I’ve forgotten about. It will be fun!

Drop-in any time between 11:30-1:30. Stay for a minute or stay the whole time. Whatever you’d like. 

At 1:30, we’ll be drawing for two prize packs. You do NOT have to be present to win!

Your chances of winning something are quite good!

One is a s’mores gift pack. (There’s a fun scene in Covert Justice where Maggie Harrison explains the fine art of marshmallow toasting to Heidi Zimmerman). 

The other is a movie night bag filled with popcorn, candy, and two movie tickets to Regal Cinemas. (The movie night bag is based on the exclusive deleted scene that you can read when you sign up for my newsletter – yes, that is a hint – the link to the newsletter is at the bottom of this post). 

Why are you donating some of the proceeds to Miracle Hill Children’s Fund?

In my mind, when Heidi retires from the FBI, she and Blake will open their hearts and home to many teenage foster children. Someday, I may even get to write that part of their story, but until then I’m thrilled to share any benefits I receive from Covert Justice with such a worthy organization. If you’d like to make an additional contribution, there will be a donation jar and 100% of those contributions will go to Miracle Hill Children’s Home.

I think I’ve answered everything. If not, leave your questions in the comments or shoot me a message on Facebook or Twitter. Hope to see you on Saturday!

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Covert Justice is officially available for purchase! 

I’ll be doing many Covert Justice related posts this month to celebrate the release. It’s going to be a great month and I’m looking forward to sharing it with you!

If you’re in Greenville, South Carolina, don’t forget about the book signing event on June 13th! I’ll have plenty of copies of Covert Justice to sell that day. We’ll have door prizes, gift baskets, and fun!

I have to tell you…every time I look at it, the part that shocks me is my name.

My name on a book. (Insert very girly squealing).

One year ago, I was living in complete chaos. Our home had been a construction zone since early January thanks to some frozen water pipes that had done close to $40K in damage.  I don’t handle disruptions well. It was not prime writing time.

But someone mentioned a contest, and for reasons that make no sense to me, even now, I entered. I sent in my first page, then my synopsis. And in the midst of the craziness, I carved out the time to add thousands of words to the story that had been floating around in my brain for a couple of years.

My husband could have discouraged it. It really was a bad time.

Instead, he pushed, prodded, encouraged, and cheered me on. 

When I hit send on the evening of June 8th, the day before my 40th birthday, I had no real hope that this would happen. 

I still don’t know HOW it happened.

I know I prayed. A LOT.

I know I cried. A LOT.

I know I panicked. A LOT.

I know I stayed up late and got up early. A LOT.

I know it was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. And I know I love this story.

A LOT.

I really hope you will, too. 

About Covert Justice …

When a woman drags Blake Harrison out of his wrecked car, he knows the mysterious stranger has saved his life. But more shocking than the hit-and-run is the news that a crime cartel has infiltrated his factory. There’s a fortune to be made by tampering with the factory’s products . . . but only if Blake is out of the way. Undercover FBI agent Heidi Zimmerman has two goals – catch the criminals in the act, and keep Blake alive. Falling for the single dad and his adorable daughter isn’t in the plan. But everything changes when an abduction leaves Heidi face-to-face with a killer, revealing the danger that’s been hiding in plain sight all along . . .

Covert Justice is available for pre-order on Amazon. It will be available in Wal-mart stores in June. I can’t wait for you to meat Heidi and Blake. They are two of my favorite people.
(Yes, I know they aren’t real…)

I have some fun things planned for my readers, including an opportunity to win free copies of Covert Justice, and an exclusive deleted scene!
So stay tuned!

Click to Tweet: Check out this great cover for Covert Justice from @LynnHBlackburn.

If you’re on Goodreads, I’d love for you to add Covert Justice to your to-be-read list!

My sister Killer Voices and I are being interviewed over at Seekerville. 

For those of you who might not know, Seekerville is a hugely popular blog written by The Seekers – a group of writers who met several years ago while they were all “seeking” publication. 

They’ve all achieved their goal, and Seekerville remains a place for writers seeking publication to find ideas, encouragement, and wisdom for the publication journey. 

I would love it if you’d stop by and check it out!