We just had our first coffee Hour Meetup and some fantastic ideas have been spun out of them. The idea I want to work on is this? I would like to start having regional Virtual Coffee Hour Meetups so that the Authors in certain regions of the country can come together and become friends. Every time a new author joins us we can direct them to the regional meetups so they can start building relationships with authors near them. Also regional meetup events can be done by Big Book Love Regional Leaders. The second idea is to start having Virtual Coffee Hour Meetups for Genres that authors write in so that you guys can mastermind together with authors writing what you are writing. Before we can start this, there is some information that we need to get from you guys. 1. What genre is your main genre you write in? 2. Would you be interested in these localized virtual meetups and genre specific meetups? 3. What days and times are best for you to get online for these meetups? 4. Would you be interested in becoming a Virtual Coffee Hour Regional Leader? Regional Leaders would be made into moderators for the community and you would have the ability to host these meetups right here in our live call zoom room. I would train each Regional Leader so that you understand how the software works. Just throwing this idea out there to gauge interest. Comment below your answers so we can begin to figure how to make this work for the most amount of people.+ Paul Roberson Community Executive Director https://www.bigbooklove.com/paul-l-roberson/

Hello Everyone, We will be having our first Skool online chapter book club meeting this Sunday on January 25th at 5:00pm central time. We changed the meeting time by 1 hour to help our Eastern Hemisphere members. We know its late for you guys! We invite all of our old and new members to join us as we begin this new Skool journey for our book club. I also have an pretty cool announcement to make that I think our new members will love. So be sure to join us to learn more about it! The link to join is https://www.skool.com/live/L2djGcjJjZ5 If you are going to join us, you will have to be inside Skool either on your laptop or on the Skool mobile app. Please invite anyone you know who is an author or someone who loves reading to come and celebrate with us! If you have any questions, please leave them below in the comments. See you Sunday! ______________ Paul Roberson Community Executive Director ______________________________ Classroom Author Profile www.bigbooklove.com/paul-l-roberson/ _______________________________________

You're invited! Please join me and Bernardsville Library for a Lunar New Year/Valentine's celebration and book discussion. The talk is dedicated to one of my writing mentors. You'll have a chance to explore your own true stories and the epistolary format. More info and RSVP here: https://events.bernardsvillelibrary.org/event/16093764

We are building a directory of official Big Book Love Authors for everyone to browse and find new authors to support. As the list grows we will break down the directory into categories to help you find the authors you are looking for. List of Official VIP Authors ===================== 1. Kimberly Engebrigtsen visit her Classroom Profile & Books - https://www.bigbooklove.com/kimberly-engebrigtsen/ 2. Sophie Perinot visit her Classroom Profile & Books - https://www.bigbooklove.com/sophie-perinot/ 3. Marci Henna visit her Classroom Profile & Books - https://www.bigbooklove.com/marci-henna/ 4. Carol Van Den Hende 5. M. Damien Suriel As we move our Facebook community (https://www.facebook.com/groups/www.kathylmurphybigbooklove) over to Skool, this directory will grow and become more organized and detailed. Thank you to all our Official Big Book Love authors supporting the community! ______________ Paul Roberson Community Executive Director ______________________________ Classroom Author Profile www.bigbooklove.com/paul-l-roberson/ _______________________________________

Bedside Reading's Cover Contest is open for votes and at least 3 of Kathy L. Murphy's authors are nominated! To vote, choose your favorite cover in 7 categories until Jan 14th (one vote per email address): [https://www.bedsidereading.com/vote.html](https://www.bedsidereading.com/vote.html) Here are Big Book Love authors I'm voting for: General Fiction: in this competitive category, my friend Suzanne Kamata's "River of Dolls" cover stands out for it's contrasting red and blue colors Romance: I love my friend Kimberly Engebrigtsen/Kimbra Drake's atmospheric cover "Where The Heart Meets The Sea"! Memoir: even objectively, I think my "Dear Orchid" green and purple cover is beautiful and striking! What do you think? Visit here to vote today! [https://www.bedsidereading.com/vote.html](https://www.bedsidereading.com/vote.html) Please vote, tag a friend, and share. Thank you! xo, Carol