{"id":2647,"date":"2018-03-08T20:55:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T20:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/?p=2647"},"modified":"2018-03-08T20:55:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T20:55:09","slug":"the-path-of-an-indie-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/2018\/03\/08\/the-path-of-an-indie-author\/","title":{"rendered":"The Path of an Indie Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/a.co\/h8fQhOw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2648 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2018\/03\/41abrwsyhL._SX311_BO1204203200_.jpg?resize=266%2C424\" alt=\"Cover of book, Caroline's Lighthouse\" width=\"266\" height=\"424\" \/><\/a>Have you ever dreamed about writing your own book?\u00a0 Learn how to make your dream a reality by joining us this Monday, March 12th at 7:00 P.M. in RPL 300B for a special presentation about the writing and publishing process from Brandi Collins, author of the recently published book, <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Carolines-Lighthouse-Brandi-Easterling-Collins\/dp\/1480839426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caroline\u2019s Lighthouse<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Brandi will discuss her inspiration for writing, her path to independent publishing, and her current and future projects.\u00a0 A question and answer session will follow the presentation.<\/p>\n<p>This event, sponsored by the Ross Pendergraft Library, is the latest in our \u201cSecond Monday\u201d local author series where we invite authors from Tech to share their books with the community.\u00a0 All of these events are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p><em>Caroline\u2019s Lighthouse<\/em>, published by Archway Publishing from Simon &amp; Schuster, is a mystery\/thriller novel centered on a young woman who has inherited a Virginia lighthouse\u2014the sight of a century-old lovers\u2019 suicide and rumored to be the most haunted place in town.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from being a published author, Brandi Collins is also the licensing, branding, and editorial manager in the University Relations department at Arkansas Tech.\u00a0 <em>Caroline\u2019s Lighthouse<\/em> is her first novel.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the event or the Second Monday series, contact Luke Heffley at 479-964-0569 or <strong><a href=\"mailto:lheffley@atu.edu\">lheffley@atu.edu<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever dreamed about writing your own book?\u00a0 Learn how to make your dream a reality by joining us this Monday, March 12th at 7:00 P.M. in RPL 300B for a special presentation about the writing and publishing process from Brandi Collins, author of the recently published book, Caroline\u2019s Lighthouse.\u00a0 Brandi will discuss her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[76,31,75],"class_list":["post-2647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-library","tag-local-authors","tag-presentations","tag-second-monday","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3lPyb-GH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2647"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2654,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647\/revisions\/2654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}