The Accidental Launch … SwanCon through the eyes of K E Mills … aka …

Swancon was a fabulous experience — my first time at the con, and certainly not my last — but the cherry on the icing was the book launch for The Accidental Sorcerer. It’s kind of an open secret that I am K.E Mills — or K.E Mills is me — and so I didn’t have to attend the launch in disguise! Although Sean Williams, who was launching his wonderful new YA novel The Changeling at the same time, mentioned my top looked very Star Trek. <g>

The launch was wonderfully attended, so I owe huge thanks to the folks of Swancon, who came along to cheer me and Sean as we sent our books out into the world. Grant Watson of the Swancon committee introduced us, and we spoke a little about the books, and then came the eating and the drinking and the bookselling and the signing! And that was a hoot.

As much as I get acutely uncomfortable standing in the spotlight (there’s a reason I direct plays now, instead of act in them!) it was still an enormous pleasure. I am unashamedly excited about this book, The Accidental Sorcerer, and madly in love with the characters. It’s my fervent hope that readers will love them as much as I do because they are so much fun to write and frankly, I want to keep playing with them for a long time!

Huge, huge, thanks go to Voyager, for their wonderful support of me, and to Stephanie Smith in particular, who has championed this book from its earliest beginnings when I was trying to find the right way to tell the story. Thanks are also owed to the amazing, indefatigable Theresa Anns, the Perth rep. She is a dynamo and a darling. Seriously, Voyager authors are spoiled rotten! And finally, many thanks to the Swancon committee who made room in this year’s program for the event. It really was an experience to treasure.

Karen Miller