Regal House Authors to Read during AWP

I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be among the Regal House authors reading during the AWP (Association of Writers & Writing Programs) conference! We'll be at Optimism Brewing Company, 1158 Broadway, Seattle 94122, from 1:30-3:00 on Thursday, March 9. Featuring Tim Cummings, Mimi Herman, Karla Huebner, Heather Newton, Zack Rogow, Kerri Schlottman, Stephanie Vanderslice, and Peter Selgin! https://regalhousepublishing.com/regal-events/

Another Goodreads Giveaway!

For the rest of February and into March, both of my novels will be having Goodreads Giveaways. The giveaway for Too Early to Know Who's Winning is already underway and continues until March 16, just a few days before the novel launches March 23.

We are now adding a giveaway of twenty Kindle copies of In Search of the Magic Theater beginning tomorrow (February 24) and lasting until March 12.

Where to Find Too Early to Know Who's Winning Right Now

My new novel, Too Early to Know Who's Winning, a tale of liberal women during the Trump presidency, will be launching March 23 and is currently available for preorder direct from the publisher, Black Rose Writing. In fact, if you order before March 23, use the promo code PREORDER2023 for a 15% discount!

If you can't wait till then and are up for writing a review (can be short), the novel is currently available free on NetGalley. Anyone can sign up with NetGalley, but as its purpose is to gather reader reviews prior to publication, many publishers will only okay downloads to reviewers who have shown that they review most of the books they request. (That said, I hope to get lots of early reviews, because they help readers find and decide on new books!)

Finally, I'm giving away ten print copies via Goodreads. You can sign up right now; giveaway ends March 16.

A Finalist for a Readers' Choice Award

In Search of the Magic Theater is a finalist for a Readers' Choice Award--winners are announced at the end of May. At that time they'll publish their full review, but here are some advance tidbits:

"...authentic and intriguing characters, rich and honest dialogue, and a unique and unusual plot... A well written, unique and unusual novel, which will appeal to readers who enjoy theatre, music, art history and classics."

Just Around the Corner on NetGalley

During the month of February, my new novel Too Early to Know Who's Winning will be available for review on NetGalley! If you're a reader and reviewer curious to get an early look at this sometimes grim, sometimes humorous tale of liberal American women approaching retirement during the Trump presidency, the NetGalley e-version should be available starting February 1.

The novel is also available for preorder direct from the publisher. Use the code PREORDER2023 for a 15% discount!

Advance Praise:

“With clear eyes, courage, and wit, Karla Huebner’s Too Early to Know Who’s Winning captures the uncertainty, fear, desperation, and grief of the early Trump era. Through the eyes of her protagonist, professor and historian Jacobine Flaa, Huebner recounts the harrowing days of the new normal, a time in which everyday life seemed otherworldly and the unimaginable likely, in which hate-speech, bigotry, and outbursts of violence began to fray communities, and Americans rediscovered their capacity for protest. From ‘American carnage’ to alternative facts, from the Muslim ban to the Women’s March, from the Russia investigation to Charlottesville, Huebner documents the emotion and psychological fracturing of a nation. Too Early to Know Who’s Winning is also a penetrating exploration of mortality, companionship, mental health, and the search for glimmers of light in an ever-darkening world.”--Fredrick Soukup, author of Bliss and Blood Up North

Longlisted for the Somerset Award

In Search of the Magic Theater is one of an impressive longlist of books in the running for the 2022 Somerset Award, which is given for Literary and Contemporary Fiction as a genre division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

I'm hoping it will make it to the shortlist and, of course, on up from there!

Getting Ready for Another Goodreads Giveaway

If you haven't yet gotten a copy of In Search of the Magic Theater, I've arranged to do a second Goodreads giveaway--this one of twenty copies of the Kindle edition!

Karla Huebner's IN SEARCH OF THE MAGIC THEATER is a well-told, bittersweet tale that evokes the certainties and uncertainties of youth, as well as the regret at the missed opportunities of middle age, and the possibility of redemption.--Craig Jones, for IndieReader

The giveaway will begin February 13 and go through March 12.