Event Recap: Lianne Oelke Signing

 

 

Last Sunday I attended debut author Lianne Oelke's signing in Vancouver, Canada. I'm always excited when an author has an event near me (especially a local author!) so I make sure I can go. I wasn't too sure what the setup would be like so I go to the bookstore early. I managed to grab a front row seat~

While waiting I got to chatting with another reader- hi Cheryl! We actually recognized each other from previous book events haha! She told me Nice Try, Jane Sinner was the bookstore's book club pick of the month which I think I will try to go to the discussion meet up~

 

When the time came for the event to start, Lianne came out. She was very humble and talked about her debut novel Nice Try, Jane Sinner and her publishing journey. I actually had the pleasure of meeting her last year at a Raincoast Books preview event but it was still really lovely to see her with her published book! I loved listening to her talk about her publishing experiences. Some things she said:

 

• Her writing started with Lord of the Rings fan fiction.
• She wrote Nice Try, Jane Sinner in secret and didn't tell anyone until she had a publishing deal.
• The reality tv idea came from her watching America's Next Top Model (and another show I forgot, sorry) at the time she was writing.
• The book was originally titled House of Orange which is the name of the reality show in the book but the marketing department thought it was too Netflix-y (a mashup of Hose of Cards and Orange is the New Black). They asked Lianne to come up with a few alternatives with Jane Sinner's name in it and Nice Try, Jane Sinner was born!
• Her advice to new writers: "Don't compare yourself with other authors. Focus on your writing."
• She's currently writing a fantasy novel with Vikings/a Viking setting.
• Not to get anyone's hopes up but she has a film agent ;)

 

Thank you to Melissa and Brooke from Raincoast Books for taking and sharing this fun signing photo on Instagram XD

 

Mandatory author photo!

 

The goodies!! Besides the signed books I got I also managed to snag a Jane Sinner tote bag and some buttons and stickers (oops I forgot to include them in the picture but they're awesome!). Lianne is a huge cat lover so the first five people to show her a cat picture won a tote bag. I instantly whipped out my phone since my cats were my wallpapers LOL. I mean, I'm pretty sure the internet knows I'm a cat lady by now ;)

 

 

I asked Lianne to write her favourite Jane line in my book and I love it <3 So much love for book! If humorous heartfelt stories with a heaping side of snark is your thing then pick up a copy of Nice Try, Jane Sinner asap!!