{"id":32841,"date":"2024-10-24T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=32841"},"modified":"2024-10-21T17:48:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T22:48:16","slug":"wotr-readerspotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=32841","title":{"rendered":"#WOTR25 Reader Spotlight on Amy Schaffer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hey friends! We, The Twinsie Girls (Angie, Melinda, JM, Kelly, Tenise, and Dee) talked to some of the readers attending Writers on the River to see what they had to say about the event.\u00a0 As we come down from our book signing highs from July and start to prepare for 2025, YEAR 10, we wanted to see what some of the attendees are saying about Writers on the River.<\/p>\n

Today we are chatting with the one and only Amy Schaffer.\u00a0 You can find her where ever Kate Hawthorne is as Amy is The Kate Keeper.\u00a0 I just made that up but we are going with it.<\/p>\n

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Was this your first WOTR? If not how many have you attended?<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This was my fourth year<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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How far did you travel to get to the event?<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I traveled from Kansas City so it’s a just under 6 hour drive for me<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Did you go to the event with anyone?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Oh yes! My author bestie, Kate Hawthorne.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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How many new books did you bring home?<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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9 books total. 8 novels and one GIGANTIC antho<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Did you participate in the raffle? If yes, did you take any baskets home this year?<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Not this year but I did manage to sneak over to take a peek at all the baskets. They all looked so good. I wouldn’t have known which to choose.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Did you get a chance to hear the Dorris talk? If yes, what are your thoughts?<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I’ve been to this even 4 times and I’ve gone to hear Doris talk at every single one of them. Doris is such a strong woman and her story is heartbreaking, yet untimately a hopeful one. It’s a reminder that this is more than just a book signing, it’s a chance to support a cause I think we all feel passionately about.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Do you have a highlight or special memory from the event you would like to share?<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Just watching everyone come together every year and seeing them get excited to see their signing friends again. It really is like one big family. And it’s not just a readers\/authors thing. People even get excited to me… a mere PA<\/div>\n
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Anything else you would like to add?<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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❤️ Keep up the good work everyone and I’ll see you for year 10!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Well that is all for today. Check back all month long for more reader and volunteer spotlights.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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SAVE THE DATE<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Tickets for for the 10th annual Writers on the River go on sale November 4, 2024!<\/div>\n
For event location, dates, times, list of 2025 attending authors, and other important information, please follow the link below to the event web page.<\/div>\n
https:\/\/writersontheriver.com\/<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey friends! We, The Twinsie Girls (Angie, Melinda, JM, Kelly, Tenise, and Dee) talked to some of the readers attending Writers on the River to see what they had to say about the event.\u00a0 As we come down from our book signing highs from July and start to prepare for 2025, YEAR 10, we wanted … Continue reading #WOTR25 Reader Spotlight on Amy Schaffer<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paSW8H-8xH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32841"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33400,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32841\/revisions\/33400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}