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The Consequences is a 2025 NEST Contest finalist!
The Consequences, released in 2024, placed fourth in the National Excellence in Storytelling: YA genre! So proud of my baby book!
The Consequences is book two in the Off the Grid series. It is a post-apocalyptic, climate fiction novel that follows Olivia, as she goes in search of her own salvation, but with the help of Brian, a frenemy, she finds a way to help save her community.
Available from The Wild Rose Press or wherever books are sold. 🙂
June Submission!
Just submitted The Disappearing Bloodline to The Wild Rose Press! Fingers crossed for a contract for Book 2 in the Lavender and Time Series!
Portland’s Book Fest is back!
This year’s festival happens on Saturday November 2nd!
I’ll be with the Willamette Writer’s talking about my books and all things writing! Come join us!
The Consequences release day!
Yeah! October 28th was a wonderful day of celebrating this book and the writing life, and sharing with a wonderful community of writers all across the country and world! Thanks to all my supporters out there! I really appreciate you!
Pre-sales now on for The Consequences!
Release Date for The Consequences!
Found out the worldwide release date for The Consequences will be October 28, 2004. This novel is the second in the Off the Grid Series. Yay!
Cover Reveal!
I can’t wait to hold this book in my hands! Release date sometime in 2024!
Guest Interview on Writer on Wellness!
My interview with Colleen Story is up, and I’m super excited to see the article! The photo was taken in Japan by one of my students student.
https://Writer on Wellness with Avis M. Adams
Fourth Novel Contract!
Yay! I just signed my fourth contract with The Wild Rose Press for The Consequences! This will be book II in the Off the Grid Series. The Incident is book one, and this book follows the small community of Cedarville where we left off in book one.
Olivia lost her family. Can she save her community, or will she lose her life trying?
This YA/action adventure/survival novel will release sometime in 2024! Look for further announcements on book cover and release date info! 🙂
Hillsboro Chapter Meeting of The Willamette Writers!
Come join me at Willamette Writer’s at the Hillsboro Chapter Meeting at the Brookwood Library on Tuesday November 14, 2023! I will be discussing: “Filter Words: How They Tell and How to Revise!”
The library is located at:
2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy, Hillsboro, OR 97124-5327
The meeting begins 6:30-7-30 PM on the second Tuesday of each month (doors open at 6:00PM).
If you are in Hillsboro, Oregon, stop by and say, “Hello!” I’d love to meet you!
Come Join Me at the 2023 Portland Book Fest!
I’ll be attending this year with signed copies of The Incident!
The Incident Finals in the YA Rone 2023 Awards!
Here’s a link to the 2023 Rone Awards video. I’m so excited to be included in the YA category, even if I didn’t win!
PNWA Conference 2023
What a great conference! I reconnected with my crit group, The Flamingos, whom I haven’t seen in person for three years! I also helped at Pitchfest and heard from attendees that their pitches worked! I spent lunches presenting on “What Came First the Author or the Blog?” and “Filter Words: How They Tell, and Revising to Show.”
Willamette Writer Office Hours!
Mondays and Wednesdays from noon to 2:00 pm WW is holding office hours in the Pearl District! Find out more at: https://willamettewriters.org/portland/
Willamette Writers 2023!
August 4, 5, and 6, 2023 was filled with writers congregating, learning, sharing ideas, and giving support!
The Disappearing Names Released February 2023!
Book one of the Lavender and Time Series takes on a time-travel adventure from Seattle to Portland!
Christmas Wish Knotts release day December 5, 2022!
The Disappearing Names, by Me! Avis M. Adams
I just submitted my final galley approval for The Disappearing Names, my next YA time travel fantasy that takes Sam and Nicole from the Seattle Underground to the Portland Shanghai tunnels in 1901!
The NEST Award!
Apparently when you’re a finalist with NEST, you get a cool badge! Thanks to the contest readers who thought The Incident worthy of such an honor. 🙂
The Incident Wins!
The Incident has taken 3rd place in the YA category of the National Excellence in Story Telling contest! Yay! And thank you so much!
Not all of the winners have been notified, so the link to the Nest Contest Winners in 2022 will be coming soon!
Deep POV Presentation!
Anyone interested in the notes please email me: avisadams53@gmail.com
Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards Ceremony
Congratulations to all the winners at last night’s ceremony! We had two winners at our table!
#CAC22
I had the privilege of spending my weekend with these lovely people! What an amazing time!
The Christmas Wish Knotts
The Christmas Wish Knotts has a release date! December 5, 2022! It’s Christmas in June! LOL!
The Best Books with Strong Female (and one young boy) Protagonists in YA Dystopian novels.
I got to share my five best . . . !!
The Disappearing Names
TWRP just offered a contract for my newest YA novel The Disappearing Names! I just signed and sent it in! A time-travel/fantasy/mystery novel, The Disappearing Names follows Sam on here journey from the present in the underground Seattle to 1901 in the Shanghai Tunnels in Portland, Oregon. Stay tuned for more updates as they happen! This is book one in the Lavender and Time series. 🙂 Yahoo!
CAC 2022
Yeah! Here is a link to the CAC 2022 conference where I will present “5 Things You Need to Know about Deep POV!” Can’t wait!
InD’tale Elite Reviews
The Incident won a spot in their April 2022 Elite Reviews video along with a host of other amazing books!
The Incident — 5 star review!
What an honor for The Incident! Thanks Chanticleer Reviews!
What a Blast!
Release days are really fun! Who knew?
January 5, 2022 was my first one, and now I’m ready for the next time around! I’ve made so many friends at The Wild Rose Press, and I’ve gotten so much support during this process!
Check out this poster made by the talented Amy L. Bernstein, Author of The Potrero Complex! Thanks, Amy!
Release date! January 5, 2022. 🙂
I’m a happy member of PNWA, an organization that supports writers as they pursue their publishing goals. I was a finalist in the PNWA literary contest twice! Once in the picture book and young adult categories. My first YA novel, The Incident will be released on January 5, 2022.
Poetry
I am an award winning poet with many poems published in such literary journals and online zines as Poetry Motel, Anderbo, and Perigee.
Quilcene, my first book of poems, was published by Finishing Line Press.
Avis M. Adams 