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| Young Chicago Authors - the Area 17 ceremony. (more...) |
Information on Future Events |
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February 8, 2012 Wednesday |
Second Wednesday of the month blog about YA writing | Romancing the Genres blog | |
February 15, 2012 Wednesday 2:30 PM |
OSWEGO East High School Oswego, Il |
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March 5, 2012 Monday |
Trinity Book Club | Trinity United Methodist Church Mount Prospect, Il |
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March 12, 2012 Wednesday |
Guest Blogging about Friends Who Happen To Be Boys | Honestly YA blog |
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March 14, 2012 Wednesday |
Second Wednesday of the month blog on about YA writing | Romancing the Genres blog | |
March 16, 2012 Thursday |
Illinois Reading Council Workshop: Attracting Teen Boy Readers, plus Luncheon and Autograph session |
President Abraham Lincoln Hotel & Conference Center 701 E Adams Street Springfield, IL 62701 |
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April 10, 2012 Tuesday |
Barbara Vey's Readers Appreciation Luncheon |
Oak Creek Community Center 8580 South Howell Ave. Oak Creek, WI |
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April 11, 2012 Wednesday |
Second Wednesday of the month blog on about YA writing |
Romancing the Genres | |
April 11-14, 2012 Wednesday-Saturday |
Romance Slam Jam Convention | DoubleTree Hilton Little Rock 424 West Markham Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 |
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April 12, 2012 Thursday |
Visit Creative Writing classes & the National Parks Museum | Little Rock Central High School 1500 S. Park Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72202 |
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April 27-28, 2012 Friday-Saturday |
Chicago-North RWA Spring Fling Workshop: Creating Believable Male characters |
Chicago Marriott Northwest 4800 Hoffman Blvd Hoffman Estates, Illinois |
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June 1-3, 2012 Friday-Sunday |
Lori Foster Readers & Writers get together |
Cincinnati Marriott North West Chester, Ohio 45069 |
Information on Past Events | July 17, 2011 | Workshop on writing YA at the Third Annual DePaul Summer Writing Workshop in Chicago, Il. | August 21, 2010 | Part of the EMEOC (Executive Meetings and Events of Chicago) Summer Writer's Workshop and Book Fair held at Loyola University's Water Tower Campus. | Sept. 25, 2010 | Part of the 7th Annual Young Adult Literature Conference hosted by Andersons Bookshops in Naperville | November, 2010 | Participated in NaNoWriMo and worked with participants enjoying hte write-ins hosted by the Niles Public Library | Feb 4-6, 2011 | Appeared in the New Author and Young Adult writers panels at the Love is Murder conference in Rosemont, Il | Feb 12, 2011 | Participated as a YA Author on the Indulge In Romance Valentine's Day celebration at the Evanston Library | March 11, 2011 | Participated on the Young Adult panel at the 31st Annual Literature Conference in DeKalb, Il | April 16, 2011 | Participated at the Illinois Author Fair at the Fountaindale Public Library in Bolingbrook, Il |
INTERVIEWS | Read a PULL excerpt from at with Chris Reddings | How I found my agent, Andrea Somberg at the Guide to Literary Agents blog | Find information on PULL and on my school and library presentations and workshops at Author's Now | Being an introvert while guest blogging at Once Written Twice Shy blog | Interview with Kylie Griffin | My Interview as part of the 2010 Winter Blast Tour with The Happy Nappy Bookseller | Interview with Romance Slam Jam. | How that first sale felt with Barbara White Daille | The story behind PULL's cover with Melissa Walker | Why I write YA at the Lady Scribes blog | The CRAFT of WRITING |
Writing for teenaged boy readers: at Romance University | More on writing for teenaged boy readers: at MuseTracks | Writing Tips with the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood | Putting an emotionally satisfying ending on your story: with Elisabeth Naughton | Developing Your Author's VOICE at Savvy Author’s | Promotion for shy writers at Once Written Twice Shy blog | Part 1 on creating Characters at Gem State Writers | Part 2 on Characters at Romancing The Genres | Miscellaneous |
Photos from the 2010 RWA National Convention here and on my Facebook page | Volunteering at the 57th Street Book Fair in Chicago at the Society of Children's Book Writer’s and Illustrators (SCBWI) booth |