Welcome to this week's edition of To-Do Tuesday. And man, did you ladies ever DO! My in-box is overflowing with good news! Keep it coming!!!!
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Elizabeth Boyle to Speak at May Meeting
Avon Author Elizabeth Boyle will speak next week at our May Meeting on Tuesday, May 15th. Elizabeth will speak on Conflict. However, only Elizabeth's characters in her historical/paranormal books suffer from conflict--in her real life, she's fresh off a string of successes. She's a finalist for a RITA in the paranormal category for His Mistress in the Morning and has a new book due out soon, Love Letters From a Duke. She's made the USA Today Bestseller list and has ten published novels to her credit, including a RITA for Best First Book.
We're thrilled to have such an accomplished and inspiring author join us. As always, we meet in the Plaza Room at Salem Public Library at 7 p.m. If you are a prospective member or considering joining us from Portland, please email me or another member about joining us for dinner at 5 p.m. We love seeing new faces!
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Author Brenda Novak Hosts Amazing May Auction
I'm happy to pass on an announcement I received about Brenda Novak's annual auction to raise money for Juvenile Diabetes. She's got an amazing assortment of items up for bid--signed books, dinners with authors, promo packages (take note small press authors--some of these are amazing deals!!!), coach purses, and over 600 other one-of-a-kind items. The auction is going on this month, with many items up for special one-day-auctions. Her goal is $75,000 and she's well on her way.
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Chris York Sells Again!
Chapter member Chris York has another sale under her belt! Christina sold her fantasy romance short story, "Cupid's Crib" to DAW for their anthology, Enchantment Place. She'll let us know when she has a publication date. Way to go Chris!
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Paty Jager To Hold Reading in Baker City, Oregon
Chapter President Paty Jager will be hosting a reading in her hometown of Baker City, Oregon on Friday, May 11 at 7 pm in Mad Matilda's Coffee Shop. On Saturday, she'll be signing books at the Bookloft in Enterprise, Oregon. And on Monday, she'll wrap up her busy weekend by telling us all about it on the blog!
We wish you tons of luck, Paty, and of course people will show up! They'd be fools not to! Thank you for continuing to inspire us with the zeal with which you have tackled self-promotion in unique and creative ways.
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Jenni Gilliam Makes PRO!
Chapter member Jenni Gilliam is happy to report that she faxed off her PRO application. Way to go Jenni!
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Terry McLaughlin Finals in Golden Quill Contest
This is from the loop, but it bears a mention here as well. Chapter Member Terry McLaughlin continues to rack up the awards in 2007. She's a finalist in the prestigious Golden Quill Awards with her Harlequin Super Romance, Make-Believe Cowboy. Congrats again Terry!
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Jane LaMunyon Teaching Writing
Chapter member Jane LaMunyon reports that she is enjoying Palmdale, California where she is currently attending the Antelope Valley Christian Writer's Conference and will be teaching beginning fiction. Jane continues to inspire us with her commitment to giving back to other writers. Good luck Jane!
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Members Celebrate Productive Writing Week
Finally, it seems like several of our members are busily lighting their keyboards on fire--in a good way. Danita, Paty, Shirley, Karen, Jenni, and Barbara have all reported incredibly productive weeks. WOW! If you didn't congratulate them on the loop, be sure to bow in awe here. These ladies continue to inspire us with their commitment to make progress--even just a few words or pages at a time. This truly is the heart of the writing journey, and we're fortunate to have them to inspire us.
Where will your writing journey take you this week? What new goals do you have? Share with us! And remember, continue to email me your news--big, small, and in-between.
5 comments:
Thanks for working up another great post, Wavy.
Elizabeth Boyle is awesome. She came to one of our chapter workshops a few years ago and sat on the panel of authors, along with Alice and some others. They critiqued hooks that members sent in.
Elizabeth used to do some sort of crime scene work, but decided to not relive her old life, so writes historicals instead. She's an amazing and interesting woman. I'm really looking forward to her speaking.
Congrats on the sale Christina! Good for you for teaching, Jane. Paty, you go girl! And yay to everyone whose plugging away on those WIPs. We rock!
Hope I didn't miss anyone. If I did, you rock too. You know you do!
Thanks Danita!
Nice going, Wavy. 8^) Terrific and inspiring blog post.
I forgot to mention I'll be speaking to a book discussion group on Thursday night. They selected DESERT GUARDIAN for one of their book discussions and have invited me to participate. I'm so excited! I've only done one of these before, in Colorado, and it was a blast. I just love book groups! 8^)
Karen
Great Blog, Wavy!
Wow! We've had some wonderful things happening for our wonderful members!
Karen, you'll have to let us know how that discussion group goes.
Thanks Wavy for gathering all the great info for the blog this week.
Congratulations to Chris York! You're such a prolific little thing!
Jane-- You should come teach at our chapter meetings once in a while! Hope you're having fun!
Paty-- As usual, you're an inspiration and a go-getter chick of which I am in awe! It's so great to watch a quiet girl such as yourself get out there and promote and do the things you've done for yourself.
Jen-- That's so coooool that you're getting your PRO status! Woo HOO! Congrats!
Terry-- You must be so proud of Make-Believe Cowboy! It's racking up all sorts of awards for you! Congrats to you, too!
Karen-- Your book discussion invitation sounds soooo exciting. How fun is that going to be! Good luck and have a ball!
The meeting with Elizabeth Boyle sounds like it's going to be awesome. Thanks to those who've made it possible.
Happy writing everyone and keep those keyboards smokin!
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