2012
The First Friday of Every Month: Magic City Lit Night (Birmingham, AL)
This is the social night for the Magic City Literati, a group of female fiction writers in Birmingham. We meet at a variety of locations, but unless you’re in the group, those locations are seekrit.
Are you a female? Do you write fiction? Email me through the contact page if you wanna come hang with us. (Men, it’s not that we hate you. But if you come out with us, we can’t talk about Girl Things as freely.)
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Saturday, March 3: “Mining Your Life For Your Fiction” Workshop (Mobile, AL)
My friend and esteemed author, Léna Roy, is leading this one in conjunction with the Mobile Writers Guild. I can’t wait to go! Click here for details.
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Saturday, March 30: WICKED AS THEY COME Launch Party (Woodstock, GA)
Delilah Dawson will be launching her first novel at FoxTale Book Shoppe at 7:00! I’ll be there with bells on! Click here for the event’s Facebook page.
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Saturday, April 21: Alabama Book Festival (Montgomery, AL)
This is what you get when you combine literature with the old south. AWESOMENESS. Click here for the festival website.
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Saturday, September 1–Monday, September 3: Decatur Book Festival (Decatur, GA)
I’ll be there with bells on! Brick House Pub FTW! Click here for the festival website.
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Saturday, October 13–Sunday, October 14: Southern Festival of Books (Nashville, TN)
Lots of awesome authors in one of my favorite cities. WIN. Click here for the festival website.
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Saturday, November 10: Yallfest (Charleston, SC) tentative
A YA book festival set in Charleston? Yes please. I’m gonna do my best to be there. Click here for the festival website.
2011
Monday, April 11: North Shelby Library (Birmingham, AL)
Come hear all about the process of writing a novel, from the moment an idea pops into your head until you start the process of publication. This will be focused on literary agents and publication, but we can talk about anything, peeps. ANYTHING.
Location: North Shelby Library
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 pm
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Tuesday, May 3: Daytime Alabama Interview (Birmingham, AL)
My interview with Daytime Alabama will air around lunchtime. Be on the lookout!
Update: You can watch the interview here.
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Thursday, July 21: Society for Technical Communication (Mountain Brook, AL)
Looking for an excuse to eat a sandwich? Aren’t we all! But what if you could eat a sandwich . . . while talking about writing?
Mm-hmm. Gotcha now, don’t I?
Location: Chappy’s Deli (map)
Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
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Saturday, July 30: Write Club (Hoover, AL)
If you’re an aspiring author, this is the event for you! I’ll be discussing everything about the writing and publishing process. No, really. Everything. But especially agents and alternate routes to publishing your book. Come join us on the Plaza!
Location: Hoover Public Library (map)
Time: 10:30 am
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Saturday, August 20: Book Nook (Sylacauga, AL)
I’ll do a short reading from The Clearing, followed by a book signing. Come join in the fun!
Location: Book Nook bookstore (map) (store website)
Time: 1:00 pm
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Saturday, September 3: Decatur Book Festival (Decatur, GA)
Come on out to Decatur, Georgia for one of the biggest book festivals EVER! Okay, maybe not ever, but it’s gonna rock all the same. I’ll be speaking at 2:50 pm and signing books at 3:00 pm.
Location: Decatur Book Festival–Emerging Authors Pavilion (map) (festival website)
Time: 2:50 for speaking, 3:00 for book signing
