I have two major event appearances coming up quick. The first is the debut Cirque De Livre Writer’s Conference in downtown Mesa, Arizona May 27-19, 2016. I will be doing panels, signing books and hanging out with a lot of great authors, editors, illustrators, booksellers, screenwriters, etc., etc.

Here are the event details: Cirque de Livre

Here is my list of panels:

• Saturday 5/28 1:00PM Panel: The Best Path Forward: Self-Publishing vs. Agent vs. Small Press–Lost Dutchman CoffeeHouse
• Saturday 5/28 4:00PM Panel: The 30-Second Elevator Pitch (15 is better)–Jarrod’s Coffee, Tea & Gallery
• Saturday 5/28 6:00PM Panel: Creating an Antagonist Readers Love to Hate–Lost Dutchman CoffeeHouse
• Sunday 5/29 10:00AM 1st Page Read–Inside the Bungalow

And here is a nice write up about it on Nerdvana‘s site: http://nerdvanamedia.com/events/cirque-de-livre/111551/

The next appearance is at Phoenix ComiCon at the Phoenix Convention Center June 2-5, 2016. I will be doing panels and signing in the Brick Cave Books Booth #416.

Details here: http://www.phoenixcomicon.com/

Here are my panels:

• Friday 6/3 10:30-11:30AM Panel: Myth, Magic, & Middle School: Young Adult Fiction Rm North 226A
• Friday 6/3 12:00-1:00pm Panel: Contemporary Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Rm 227A
• Saturday 6/4 10:30-11:30AM Panel: Legendary Ladies Rm 227A
• Saturday 6/4 12:00-1:00pm Panel: Urban Explosion Rm 227A
• Saturday 6/4 4:30-5:30pm Panel: So, You Want to Write Steampunk? Rm 104B

With all of this going on, I have not been a very good blogger, I’m afraid. But I leave you with a link to fabulous mystery writer C. Hope Clark’s latest post on her Funds for Writers site.

The Biggest Error of a New Freelance Writer

TTFN!