Last night someone approached me to ask if I would be willing to give a reading and talk about Love is the Thread. (Guess what? The answer was Yes!) Tonight at a business dinner, someone else began to hammer out the details of an appearance I'll be giving as part of the virtual, online tour for the memoir.
I've spoken with the staff of a local bookstore about readings. Several people have asked me to give talks to their clubs. As specific dates get booked, they will appear on this site's calendar. But as I prepare to dive into the ocean of author appearances and promotion for Love is the Thread, the book I never planned to write, a story that is as close to my heart as the friendship that inspired it, I have to tell you: the water's fine!
I'm also reminded of how much Kristine loved "her sister the ocean."
I believe characters live in one layer of reality and readers in another. It is my job as an author to build a bridge between the two. I strive to share writing struggles and triumphs. Inspired by Jo in Little Women, I began writing at age nine and submitted my first story for publication at seventeen. I haven't looked back since; words, pens and paper, and the keyboard have been my constant companions ever since.
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16.9.11
First Reading!
The title refers to my first official reading and book signing as a published author, not to my first attempts to link my ABCs into words like dog, cat, up and down. (Though I played with my nine-month-old niece, Clara Lou this morning, swinging her up and down in my arms to the accompaniment of the words "Up!" and "Down!" She gave me that amazing wide eyed baby, loose mouthed giggle-grin, and said progressively, "D!" and "Doh!" and "Dow!" as I started to swing her down. There's something magical about the more than fifty years age difference between us, and that far flung parallel . . .)
No back to the music, as a friend of mine kept saying the other day each time I drifted off the subject.
I'm making arrangements for a reading/signing event for Love is the Thread at a wonderful, independently owned yarn store outside Louisville. The event will probably take place during the shop's weekly knitting circle, either the first or second week of December. Not coincidentally, the memoir's pub date is December 1, 2011. I will also be the featured author on December's Pearlsong Conversation. More details about both events as plans get confirmed!
No back to the music, as a friend of mine kept saying the other day each time I drifted off the subject.
I'm making arrangements for a reading/signing event for Love is the Thread at a wonderful, independently owned yarn store outside Louisville. The event will probably take place during the shop's weekly knitting circle, either the first or second week of December. Not coincidentally, the memoir's pub date is December 1, 2011. I will also be the featured author on December's Pearlsong Conversation. More details about both events as plans get confirmed!
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