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* Searching for a Starry Night Blog Tour: Comment at stops for contest; leave email or blog for contact if you win
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* Thurs, 7/22: Acme Authors: Real vs. Fictional Friends

* Mon, 7/26: Morgan Mandel's Double M blog - Dogs & Such

* Tues, 7/27: Killer Hobbies with Camille Minichino - Crafts and Writing, what comes first?

* Weds, 7/28: Marian Allen's blog - Talking about Writing

* Thurs, 7/29: Helen Ginger, Straight from Hel - Getting Kindleized

* Fri, 7/30: J.E. Taylor's blog – Writer's Quiz and Other Stuff

* Mon, 8/2: Killer Crafts & Crafty Killers - craft how to with Anastasia Pollack – Writing and Crafts: Make Easy Miniature Cloth Decorations

* Tues, 8/3: L. Diane Wolfe, "Spunk on a Stick" – Making the Switch from Nonfiction to Fiction

  timeshares daw books * Out Now: TIMESHARES time travel anthology (DAW Books) includes my story, "A Night to Forget." A woman finds a trip to an exhibit about the Titanic more real than she expected. See Fiction. (On KINDLE too.)

* Book signing: Fri, 4/16, 9:30-5; Sat, 4/17, 9:30-4, Independent Miniature Artisans Show (IMA), Embassy Suites Hotel Schaumburg/Woodfield, 1939 N. Meacham Rd, Schaumburg IL

* Coming: Date tbd. Group author signing for TIMESHARES, time travel anthology from DAW Books at Barnes & Noble, Racine, WI.


* Dec. 2009: New story: Christmas at the North Pole Compound; see ebooks

* 12/12, 1-3 p.m.: Holiday Book Drive & Readathon, Barnes & Noble, Racine, WI.

* Dec. Blog event: 12 Days of Christmas in Miniature, Day 1.

* 11/7, 5-9 p.m.: Holiday Gala & author signings, Cafe Book, Antioch, IL.

* 11/14-15: Tinley Park, Ill. HS

* 11/21, 1-4 p.m.: Fundraiser for HALO homeless shelter, Racine, WI. Author reading, 1:40 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 2710 S. Green Bay Rd., Racine, WI

* 9/19: Castle Gardens, Richmond, Ill.   * 8/22: Galena, IL authors signing, see pix;   * July: Cafe Book, Antioch, Ill.

* 6/25: Schaumburg, Ill. Township Library, book related craft, kids working in miniature!

* 6/18: Book discussion, Girl Scouts, Camp Alice Chester, E. Troy, WI.

* 6/10-11: Students in 4th grade teacher Cara Gorr's class at Nash Elementary, Kenosha, WI, read Searching For A Starry Night as a class project. See some pix here.

* 6/6: Printer's Row Lit Fest, Chicago.

* 3/8: Book Signing with the Doxies, Central Bark Doggy Day Care, Grayslake, IL


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* Searching For A Starry Night, A Miniature Art Mystery named a finalist in the children's/YA category of the 2009 Eppie Awards for ebooks from the Epic Ebook Foundation.

* Searching for a Starry Night in Top 10 of the 2008 Preditor's Editor's Readers Poll for Best Book Art & Best Mystery

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