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UPCOMING EVENTS:

NEW 2008 Events:

* Searching For A Starry Night is up for consideration in the current New Covey Cover Awards contest. Please vote until April 4. Vote for #18 at http://thenewcoveycoverawards.blogspot.com/. The poll's on the left of the page.

* I'm participating to April 5 in the WRITING FOR CHILDREN BLOGFEST. Come visit me and other authors, win prizes, too at http://thewritingjungle.blogspot.com .

* May Book Launch, SEARCHING FOR A STARRY NIGHT. Details coming

*June 7-8 Printer's Row Book Fair, Chicago, IL. Say hi at the Echelon Press tent

* June 14, Sat.,10-4, Authorfest
Schaumburg Township District Library, 130 South Roselle Rd., Schaumburg, IL

* June 21, Sat., 10-4, Woofstock!
Lambs Farm,14245 W. Rockland Road,(I-94 & Rte. 176), Libertyville, IL

2007 VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR. Read interviews at:

Cynthia's Attic blog.

Grace Howell's blog.

KC Oliver's blog .

Kerul Kassel's blog .

Toni's Place, Tony LoTempio

See my new interviews with Echelon authors.

THE LATEST

NEW COVER! Searching For A Starry Night, A Miniature Art Mystery, coming in MAY '08 by Quake/Echelon Press,LLC. See details! Read Chapter One!

NEW DOG BLOG! Check out dog news, miniatures, Dachshund stuff, short stories, and more at my Candid Canine Blog!

NOW ON SALE!

THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT

New anthology to benefit the survivors and heroes of the 2007 San Diego wildfires. Includes "Fire and Magic," a new story featuring my young sleuth, Sam, (from SEARCHING FOR A STARRY NIGHT). Read more...

"The Witch Tree" A Winner at Echelon Press

For Immediate Release:

Laurel, MD - December 4, 2006 -- C.A. Verstraete was the winner of October 2006's Fast & Freaky contest with her chilling short story, "The Witch Tree."

Excerpt: All Jimmy Grayson wanted was a place where he could sit on his porch and listen to ball games. What he found was a veritable hell on earth, ruled by a plague so vicious it threatened his very existence. Soon Jimmy is tormented by his own obsession to destroy those that torture him. Where will it all end?

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