Fiction Writer
Mount Diablo Audubon Meeting in Walnut Creek
I am the “Birding Information” pre-speaker talking about Mount Gorillas and
The main program speaker: Birds and Wildlife of Kenya
I’ll be selling signed copies of Rhino in the Room afterward.
The meeting is free to the public.
Camellia Room at The Gardens at Heather Farm, 1540 Marchbanks Drive, Walnut Creek.
6:30 pm Doors open
7:00 pm Birding Info
7:25 pm News
7:40 pm Snacks & Raffle
8:00 pm Main Program
Forma Gym’s Holiday Faire
December 9th
9 to 7 pm
1908 Olympic Blvd.
Walnut Creek, CA
Come join me at Forma Gym where I’ll be selling books and doing a book signing along with other craft sellers.
Meet Instagram-Sensation Ruby, the Doberman on the cover of my new novel, Between Shadow’s Eyes at the Concord Oktoberfest at Todos Santos Park. A stamp of Ruby’s paw is available to for her to sign books as well. Award-winning Rhino in the Room books will also be available.
Book Signing:
Friday from 6-8 PM, Saturday after 4PM-6PM.
Todos Santos Park, Downtown Concord, CA.
You will also receive a free dog 
bone soap with any book purchase while supplies last.
Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Napa Bookmine, 964 Pearl Street Napa, California
Come join me and Dietrich Kalteis for an evening of crime and mystery.
November 13
7:00 – 9:00 PM
Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists Church Sanctuary,
1625 Salvador Avenue, Napa
My talk will cover differing formats (physical versus digital), what content can be used in creating a board, the advantages and a few pitfalls to be aware of while creating this tool, and how the muse board can help strengthen writing weaknesses and inform plot.
I will talk about how I discovered ways to capture emotion through the use of images, prevent time-wasting by documenting important details through visuals, and deepen the exploration of characters personality. Muse boards can even be used to develop less important characters to make them feel less like a device and more like real people.
Here is a link to a blog post on muse boards for more information:
https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2019/10/02/writing-tips-using-visual-inspiration-for-your-stories/?fbclid=IwAR1oYF8Bz6qIlEMCspJdLS8gLr94nnZg1Tmw5fZqkggZG3jVsCPg43jt0WQ
Kid crafts, readings and more. Details to follow.
Check out page 9 for a Review of A Song For Lost Angels by Kevin-Fisher Paulson – a perfect Father’s Day gift and page 23 for information about a sweet chi-mix in need of a home and foxtail hazards in my Ruby-dooby_do column. There’s also information about ARF’s Bark in the Park baseball event and more doggie news.
http://www.diablogazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/JUN19Diablo-Gazette-Digital.pdf
April 11, 2019 – 7:30 pmMeeting Location:Richardson Bay Audubon Center and Sanctuary in Tiburon. The address is 376 Greenwood Beach Road, Tiburon.
South Africa and Botswana are home to 829 and 550 bird species, respectively. Jill will share some of the amazing birds she viewed while on safari in 2015, including shimmering blue starlings, multi-colored lilac rollers, and vibrant bee-eaters. It was on this trip when Jill learned that three rhinos are killed each day fueled by the demand for their horns in Asian black markets as ingredient for traditional medicine. If the current rate of poaching is not curtailed, wild rhinoceros could become extinct within the next few decades. But recent promising developments offer hope for the species. She will also talk about interesting conservation projects that she became involved in as a result of the publication of her coming-of-age suspense novel, Rhino in the Room, (signed copies available for purchase at the meeting).3/5/19 Ohlone Audubon – Birds and Rhino Poaching: The Best and Worst of South Africa and Botswana
March 5, 2019 – 7:00 pmMeeting Location:Robert Livermore Community Center,
4444 East Avenue, Livermore CA 94550Some of the best bird and animal sightings from my 2015 trip to South Africa and Botswana will be shared. As amazing as Africa’s living zoo is, there is also a dark side to this country. In 2015, a new record was set for largest number of rhinos poached. This travesty is being fueled by demand for the keratinous material in the horn in the Asian market, based on the misguided belief that the horn has curative powers for everything from hangovers to impotency to cancer. Driven largely by China and Vietnam, the heaviest consumers, an ounce of rhino horn (essentially the same material as our fingernails) is considered more valuable than gold. A single rhino horn can go for a half-million dollars. There are now only two northern white rhinos left on the planet and just 5,000 of black rhino are left in the world today. I will present the myriad of solutions that are being considered to address the problem. If the current rate of poaching is not curtailed, wild rhinos could become extinct within the next few decades.1/26/19 Rhino Conservation and Book Event at Wildbirds Unlimited, Pleasant Hill, CA
Jill Hedgecock will give a presentation on rhino conservation and the birds of Southern Africa followed by a book signing for Rhino in the Room in Pleasant Hill, CA. Please come join me from 11 am to noon on 1/26/19 692 Contra Costa Blvd.
