San Francisco Bay Area people please come to this fabulous event. Win the scavenger hunt and get a huge gift basket! Don’t forget to RSVP! Hope to see you there!
Event: June 21, 2025 Book Reading and Scavenger Hunt at Reasonable Books
book launch
May 10th Speaking Event: Mount Diablo California Writers Club Writer’s Table
SF Bay Area Writers: Please come join me at the May 10th Meeting of the Mount Diablo Branch of the California Writers Club. Writer’s Table starts at 11:15 am and goes until noon. The featured speaker, Allison Landa will follow from 1 to 2 pm and will speak on What Can We Learn About Writing from Reality TV? Gordon Ramsay. The Kardashians. And … you? As preposterous as it may sound (and it does!), we can learn about our craft by watching reality television. Join us to learn more!
Location: Zio Fraedo’s Restaurant
611 Gregory Lane
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Click here to register:
https://cwcmtdiablo.org/meetings-and-workshops/
FEATURED SPEAKER: Allison Landa is a writer of memoir and fiction. Her book BEARDED LADY is an account of living with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, but it’s really about what makes you feel weird in the world. Her work has been featured in venues including Business Insider, Parents Magazine, GoodRx, The Guardian US, and The Washington Post. She has held artist residencies at MacDowell, Writers Colony at Dairy Hollow, WordSpace, Playa Summer Lake, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, and The Julia and David White Artists’ Colony. Allison earned her MFA in creative writing from St. Mary’s College of California and writes, teaches, and coaches from her home in Berkeley, where she lives with her husband, son, and manic dog. Stalk her at allisonlanda.com.
Cost
Members: $30 Guests: $35
Includes buffet lunch.
Pay online or at the door. Note: Price increases after May7th.
Event: May 10, 2025 Speaking Event: START YOUR BOOK LAUNCH PLAN BEFORE YOUR BOOK IS DONE
I will be speaking on the topic of Book Launch Plans at the May 10, 2025 Mount Diablo California Writers Club meeting from 11:15 till noon.
It may seem overwhelming to begin marketing when you are in the midst of editing to your manuscript or tweaking your book cover. But this is a critical step to maximizing the potential for a successful book launch. In this session, I will cover setting up Amazon ads, resources for mailing list management and
newsletter swaps, direct sale events, book blurbs, and social media options.
My talk will be followed by a buffet lunch and Allison Landa who will speak on the topic of What Can We Learn About Writing from Reality TV?
Location: Zio Fraedo’s Restaurant, 611 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Meeting Cost (includes buffet lunch): $30 Members and $35 Non-Members for early bird registration. Pay an additional $5 for registration at the door.
Registration required: https://cwcmtdiablo.org/meetings-and-workshops/#Registration
The Entire Shadow Series Available as Audiobooks
All three Shadow novels are now available in audiobook format thanks to being invited to be part of an Amazon beta program. I was pleased with their Virtual Voice, a computer-generated narration for audiobooks. Buy for $7.99 or $1.99 to add the audio after ebook purchase.
Book 1: Between Shadow’s Eyes
Book 2: From Shadow’s Perspective
Book 3: In Shadow’s Reflection
From Shadow’s Perspective Now Available as an Audiobook
Big news! “From Shadow’s Perspective” is now available in audiobook format thanks to being invited to be part of an Amazon beta program. I was pleased with their Virtual Voice, a computer-generated narration for audiobooks. $8.99 or $1.99 as an add on.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CY3BXRNL
Just Released
In Shadow’s Reflection is Now Available
The third and final book in the Shadow Trilogy is now available on Amazon.
An orphaned teen’s attacker escapes jail. Disturbing DNA test results. Will her would-be killer or unearthed family secrets be what destroys her?
Sarah believes her life is back on track after a thwarted murder attempt ended with her attacker locked in jail. But when her boyfriend gifts her a DNA kit and genetic results awaken the ghosts of her past, questions arise about who she is. After a massive earthquake frees her psychopath assailant and her beloved Doberman goes missing, Sarah once again finds herself fighting to keep her ghost-seeing canine and herself alive.
Sarah’s life is further complicated when an aunt and a mysterious woman who shares her DNA arrive on her doorstep. Each woman causes new family revelations that wreak havoc on Sarah’s beliefs about herself and her deceased father.
Buy In Shadow’s Reflection and step into these dog-gone suspenseful pages today!
Only $13.99 for the paperback, $4.99 for the ebook.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1732241554