Just wanted to spread the word that my college roommate (Stasia, who writes Writer on the Side) will soon be in the LA area to promote her YA, a novel in verse about dance (pubbing on my birthday no less).
Here are the details:
Thursday 20 OCTOBER - Mrs. Nelson's, La Verne at 5 pm
Gretchen McNeil and Stasia Kehoe with special guest Elise Allen
Sunday 23 OCTOBER - Vroman's, Pasadena at 2 pm
Allen Zadoff, Gretchen McNeil, Stasia Kehoe with special guest Elise Allen
All authors spent their teen years as performers and will talk about how these experiences found their way onto the pages of their novels. Gretchen McNeil is a voice actress and sings with the group Cirque Berzerk and Elise Allen “co-wrote” Elixir with Hilary Duff. Stasia says that both are absolute hoots and entertainment-industry insiders so the events should be fun.
X-posted with Literary
ETA: She does know about the Buffistas (and is a
Buffy
fan) so feel free to mention it.
Peoples! It's Onerous Task Day, and Getting Shit Done with Wordslinger on Twitter just commenced the 2pm-3pm workblast.
Come share what you need to do, what you've ve done, and ask for procratination motivation! I'm @Wordslingeuse, and it's #GSDwWS
Any knitting designers who are also buffistas?
Because the call for entries for Jane Austin Knits 2012 has just been posted.
For an idea as to what is in Jane Austen Knits 2011.
Hear Ye Hear Ye
Voting is now open for the following proposal:
Should we establish the F2F location pimpage and selection schedule as described by Pix.
The full proposal and discussion starts here.
Voting closes Sunday (October 16, 2011) at Noon (PDT).
VOTE NOW
(questions should be posted in Bureaucracy)
So it's National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Please check out this awesome video of Navajo ladies from the Winslow Indian Health Care Centers dancing to Katy Perry for the Pink Glove Dance Competition. Then make sure to like the video to vote for them so they can win funding for the Cancer Centers of Northern Arizona. The clinics featured in the video, Winslow and Leupp, serve the exact areas where I work. Our population is low, so it's going to take lots of you guys outside of the area to vote for them and share the video on social media. [link]
The episode of Nikita tonight was written by Kristen. Tune in!
And captioned by my company, too!
And since that vote passed, it’s time to start the 2012 F2F process! West coasters, it’s your year. You have between now and November 20th to sell us on why your city is the city we should gather in next spring/summer. Post your initial interest, do your research to give us some hotel options (or just pick the best one and focus on it), and decide which two weekends you would like to propose to go with your city. We will vote at the end of November. (I didn’t realize that with the shift in dates the week we’d said we’d vote this year is Thanksgiving--we should probably wait until the following week to vote.)
PIMP YOUR WEST COAST CITY, BUFFISTAS!
All discussion will take place in F2F. If you’re interested in potentially attending the F2F next year, you may want to subscribe to the thread during this month to participate in (or just observe) the conversation.
Those of you who have been in Bitches and the Delurker threads recently may have seen that our dear Deena has been having a difficult time of it lately. Her health has gotten much worse and she has had to shut down Drollerie Press and stop working as a result. So, a few of us have evilly conspired to try to do something nice for her to cheer her. I will be collecting funds through paypal at my profile address through November 1st. If anyone wishes to send me a check, please e-mail me for my home address.
Discussion of what exactly we should send will continue in Bitches. Deena, if you're still lurking, don't peek if you want to be surprised.
