Where I'll Be:
2022
March 29th, 6pm: Open Mic and Authors Event at the Sterling Heights Public Library. Family friendly, no registration required.
March/April: I'll be on The Write Time video and audio podcast from the National Writing Project with Sarah Donovan, the editor of Rhyme & Rhythm: Poems for Student Athletes. You can watch it on Facebook Live here: https://fb.watch/caQ1qPgD7Q/. Learn more and listen to other author interviews here: educatorinnovator.org/campaigns/the-write-time/
April 8th and 22nd: Author visits to the Farmington STEAM Academy Creative Writing Club
April 26th: Author visit to Lake Orion Schools
May 21st: I'm one of the judges for the Ann Arbor District Library "It's All Write!" Teen Writing Contest. The awards ceremony is virtual again this year. Here's my video for the teen writers: https://youtu.be/LXCxc4S9A9U
Nov 8th, 12-1pm: NASW-MI Lunch and Learn webinar on Creative Writing for Social Workers. Stay tuned for registration.
Fall 2022: I'll be teaching a Creative Writing Workshop for Social Workers at Oakland University. Stay tuned for details and registration.
2021
April 23-25, 2021: I'm co-leading the YA social hour and Journey Stories sessions, as well as providing manuscript critiques for the SCBWI-MI Spring (Virtual) Conference. It's a full weekend of inspiration and learning with authors, agents, and editors.
April 26: I'm one of the judges for the 2021 It's All Write Teen Writing Contest. The awards ceremony is virtual this year.
Sept. 11th, 10am-noon: Virtual Poetry Panel for the SCBWI-MI Shop Talk in Farmington.
Sept. 21st, 7pm: Springfed Arts Poetry and Prose Contest Winners Reading, Birmingham Unitarian Church, Birmingham, MI
Nov. 2 - Dec. 14th, Tuesdays at 4:30pm: Creative Writing Workshop for teens, 6 weeks, in-person, at Raven Learning Center/OWLS, Clawson, MI. Scholarships available!
2020
All in-person spring/summer 2020 events have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Stay safe, be well, my friends. Plans are being made for virtual visits - stay tuned!
October 15, 7pm: Teen Book Club via Zoom at Royal Oak Public Library. Register here.
Nov. 14-15th, Writing workshop: Resilience and Revision, Red Clay (Virtual) Writers Conference, Georgia Writers Association
Dec. 7th, 7pm: my author presentation at Royal Oak Public Library has been rescheduled as a virtual program. Springing to Mind: Three Evenings with DWW authors (Detroit Working Writers). Register here.
2019
March 9-11, Featured Author/Speaker, Michigan Reading Association Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, MI
April 7, 2019 Reading With Your Kids Podcast interview
April 26, Rochester Adams High School Battle of the Books MC, Rochester, MI
May 21, Author Visit/Writing Workshops, Gull Lake School District, MI
June 9, Author Panel, Ann Arbor District Library Teen Writing Festival
June 26, Lit in the Mitten Podcast interview on NPR affiliate station Q90.1 at Delta College, MI
July 30-31, Featured Author/Speaker, MRA Summer Literacy Conference, Shanty Creek Resort, MI
August 20, 7pm, 2019 Springfed Writing Contest, reading of winning poetry and prose entries, Royal Oak Public Library, MI
August 23, Lara Zielin's Author Your Life Summit, a video series about the power of writing. My interview is about dealing with rejection and persevering.
October 10, MAME annual conference, author/librarian speed dating and book signing, Bay City, MI
October 20, KAST a Spell, MG and YA Author Panel and Writing Workshop, SCBWI-MI, Kalamazoo, MI
2018
January 24, 2018: Author Visit, Cranbrook Kingswood Girls Middle School, Bloomfield Hills, MI
February 3: Storytelling Festival with Kazoo Books at Kalamazoo Valley Museum, MI
September 9: Kerrytown Book Fest, Ann Arbor, MI
October 9: the Girls with Guts Debcast podcast. Listen here for my interview: the DNA of Rock Climbing.
December 2: 2-4pm, Merry Mitten Holiday book-signing and Gesu School fundraiser, Book Beat Bookstore, Oak Park, MI
2017
January 7, 2017: 9:45- 12:00pm, SCBWI-MI SE Mitten Shop Talk, revision workshop with Dawne Webber, Farmington, MI
January 21: Write on the Red Cedar Conference, Lansing, MI, panelist
Feb. 4 , 1:00-3:00, Teen Writers Workshop, Graubner Library, Washington, MI
Feb. 24-25, Pi Beta Phi Day of Service: Read Detroit, DMC/Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, multi-author/book donation event
March 15, 7pm, YA author panel, East Lansing Public Library, MI
April 1, 9-5pm, Rochester Writers Spring Conference, Writing for Children and Adults, Oakland University
April 22, Chicago Young Adult Book Festival
April 26, Inside Out Literary Arts, Youth Writers Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit
April 29, SCBWI-MI Marketing Boot Camp, "Marketing Yourself Even if You'd Rather Not" panel, East Lansing
May, 19, 5:30-9pm, guest author, Battle of the Books for Troy High, Troy Athens, and International Academy, Troy Public Library, MI
May 20, 10-12pm, SCBWI-MI Ann Arbor Shop Talk, "What I Learned From My Editor" revision workshop with Dawne Webber, Ann Arbor
June 9th, 12-1pm, guest author, Royal Oak Middle School, Royalbery Reading Challenge Voting Party
July 16, 12-2, book signing, Book Beat table, Detroit Bookfest
August 27, 12-5pm, multi-author book signing, Book Beat's 35th Anniversary Party, Oak Park, MI
Sept. 10, 2:15, YA author panel, Kerrytown BookFest, Ann Arbor, MI
Sept. 23, 5:00 writing workshop, 7:00 YA author panel, Barnes & Noble B-Fest, Rochester, MI, more info to come
Nov. 4, 12-3pm, 5th annual Children's Author Meet and Greet, Frenchtown-Dixie Library, Monroe, MI
Dec. 2, Keynote Speaker/Workshop Presenter, Get Inked! Teen Writing Conference, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana
2016
June 10, 2016, 7PM: Barnes & Noble B-Fest, Rochester Hills, MI: "B-IN THE KNOW" Panel Discussion and trivia event with authors Cori McCarthy, Amy Rose Capetta, Erica M. Chapman, Bethany Neal, and Andrea Hannah. Moderated by author Kristin Bartley Lenz.
August 27, 10am: SCBWI-MI Shop Talk, Ann Arbor District Library, Road to Publication presentation with author Patrick Flores-Scott
September 18, 5:30-8:30pm: Book launch party! At The Office Coffee Shop, 402 S Lafayette Ave, Royal Oak, MI 48067
September 25, 3pm: Book launch party #2! Nicola's Books in Ann Arbor, MI with author Shutta Crum
October 7: Heartland Fall Forum, Midwest Booksellers Tradeshow, Minneapolis, MN
October 8-9: SCBWI-MI fall retreat, First/New Books Panel, Boyne Highlands, MI
October 12: Career Day presentations, Troy Athens High School, MI
November 12, 1:00-3:00pm: Children's Author Meet and Greet, Monroe County Library, MI
November 20-21: NCTE/ALAN, Atlanta, GA, YA author panel with Tim Federle, Adam Silvera, and Len Vlahos, moderated by Cindy Minnich
November 26, 10-12: Small Business Saturday at Pages Bookshop, Detroit
December 3, 1:00-4:00pm, Orion Township Library Local Author/Illustrator Book Fair
December 4, 3pm: Nicola's Books in Ann Arbor. YA group signing with Heather Meloche Smith, Erica Chapman, and Darcy Woods
December 11, 2-4pm: Schuler Books, Okemos, SCBWI-MI Merry Mitten holiday event
Blogs:
2016-2019
Aug. 22, 2016 – Guest post on Making Connections
Aug. 26 – Interview on Fiction Over Reality
Aug. 30 – Interview on A Leisure Moment
Sept. 1 – Interview on Crazy Book Obsessions!
Sept. 4 – Playlist and giveaway for 2016 Debutantes on blackplume
Sept. 6 – Guest post on Books Are Love
Sept. 8 – Interview on Alice Reeds
Sept. 12 – Release day post on Making Connections
Sept. 12 – Guest post on Books & Tea
Sept. 15 – Interview on Books Are Love
Sept. 20 – Guest post on The Reading Date
Sept. 23 – Guest post on Twenty Three Pages
Sept. 26 – Interview and giveaway on Literary Rambles
Sept. 28 – Interview on Wandering Educators
Sept. 30 - Interview and giveaway on Bicultural Mama
Oct. 5 – Interview on Operation Awesome
Oct. 14 - Interview with Susan Blumberg-Kason
Dec. 4 - Guest post on Nerdy Book Club
Dec. 28 - What, Why, How? with Linda Sienkiewicz
August 2, 2017 - Author Speed Dating with Dana Nussio
Sept. 11, 2017 - Meet the Author at Bridget and the Books
August 16, 2018 - Interview on Jordan J. Scavone Children's Author blog
March 12, 2019 - Interview on the WOW! Women on Writing blog
March 29th, 6pm: Open Mic and Authors Event at the Sterling Heights Public Library. Family friendly, no registration required.
March/April: I'll be on The Write Time video and audio podcast from the National Writing Project with Sarah Donovan, the editor of Rhyme & Rhythm: Poems for Student Athletes. You can watch it on Facebook Live here: https://fb.watch/caQ1qPgD7Q/. Learn more and listen to other author interviews here: educatorinnovator.org/campaigns/the-write-time/
April 8th and 22nd: Author visits to the Farmington STEAM Academy Creative Writing Club
April 26th: Author visit to Lake Orion Schools
May 21st: I'm one of the judges for the Ann Arbor District Library "It's All Write!" Teen Writing Contest. The awards ceremony is virtual again this year. Here's my video for the teen writers: https://youtu.be/LXCxc4S9A9U
Nov 8th, 12-1pm: NASW-MI Lunch and Learn webinar on Creative Writing for Social Workers. Stay tuned for registration.
Fall 2022: I'll be teaching a Creative Writing Workshop for Social Workers at Oakland University. Stay tuned for details and registration.
2021
April 23-25, 2021: I'm co-leading the YA social hour and Journey Stories sessions, as well as providing manuscript critiques for the SCBWI-MI Spring (Virtual) Conference. It's a full weekend of inspiration and learning with authors, agents, and editors.
April 26: I'm one of the judges for the 2021 It's All Write Teen Writing Contest. The awards ceremony is virtual this year.
Sept. 11th, 10am-noon: Virtual Poetry Panel for the SCBWI-MI Shop Talk in Farmington.
Sept. 21st, 7pm: Springfed Arts Poetry and Prose Contest Winners Reading, Birmingham Unitarian Church, Birmingham, MI
Nov. 2 - Dec. 14th, Tuesdays at 4:30pm: Creative Writing Workshop for teens, 6 weeks, in-person, at Raven Learning Center/OWLS, Clawson, MI. Scholarships available!
2020
All in-person spring/summer 2020 events have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Stay safe, be well, my friends. Plans are being made for virtual visits - stay tuned!
October 15, 7pm: Teen Book Club via Zoom at Royal Oak Public Library. Register here.
Nov. 14-15th, Writing workshop: Resilience and Revision, Red Clay (Virtual) Writers Conference, Georgia Writers Association
Dec. 7th, 7pm: my author presentation at Royal Oak Public Library has been rescheduled as a virtual program. Springing to Mind: Three Evenings with DWW authors (Detroit Working Writers). Register here.
- If you missed the Royal Oak Library event, you can watch it on the library's YouTube channel. I'm the first author to speak after the introductions, and I'm followed by four more MG/YA authors.
2019
March 9-11, Featured Author/Speaker, Michigan Reading Association Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, MI
April 7, 2019 Reading With Your Kids Podcast interview
April 26, Rochester Adams High School Battle of the Books MC, Rochester, MI
May 21, Author Visit/Writing Workshops, Gull Lake School District, MI
June 9, Author Panel, Ann Arbor District Library Teen Writing Festival
June 26, Lit in the Mitten Podcast interview on NPR affiliate station Q90.1 at Delta College, MI
July 30-31, Featured Author/Speaker, MRA Summer Literacy Conference, Shanty Creek Resort, MI
August 20, 7pm, 2019 Springfed Writing Contest, reading of winning poetry and prose entries, Royal Oak Public Library, MI
August 23, Lara Zielin's Author Your Life Summit, a video series about the power of writing. My interview is about dealing with rejection and persevering.
October 10, MAME annual conference, author/librarian speed dating and book signing, Bay City, MI
October 20, KAST a Spell, MG and YA Author Panel and Writing Workshop, SCBWI-MI, Kalamazoo, MI
2018
January 24, 2018: Author Visit, Cranbrook Kingswood Girls Middle School, Bloomfield Hills, MI
February 3: Storytelling Festival with Kazoo Books at Kalamazoo Valley Museum, MI
September 9: Kerrytown Book Fest, Ann Arbor, MI
October 9: the Girls with Guts Debcast podcast. Listen here for my interview: the DNA of Rock Climbing.
December 2: 2-4pm, Merry Mitten Holiday book-signing and Gesu School fundraiser, Book Beat Bookstore, Oak Park, MI
2017
January 7, 2017: 9:45- 12:00pm, SCBWI-MI SE Mitten Shop Talk, revision workshop with Dawne Webber, Farmington, MI
January 21: Write on the Red Cedar Conference, Lansing, MI, panelist
Feb. 4 , 1:00-3:00, Teen Writers Workshop, Graubner Library, Washington, MI
Feb. 24-25, Pi Beta Phi Day of Service: Read Detroit, DMC/Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, multi-author/book donation event
March 15, 7pm, YA author panel, East Lansing Public Library, MI
April 1, 9-5pm, Rochester Writers Spring Conference, Writing for Children and Adults, Oakland University
April 22, Chicago Young Adult Book Festival
April 26, Inside Out Literary Arts, Youth Writers Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit
April 29, SCBWI-MI Marketing Boot Camp, "Marketing Yourself Even if You'd Rather Not" panel, East Lansing
May, 19, 5:30-9pm, guest author, Battle of the Books for Troy High, Troy Athens, and International Academy, Troy Public Library, MI
May 20, 10-12pm, SCBWI-MI Ann Arbor Shop Talk, "What I Learned From My Editor" revision workshop with Dawne Webber, Ann Arbor
June 9th, 12-1pm, guest author, Royal Oak Middle School, Royalbery Reading Challenge Voting Party
July 16, 12-2, book signing, Book Beat table, Detroit Bookfest
August 27, 12-5pm, multi-author book signing, Book Beat's 35th Anniversary Party, Oak Park, MI
Sept. 10, 2:15, YA author panel, Kerrytown BookFest, Ann Arbor, MI
Sept. 23, 5:00 writing workshop, 7:00 YA author panel, Barnes & Noble B-Fest, Rochester, MI, more info to come
Nov. 4, 12-3pm, 5th annual Children's Author Meet and Greet, Frenchtown-Dixie Library, Monroe, MI
Dec. 2, Keynote Speaker/Workshop Presenter, Get Inked! Teen Writing Conference, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana
2016
June 10, 2016, 7PM: Barnes & Noble B-Fest, Rochester Hills, MI: "B-IN THE KNOW" Panel Discussion and trivia event with authors Cori McCarthy, Amy Rose Capetta, Erica M. Chapman, Bethany Neal, and Andrea Hannah. Moderated by author Kristin Bartley Lenz.
August 27, 10am: SCBWI-MI Shop Talk, Ann Arbor District Library, Road to Publication presentation with author Patrick Flores-Scott
September 18, 5:30-8:30pm: Book launch party! At The Office Coffee Shop, 402 S Lafayette Ave, Royal Oak, MI 48067
September 25, 3pm: Book launch party #2! Nicola's Books in Ann Arbor, MI with author Shutta Crum
October 7: Heartland Fall Forum, Midwest Booksellers Tradeshow, Minneapolis, MN
October 8-9: SCBWI-MI fall retreat, First/New Books Panel, Boyne Highlands, MI
October 12: Career Day presentations, Troy Athens High School, MI
November 12, 1:00-3:00pm: Children's Author Meet and Greet, Monroe County Library, MI
November 20-21: NCTE/ALAN, Atlanta, GA, YA author panel with Tim Federle, Adam Silvera, and Len Vlahos, moderated by Cindy Minnich
November 26, 10-12: Small Business Saturday at Pages Bookshop, Detroit
December 3, 1:00-4:00pm, Orion Township Library Local Author/Illustrator Book Fair
December 4, 3pm: Nicola's Books in Ann Arbor. YA group signing with Heather Meloche Smith, Erica Chapman, and Darcy Woods
December 11, 2-4pm: Schuler Books, Okemos, SCBWI-MI Merry Mitten holiday event
Blogs:
2016-2019
Aug. 22, 2016 – Guest post on Making Connections
Aug. 26 – Interview on Fiction Over Reality
Aug. 30 – Interview on A Leisure Moment
Sept. 1 – Interview on Crazy Book Obsessions!
Sept. 4 – Playlist and giveaway for 2016 Debutantes on blackplume
Sept. 6 – Guest post on Books Are Love
Sept. 8 – Interview on Alice Reeds
Sept. 12 – Release day post on Making Connections
Sept. 12 – Guest post on Books & Tea
Sept. 15 – Interview on Books Are Love
Sept. 20 – Guest post on The Reading Date
Sept. 23 – Guest post on Twenty Three Pages
Sept. 26 – Interview and giveaway on Literary Rambles
Sept. 28 – Interview on Wandering Educators
Sept. 30 - Interview and giveaway on Bicultural Mama
Oct. 5 – Interview on Operation Awesome
Oct. 14 - Interview with Susan Blumberg-Kason
Dec. 4 - Guest post on Nerdy Book Club
Dec. 28 - What, Why, How? with Linda Sienkiewicz
August 2, 2017 - Author Speed Dating with Dana Nussio
Sept. 11, 2017 - Meet the Author at Bridget and the Books
August 16, 2018 - Interview on Jordan J. Scavone Children's Author blog
March 12, 2019 - Interview on the WOW! Women on Writing blog