events

UPCOMING EVENTS

(An incomplete list!)

JANUARY 8 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

First Writing Deadline for Novel 4
(On Sale 2012)
Random House

JANUARY 15 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Literary Death Match
Dallas Museum of Art/ OPIUM Magazine
Dallas, TX
reader representing Houston/competitor

JANUARY – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

The Bright Side of Disaster goes on sale in the Czech Republic!
Translated title:  Everything Bad Is Good For Something

JANUARY 18 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

The Bright Side of Disaster goes on sale in GERMANY.

JANUARY 28 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

St. John’s School
Houston, TX
chapel speaker

FEBRUARY 4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Pearl Hadassah group
Lunch

Houston, TX
speaker

FEBRUARY 4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Mom 2.0: Defining A Movement
Art Exhibit Opening
featured artist
(for this video)

And this collage:

FEBRUARY 18-21 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

MOM 2.0 Summit
Four Seasons Hotel
Houston, TX
speaker

Laurie, me, Myriam, Tracey, Laura

Saturday, February 20, 1:15-2:15:  Using Your Right Mind to Market

This is what happens when the English department crashes the Business School. It’s happening. And it’s creating a buzz. New media mediums are perfect platforms to test and use creative approaches to inspire audience engagement. We’ll look at smart ways people are using the right side of their brains to create left-brained results.

FEBRUARY 24 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Assistance League Books ‘n’ Brunch

Junior League of Houston
Houston, TX
speaker

MARCH 4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Everyone Is Beautiful goes on sale in the UK!

MARCH 8 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Video Conference via SKYPE
Book Club
Pennsylvania

MARCH 23 – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Mommy Group
The Woodlands, TX
Crush Lounge Bar
speaker/book signing

MARCH 25 – – – – – – – – – -

Huntwick Book Club
Houston, TX
speaker/book signing

APRIL 6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Get Lucky goes ON SALE!
Everywhere

APRIL 6  - – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Radio Interview
11:10 a.m. CST
The Christopher Gabriel Program
Fargo, ND

APRIL 6 - – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Fort Bend Junior Service League
Sweetwater Country Club
Sugarland, TX
speaker/book signing

APRIL 6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

LAUNCH of the redesigned website!

APRIL 10 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

LIVE Radio
KCKK-AM/LIVE! With Lisa
Denver, CO
10:40 am—10:55 am Central

APRIL 10 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

GET LUCKY LAUNCH Party
Brazos Bookstore
Houston, TX
5:30-7:30 p.m.
APRIL 13 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Newspaper Interview
Houston Press
Houston, TX

APRIL 13 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Book Club Visit
Houston, TX
speaker

APRIL 15 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

This enormous poster hung behind the podium.
Now it’s the biggest thing in my house.

Texas Library Association
LiFTA (Library Friends, Trustees, & Advocates) Luncheon
Grand Hyatt
San Antonio, TX
Speaker–with beloved author Elizabeth Berg

APRIL 16-18 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Jenny, Monica, Nancy, Laura

Press Junket for Bright Sky Press
–author John DeMers’ personal tour–

Marfa, Texas
guest

APRIL19 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Reading/Signing
(the fabulous) Blue Willow Bookshop
Houston, TX

APRIL 22 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Reading/Signing
The Dr. Eugene Clark Library
217 South Main Street
Lockhart, TX  78644
6:00 pm

APRIL 23 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Fourth Friday Diva Author Night
Bright Sky Press Warehouse
Houston, TX
speaker

APRIL 28 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Book Club Visit
Sugarland, TX

APRIL 29 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

New Braunfels Book & Author Luncheon
New Braunfels, TX
Emcee

APRIL 29 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Book Club
Houston, TX
speaker

APRIL 30– – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

photo by The St. Regis Hotel

Praeclarus Networking Breakfast
St. Regis Hotel
Houston, TX
Speaker

MAY 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – - – – -

Book Club
Houston, TX
speaker

MAY 4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Book club
Houston, TX
speaker

May 5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

St. Vincent de Paul Moms’ Group
Houston, TX
speaker

MAY 6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Frostwood Elementary School
Girls’ Night Out
Houston, TX
speaker

MAY 11 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Podcast Interview
The Kim Smith Show
Blog Talk Radio
Introducing WRITERS
7:30 p.m. CST

MAY 18 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Radio Interview
12:00-12:30 CST
Conversations LIVE!
Branson, MO

MAY 22-24 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Women’s Conference
Los Angeles, CA
speaker

MAY 27 – - – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Mom’s Group Book Club
Bellaire, TX
speaker

JUNE 9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Book Club
Houston, TX
Speaker

JUNE  10 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Ars Lyrica Girls’ Nite Out
Friends, Food, and Fabulous Fiction!
Houston, TX

JUNE 16 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

book club
Houston, TX
speaker

JULY 14 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

To Kill A Mockingbird 50th Anniversary Event
Houston Public Library
Houston, Texas
speaker

JULY (mid) – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Lovebomb
Manzanita, OR
lucky participant

OCTOBER 14 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Pennsylvania Governor’s Conference for Women
Speaker: Keynote cameo

NOVEMBER 10, 2010 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Texas Conference for Women
Houston, Texas
Speaker: Keynote cameo

NOVEMBER 16 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Book Club
Houston, Texas
Speaker

December 9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -

Massachusetts Conference for Women
Boston, MA
Speaker: Keynote cameo

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