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September 20-22
Southern California Writers Conference in Newport Beach, CA. Workshop: Maybe We Need to See Other People or Take Some Time Off: How to change up your relationship with your manuscript during the editing process. Tricks, approaches, techniques.
June 6
Interview with Jaime Boler at Bookmagnet.
March 21-24
Left Coast Crime mystery convention, Colorado Springs, CO. Panels: Literary Inspirations for Traditional Mysteries and Where Do Come Down on Genre?
February 15-18
Southern California Writers' Conference, San Diego, CA. Join me at this wonderful conference for writers and readers and visit me at my workshop: Leaving a Virtual Imprint.
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December 13, 2012
Just in: HarperCollins will publish a print edition of The Qualities of Wood in 2013!! Look for a mid-year release and watch for news here!
November 1
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| Book Club Visit, Irvine, California |
October 25
"The Issue of Genre" Guest blog at authonomy.com
September 23, afternoon
Book Club visit, Newport Beach, CA
September 21-23
Southern California Writers' Conference in Newport Beach, CA. I'm leading a workshop entitled "Outside Genre: How Story Trumps Convention." Info and registration available here
July 25
Interview with Alison Wells at Ireland's premier site for writers, Writing.ie.
July 24
Featured article at Author magazine: "From Hand to Screen: Technology and the Writer"
July 1
Interview at The Object: An Interactive Serial Novel.
May 23
An interview with Penny Ehrenkranz at One Writer's Journey
May 22
The Qualities of Wood awarded the International Book Award in the E-Book: General Fiction category
May 17
Author Q&A on Literary Inklings
April 28
Featured article in the Orange County Register: "Irvine author publishes mystery ebook."
April 27, 1:00-2:00 PST
Guest host of live Twitter chat with @LitChat. Join me as I discuss The Qualities of Wood and my route to publication. Use #litchat to participate.
April 23
Article on Caroline Smailes' blog: "About authonomy, the changing face of publishing and authonomy's first published novel."
April 11, 4:00-4:30 PST
Interview with Dr. Mary of The OC View radio program. Listen to a recording of the interview on my blog.
April 6
"From Isolation to Affirmation" Guest post on Yamina Today.
March 23
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| Book Club Visit, Irvine, California |
February 28
"How Did I Get Published?" Guest post on Fire and Ice
February 25
February 19
"Q & A with The Qualities of Wood author, Mary Vensel White" at My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors
January 31
The Qualities of Wood debuts on Amazon as a recommended "Hot New Release"
Article about the influence of music while writing The Qualities of Wood at The Undercover Soundtrack
Guest blog at authonomy.com about the writing life: "Writing into the Void"
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October 12
HarperCollins announces a new digital imprint, to publish books discovered on the authonomy.com website, and the first book is...mine! The Qualities of Wood will be published in 2012. Read the exciting announcement.
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