Other events at a variety of venues—Rosemont College, Montgomery County Community College, Trinity Urban Life Center, University of Pennsylvania, Montgomery County Historical Center, and the National Harbor Convention Center—are upcoming, and I share them here, on the off chance that our paths might cross. Nonfiction, memoir, promotions, the Schuylkill River, the fate of young adult fiction, and my new April 2015 novel, One Thing Stolen (Chronicle Books) will all be discussed.
In between, I'll be dancing the cha-cha for DanceSport Academy on the Bryn Mawr College campus to the song "Blurred Lines." Which is exactly how I'm feeling.
September 29, 2014, 2:00 PM
Nonfiction Panel with Stephen Fried and Neal Bascomb
PaLA Convention
Lancaster County Convention Center
Lancaster County, PA
October 11, 2014
Memoir and Creative Nonfiction Panel (1:15), with Karen Rile and Julia Chang
Marketing for Published Authors Panel (2:30), with Kelly Simmons and Donna Galanti
Push to Publish Conference
Rosemont College
Rosemont, PA
Details here.
October 14, 7 PM
River of the Year Keynote
Schuylkill River Heritage Area
Montgomery County Community College West Campus
Community Room
Details here.
October 16, 7 PM
River of the Year Keynote
Schuylkill River Heritage Area
Trinity Urban Life Center
Philadelphia, PA
Details here.
November 1, 2014, 4:00 PM
University of Pennsylvania Homecoming Panel
LORENE CARY (C'78), BETH KEPHART (C'82), JORDAN SONNENBLICK (C'91), and KATHY DEMARCO VAN CLEVE (C'88) — and moderated by children's book editor LIZ VAN DOREN
Young Adult Fiction Panel
Kelly Writers House
Philadelphia, PA
November 15, 2014
Luncheon Keynote
Montgomery County Historical Society
(private function)
November 21, 2014, 1:00 PM
NCTE Signing, ONE THING STOLEN
National Harbor Convention Center
Washington, DC
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I'm amazed that you start the writing process by hand. Maybe that's why your words are so beautiful and well chosen.
I write everything by hand as well. Typing on the computer inhibits my creativity.
Elizabeth Spann Craig is hosting a whole series on editing at her blog. My take on it is today's, but she has several other authors voicing their take on the subject.
I would love to write everything by hand, but I've switched to the computer to save time. Sometimes if I have a difficult time making something connect, I'll write it. There's something about the soft hitch of the pen gliding across the page that inspires.
I also enjoy writing by hand. I somehow feel more connected to the words. I love that last line of your post.
Editing thyself is so difficult. No problem editing someone else's work . . . my own? I'm usually cringing, finding errors days and weeks later. I obsessively read and reread my blog posts, tweaking here, correcting there.
Good writing takes work, but your work always has the feel of having been born full-grown.
Your sentences are always so lovingly and carefully wrought, and I now know why. Such patience and fortitude this process must take! I am in awe, again :)
(I also liked to write by hand, but often have the problem of being unable to dechipher the words the next time around.)
I had no idea that you write by hand. I simply can't keep up with my thoughts when using a pen. And it frustrates me, so I start and finish on the computer. But there are oh so many drafts--too many to speak of--between.
It's funny. I can't write anything by hand anymore. I'm frustrated by a simple thank you note. My penmanship clearly reflects my lack of practice.