COMPROMISED LAUNCH:

The Capital City Arts Initiative organized a reading and workshop. Thank you, Sharon Rosse and the Carson City Library crew. I'm so lucky to have such a great support team back home. (pictures to come!)

And Carson High Schoolers took a leap and entered my FIRST PAGES contest. They were given the task of sending me three pages, double spaced, of their novels. The winner, Sarah Merckley (Congrats!) gets a cameo in my next novel, COMPULSION (she's the one with the Chihuahua!), a signed copy of COMPROMISED and a visit to her creative writing class. Thanks, Mr. Greb, for having me. Our second place winner, Jake Branco, took home a signed paperback of FREEZE FRAME. Thanks to everyone who entered the contest. I read everything from horror and gore to future worlds and wiccan witches. Fascinating ideas, some I'm hoping to see on the bookshelves in the future. Keep writing!

MY FIRST BOOK LAUNCH EVENT:

The Carson City librarians got together and organized a phenomenal launch party at Comma Coffee on Thursday, October 9th. (Thanks, June, for the great coffee, treats and the perfect place for a launch.) It was the second time I had read from FREEZE FRAME in public and, of course, was incredibly nervous! At the signing, we raffled off four "director's cut" ARCs. Thank you Carson City Librarians. I am so so grateful! (On the 7th, the "official day", my husband threw me a family surprise party to celebrate the release date!)

And in Pereira, Colombia, on March 4th, The Centro Colombo Americano invited me to speak and celebrate a symbolic launch of FREEZE FRAME.

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