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Upcoming Events

Here's a list of events I'm involved in or will be involved in for 2016. Come hang out with me and learn some writing stuff. 

February 9th: Attendee, Poets & Writers Live, Austin, TX. 

February 13th: Workshop Leader, Idea Generator Writing Workshop, Writespace. Houston, TX.

February 22nd – 28th: Coordinator, Writefest. Houston, TX.
 
March 30th – April 2nd: Attendee, AWP, L.A., CA.
 
June 3rd – 10th: Attendee, Lighthouse Litfest. 

June 17th-19th: Panelist, Comicpalooza (More info TBA). 

Texas Book Fest? You Mean Amazing-McAwesome-Magical Fest Right?

I just got back from the Texas Book Fest last weekend, where I was promoting Writefest, a new literary journal fair and writer’s workshop in Houston, Texas, hosted by Writespace, the local grassroots literary center I work with. I spent the weekend on a whirlwind meet and greet with a fellow writer friend, and I think we may never recover. We hung out with other writers, met remarkable authors, and got some serious Writefest inspiration.
 
Here’s a few highlights from the trip, as if you needed more proof that Austin is a city of magical unicorns. 
​ 1. We met Margaret Atwood. She was overwhelming, forcefully devoted to the craft, and it was like standing next to the literary equivalent of some kind of really sweet, tolerant norse god. Or something. 
​ 6. We met several people interested in Writefest, and got to share the good word about our mission to embolden new writers to submit submit submit! Austin – you are one rad city and I miss you always. 
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​Now my TBR pile is a massive highland crag and I have to go read for a while to assure my husband I am not a crazy book hoarder. Oh let’s admit it, I am a crazy book hoarder.