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Join me in Australia!

I’m delighted to be heading to Australia this week, where I’ll be doing a series of events around the country. On September 4 in Adelaide, I’ll be teaching a workshop with John Yunker on book marketing. The workshop includes a copy of Everyday Book Marketing, and all participants will leave the workshop with a customized  … Read more

Women in Antarctica

It was such a pleasure to have the privilege of presenting My Last Continent at the Women’s Museum of California as part of its Second Sunday Author Series: Women’s Voices, Women’s Stories program. Although the narrator of My Last Continent is a female penguin researcher, women are relatively new to Antarctica — the first woman  … Read more

Bookstore Geek: Papercuts J.P.

I was delighted to celebrate My Last Continent‘s book launch in my former hometown of Boston, where I was able to do a brief “Facebook Live” reading from Antarctic explorer Admiral Richard Byrd’s former home on Beacon Hill before an event at one of Boston’s most wonderful treasures, Papercuts J.P.   Kate and Katie (Kate  … Read more

Writers: How to find more time to write

I recently came across this NYT article about tracking one’s time, and it’s genius for all of us writers out there who never feel as though we have enough time to write. As I read this Q&A about how author and time management expert Laura Vanderkam tracked her time (down to the half-hour), I was  … Read more

Catch up on My Last Continent’s UK blog tour…

I am delighted that My Last Continent has just launched in the United Kingdom, and while it would’ve been fantastic to do an in-person tour of the UK, I loved doing this week-long blog tour, which was the next best thing…and tons of fun. I got to chat about My Last Continent, Antarctica, penguins, and  … Read more

Join me tonight at Warwick’s!

I am delighted to be reading tonight at Warwick’s in La Jolla, at 7:30 p.m. To pre-order a copy of MY LAST CONTINENT and to reserve a seat at the reading, please call 858-454-0347, or visit Warwick’s online for more information. I look forward to seeing you there! Tweet

Two workshops at San Diego Writers, Ink!

I’m looking forward to teaching two workshops at San Diego Writers, Ink on Saturday, July 23, and I hope you’ll join me! The morning workshop, Say Anything: How to Write Great Dialogue, is from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. From portraying character to moving the plot forward, dialogue works hard in any story. In this  … Read more

Join me tonight for an Antarctic adventure & film screening

I am delighted to be speaking at the Tierrasanta Talks Adventure tonight at 6:15 p.m. This event, by the fabulous Adventures by the Book, is $10 and supports the Tierrasanta Village of San Diego — a nonprofit, grassroots membership organization that enables its members to age in place in a caring community setting — which  … Read more

Join me at the Women’s Museum of California on July 10!

Join me on Sunday, July 10, at 4 p.m. for a the Women’s Museum of California’s Second Sunday Author Series: Women’s Voices, Women’s Stories. I am delighted to be part of this fabulous series, curated by Wild Women, Wild Voices author Judy Reeves and supported by San Diego Writers Ink and Point Loma Tea. And  … Read more

Scenes from the book tour

The first two weeks of the My Last Continent book tour have been incredible — it was such fun to visit Boston, New York, Portland, and Seattle, as well as to celebrate here in Ashland. As many of you know, my travel companion is Admiral Byrd (those of you who have read My Last Continent  … Read more