Cristy Watson's Blog, page 3

Author Reading

Wednesday, November 28th at 7pm in the George Mackie Library (8440-112th Street, Delta) - Featured Reader. The Fraser Valley Writing School launches their chapbooks and I will join them in celebration as I share poetry from my chapbooks.

Doing My Part

Today is social media day for Word on the Street and its festival here in Vancouver, BC this coming weekend (September 28-30). I will be reading in the Author's Tent at 2:30 and will be available after to sign books, talk about writing and getting published and any other questions you might bring along. Hope to see you there! #WOTSVAN12

Word on the Street

Sunday, September 30th I will be reading from "Living Rough" in the Author's tent at Word on the Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. Hope you can make the festivities and fingers crossed that no high winds blow the tents down this year!! Lots of great venues and guest readers. I plan to take in a few myself!

http://www.thewordonthestreet.ca/wots...

Posting on 49th Shelf

I finally figured out how to post on the map of the 49th Shelf. It is cool to be able to list your book with a local setting in Canada. Check out their site: http://49thshelf.com/map

Waiting

Sent off my fifth YA novel for Reluctant Readers and now playing the patience game while I wait to hear back. Hope the news is good! I am preparing my third and fourth novels for a new publisher of YA fiction for reluctant readers in the UK and hope the news is equally good from them - they've asked to see the synopsis and three chapters for each. Fingers are crossed that this time next year I'll be promoting three new books. I can dream!

In the meantime, thanks to all who purchased 'Benched' and 'Living Rough'. I just heard back that they have reached 5,000 and 3,000 copies sold!

Event Reminder!

BE SURE TO JOIN US:
Surrey Reads and Writes
I will be reading at 2pm on Level 1 in the Youth/ Children's section - hope to see you there!
http://www.surreylibraries.ca/5459.aspx

Author Visits and New EVENT

Just had two great author visits to LLED classes at UBC for Teacher-Candidates. The audiences were wonderful and asked great questions on the art of writing and on the targeted audience of reluctant readers. Shared a new web page from Orca with them, as well: http://orcabook.com/reluctantreaders/...

BE SURE TO JOIN US:
Surrey Reads and Writes
I will be reading at 2pm on Level 1 in the Youth/ Children's section - hope to see you there!
http://www.surreylibraries.ca/5459.aspx

Almost there!

As the New Year approaches, I am happy to report I made my resolution in record time this year. I not only wrote one more YA novel, but two, and I am nearly 10,000 words into my third. 'The Contest' is still looking for a 'home' and 'Gingerbread Man' is with the editor at Lorimer for the SidesStreets series (fingers crossed for good news) and once this one is finished, I'll polish and send it off, too! Are you thinking about the resolutions you'll make this year? Do they include writing and publishing?

4 Authors at Kidsbooks!!!

On November 17th, 2011 four authors will launch their new YA novels for reluctant readers. Christy Goerzen, Nikki Tate, K. L. Denman and Cristy Watson will be on hand to read from their newest works and to answer questions about the books, the writing process, and becoming published. Refreshments will be served.

This event takes place at the South Surrey Kidsbooks: 'The Boulevard at South Point Exchange', 15033 - 32nd Ave (604-541-9939). Doors open at 7pm! Bring your teens and youngsters for a great evening of fun! To find out more about these authors, visit the Orca Book Publishers site: http://www.orcabook.com/showproducts....
and http://www.orcabook.com/showproducts....

Launch of "Living Rough"

Please join me on October 27th, 2011 for the launch of 'Living Rough' (Orca Currents). The event takes place at the Pelican Rouge Coffee Shop (15142 North Bluff Road, White Rock, BC) and doors open at 7pm, with the reading and author talk beginning at 7:30pm. Copies of 'Benched' and 'Living Rough' will be available for purchase through Kidsbooks.

Door prizes and activities for teens! Please bring a canned good for the local South Surrey/White Rock Food Bank. Hope to see you there!