If You Want Something To Do…

Do you love to read? Do you want to write? Are you already published and looking to further your career in publishing? Then join us for the Liberty States Fiction Writers 3rd Annual Create Something Magical Conference being held on Saturday March 17th 2012 featuring New York Times Best Selling Author Larissa Ione as the Keynote Speaker.

The LSFW's Create Something Magical Conference is the perfect place for writers and readers to share and enjoy their love of books as well as mingle in an after-conference party!

Writers at any stage of their career from Pre-Published to Best Seller will have a choice of a variety of workshops, Editor and Agent Pitch Appointments, lunch with Keynote Speaker Larissa Ione, a Networking Reception as well as the after-conference party which are all part of the Writers' Track. Published authors in the Writers' Track will also be able to participate in a book fair that is open to the general public.

Readers can take advantage of this marvelous opportunity to meet and greet some of their favorite authors as part of the Create Something Magical Conference Readers' Track.

• Participate in a variety of discussion panels that will enable you to get an inside look at the creation of some of your favorite books and what's happening in the various genres

• Go home loaded with goodies and swag as well as a number of free books

• Sip a libation and snack on dessert while enjoying readings from some fabulous novels at a special edition of Lady Jane's Salon

• Check off some of those books on your to buy list at our multi-author book signing

• Dance & snack the night away with some of your favorite authors at the after-conference party

Our workshop presenters this year include a number of NY Times and USA Today bestsellers, up-and-coming authors and bloggers, such as Jonathan Maberry, Caridad Pineiro, Virginia Kantra, Terry Kate, Sarah MacLean, Jenna Kernan, Maria V. Snyder, Leanna Renee Hieber, Katharine Ashe, Tere Michaels, Ally Blue, Shelley Noble, Lisa Dale, Lisa Verge Higgins, Maya Rodale, Hope Tarr and more!

All who register before February 1st are eligible to win a Sony e-Reader and get early-bird pricing. Non-Member Writers' Track registration is $120. Readers' Track registration is $40 ($55 with the lunch option).

For more information or to register for the conference visit: http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/conference.

We hope to see you there!

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Also, I'll be at Barbara Vey's Reader Appreciation Luncheon on April 10th, in Milwaukee — you can sign up to sit at your favorite author's table! There's only one seat left at my table, so if you want it, now's the time to grab it!

For more information, click here: Barbara Vey's Reader Appreciation Luncheon

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And, for those who have asked, I'll be attending the Romantic Times Convention in Chicago from April 11th to April 15th. There will be a public signing on Saturday the 14th. For more information, click here. Hope to see you there!