FEAR OF BLOGGING GOES EVERYWHERE!

What I did:

Last December I went to the International Women’s History Museum for a screening of

Kristy Guevara-Flannigen’s documentary, Wonder Women! The Untold Story of

American Superheroines.” Yes, it’s about Wonder Woman, but it’s also about the

depiction of women heroes in the media and pop culture, and the empowering of real life

women. And I have the honor of being one of the people in the movie, alongside Lynda

Carter and Gloria Steinem!

Among the many attendees (It was a full house!) was a great group of teenage girls who

belong to a truly empowering club called Girls Inc., and here I am with them, all taller

than me and all superheroine material.

What I’m Doing:

And in less than a week, I’ll be seeing that film again, and discussing it afterwards, in

Victoria, British Columbia, at the Victoria Film Festival. The date is February 6th, at 7

p.m.,and the place is the Vic theater. Here’s a link to the festival website:

http://victoriafilmfestival.com/

And here’s a link to the film website so you can read all about it, and even see a trailer:

http://wonderwomendoc.com/

Earlier that day you can find me signing books at :

LEGENDS COMICS & BOOKS

633 Johnson Street

Victoria BC V8W 1M7

(250) 388 – 3696

And less than a week after that, I’ll be a speaker at the San Francisco Writers Conference,

on February 15th, talking about research, which I have done tons of in the course of

writing my histories of women cartoonists and my hitory of the Golden Age of Chinese

nightclubs in San Francisco’s Chinatown, Forbidden City. Contrary to what they always

say, you don’t have to write about what you know all the time — that can get pretty

boring. But if you want to write about what you don’t know, you gotta research it, and I

know how!

The conference is at the Mark Hopkins hotel, on Mason and California streets, from

February 14th to the 17th, and here’s a link: http://sfwriters.org/

THE NEXT DAY…

I’m off to Chicago, for Limmud Chicago, 2013. Limmud is a Jewish cultural organizatin

that describes itself thusly:

Limmud is an independent, pan-denominational, all-volunteer organization dedicated to

the creation of engaging opportunities to experience and celebrate Jewish learning and

culture.

I couldn’t have said it better! I’ll be giving a talk on Lily Renee, subject of my graphic

novel, “Lily Renee, Escape Artist,” and also teaching a workshop for tweens and teens

on writing comics and graphic novels. The date is February 16th (evening) and February

17th, all day, and the website is: http://limmudchicago.org/

SOOOO…If you’re in Victoria, San Francisco, or Chicago this month, come on by and

say hello.

FEAR OF BLOGGING IS HAPPY…

Because my latest Chicagoland graphic novel, #5 in the series, “The Bark in Space” is

now out, and I hold a copy in my hands. Tyler Page, the illustrator, has outdone himself,

and the book looks better than ever! I’ll be signing copies in Victoria.

And in March: Florida and Swizerland! But I’ll tell you all about that later…