Join me in 2025.

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Saturday, July 12, All day

First Annual Mesa Verde Literary Festival, Mancos, CO

Excited to be part of these three events, starting at 9 a.m. in beautiful Colorado.

• Write Like You Mean It: Embracing Your Authentic Voice, 9-10:15 a.m., Mancos Community Center. Speaking on a panel with authors Dita Dow, Kevin Jones, Katayoun Medhat, & Kathryn Wilder. Karin Anderson, moderator.

• Mountains and Metaphors: The Universal Language of Poetry, noon-1:15 p.m. Fenceline Cider. Moderating a panel of poets who may help demystify metaphor! Monica Barron, Charlie Chase, Mark Fleisher, Art Goodtimes, & Lisa Taylor.

• How We Write about Water: Swimming Grand Canyon and Other Big Swims, 3-3:45 p.m., Painted Turtle. Presenting solo, along with other water writers who attend and sign up to read.

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Saturday, July 19, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Writing Workshop, Redwood Writers Branch of the California Writer’s Club, Santa Rosa, CA

Join me for a writing workshop with the formidable and long-lived Redwood Writers. Details will follow, but the meeting place will be the Finley Center, 2060 West College Avenue, Santa Rosa.

Save the date and come; I’d love to see you and conspire over our best use of words NOW.

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Wednesday, September 10, 6 to 7 p.m.
Writing at the Root, Readers’ Books, Sonoma, CA

I’ll be in conversation with Jordan Rosenfeld, best-selling author, gifted instructor, and longtime friend. (Preorder her new novel Fallout now!)

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Saturday, September 27, 5 to 10:30 p.m.
Stepping Out Gala, To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation
Marin Exhibit Hall, San Rafael, CA

For something completely different, I’m taking a turn as a fashion model! Love to see you at this fundraiser to support those facing new cancer diagnoses.