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My Dears, for the new year, I thought I’d try something a little different for the calendar in my News & Events tab…

I’ll be sharing a quotation from a celebrated author, one per week or so, along with the listings of readings, signings, and other author events of my own…and of course a few other significant events in my life…such as my husband’s birthday and my birthday and our dogs’ birthdays – as best as we can imagine, given that they’re all rescues, of course…

You get the idea…

Enjoy! And may we all savor liberal amounts of joy and justice in 2019!

Venus Unleashed – N.Y.C.

Venus Unleashed, featuring Teri Emory, Heidi Mastrogiovanni, Marine Selenee, and August McLaughlin in NYC

L.A. Book Launch

Book Launch for Last Room Standing and Girl Boner, with Heidi Mastrogiovanni and August McLaughlin

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books 2018

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books 2018

Writing While Female 2017 TOUR

Writing While Female, 2017 Tour - Readings by Authors Heidi Mastrogiovanni and Teri Emory

Please join Teri Emory (Second Acts) and me as we read from our novels, sign books, do a Q&A, and chat about our novels, overlapping themes in the two, how we feel about the terms “women’s fiction” and “chick lit” (spoiler alert: not thrilled), and lots more.

I’ll Be In The Window At Book Soup Day!

Saturday, November 18th
12:00 – 2:00 PM
As part of National Novel Writing Month, I’ll be sitting in the main window of fabulous Book Soup facing Sunset Blvd. and writing on my laptop for two hours, starting at noon, to encourage my fellow writers to get that novel they’ve always been wanting to write finished!
Book Soup
8818 Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA, 90069

Indies First on Small Business Saturday!

Saturday, November 25th
2:00 – 4:00 PM
I’ll be a guest bookseller from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. as part of an event that brings together authors, readers, and publishers in support of independent bookstores. I’ll be selling copies of “Lala Pettibone’s Act Two,” and also of five of my favorite books: “No Ordinary Time” by Doris Kearns Goodwin, “I Feel Bad About My Neck” by Nora Ephron, “A Prayer for Owen Meany” by John Irving, “Silas Marner” by George Eliot, and “Lucky Jim” by Kingsley Amis.
Book Soup
8818 Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA, 90069
View Event at BookSoup.com
Saturday, October 28th, 1:00 PM
Sandpiper Books
4665 Torrance Blvd
Torrance, CA 90503
Sunday, October 22nd, 5:00 PM
BookBar Denver
4280 Tennyson St.
Denver, CO 80212
Sunday, October 8th, 5:00 PM
Skylight Books
1818 N. Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
View Event at SkylightBooks.com