It's time to read the second section, Summer, if you haven't already.

My latest book, The Writer’s Workout is always going to have timeless appeal because it is one of the only books I know of that talks about how writers can integrate all of their professional muscles: writing, selling, nichecraft, self-promotion, creative career development, and platform dynamics into one happy, satisfied career.

We are moving into a new economy where writers are becoming cottage creatives who hand-craft our own career success. Read The Writer’s Workout and become more empowered as a writer no matter what genres you write, no matter which readers you serve, no matter how far you have gone on the path of authentic self-expression.

Here’s what some of the latest Amazon reviewers have to say about the book:

I’ve enjoyed learning from Christina in person (she sponsors and speaks at the Northwest Authors Series at the Wilsonville Library in Oregon), but this book is like having her sitting across from me with a cuppa and her latest thought provoking advice. ~ BertaJ

Christina Katz has written the perfect book for both beginners and experienced writers. I haven’t found a problem yet that wasn’t resolved by turning to the Writer’s Workout. ~ ML Gomes

Katz pours her years of experience writing and teaching into the pages of The Writer’s Workout. Each essay reminds the writer to nurture his/her career with growth and prosperity in mind. ~ T L Cooper

Writers are notorious for tons of ideas with very little follow through. Christina cuts through the excuses and procrastination, delivering encouraging, kick-in-the-pants motivation to set your writing goals and WRITE. ~ Dana Britt

I have all of Christina Katz’s books and can never quite believe how much information she packs into them…No wonder the book’s spine is the color of gold. This book is a writer’s gold. ~ Samantha Ducloux Waltz

Find out for yourself why this book has a five-star ranking on Amazon. Order your copy today!

We are going to discuss the “Summer” section on Monday.

This  post is dedicated to the folks who attended the Chuckanut Writer’s Conference this past weekend.

It used to be that I would teach platform as a method of impressing gatekeepers like agents and editors.

And I still take agents and editors into account, but these days, I also teach platform building as business ownership, niche-development, and context creation.

And the reason is because it’s going to take years, not weeks or months, to build a sustainable, profitable platform, so you don’t want to build one just because you have a book coming out or just because you want to have a book coming out some day, because that’s not sustainable.

You want to develop and build a platform to scale your soul, as I describe in The Writer’s Workout in chapter 185:

When an individual expresses what he has to offer, he is expressing his soul. If you don’t exercise your soul, nobody else will know what you are passionate about but you. And if you don’t express your soul, you can’t share it. Therefore, don’t be angry if no one sees it or acknowledges it. You are the one hiding it. What’s stopping you from sharing?

Granted, expressing soul takes time and practice. To start out, most people feel comfortable sharing themselves in a safe space. After that the expression of your soul has to scale, meaning you don’t feel diminished by sharing yours with more people.

If you take a concept that is closely aligned with who and what you are and scale your soul’s expression on a mass level, aligning it with what is meaningful to others, you will accomplish a glorious thing. You can share what moves you most with the whole world.

The fact of the matter is that writers are cottage creatives today. I’m not sure that anyone else teaches platform development in quite this way. It takes a lot of patience and a desire to get to know writers and work with them over time. It takes an understanding that writers today are individuals, who are evolving, not just “talent,” who can be controlled and manipulated.

In growing and steering your platform growth, you need to know intuitively when to say no and when to say yes. Here’s a bit of what I had to say about this in chapter 142 of The Writer’s Workout: Seek Variety

Writers rarely do the exact same things every day. Writers today are cottage creatives. You are the talent, the idea person, the troubleshooter, the coach, the taskmaster, the producer, the trainer, the accountant, or whatever else you need to do on any given day.

The mutable quality of a writing career allows it and you to grow and thrive in directions that may have otherwise gone unexplored. If you only do one thing, you might feel crabby if the economy starts to tank in a way that tips income away from you. Change is inevitable; very few people write and only write in the present world. We are living in the gig economy now, we may as well face it.

But the good news is, you don’t have to be merely a freelancer. You can be a creative. You can script your own career. You can write the soundtrack, the promos, and the copy. You can write talks, curriculum, bios, blog posts, and workshops. Despite how it may appear from the outside, you can be fairly consistent in the variety of things you do over time, in any combination that works for you.

I talk extensively about how to become a cottage creative in The Writer’s Workout. No other book takes this writercentric point of view. No other book tells you what you need to consider as a writer and a business person and a business partner.

What I know about platform development is that it’s not merely about selling a product, like a book, so you should not build it around the selling a product like a book.

I want you to think of The David before Michaelangelo released it from a huge slab of marble.

We are each like that blank slab of marble, only we are not waiting for someone else to lure us out.

We have to lure ourselves out. Coax ourselves out. Go public.

Of course, you are going to need help. You are going to need wise teachers, positive examples, and serious writer friends.

If your teachers are not wise and your examples are not positive and your writer friends are not serious, then these folks may not be helping you succeed…whatever success means to you.

If you want to be successful, you have to be allowed to become successful.

You have to let yourself express yourself.

You have to work hard to alchemize what you express so it can transform from gobbledy-gook into something of substance that is worth sharing.

And you can learn how in The Writer’s Workout, where I weave all the success strategies any writer needs into one book.

Get Known Before the Book Deal is the companion book to accompany Build Your Author Platform (available everywhere books are sold)

Effective immediately: My 8-chapter Self-study Workbook Build Your Author Platform is permanently discounted from $39.99 to $29.99.

You can read more about the workbook here.

I am committed to keeping platform identification and development simple and constructive for writers, so writers can keep their focus where it belongs: on developing a body of quality work over time.

I think you will find all of my advice, whether in my blog, in my books, or coming out of my mouth, to be some of the most sensible advice you will encounter for writers of all stripes.

Thank you for supporting my work!

I had a lovely time at the Chuckanut Writer’s Conference this weekend.

But I also encountered, en masse, a very unfortunate habit that writers have and that is demonizing what you think you’re not.

Here’s how demonizing works.

• We think commercial success of our writing is selling out…so we demonize it.
• We think independent bookstores are the best…so we demonize other ways of selling books.
• We think our political views are superior…so we demonize other political views.

We think our quirky, introverted attitudes are more safe than risking sharing ourselves in a straightforward way with others (otherwise known as putting yourself and your work out there), so we demonize it. We imply that sharing your work makes you less of an “artist.”

You don’t have to be an “artist.” In fact, I would argue that trying to be an artist is going get in the way of creating your best work.

The obsessive compulsion to be “An Artist” can lead to massive self-consciousness, a bad habit of posturing, and a penchant for grandstanding.

Go for purity instead. Find your truth and speak that. Avoid bandwagons of any kind.

At one point when I was speaking on a panel, I said that I don’t understand the necessity of creating “us vs them” thinking in the context that is supposed to be about supporting the creative process.

Going along with the crowd won’t make you a more creative thinker. But it will likely make you a less creative thinker. And less open. And more fearful and paranoid.

And eventually you will take less risks and that will reinforce the perspective of the suffering artist that some writers seem to love so well.

I’ll have more to say about how to not fall into this trap next time. I promised to recap some advice and share some links, and so I will.

In the meantime, I will leave you with this question:

When a person says or implies that another person or organization or company is evil, is that true, or is there actually something evil about implying that something other than yourself is evil in order to elevate yourself?

Is there a name for needing to bring someone else down in order to make yourself feel better?

Can you feel good about yourself and your work without this falling into unfortunate habit?

I hope so.

Because I am a teacher and I am married to a teacher and we have a school-aged daughter, I tend to think and plan in school years rather than calendar years.

And because the school year is over, I feel like rounding up what I accomplished this past year.

I dedicate all of my work to writers, especially to writers who juggle professional writing with family responsibilities, and even more especially to moms who hold play such a central role in families.

As I round up my work from the past year, I am acknowledging and celebrating all that I have done. This is something too few writers do, in my opinion. We get so busy chasing the next gig that we forget to look back and appreciate and learn from what we have already done.

Why not follow my lead and conduct an inventory of what you’ve accomplished this past year. Also make note of who you serve, and how well you are serving based on what you accomplished. You’ll get a snapshot of how committed and effective you were over the span of a year.

Here’s a review of what I worked on in the 2011-2012 academic year:

Classes Taught

I have been teaching year-round classes for eleven straight years. This year, I taught five rounds of classes from August 2011 – June 2012, including:

Writing & Publishing the Short Stuff
Discover Your Specialty & Launch Your Platform
Pitching Practice: Write Six Queries In Six Weeks
Micro-Publishing For Mom Writers
60 Ways To Flex Your Content & Prosper In Your Niche

In the fall, I will add one new class, available only to my most advanced students. All of my current classes will also be updated and improved.

Dream Teams Coached

I have been coaching writers in coaching groups since I coached two rounds of three Dream Teams at three levels:

• Writing and Publishing First Articles
• Writing Articles, Querying & Platform Building
• Advanced Writing & Publishing Dream Team

All three levels of Dream Teams start back up on August 1st. They are filling up quickly.

Why do writers take my Dream Teams? Maybe you should ask this writer.

Class Scholarships Given

I awarded ten scholarships with a value of $275 each for a total value of: $2,750.00 to students who took and completed Writing & Publishing the Short Stuff and Discover Your Specialty & Launch Your Platform this past year.

Writing/Articles

• Build Your Author Platform Self-study Course for Writer’s Digest Books September & December Premium Collection
• “50 Simple Ways To Build Your Platform in Five Minutes A Day” for Writer’s Digest
• “The Tech-Savvy Writer: Embrace Technology, Establish Your Online Presence & Earn More, feature-length article for AWP’s Job List (coming in July)
• How To Write A How-To Article in Six Easy Steps for Writer’s Digest Magazine
• Twelve new columns for the Willamette Writer’s Newsletter (half-way done)
• 35+ parenting articles published all over the US and in Canada

Micro-publishing Coaching & Developmental E-book Editing

• What To Expect From Your Adoptive Teen by Judy M. Miller
• Ready, Set, Sleep by Malia Jacobson
• Late Onset Hearing Loss by Krysty Krywko
• Mother-Daughter Book Club Meeting Planner Guides by Cindy Hudson
• The New Nut-Free Mom by Jenny Kales
• Mama Insider by Abigail Green
• Captain of her Crew by Jennifer Schile (coming soon here)
• 31 Days To A More Creative You by Dylan Klempner (coming soon here)

Keynotes

I gave two keynotes this past year:

• Missouri Writers Guild
• Mad Anthony in Ohio

Presented For

I presented workshops and panel discussions for the following organizations:

• Willamette Writers Monthly Meeting in Portland, Oregon
• Willamette Writers Monthly Meeting in Salem, Oregon
• The Writer’s Digest Conference in New York City
• Writing In Tough Times Mini-Conference in Portland, Oregon
• The Associated Writing Program Conference in Chicago, Illinois
• Oregon Writer’s Colony Conference in Portland, Oregon
• Missouri Writers Guild in Chesterfield, Missouri
• Mad Anthony in Hamilton, Ohio
• The Chuckanut Writers Conference in Bellingham, Washington
• Coming up: The Pacific Northwest Writers Association in Seattle, WA
• Coming up: Willamette Writers, Portland, Oregon
• Coming up: Mid-Valley Willamette Writers, Eugene, Oregon
• Coming up: Wordstock Festival, Portland, Oregon
• Coming up: Tigard Library, Tigard, Oregon

The Northwest Author Series

I planned and hosted the fifth successful season of The Northwest Author Series with eight terrific writers including:

• Jeff Baker
• Emily Chenoweth
• Myself
• Karen Karbo
• Bill Johnson
• Pamela Hill Smith
• Kevin Sampsell
• Heather Vogel Frederick

It takes weeks each summer to plan the next Northwest Author Series. Each of the eight events takes about three-four hours on Sunday afternoons, requires several additional hours each month for administrative work.

I am Featured or Reviewed In

• Tweet Magazine Interview
• Quoted on the back of the 2012 Writer’s Market (last chance to get this edition before the new editions come out)
• Stop, Drop, and Micro-Publish guest post for the Amwriting blog
• A personal essay in Robert Lee Brewer’s blog, “When All Hell Broke Loose and I Got My Life Back“
• Writing & Motherhood in Christina Katz’ Writer Mama

The Writer’s Workout Is Featured Or Reviewed In

In December 2012, I launched The Writer’s Workout, 366 Tips, Tasks & Techniques from Your Writing Career Coach. Here is where the book has been featured:

• About.com
• Hope Clark’s Blog
• Jungle Red Writers
• Treated & Released, Agent Robin Mizell’s Blog (part 1, part 2 & part 3)
• Jane Friedman’s blog: Platform & Social Media Must Not Be Your Center
• Alison Winn Scotch: Bouncing Back From Disappointment
• Red Sofa Literary: Dawn Frederick
• Mother-Daughter Bookclub: Read The Writer’s Workout Every Day
• Writer Unboxed: The Platform Workout
• The Writer’s Lens (with video)
• The ASJA newsletter
• The Oregon Writer’s Colony newsletter
• The PNWA website
• The Willamette Writers newsletter
• Dartmouth Alumni Magazine
• Nathalie’s Notes: The Writer’s Workout as Magic 8-Ball
• Writer’s In Business
• Dallas Woodburn’s Writing Life

Writer’s Digest Exclusives

The Writer’s Workout Poster Download

Three Chapters from The Writer’s Workout

Balancing Motherhood with Writing: The Benefits of Freelancing

Four Key Revision Tips

How To Build An Author Platform & Begin Your Writing Career

Five Tips for Fearless Writing

Notes From My Talks

• Hannah Burke on my Northwest Author Series Preso on The Writer’s Workout
• William Hertling’s Notes from my Willamette Writers Preso on Flabby Habits Writers Can Lose
• How To Better Market Your Book on Writer’sDigest.com

Audio Readings

• The Introduction from The Writer’s Workout
• Chapter 119 from The Writer’s Workout

Online Events

The Writer Mama Every Day In May Book Giveaway

In May 2012, for the fifth time since 2007, I gave away 31+ books, this time for the second year in a row, all by mom authors.

You can view the complete list of authors and book winners here.

The Global Publication Party for The Writer’s Workout

On January 10th, I hosted an online party for The Writer’s Workout with three online teaching modules.

During the flash class, I coached writers in every genre on three topics related to writing success in 2012:

• How to Assess The Power of Your Writing Portfolio (audio coaching)
• How to Build Your Best Bio for 2012 (audio coaching)
• How to Discover Your Unique Platform Dynamic (audio coaching)

Leap Day Party

I kicked off a big one-day Leap Day celebration for The Writer’s Workout, offering ten great reasons to buy it now.

Extra-curricular

Beyond Busy Monthly Book Club

In March 2012, I started a book club. Cheryl Strayed’s book Wild had just come out and I knew I would never make time to read it even though I truly wanted to. I had a hunch, if I started a book club, I’d have to read it. So I did.

We are on our fourth book now. So far, everything we’ve read is nonfiction, but we have plans for fiction one of these months.

March: Wild by Cheryl Strayed

April: Some Assembly Required by Anne Lamott with Sam Lamott

May: Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel

June: Imagine, How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer

Writers On The Move Facebook Group

A year ago, I start a Facebook group called Writers On The Move. Today the group has 191 members.

The group is place for sedentary writers to inspire each other to move and eat more healthily.

I used the group to help motivate me to run from May 2011-October 2011. I never would have imagined running again. I never even liked running. But now, after revisiting several sedentary months, I’m using the group to run again. I’m up to 2.8 miles so far and my intention is to run three times a week.

236 Movies About Writers and the Writing Life

I updated my list of 236 Movies About Writers and the Writing Life (and it’s time again in July, so please make additional suggestions here)

Books By Women Writers for High School Students

I also updated my list of Books By Women Writers for High School Students (and it’s time again in August, please make additional suggestions here)

May 1st: Claire Cook gave away a copy of Wallflower in Bloom

Congrats, Diane!

May 2nd: Kelly James-Enger gave away Writer For Hire (nonfiction, how-to) and an extra bonus The Honesty Index (fiction, ebook)

Congrats, L’Tanya!

May 3rd: Katie Davis gave away Little Chicken’s Big Day (children’s) and an extra bonus: How To Promote Your Children’s Book (nonfiction, how-to, ebook)

Congrats, Deb of WriterUp!

May 4th: Kate Hopper gave away a copy of Use Your Words: A Writing Guide for Mothers (nonfiction, how-to)

Congrats, Sara!

May 5th: Erica Bauermeister gave away Joy For Beginners (fiction)

Congrats, Mercedes!

May 6th: Judy M. Miller gave away What To Expect From Your Adopted Tween (nonfiction, ebook)

Congrats, Mar Junge!

May 7th: KC Klein gave away Dark Future (fiction, dark, futuristic)

Congrats, ML Gomes!

May 8th: Pamela Smith Hill gave away a copy of Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer’s Life (biography)

Congrats, Carol Busch!

May 9th: Ericka Lutz is giving away The Edge of Maybe (novel)

Congrats, Barbara McDowell Whitt!

May 10th: Malia Jacobson gave away Ready, Set, Sleep: 50 Ways To Help Your Child Sleep So You Can Sleep Too (e-book)

Congrats, Heather L. Lee!

May 11th: Jessica Paige Morrell gave away a copy of Thanks, But This Isn’t for Us: A (Sort of) Compassionate Guide to Why Your Writing is Being Rejected (nonfiction, how-to)

Congrats, Cara Holman!

and

Congrats, Beth Fornauf!

May 12th: Cindy Hudson gave away Mother-Daughter Book Club Meeting Planner Guides: Collection One and Book By Book: The Complete Guide to Creating Mother-Daughter Book Clubs

Congrats, Mar Junge!

May 13th: Christina Katz gave away a copy of Writer Mama with a bonus e-book Author Mama

Congrats, Cara Holman and Dee!

May 14th: Heather Vogel Frederick gave away Once Upon A Toad (children’s middle grade novel)

Congrats, Suzanne Holyde!

May 15th: Krysty Krywko gave away a copy of Late-onset Hearing Loss: A Parent’s Perspective (nonfiction, e-book)

Congrats, Lorraine Wilde!

May 16th: Heather Snow gave away Sweet Enemy, A Veiled Seduction Novel (fiction, romance)

Congrats, Pattie!

May 17th: Janet Boyer gave away Tarot In Reverse (nonfiction)

Congrats, Mary Lou Gomes!

May 18th: Hope Clark gave away a copy of Lowcountry Bribe (fiction, mystery)

Congrats, Ljohnsontravels12!

May 19th: Laura Laing gave away Math for Grownups (nonfiction)

Congrats, Mary Lou!

May 20th: Christina Katz gave away a copy of Get Known Before the Book Deal (nonfiction, how-to)

Congrats, Cynthavi Love!

May 21st: Nina Amir gave away How To Blog A Book with a foreword from Christina Katz (nonfiction, how-to)

Congrats, Cara Holman!

May 22nd: Natalie Serber gave away a copy of Shout Her Lovely Name (fiction, short stories)

Congrats, Mary Lou Gomes!

May 23rd: Christina Katz gave away a copy of Build Your Author Platform e-workbook (nonfiction, how-to)

Congrats, Mar Junge!

May 24th: Kristina Riggle gave away Keepsake (fiction, novel)

Congrats, Lisa S!

May 25th: Abigail Green gave away Mama Insider: Laughing (And Sometimes Crying) All The Way Through Pregnancy, Birth and the First Three Months (e-book, humorous nonfiction)

Congrats, Heidi Smith Luedtke!

May 26th:Anthology Day! Cara Holman, Lorraine Wilde, and Lela Davidson are participating writers.

Congrats, MLTCG! You won Women Writing on Family

Congrats, Poppyherrin! Easy to Love but Hard to Raise

Congrats, Lisa S! Chicken Soup for New Moms

May 27th: Mariam Kobras gave away a copy of her award-winning The Distant Shore: Book One of the Stone Trilogy (fiction, romance)

Congrats, Mar!

May 28th: Allison Winn Scotch gave away a copy of The Song Remains The Same (fiction, novel) More info

Congrats, Judy M. Miller!

May 29th: Lisa Schroeder gave away It’s Raining Cupcakes More info and Sprinkles and Secrets More info (middle grade fiction novels)

Congrats, C.L!

May 30th: Christina Katz gave away one set of her three books by Writer’s Digest: Writer Mama More info , Get Known Before the Book Deal More info, and The Writer’s Workout More info (all nonfiction, how-to)

Congrats, Chris Blake!

May 31st: Karen Karbo gave away a set of her three kick-as women books: How To Hepburn More info, The Gospel According to Coco Chanel More info, and How Georgia Became O’Keeffe More info (nonfiction)

Congrats, Dana Britt!

Here’s what I’ve been up to these past few months…

My Interview with Cheryl Strayed is in the July/August Writer’s Digest

My Article, “The Tech-Savvy Writer: Embrace Technology, Establish Your Online Presence, and Earn More” will appear in the July AWP Job List (Members Only)

I am quoted in an article on platform development by Nikki Gardner in the summer issue of the WORDS newsletter for the International Association of Culinary Professionals.

I will be quoted in an article on boosting writing productivity by Leslie Wyatt in the upcoming 2013 edition of Writer’s Market.

My Article, “Best Summer Ever, Amp Up The Creative Family Fun” appeared in Montgomery & Eastern Shore Parents

My Article, “Inexpensive Backyard Fun: 36 Ways To Spend the Sunny Days of Summer” appeared in Treasure Valley Parent and online for Fredericksburg Parent.

My Article, “Beyond Golf Balls & Coffee Mugs: 90 Father’s Day Gift Ideas,” appeared in Flagler/Volusia Parent.

And Sunday, I was quoted in an article in the Bellingham Herald by Dean Kahn, “Changes in publishing world mean writers must become more adept at self-promotion”

I’m headed to Bellingham, Washington this weekend, where I’ll be presenting a session on Self-promotion smarts for every writer and appearing on a panel discussing Blogging, Platform & Social Media.

Look forward to seeing everyone who will be attending the Chuckanut Writer’s Conference hosted by Village Books and Whatcom Community College!

As I travel along in my writing life, I often stumble on things–products, services, books–that I think would be of interest to others.

So don’t be surprised if you catch me dropping some suggestions here and there. I promise to only mention things I think will enrich your creative life.

Here are a few of my new favorite things for writers:

Crabtree & Evelyn Citron, Honey, Coriander Products

One of the hotels I stayed at for a conference–I think it was in New York for the Writer’s Digest Conference–gave samples of these products in the rooms. I wanted to drink them all, they smelled so good. Kudos to Crabtree & Evelyn for putting together such a pitch-perfect scent.

I’ve used what made it home a couple times since. And I have shared them with my daughter a couple of times, and I can’t help notice are powerfully mood-shifting.

I’m linking to an assortment here, so you can see what they have, but naturally, you can find these products in many combinations at various price-points.

You should probably also know that I have a thing for coriander. So lemon and honey on their own probably would not have swayed me. But add in the coriander and, oh my gosh, an amazing scent! Any of these products would make a great summer gift (especially for yourself).

A New Favorite Pen

I hosted Heather Vogel Frederick at the Northwest Author Series and discovered we share a love of Apple products. While we were discussing the latest in laptop advances, Heather shared a couple of other products with me. One of them was something simple. A pen. But as a writer, I love a good pen. And this is not just a good pen; it’s a great pen.

Check out the Pentel EnerGel. Heather gave me one in purple with a 0.7 metal tip and I LOVE it. I love just anything in purple for that matter. And if you do too, check out these pens.

GRID-IT! The Ultimate Organizer

Heather also introduced me to this helpful organizer for people like us who have too many gadgets that have too many gizmos. I just thought this was brilliant when I saw it. So I got one to help me organize my gizmos for my gadgets. And I’m thrilled with it. Any visual person would love it. Check it out. It even comes in colors! (I wish I had known that.)

Mother-Daughter Book Clubs, Anyone?

Something else I highly recommend you buy this summer is Heather’s Mother-Daughter Book Club book. I just ordered the rest of the series to read with my daughter this summer.

By the way, summer is a great time to consider starting up a Mother-Daughter Book Club, if you have a daughter anywhere from 8-18. I have to say I was skeptical that I could make the time to really do justice to participating in a mom-daughter book club with Samantha, who is now ten years old.

But you know what? It’s not hard at all because all the moms and daughters spread the responsibilities out for hosting equally. And I love reading book with my daughter that spark conversations on tricky topics. We’ve been reading the books out loud as a family and this has been working out great for us.

If you are on the fence, I highly recommend Cindy Hudson’s book, Book By Book, The Complete Guide to Creating Mother-Daughter Book Clubs to help you make a more informed decision.

And PS, to get ready for our night of hosting, I purchased Cindy’s Book Discussion Guide, and it made all the difference. So, whether you are thinking of a book club or you are in one, know that Cindy Hudson has a wealth of resources for busy mom book club hostesses.

That’s it for now. Stay tuned for more favorite things for writers coming soon.

Yes, I will be signing all three of my books at the following three conferences. Or feel free to bring your copies to be signed!

I look forward to meeting you!

Friday – Saturday, June 22nd & 23rd: The Chuckanut Writer’s Conference

See you in my old stomping grounds—Bellingham, Washington!
Locations: Whatcom Community College, Heiner Auditorium & Village Books in Fairhaven
Presentation, Panel and Attending Entire Conference

Session: Self-promotion smarts for every writer

Panel: Blogging, Platform & Social Media Panel

Full conference schedule
More info and registration

Friday – Sunday, July 19 – 22nd: Pacific Northwest Writer’s Conference

See you in Seattle, Washington!

Seattle, Washington at the Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center

Author Signing Party: Friday, July 20th

1.5-hour Workshop: Saturday, July 21st, 2:00-3:00 pm
Mailbox Full of Money: Micro-publish Your Way From Beginner to Book Deal

Closing Seminar Featuring Christina Katz
3-hour Workshop: Sunday, July 22nd, 2012 10:00 – 1:00 pm
Topic: How You Do Anything is How You Do Everything
Seminar followed by book signing
Location: Emerald Ballroom More info and register (conference was sold-out last year, so register early)

Friday- Sunday, August 3 – 5, Willamette Writers Conference

See you in Portland, Oregon!

Portland, Oregon at The Sheraton Airport Hotel

Sunday, 10:30 – 12:00 Discover Your Specialty, Deepen Your Niche and Earn

Sunday, 1:30-3:00 Crafting Better Nonfiction Article Queries

I will also review nonfiction book proposals
More info and register