I’ll be doing a reading and signing for The Map of True Places this Saturday @ 7:30PM at Artemisia Botanicals in Salem, MA. The address is 102 Wharf Street and it is in the Pickering Wharf area. A Google map of the store location with contact info is <here>. Love to see you if you can make it.

On Thursday, Oct. 21st, I’ll at the Borders bookstore in Peabody, MA at 7pm. I’ll be doing a reading and signing for my new book The Map of True Places. If you’re in the area, please stop by. You can get maps and more event details <here>.

Tonight Tuesday October 19th, I’ll be at Newburyport High School as part of a workshop on how you can self-publish books. There is an admission fee and you can get all of the details <here>. Hope to see you there.

On October 19, 2010, at 7PM I’ll be visiting Newburyport High School. I’ll be on a self-publishing panel along with my husband Gary and others. Click here for more information!

October 21 at the Borders in Peabody, MA at 7PM. Come hear me talk about my book The Map of True Places!

And last but certainly not least, October 23 I’ll be at the Artemisia Botanicals in Salem at 7:30PM.

Hey, remember that really awesome blog I keep telling you about? I wrote a blog post for them! This time I write about truth versus non-truth, and the writing elements which come into play when balancing the two. Hope you take some time to check it out!

Read my Writer Unboxed blog post here!

Hello friends! This week is a busier one for me. Tomorrow, October 13, I’m speaking on a panel about self-publishing along with my husband, Gary. The Lace Reader started off as a self-published book, plus we own an independent software publishing company. Looking forward to having our brains picked!

October 14 I’ll be in Andover at the Andover Bookstore. I’ll be speaking about The Map of True Places. You get more information about this event here.

And finally, on October 16, I’ll be in Boston for the Boston Book Festival, which is held on Copley Square. My event will be taking place at 4:30PM in Rabb Lecture Hall, which is in the Johnson Building of the Boston Public Library. I’ll be joining Joanna Smith Rakoff and Ann Hood to talk about the webs of relationships in our books. Henriette Lazaridis Power will host. The BBF is the largest literary festival in New England! If you can make it to the Boston area to join in on this event, you won’t regret it!

I’m doing a reading and signing tonight at Sarah’s Circle Book Club at the Park Avenue Congregational Church in Arlington, MA at 7PM. This is a free public event but any donation that you make goes to support the Boston Women’s Lunch Place. For more details, click <here>.

Check out the INDIE mystery bestseller list! <View the list>

Two events are coming up this week — I’d love to have you attend!

October 6, 2010: 7 PM, Friends of Cheshire Performing Arts Benefit, Cheshire, CT

October 7, 2010: 7 PM, Sarah’s Circle Book Club, Park Avenue Congregation Church, Arlington, MA