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• Come Meet Me in Cincinnati: Books by the Banks, Joseph Beth, and the Kenton County Library (Erlanger, KY)

  3120 readersIt's a busy fall to say the least and there are a lot of good writing events happening before the holidays land. (I've already blogged about how I will be in Tucson, AZ, Sept. 24-26.) If you live in the greater Cincinnati area, think about popping by to one of the following events.       SEPT. 20, 2010: "MEET THE WD

• Gnome Attack Roundup: Book on B&N Halloween Endcap; I Speak to Cincinnati SCBWI and Indiana Library Folks

  3140 readersThings with my gnome attack book continue to move along in wonderful & strange ways. The biggest news is that Barnes & Noble has placed in on their "Happy Halloween" endcap (see below), which should run for several weeks. (Little factoid: That Werewolf Haiku book you see there on the upper right is actually put out by my publishing

• Conference Spotlight: Surrey International Writers Conference near Vancouver, BC, Canada

  1845 readersDETAILS The Surrey International Writers' Conference is a three-day event, running from Oct. 22-24, 2010. Friday and Saturday are full days, and Sunday events wrap-up in the early afternoon. The conference and all of its events are held at: The Sheraton Guildford Hotel (map), 15269 104th Ave., Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Attendance usually reaches more than 500 (sometimes as high as

• Live Near Indianapolis? Come Meet Me on Sept. 18 or Nov. 17

  1464 readersI will be presenting at a pair of cool events in the Indianapolis area this fall (2010), so if you're close by, come and see me! I'll be teaching writers on the craft & business of writing at both events. SEPT. 18, 2010: GREENFIELD LIBRARY (HANCOCK COUNTY) There is an Author Appreciation Fair at the Greenfield branch of the

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  Gnomes Book Party in Cincinnati (and a WD Books Editor Event!)

  1379 readersTwo very cool things are happening on Monday, Sept. 20, at Joseph Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati. First, at 5:30, I'm having an open event to celebrate the release of my book, How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack. The event is open and will have some free snacks (score!). I believe I will be talking about the book

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  Cape Town Book Fair Canceled Until 2012

  814 readersThere will be no Cape Town Book Fair this year. The organizers explained in a website announcement: “The reason for this new move is that publishers in South Africa have voiced their support for a bi-annual Fair, starting in 2012.” Last y...

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  Come Meet Me in Akron, OH on July 17. It’s the Northern Ohio SCBWI Summer Session.

  2416 readers OK, so it's not technically a conference, per se, but I will be speaking at a regional meeting of the Northern Ohio Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators. Very cool stuff.  DETAILS It all goes down from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, July 17, 2010, at the Holiday Inn Cleveland South, 6001 Rockside Road, Independence, OH 44131.

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  My Adventures in … Dayton

  3450 readersThis month, I attended the Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop in Dayton, Ohio. The conference really is one of a kind. It's an event for humor writers of all kinds and only happens every two years. The conference draws big names, such as Dave Barry in the past, and this year one of its many nice guests was W. Bruce

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  Come Meet Me in Tucson at Wrangling With Writing

  2246 readersCome join me at the Society of Southwestern Authors's Wrangling With Writing conference in Sept. 2010, in Tucson, AZ. It looks to be an event of considerable size and quality, so give it a look-see and come on down to Arizona with me! DETAILS The event is from Sept. 24-26, 2010, at the Radisson Suites in Tucson, AZ. The Society

• My Gnome Attack Book Lands Mention in Reader’s Digest; Good News Has Inspired Another Free Giveaway to Commenters

  3596 readers(Update: Notified winners are Tom F & Eliza C. Congrats you two!) In appreciation of the extreme good news that How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack got a nice mention in the Oct. 2010 Reader's Digest (comes out today or tomorrow), I am doing another super-awesome, free giveaway. THE RULES: To enter, just comment on this blog post. Two winners