First, JaNay Brown-Wood's new picture book, Grandma's Tiny House, will be released August, 2017, but you can pre-order it here: JaNay is front and center in this photograph. And here is her charming book.
Second, Rosi Hollinbeck's poem, "Sky Zoo," has been purchased by Highlights Magazine, although they haven't announced the publication date yet. Rosi is to JaNay's left. Both of them are in one of my awesome writing groups. (The other members are Paddy Lawton (behind Rosi) and Marsha Sylvester (to JaNays right.) I am the one peeking into the selfie camera in the lower righthand corner. We have all been together for several years, now, and what a great group this is!
Third, I belong to, Sisters in Crime, an organization of writers of adult mystery fiction, and the local chapter, Capitol Crimes, has just published a collection of mystery stories by some of the members. I bought my copy and am enjoying it. Here is a picture of the flyer.
If you are in the Sacramento area, you can attend the book signing on December 17, at 4:00 p.m. at Avid Reader, at 16th and Broadway in Sacramento.
You can get a copy of the 2017 anthology here:
Celebrate the Small Things is a blog hop co-hosted by Lexa Cain at: Lexa Cain, L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge , and Tonja Drecker @ Tidbits Blog. (You can go to any of these sites to add your name to the links, if you want to participate. I recommend it, because it's always fun to see news that others are celebrating, and to share your own as well. )
How about you? What are you celebrating this week? Do you belong to a writing group? More than one? Are you interested in poetry? Picture books? Mysteries? What is a favorite read in one of those categories?
18 comments:
Sounds like you have plenty to celebrate this week!
Lots of excitement in our fun group this year. These are good things to celebrate.
Good luck with your book event. I wish I could be there, but I'm heading south on that day. Enjoy and let us know how it goes.
Have a wonderful Christmas and see you in 2017!
Hi. Still not back really from my blog vacation but couldn't resist some Christmas fun at my blog. Thanks for visiting. Congrats to all the authors publishing this season too. Christmas came early for them!
Yes, and Christmas parties, too! This is a hectic season, but so glad for my writer friends.
Hi, Lee. Actually it's not my even, in that I don't have a story in the collection. But I'm happy for my writing friends. I know how great it feels to be included in an anthology. Hope you have a great Xmas.
Hi, Sharon. What a nice way to put it. Xmas DID come early for them. There can't be a better present for a writer than publishing news. 😋
Oh, I had no idea you and Rosi are in the same critique group! Cool. Congrats to JaNay on the picture book. Looks adorable.
Yes, it's a wonderful group. And, as you can see, full of really good writers. I feel so lucky. Have a great day.
Isn't it a wonderful group, Rosi! I feel fortunate to be with such good writers.
Lots of lovely writing news to celebrate, congrats to your friends. Best wishes for the holidays.
Thanks, Suzanne. And best wishes to you and yours for happy holidays and a wonderful year ahead.
I love all the good news about your writers' group and the Sisters in Crime! Congrats to all the writers involved and those pubbed!
Thanks, Lexa! It's always nice to see good things happen to friends. Best wishes for good holidays.
It's good to share others' happy news.
I agree, Julia. It's easy to be happy for yourself, but life is richer when you are happy for others as well. Have a great Christmas and New Year.
That looks like such a sweet story. Love it when grandmas are a part of a children's book.
Congrats on your anthology, Elizabeth. That's wonderful.
The grandma story really is a sweet story. It's a counting book at holiday time. The anthology is put out by Capitol Crimes. I don't have a story in it, but some of my friends do. Have a great Xmas & New Year.
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