- 2011-
I receive my shipment of Dearly Departed! January 2011
I love my new book ... January 2011
Signing copies of Dearly Departed at my
book launch - January 2011
L-R: Don Carey, me, Rebecca Talley, and Daron Fraley
The Book Table, January 2011
With Michelle Jeffries at the Write Here in Ephraim event,
April 2011. She brought me a Darth Editus helmet.
Signing at the BYU Bookstore for Women's Conference,
April 2011.
Teaching about blogging at the 2011 LDStorymakers
Writers Conference in May.
After the conference, I got to be a presenter at the Whitney Awards
with Danyelle Ferguson. We gave the award to Annette Lyon.
And then - lifelong dream come true - I got to meet Susan
Evans McCloud.
- 2010 -
It's book launch time - celebrating the release of Secret Sisters and four
other novels published by Valor Publishing Group.
March 16, 2010
L-R: Kimberly Job, Karlene Browning, and me
Signing a copy of Secret Sisters
My good-lookin' critique group: Kimberly Job, Nichole Giles,
Keith Fisher, Heather Justesen, and me
My extremely cute table display. Doesn't it just scream "Relief Society?"
I went out to Tooele to speak at a junior high along with the other Valor
Authors in March 2010. This is essentially the worst picture
taken of me in the history of bad pictures, but the kids are cute.
With up-and-coming author Andrea Pearson at the 2010
LDStorymakers Writers Conference, April 23-24
Hanging out at the writers conference - back row: Shanda Cottam,
me, Hilary Parkin, Sheila Staley. Front row: Danyelle Ferguson, Lynn Parsons.
L-R: Tami Keller Torero, me, and Josi Kilpack at the Whitney Awards,
April 24, 2010
With my handsome husband at the Whitney Awards
I was honored to be a presenter at the Whitneys, along with Marsha Ward.
With Paul Skousen at a fireside he did for my mom's ward
in July. It was my privilege to be one of the editors
on his father, Cleon Skousen's, work, "The Cleansing of America."
Holy cow - I have a book in Walmart! I never, ever, ever thought
I'd ever have a book in Walmart!
Pitching my book to prospective buyers at the August 2010 LDSBA convention.
September -Signing at Eborn Books in Provo with
David J. West (left) and Daron D. Fraley (right).
Hangin' out with the cool people after the Book Academy Conference in
September. Back row: J. Scott Savage, Don Carey, Shanda Cottam,
Julie Wright, Sheila Staley, and Traci Hunter Abramson. Front row: me,
Debbie (Cranberryfries) Lambson.
Signing with Ben Behunin and Kimberly Job at Dragons and Fairytales,
November 2010.
Teaching self-editing for the League of Utah Writers, November 2010.
- 2009-
Me with author Stephanie Black - who is awesome.
LDStorymaker Writers Conference, April 24-25, 2009
Nancy Campbell Allen - she 's very cool in the leopard print there.
LDStorymakers
With Sandra Grey, who is very patient with my crazy stalker-ness.
LDStorymakers
Me with my sweetie at the Whitney Awards, April 24, 2009
Ladies' Night Out - April 2009
Nichole Giles and me
Here I am with the authors in attendance: top row - Michele Ashman Bell, Terri Ferran, Julie Coulter Bellon, and Stacy Gooch Anderson (makes me wish I had three names!) bottom row - Janet Birmingham, me, and Kristen Landon.
With the most awesome ladies of LDS Women's Book Review.
L-R: Shanda Cottam, me, Sheila Staley. May 2009
Me being cheesy because that is what I do. Celebrating the release of Agent in Old Lace
at Provident Book, May 2009. Take note of the awesome cake in the forefront of the picture. Heather
Justesen made that for me.
My fantastic critique group came to cheer me on. L-R: Kimberly Job, me, Heather Justesen,
Nichole Giles. Seated: Keith Fisher.
With author friend Daron Fraley.
L-R: me, Karlene Browning, Jordan McCollum, and Karen E. Hoover.
With author friend Connie Hall.
Book signing at Confetti Book in Spanish Fork for Fiesta Days, July 2009
L-R: Dennis Mangrum, me, Laura Bingham
L-R: Elodia Strain, me, LuAnn Staheli
Guy Galli and me - showing off our books, because that's what book signings
are for, aren't they?
With John Bytheway at LDSBA, August 2009
Utah State Attorney General Mark Shurtleff signing his novel, "Am I Not a Man,"
produced by Valor Publishing. Yes, I was his editor.
L-R: Me, BJ Rowley, and Candace Salima celebrating
Mark's novel at our booth at LDSBA
- 2008 -
With the awesome Janette Rallison in Arizona - March 2008
Me teaching at ANWA - and apparently having a bad hair day - March 2008
Presenting at the LDStorymakers Writers Conference, March 21-22, 2008
When the writers conference is the same weekend as Easter, I'm really given no choice ...
With author friend Don Carey, LDStorymakers
With the beautiful, wonderful Kerry Blair at the Whitney Awards,
March 22, 2008
March 22, 2008
With Shannon Hale at the Whitney Awards - I'm sure she's figured out that
I'm a crazy stalker.
I'm a crazy stalker.
(more pictures to come soon ...)
- 2005 -
An awesome trip to Fillmore with my LDStorymaker friends in 2005. The outer circle, starting from the left, is comprised of BJ Rowley, Stephanie Fowers, Willard Boyd Gardner, me, Heather Justesen, Julie Coulter Bellon, Shirley Bahlmann, Loralee Evans, Julie Wright, and Rachel Ann Nunes. Seated in the center are Heather Moore, Candace Salima, and James Dashner.
We're all standing in different places, but yep, that's still us.
