Judith's Oil Paintings featured at upcoming show!

Many of us probably didn't know this, but Judith is an artist and her work will be appearing in a local gallery in Greenwich this coming May. Here are details on the Opening Event -- she phrased it so nicely with directions, I'm copying and pasting most of her original note to me.

I am planning on attending the opening night, Thursday, May 3. It would be great to see some other Pencils! there!

Congratulations, Judith!

Happy writing!

Six of my abstract oil paintings will be
exhibited at
the Christopher
Fischer cashmere store at
103 Greenwich
Avenue,
Greenwich, between May 3 and
the 28th, as part of Greenwich's
annual "Art to the Avenue" show.


Opening night is May 3rd from 5:30 to
8 p.m.
Wine, champagne and hors
d'oeuvres will be served to kick off
the show.
I will be there greeting
people and explaining my art (impossible
to do).  Most of the other
stores
featuring artists will have
refreshments too.

If you miss that night the
paintings will be on display
during the entire
month of May.

The Christopher Fischer store is next
to the CVS pharmacy and a few doors
down from Sephora.
The intersection streets
are Greenwich (one way west)
and Lewis Avenues.
A large parking lot is
behind the pharmacy.

Mike makes a sale!

Mike has sold a four-story travelogue of his trip to China to the Greenwich Time! He'll be back from China in a few weeks. Let's be sure to congratulate him when he returns since I don't know if he'll have e-mail access!

Congratulations, Mike!

Joyce's Work Soon Appearing; Invited to Read

Three of Joyce's pieces, "Massage," "What I Want for Christmas," and "The Right Thing," will be appearing in this year's issue of Musings, the magazine put out by Norwalk Community College. The magazine is going to be out later this year.

Joyce will also be reading some of her work at the college's Academic Festival on April 11th between 11:30 and 1 p.m. in the East Campus Atrium, which is in front of the library.

Congratulations, Joyce!

John and the World Horror Convention

John Palisano just got back from Toronto's World Horror Convention, where he reported making several great contacts! In addition, he pitched his latest project to three publishers and is sending out synopsis and first three chapters.

Congratulations, John, and best of luck!!

Lon gets a mention!

One of Lon's stories, which was published in Spacesuits and Sixguns, was reviewed in LOCUS magazine. What the reviewer noted and information on finding the story is below.

It's always nice to get a third-party mention in another publication -- reviews are important in building status as a writer!

Congratulations, LON!!

The story that was reviewed is still available to read in the first issue of www.spacesuitsandsixguns.com

Kaye's "Dead Letters" on The Ghostman & Demon Hunter Show!

Kaye will be doing a monthly paranormal literature review, "Dead Letters -- The Last Word in Paranormal Literature", on The Ghostman & Demon Hunter Show. Visit www.ghostanddemon.com and click on "G&D" crew -- she's listed there on the bottom -- and click on "Archives" to listen to the show that contains her first segment, March 25, 2007. You have to have Windows Media 7 to listen. For a quick look at the book she reviewed, visit the "G&D" forum and look for the "Dead Letter" topic.

What does this have to do with Pencils!? Nathan, who was responsible for getting us started down at Barnes & Noble in Norwalk, is now spending his time doing this instead!

You can also check out the show LIVE on Sunday nights at 9 p.m. Visit www.ghostanddemon.com and click on "listen live" to hear Nathan and Shaun do their thing with the paranormal research community's most famous personalities, Gore Girl with horror movie reviews, and the Mind of Magnus's crytozoology report. Kaye is proud to be part of this crew and will be joining the guys at the GhostWorld Conference in Gettysburg for her first appearance. In October, The Ghostman & Demon Hunter will be a featured attraction at Troy Taylor's Spooktacular in Decatur, Illinois -- access that by clicking here or cutting and pasting this link:
http://www.prairieghosts.com/halloween.html.

Conferences fast approaching -- register now!

The two conferences coming up in our area are fast approaching. Here's the info:

APRIL 14/15: THE 2007 NATIONAL WRITERS WORKSHOP SPONSORED BY THE HARTFORD COURANT. Registration costs $105 for non-students and $70 for students. Featured speakers include David Baldacci, author of several New York Times bestsellers (I believe he's commercial fiction); Lauren Baratz-Logsted, who has published ten books with major houses and is a personal friend of mine; Michael Patrick MacDonald, who has won the American Book and Literary Lights Awards; and several big names in journalism including Pulitzer Prize winners.

Our own Jen Connic will be attending.

Here is the link for information and registration (you may have to copy and paste this; I'm terrible at sticking links in e-mail):
http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/hc-nww2007,0,3796551.htmlstory

MAY 12: CAPA-U. They still have plenty of spaces left--so you're not too late. Registration is $140.00. Kaye will be speaking and attending this event, and you will, if you sign up and put in your requests, have a chance to conference for fifteen minutes with an agent. If you were thinking of signing up and haven't yet, NOW IS THE TIME. Information and downloadable registration forms can be found here:

http://www.aboutcapa.com/index2.html

Happy writing! Hope you'll all consider attending one or both. Conferences, no matter how large or small, are an important part of the writing process. While it's important not to be a "conference junkie," -- there are many writers and all they do is go to conferences -- it's good to try to attend one or two per year if your budget allows.