Category: Events

Bindercon LA — a conference and community for women and gender non‑conforming writers — happens this weekend!

Get a ticket to hear from writers ranging from Jillian Lauren to Lisa Kudrow, pitch your writing to agents and publishers, and participate in networking sessions. And come to the “How to Build a Writing Community” panel– moderated by myself.

What: How to Build a Writing Community at Bindercon LA
When: Saturday, March 19 at 2 pm
Where: UCLA campus, in Carnesale Commons

Joining me on the panel are Michelle Franke of The Rattling Wall and Pen Center USA, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo of Women Who Submit, Neelanjana Banerjee of Kaya Press, and poet Lauren Eggert-Crowe.

Hope to see you there —

Thanks to everyone who came out to Highland Park for Vermin on the Mount!

Special thanks to Jim Ruland for hosting — and to photographer and writer Scot Sothern, Kevin Moffett (Permanent Visitors), Josh Stallings (Young Americans), and Rebecca Gonzales for sharing their work —

Happy belated Valentine’s Day!

Celebrate Valentine’s Day a few days late at a Vermin on the Mount reading!

What: Vermin on the Mount Reading at Book Show
When: Friday, February 19 at 7:30 pm
Where: Book Show, 5503 N Figueroa St, Los Angeles

I’m psyched to be reading with photographer and writer Scot Sothern, Kevin Moffett (Permanent Visitors), Josh Stallings (Young Americans), and Rebecca Gonzales. Jim Ruland (Forest of Fortune) will host!

Hope to see you there —

Poster design by Keith Rosson

Celebrate the winter solstice with me! I’ll be reading later this month at a sweet backyard event:

What: A Winter Solstice Reading
When: Sun, Dec. 20, 2015, 6 pm
Where: 739 N. Edgemont St., Los Angeles CA 90029

The event’s hosted by my friend and lovely poet Lauren Eggert-Crowe. I’ll be reading an excerpt from the novel I’m working on. Joining me will be Ramona Pilar Gonzalez and Samantha Powell, both of whom I’m very excited to read with for the first time —

There will be snacks, drinks, and nice words for your ears. Hope to see you soon —

Thank you for coming out to The Los Angeles Review Reading on Thursday, everyone!

Special thanks to Alexa Oliphant and Alisa Trager at Red Hen Press for putting the event together, and thanks to my fellow readers Anna Scotti and Sean Bernard. Sean — Looking forward to reading your novel, Studies in the Hereafter!

Our reading even got a little writeup in La Canada Valley Sun!

The Los Angeles Review will have more readings — especially around AWP 2016. See you there!

I’ve never been to La Canada Flintridge before, but I’ll be reading there this Thursday and I’ll be bringing cupcakes because I’ll still be celebrating my birthday. Do come out and join me! Local literary journal Los Angeles Review is hosting a reading with three contributors:

What: Los Angeles Review Reading at Flintridge Bookstore
When: Thu, November 12, 2015, 7 pm
Where: Flintridge Bookstore & Coffee House, 1010 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada Flintridge, CA

I’ll be reading the new pieces that were published in the latest Los Angeles Review. Joining me will be Sean Bernard, the fiction editor of Los Angeles Review himself, and Anna Scotti.

Come for the sugar or come for the stories. Hope to see you soon —