Final NaNoPlea: NOWD

Sunday night I will be joining over 200 people in the Julia Morgan Ballroom for the Night of Writing Dangerously for a writing, fundraising, fun-filled extravaganza! I raised some money last year and have raised a little bit more this year for the OLL which runs NaNoWriMo and the Young Writers' Program - as well as Script Frenzy.

An awesome organization for this incredible, seemingly impossible, riotous writing event for 30 days.

Consider donating even $5, $10 or what you can to this great cause.

Click my link below to add your funds. And thank you!




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Gaby says it doesn't get better

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Thank you, Gaby. Well said.

...it doesn't get better - but we get stronger...

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Blog Tour and Book Giveaway

Be sure to check back on March 29th. Published author Bonnie Hearn Hill will be stopping by on her blog tour to talk about her new Young Adult series, Star Crossed, and to discuss the next steps authors can take after they've written to "The End."


As a part of this event, there will also be a book giveaway. Keep your eyes open for details and the chance to win a copy of Bonnie's newest book!

WOW! Call for Submissions

WOW! Women On Writing Blog: WOW! Call for Submissions: YA Issue

This looks like a great opportunity!
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coming to a screen near you?

I went to the premiere of "Papers the Movie" tonight with a couple friends. It was a moving story and very well done. This is an important issue that I will admit to being rather ignorant about prior to learning about the film a month or so ago.

This film is the story about undocumented students and what happens to them after they turn 18. They have no papers, so they have difficulty getting into colleges (are turned down by some flat out - no questions asked), getting jobs, can't get driver's license, and so on. Are deported. Are held in detention. This young people are born here in the US or come here as very young children with their parents. They grow up here, are educated here, are Americans, and yet, on their 18th birthday they become "illegals."

This is an important film and they did a nice job. They have a few more local showings scheduled and are taking it nationwide. They have been accepted into a couple film festivals and have applied for more.

Check it out. "Papers the Movie". Go if you can, when it comes near you or you are near a showing.
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