April 7 was the official release date of Wild Women, Wild Voices. Thank you New World Library for creating this beautiful, wild book.

Now comes the part writers alternately look forward to and look away from during the writing, the rewriting, the editing and the thousand steps that happen between idea and published book. You’re finally taking your baby out for its first public viewings. Ready or not … here goes:

• Wed., April 8, 7:30 pm, Warwick’s in La Jolla, CA
• Sat., April 11, 5:30 pm, Publication Party co-hosted by San Diego Writers, Ink, Plaza at Gallery 17, Liberty Station, Pt. Loma
• Wed., April 15, 1 pm (PDT), audio event, Live! with Kay, Journalverse
• Thurs., April 16, 2 pm (PDT), telechat with Ruth Folit, Int’l Association for Journal Writing
• Fri., May 8, 7 pm, Bloomsbury Books, Ashland, OR
• Sun., May 10, 12 pm, (PDT) Interview with Sheila Bender, Writing It Real, KPTZ Radio
• Tues., May 12, 7 pm, Annie Bloom’s Books, Portland, OR
• Thurs., May 14, 7 pm, Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, WA (Seattle area)
• Sat., May 30, 10 am, Workshop, Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA
• Thurs., June 4, 9 am (PDT) teleseminar, Int’l Association of Conscious  & Creative Writers
• Fri., July 24, Speaker, Int’l Women’s Writing Guild Summer Conference, Litchfield, CT.
• Sun., Aug. 2, 10 am, Day Retreat, J&J Ranch, Descanso, CAThat’s all for now, but more will be forthcoming, including a Wild Women, Wild Voices Writing Workshop SeriesThanks to Kim Keeline for some great interview questions about the book and wild voice. The interview is posted on SDWI‘s website. You can read it here.

And thanks to We Wanted to be Writers for posting an excerpt of Chapter 6 — Writing Place: The Geography of Our Lives on their generous website. You can read it here.