Schedule

July 16th Guest-blogging with Ellora’s Cave author Shelley Munro
Marcia James will be blogging on author promotion and answering PR questions all day.  The blog address is http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/

July 30, 2008  5:00 – 7:00 p.m.  Romance Writers of America “Readers for Life” charity booksigning
San Francisco Marriott, 55 Fourth Street, San Francisco, CA  94103 This literacy-fundraising booksigning is open-to-the-public and features 450 authors.  In addition to the booksigning, Marcia James will be co-presenting a PR/Marketing workshop with RWA Librarian of the Year John Charles and author Jennifer Stevenson at the conference’s Librarian Day event.  For directions to the hotel, call (415) 896-1600.  For more information on the event, visit http://www.rwanational.org/cs/conferences_and_events.

September 12-13, 2008  Central Ohio Fiction Writers’ conference
University Plaza Hotel, 3110 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH 43202  The 4:15 – 6:00 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13th conference booksigning is open-to-the-public and features over 20 authors.  In addition to the booksigning, Marcia James will co-present an author promotion workshop with Kensington author, Dianne Castell.  For directions to the hotel, call 614-267-7461.  For more information on the conference, visit http://www.cofw.org/conference.html.

February 2009  “PR is NOT a Four-Letter Word” online workshop
From February 2nd – 27th, Marcia James will be presenting an intensive online workshop on author promotion.  An impressive list of savvy author promoters will be posting guest lectures, including Patricia Sargeant, Jen Stark and Jennifer Stevenson.  The RWA Wine Country Romance Writers are hosting the workshop, and the presenters’ fees are being donated to charity.  For more information, visit http://winecountryromancewriters.com/workshops.htm