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Here are a few scenes from recent get-togethers, author visits, and celebrations:
- Sharing book marketing tips while presenting to friends in SCBWI: Kathy Groth, Megan Maynor, Susan Latta, and Aimée Bissonette
- Shopping in Linden Hills at Comma, a Bookshop on Independent Bookstore Day: Owner Victoria, Alisa, and Kristin
- Launching Pickles and Paradise book at Barnes & Noble with media specialists: Joan Kallas and Sarah Rose
- Appearing on TV to share pickleball tips with KEYC hosts, Jackson Jirik and Nataliya Oliynyk
- Celebrating pickleball book at Barnes & Noble with friends and family: Alisa Duran, Christina Samion, Alex Samion, and Kristina Heggedal
- Enjoying time with family at A Bar of Their Own in Minneapolis
- Playing some pickleball with writer friends: Aimée Bissonette, Jane O’Reilly, and Joyce Sidman
- Remembering my four-legged best friend, Abby
- Selling books with my awesome mother-in-law Judy during a Christmas Book Fair
- Remembering the tornadoes referenced in Fearless with KEYC TV hosts, Kelsey Barchenger and Lisa Cownie, in Mankato, Minnesota
- Launching Fearless at Barnes & Noble with writer friends: Sarah Rose, Eileen Beha, and Mark Ceilley
- Hanging out with my sister, Jan, at our book fair table at the Mankato Deep Valley Book Festival
- Teaching graphic novel workshop, Young Author Young Artist (YAYA) Conference, May 2024, St. Ben’s College
- Posing with some fans at Grandpa’s Barn in Copper Harbor, Michigan, during Authors on the Porch with Aimée Bissonette
- Relaxing with writer friends after interviewing author Loretta: Joyce Sidman, Loretta Ellsworth, Jane O’Reilly, Aimée Bisonette, and me
- Presenting at Chaska Elementary for a school visit on “Being a Fearless Writer”
- Posing with seventh graders after presenting on writing, Morris, Minnesota
- Teaching a Fearless writing workshop to fourth and fifth graders for a “Great Gathering” fundraiser for Horace Mann Elementary
- Presenting a workshop on empathy and how to work with an editor to Morris Area Schools
- Signing books after Fearless selected for Battle of the Books by Brainerd Area Libraries