December 3, 2009 – Canyon Crest Ladies Book Club (Riverside, CA)
January 29, 2010 – Interview on Sarah Eden’s I Need Friends Friday
January 29, 2010 – Birth of “Writeminded” Critique Group
April 23-24, 2010 – Boot Camp Instructor at LDStorymakers Conference (Provo, UT)
April 24, 2010 – Whitney Awards Gala Dinner (Provo, UT)
June 26, 2010 – Segullah Writing Retreat (Salt Lake City, UT)
August 31, 2010 – Appointed to Board of Directors (as Communications Director) for LDStorymakers, Inc. (an author’s guild for LDS authors)
September 16, 2010 – Book Club Appearance (Highland, UT)
October 7-9, 2010 – Gave presentations on publishing and dialogue at Northwest Writer’s Retreat (Bellingham, WA)
November 18, 2010 – The Reckoning wins the 2010 Writer’s Digest International Self-Published Book Award for Mainstream/Literary Fiction (official announcement to come later)
January 27, 2011 – Book Club Appearance (Long Beach, CA)
March, 2011 – The Reckoning is featured in the March/April 2011 issue of Writer’s Digest as the First-Place Winner for Mainstream/Literary Fiction in their 18th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards (p. 50)
April 1, 2011 – The new LDStorymakers website (which I designed, aided by a web-savvy friend) debuts online
May 5, 2011 – Directed author interviews at LDStorymakers “Meet and Greet” (Salt Lake City, Utah)
May 6-7, 2011 – 2011 LDStorymakers Writer’s Conference (Salt Lake City, Utah)
May 7, 2011 – Whitney Awards Gala Dinner
August 31, 2011 – Reappointed to Board of Directors (as Communications Director) for LDStorymakers, Inc.
Feb. 25, 2012 – Won 2nd Place for YA/Middle Grade Fiction (School of Guardians) and 3rd Place for Women’s/General Fiction (Laps) in ANWA BOB (Beginning of Book) Contest
March 9, 2012 – Got a contract offer from Walnut Springs Press for Laps
April 2, 2012 – Signed publishing contract with Walnut Springs Press for Laps (now to be called The Boy in the Pool)
May 3-5, 2012 – 2012 LDStorymakers Writer’s Conference (Provo, UT)
May 5, 2012 – Whitney Awards Gala Dinner
August 16, 2012 – Got final cover for The Boy in the Pool (now to be called A Night on Moon Hill)
September 8, 2012 – A Night on Moon Hill debuts on Kindle
September 25, 2012 – Book Launch for A Night on Moon Hill at the Richland Public Library in the Gallery (6:30-8:30 pm)
October 6, 2012 – Book Signing at Far West Books & Gifts in Richland, WA for “Ladies Night Out” (5-7 pm)
October 13, 2012 – Panelist at Rivers of Ink Conference for Readers and Writers in Richland, WA
Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2012 – ANWA Northwest Writer’s Retreat in WA
February 7, 2013 – A Night on Moon Hill is announced as a 2012 Whitney Finalist in category of General Fiction
February 21-23, 2013 – “Time Out For Writers” (ANWA Writer’s Conference in Mesa, AZ)
March 1, 2013 – Interviewed by Nick Galieti on “The Good Word” podcast, followed by signing for A Night on Moon Hill at Eborn Books afterward
