Events
Connie Wilson will be signing copies of Hellfire and Damnation at Barnes & Noble at Northpark Mall in Davenport, Iowa, beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 13th, 2010. To see reviews of the new Sam’s Dot release, go to www.HellfireandDamnationthebook, where you can also order the book.
News
Final proof of Volume II of Ghostly Tales of Route 66 has gone to the publisher, who hopes to have it out by the end of summer. Connie will be the featured speaker at the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge Second Annual Route 66 Festival in St. Louis on October 3 rd. (Stay tuned for more information about book signings and appearances.)
Connie took part in a book signing for local authors during the dedication of the new Independence Public Library (her home town) recently (see photo), and also took part in a book signing at Barnes & Noble in Davenport, Iowa for a short story collection in which 2 of her stories appeared.
Connie appeared at a book signing in Chicago at “Centuries & Sleuths” bookstore to promote “Ghosts of Route 66,” Volume I and “Out of Time.” (See photo).
Second proofing of Classic Cinema of the ‘70s has gone to the layout artist, who is inserting 76 photos (scanned to 300 to 600 grayscale .tif format). Hopefully, a rough draft of the book will be ready to take to the Hawaii Writers’ Conference and Retreat, Aug. 28 – Sept. 8 th.
Connie attended the Backspace Writers’ Conference bestowing of an honorary award on David Morrell, an interview subject who formerly taught at the University of Iowa (author of Rambo). She was in town for the BEA (Book Expo America) and giving out copies of her novel Out of Time at the HWA booth.
In February, Connie served on two panels at “Love Is Murder” in Wheaton, Illinois, one dealing with screenwriting (a result of her win in the 2007 “Writer’s Digest” screenplay competition) and one on the short story. It was the second appearance on a panel for LIM.