Creativity Friday: Creative Women’s Networking Salon tonight—and other news

Live in NYC? Looking to meet with kindred creative women? Tonight is your night:

Friday, November 19, 7-9:30 pm
Creative Women’s Networking Salon

Are you an artist, writer, or creative entrepreneur and practioner? Come out and meet other like-minded women for conversation, inspiration, and wine. At previous salons, we were joined by photographers, crafters, publishing people, designers, artists, writers, and illustrators. Suggested donation: $5 for refreshments.

This event takes place at:
Kris Waldherr Art and Words studio-gallery
1501 Newkirk Avenue
entrance on Marlborough Road across from Rite Aid
Brooklyn, NY 11226
347-406-5811

Hope to see you there!

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In other news, I’m off to London on Tuesday (yes, this coming Tuesday!) for just under a week. Though the primary purpose of my trip is to research THE LILY MAID and the long-aborning DOOMED QUEENS follow up, I have another important task to take care of: I’m bringing my grandmother’s ashes “home.”

My grandmother, Doris Ivy Prince, was born in Kent, England but migrated to the United States as a young woman with my mother. Nana passed away two years ago at the very ripe age of 92—I know she always wanted to return back to noble Albion.

I plan to scatter her ashes in a lovely field outside the Anglican church where she worshiped so many years ago. Here’s hoping for a lovely day, or at the least, one without a heavy downfall. Having lived in the UK for a year, I’m too aware of the capricious quality of English weather.

On the research side, I have a very full plate! I plan to visit:

The V & A (research and inspiration)

The Tate Gallery (to visit Waterhouse’s The Lady of Shalott and Rossetti’s Beata Beatrice)

Primrose Hill (an important character in THE LILY MAID lives there)

Royal Academy of Art (a scene takes place during a Royal Academy vernissage)

The Museum of the City of London (to research Victorian London)

Oxford (another key scene in my novel takes place there)

Highgate Cemetery (to visit the grave of Elizabeth Siddal, Rossetti’s tragic muse)

Liberty of London’s (inspiration and retail therapy)

and much more. My hotel (in South Kensington, natch!) has wifi—will do my best to update while I’m there.

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Publishing Monday: Announcing….

… Art and Words Editions, my new digital imprint.

Our mission statement:

An e-book is more than the sum of its words. At Art and Words Editions, we’re dedicated to ushering in a golden age of digital publications for children and adults. Our e-books and apps are impeccably designed and gorgeously illustrated. They’re also written by some of the most inspiring and empowering authors around.

Our publications are available in a variety of formats for iPad, Kindle, NOOK, and other e-readers. Want to play it safe? We also publish in plain vanilla PDF which can be read on any computer. Check our Tech Specs page for installation information for each format.

Think of us as providing wit, wisdom, and wonder to your iPad—and beyond!”

As you can imagine, I’ve been hard at work on this big secret project for much of the summer and this autumn. I’m so pleased that I can finally unveil Art and Words Editions to you!

Oh, and if you sign up for our newsletter, you’ll get a free e-book. It’s in PDF format, so you can enjoy it on any number of e-book devices, including your computer. Click here for the details. Too much commitment? You can also “like” us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

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