News from Heidi
Here you can find news about the book, festival, and what's happening with Heidi.
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UC Riverside: Writers Week Reading
Thank you to Michael Jaime-Becerra for inviting me and to Susan Straight for the wonderful introduction (and all of your support & encouragement of my writing). I had a wonderful time! (And don't miss Michael at Skylight Books on Feb. 17 at 7:30pm. He's reading from his newly released book, This Time Tomorrow.
Countdown to Publication: Fun Fact 1--A Special Thank You.
For all the adventures past and adventures new! Yay!
Countdown to Publication: Fun Fact 2--Me again.
The girl who dreamed this might be possible and the woman she became who is living the dream. I heart the girl! (Author Photo by Timothi Jane Graham.)
Countdown to Publication: Fun Fact 3--Me.
Waiting for the adventure to begin!
Countdown to Publication: Fun Fact 4--KBOO Radio Interview
Join me for my first radio interview on KBOO Radio "Stage & Studio" with Dmae Roberts, Tuesday, February 16, 2010 11:15 am PST. And please check out Dmae's wonderful radio interview In the Mix: Conversations with Artists Between Races included in the wonderful radio documentary: writer Lisa See and musician Thomas Lauderdale!
Countdown to Publication: Fun Fact 5--New Voices: Misty Valley Books 2010
Some fun photos from the wonderful weekend with the lovely folks of Misty Valley Books--Bill & Lynn Reed--for the New Voices weekend, my first event as a published novelist. And these wonderful authors: Deborah Copaken Kogan, Matthew Dicks, Elena Gorokhova, and James Landis. Buy their books!
Countdown to Publication: Fun Fact 6--Join Me on the Journey
Dear Reader,
If you have been following this countdown you have been treated to photos, audio interviews, songs, videos, maps, poems, passages and confessions. With just 6 more days to go, I fear that I have run out of fun facts -- or the ability to recognize them. I think this is because there has been so much good news in the last weeks about the book. It's been chosen as an Indie Next Pick for February, a Borders Original Voices pick for March, Best Book of the Month by Amazon.com for February, a "Top 10 Book of 2010" by the Boston Herald, and won Elle Magazine's Readers' Prize for March!
In the coming weeks, I will be reading & celebrating in several cities--and you'll see some national publicity for the book. (Stay tuned for more details--) So, I've decided for the last few days--I won't be looking backward but forward--and take you on the journey with me. I'd love your company!
With affection, heidi
Photo Len Lagrua
Countdown to Publication: Fun Fact 7--Just One Week
Exactly one week from today, I will celebrate the book launch of The Girl Who Fell From the Sky at Skylight Books in Los Angeles, CA. And that is my fun fact for the day!
Countdown to Publication: Fun Fact 8--A Hint About the New Project
So what am I working on now that The Girl Who Fell From the Sky is done & on the cusp of publication? Here's a hint:
Countdown to Publication: Fun Fact 9--The Importance of Friends & Family
I couldn't have written the book without them. That's the simple truth. I'm sure there were times during the last 13 years they wondered: what the heck is Heidi really doing? How could she give up a lucrative legal career? Is she really writing? They may have thought it, but they didn't ask me. They took me at my word that I was doing the work I needed to do. I thank them in the book acknowledgments. I thank them again here. I heart you guys! (Photo by vistamommy via Flickr.)
