Events

The event in Monterey, CA with the Central Coast Writers was awesome! The meetings are held at a lovely hotel, where Shelley Adina (All About US Series) and I were provided dinner and dessert. We chatted with many of the members, who were all very gracious and wonderful. After the CCW

About two months ago, I was contacted by a Professor of Liberal Studies in the Liberal Studies Department at CSU Monterey Bay about 25 miles from my neck of the woods. He taught a Latina Reading group! Yes, a group he put together himself to encourage and support some CSUMB Latino stu

The book signing was very nice! I had family, friends, and readers stop by for my first Invisible Touch book signing. The morning started off with a review, “Kelly Parra’s novel is visionary”, in the Salinas Californian with “Five Gold Pens” for Invisible

The Secret Fates Extravaganza begins now! Where 26 authors of various genres will be sharing secrets and giveaways to help me celebrate the release of my latest novel INVISIBLE TOUCH (October 14, 2008) published by MTV Books! I have to say these authors are super cool to donate their

A few weeks ago, YA author Shelley Adina, author of the All About Us series, asked me to join her book signing at Borders in San Jose, CA. You don’t have to ask me twice! I agreed and we had a fun two hours attempting to gather customer attention. haha! We had some laughs as you

For some reason I still feel like I’m recuperating from the conference. At this rate I won’t be back to normal for a week! I’ve loaded some pics from Wednesday, the first day of conference. The day started off with sightseeing with the family. We always make it a sma

Just in from my book signing with Stephanie Kuehnert (I WANNA BE YOUR JOEY RAMONE) at Borders in Monterey, CA. (Not Minnesota!) There was a mix up and our book signing materials were sent to the wrong store in another state, but Borders Express pulled through and had signs made and di

Hey Everyone! I just wanted to share about a book signing with MTV Books author, Stephanie Kuehnert and myself at Borders Express in Monterey, California tomorrow night, July 16th – 7:00 pm. Steph will be signing I WANNA BE YOUR JOEY RAMONE and I’ll be signing GRAFFITI GIR

Brenda Novak’s Annual Diabetes Auction has begun! The money from the auction will be split between the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the The Diabetes Research Institute at the University of Miami. The auction runs May 1 – 31st. This year, I teamed up with my CP

I’m final feeling much better, just trying to shake off a cough. Whew, the flu is such a pain! Last week, I participated in the John Steinbeck Young Author Mentoring program. It was the first time for me, and it was an interesting experience and I think a great opportunity for m