Word on the Street - Past Events
Ravenous Romance:
I've got an 8 book contract with Ravenous Romance and will be publishing on their site under the pen name Inara LaVey. Check out their site - the official launch date is coming up in December and I'll keep you posted on my works as they come out!
.........
Saturday, June 28th
Dana will be signing her books at the Barnes & Noble in Dublin this Saturday for a special Sisters in Crime Fundraiser, along with several other
fellow mystery authors.
The schedule is:
NOON to 1 PM: Hailey Lind and Camille Minichino
1 PM to 2 PM: Hailey Lind and Simon Wood
2 PM to 3 PM: Peggy Lucke and Simon Wood
3 PM to 4 PM: Peggy Lucke and Dana Fredsti
4 PM to 5 PM: Pat Morin and Dana Fredsti
5PM to 6 PM: Peggy Dulle and Camille Minichino
Come join us!
Barnes & Noble
4972 Dublin Boulevard
Dublin, CA 94568
925-560-1495
.........
On Tuesday, August 26th, Dana will be participating in a mystery panel with fellow local authors Kelli Stanley, Peter Gessner, and Rebecca Dixon at :
West Portal Library
190 Lenox Way
San Francisco, CA 94127
(415) 355-2886
The panel is from 6:30 till 8:30 and promises to be a lively one!
.........
Dana is joining fellow mystery writer Jess Lourey on a Northwest Coast tour in May. Jess is the author of the humorous soft-boiled cozy Murder by the Month series, must read books for anyone who appreciates good plotting, solid writing with laugh out loud humor, and engaging, likeable and believable protaganists. Go ye and read, says Dana!
Blog Tour Schedule prior to the road trip:
Tuesday, April 22nd:
- Dana interviews Jess Lourey on Pointless Drivel
- Jess interviews Dana at Inkspot.com
Friday, May 1st:
- Jess reviews PERUVIAN PIGEON at GM Malliet's blog
- Saturday, May 2nd: Jess at Cozy Chicks
- Dana & Jess at Dot Dead Diary
Sunday, May 3rd:
- Jess at Killer Hobbies
- Thursday, May 7th, Dana's review of AUGUST MOON @ Mysterious Musings
- Saturday, May 10th, Dana at Cozy Chicks
Sunday, May 11th:
- Dana at Killer Hobbies
Coast Tour Dates:
- On Wednesday, May 21, Dana and Jess will be at M Is for Mystery in San Mateo, California, at 7:00 pm.
- On Thursday, May 22, Dana and Jess will be at Dark Carnival in Berkeley at 5:00 pm.
- On May 24 (which is incidentally Jess's birthday), they'll be signing at Murder by the Book in Portland, Oregon, from 11-1.
They're also swinging by the Lloyd Center Barnes & Noble to sign stock of their books. From 3-5, they'll be meeting, greeting, and signing at the Olympia, Washington, Borders. - Sunday, May 25 will find them at the downtown Seattle Borders from 11-1 pm. Sunday evening will find them collapsed in a heap with a bottle of good wine!
Stay tuned for more additions to their tour schedule!
.........
Dana will be interviewed by fellow author Stephen Prosapio for his weekly Bookday this Wednesday, March 12th, on Steve's blog "No Bull." Come check it out and enter the drawing for a free copy of MURDER FOR HIRE: The Peruvian Pigeon!
.........
Dana will be speaking at the February meeting for Sisters In Crime's Sacramento Chapter, Capitol Crimes, on Saturday, February 16th at the Rancho Cordova Library from 1:00-3:00 pm.
.........
Dana Fredsti’s MURDER FOR HIRE: The Peruvian Pigeon
Blog Tour Schedule
January 20-26, 2008
Dana has been a guest at the following blog locations and dates. She hopes you’ll visit all of the blog sites. Each post has something new, interesting (she hopes!) and entertaining about the writing and world of Murder for Hire: The Peruvian Pigeon and the real life dirt behind the scenes!
Please stop by – these are all fantastic, entertaining and informative blogs!
Date: Sunday, January 20th
Blog: Elysabeth's Emerald CIty
Topic: Excerpt from MFH and Author Bio
Date: Monday, January 21st
Blog: Blogbooktours.com
Topic: An interview with questions by Dani Greer
Date: Tuesday, January 22nd
Blog: Kat's Random Thoughts
Topic: Interview with Dana - Screenplay and Novel Writing
Date: Wednesday, January 23rd
Blog: Chrysalis Stage
Topic: Is it Real or Memorex – The pluses and minuses of using aspects of real life in fiction writing
Date: Thursday, January 24th
Blog: Kitty Litter - A Mystery Writer's Rants and Raves
Topic: The Truth Behind Emerald Cove
Date: Friday, January 25th
Blog: Pointless Drivel
Topic: How the desire to kill resulted in a published novel
Date: Saturday, January 26th
Blog: Redzilla Attacks!
Topic: The Rocky Road to Publication
.........
Greetings, Culture Lovers:
America's favorite new author Dana Fredsti will be reading and signing
her delightful new murder mystery, Murder for Hire:The Peruvian Pigeon this Friday from 6-8 pm at the West Portal Winestyles Shop in San Francisco (directions
below). For $5 there will also be a wine tasting of scrumptious Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay from J. Lynne Wines, all poured by beautiful wine celebrity "The Barefoot Winemaker" Jennifer Lynne Wall herself. Fun!
Copies of the book will be available for purchasing and signing. Special thanks to our good friends James and Gail of WineStyles for hosting the event - Come meet this charming pair and check out their great selection.
Time: 6-8pm, Friday, December 7, 2007
Place: WineStyles, 9 West Portal, SF (Easy to find; just catty-corner to the West Portal Muni station; quickly accessible from downtown SF on the K, L or M lines)
.........
November 8th, 2007 - Guest Speaker at San Diego Mystery Club
I'm delighted this is my first appearance since the SD Mystery Club is where it all began...
Click here for a photo of the event.
Friday, November 9th, Dana will be doing a book signing appearance at:
Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd #302
San Diego, CA 92111
(858) 268-4747
Click here to for the MURDER FOR HIRE Press Release.