Crochet a whole menagerie of amigurumi creatures. These little animals are a great introduction to amigurumi. The body type is simple, and can be modified to create different animals. Pick the one you want to try in class, and take home the tools and pattern to make them all.

Have you ever wanted to try crochet? Let me, a crocheter of 40 years, teach you. This is a simple project based class that will teach you the basic skills to crochet a Ribbed Beanie. We’ll go over common crochet stitches that you can apply to many projects.

Have you ever wanted to try crochet? Let me, a crocheter of 40 years, teach you. This is a simple project based class that will teach you the basic skills to crochet a granny square. We’ll go over common crochet stitches that you can apply to many projects.

I will once again be exhibiting at the Fredericksburg Independent Book Festival. I do this festival every year, and it just keeps growing. Join us to meet many indie authors and check out the local literary scene.

Join us on September 13th, 2025, for Stafford Bookfest, a FREE literary event! Dive into a world of literary inspiration, meet renowned and local authors, and explore a wide variety of book vendors—all under one roof. Connect with fellow book lovers, discover new reads, and gather ideas to fuel your love for reading or writing. While the event is free, tickets are required for all attendees. Let us help you make your literary journey unforgettable!

From 5pm to 9pm during every First Friday, adults aged 21+ can purchase a beer, wine or cocktail at a participating restaurant and enjoy it while strolling within the marked boundaries Downtown. Read more about how Sip & Stoll works.

Mother’s come paper yourselves. Families, come find the perfect gifts for the moms in your lives at the Mother’s Day Market & Spa.

I will be selling my books and wares at the Harrison Road Elementary Spring Fling. There will be live music, vendors, a classic car show, door prizes, a kid’s area and games. Come and join us for some springtime fun.

I’ll be taking my books and wares to Brooke Point High School for their Spring Craft Fair. There will be plenty of vendors, door prizes, food trucks and more.

I will be selling books and crafts at the Eden Try Winery’s Mardi Gras Carnival.

Outdoor Fun for the Whole Family!

Get ready to laissez les bons temps rouler ("let the good times roll") with an unforgettable Mardi Gras experience!

Rolling Hills Farm & Vineyard first arts and crafts vendor show! We are so excited to be able to have this event and we hope that you will come out and enjoy the day with all of our vendors and see all their many talents.

I will be returning once again to the Fredericksburg Independent Book Festival. Every year I’m impressed by the variety of authors here in VA. Please come check us out and spend the day in beautiful, historic Fredericksburg.

Are you writing a police procedural? Or a novel set in the Wild West of the 1860s? Maybe in modern-day Japan? Every book needs research, but how do you do it effectively? Join me LIVE for a demonstration of how you can use them when researching for fiction.

The Tar Heel Pie Launch fun continues!

I’ll be taking over the Bookish Road Trip community on Facebook for the day. Bookish Road Trip is an active and vibrant community of readers and travelers who love talking about books and travel.

I will be hosting a live Zoom launch party for members of my reader group.

• Interview

• Open Q & A

• Chat with other readers

• Signed Paperback Giveaway

• To attend, join the Kettle Holler Literary Society on Facebook

Grab your copy today!

• If you preordered, check your Kindle

• Watch my socials for fun posts and livestreams about Tar Heel Pie all day long

• Happy Reading!

I will be re-releasing Lost & Found, the prequel short for Tar Heel Pie. See how Amy Monroe and Fleming Sinclair meet in the immediate aftermath of Amy’s “colossal mistake.”

I have been sitting on this cover for over a year and I am so excited to finally show it to you. Watch my socials, read my blog, or check your inboxes to see the cover of my latest book.

Join me on the Bookish Road Trip Instagram account for my conversation with Carol Van Den Hende about the latest novel in her Goodbye Orchid series, Always Orchid.

Catch it live to get in on the conversation or watch the replay here.

Join me on the Bookish Road Trip Instagram account when I’ll be talking with Jimin Han about her latest book, The Apology.

Watch it live to get in on the conversation, or catch the recording here later.

Join me on the Bookish Road Trip Instagram Account Wednesday July 26th when I’ll be talking with author, Valerie Nieman about her latest novel In the Lonely Backwater.

Watch live or catch the replay here later.

Join me and and other VA authors at the Lancaster Community Library in Kilmarnock, VA this Saturday for their Author Expo!

http://www.lancasterlibrary.org/

Catch me along with authors MacKenzie Friel, Jim Hall, and Steve Watkins talking to the Central Rappahannock Regional Library for their Behind the Page series Thursday @ 7PM Eastern. This online event is available to anyone.

https://librarypoint.bibliocommons.com/events/640f4d696ef7092800abea6b

Author Talk Network is happy to be part of this conference supporting other authors and the And We Thought Ladies, WIlnona and Jade. I’ll be joined by my fellow authors Michelle Cox, Barbara Conrey, and Josie Brown.

Join me on the Bookish Road Trip Instagram account for Author Ride Along. This time I’ll be joined by Julie Carrick Dalton, author of Waiting for the Night Song.

If I can’t go to Scotland in person, at least I can go virtually. I’ll be on a panel hosted by Emma Dhesi with my friends Julie Valerie and Barbara Conrey to talk about researching our books.

There are several panels over the course of the summit. You can sign up here.

Get ready for Mother’s Day with me. Join me on the Bookish Road Trip Instagram feed for a LIVE interview with Melissa Face, author of I Love You More Than Coffee: Essays on Parenthood.