Love, Suzy Vitello
Happy February!
You all are my Valentines. February is always a fantastic month when it comes to books and readings. In Portland alone, there are events almost every day this month--way too numerous to list, but here are few:
Rob Hart is coming to town and will be reading from his second Ash McKenna book (CITY OF ROSE) on Monday, Feb 15th at Powell's on Hawthorne. 7:30 pm. (Rob is a New Yorker, but the book is set here! In Portland!)
Later that week, Feb 19th, yours truly will reading from THE KEEPSAKE, and teaming up with superstar Jennifer Longo at Powell's Cedar Hills at 7:00 pm. I can't wait to gush about Jen's latest novel, UP TO THIS POINTE. We did a dual reading last year, and we had so much fun, we're doing a sequel! Penguins! Stickers! Royalty and dance. (Maybe we can get Jen to show us some ballet moves? Or give us tips on exploring the South Pole.)
And, you know, this is a leap year, right? So what better day (Feb. 29th, in case you need a reminder) to come out to the downtown Powell's to hear the always-spectacular Monica Drake reading from her very first collection of stories, THE FOLLY OF LOVING LIFE, released this month from Future Tense Books. 7:30 pm.
As long as we're celebrating Powell's (both THE EMPRESS CHRONICLES and THE KEEPSAKE made Powell's Top Five lists 2014 and 2015), there is still time (5 days, as of today) left to enter a RAFFLECOPTER sweepstakes and be eligible to win a $25 e-giftcard from Powell's! Click, click, click!
DUST OFF YOUR PAGES
Are you in need of a whole manuscript developmental edit? I'm booking from April 15th on through the summer.
You can find out more about how I work, and what I charge here, and for specifics on whole manuscripts, I have that info here. MENTION THIS NEWSLETTER AND GET $50 ANY SERVICE BOOKED THIS MONTH!! Interested? e-mail me!!
NEW WORK
I was honored this past month to have a piece published in one of my favorite magazines, NAILED. It was an answer to the prompt, "What do you obsess over?" Feel free to let me know what you think!