For Appearances Sake

The Toddler has an insatiable appetite for books. Just about every other week now we feed his hunger by loading up on books at the library, checking out a dozen or so at a time.

So I've become a regular library visitor.

But I have a rather embarrassing admission to make. I can't remember the last time I checked out a library book that was not from the children's section.

Until The Toddler entered my life two years ago, I don't think I had even stepped in a library in almost a decade. Almost any book I read I bought, which I'm sure the authors appreciated.

This admission is by way of introduction to the latest news on my Appearances page. In the last week I've added four promotional appearances for my fiction debut, Lost in the Ivy. Each of these will be at libraries.

I'll be making three talk/reading/signing appearances at libraries near Rockford the weekend of September 24-25. Each of these will be joint appearances with historical mystery author and Chicago native N.S. Wikarski. On Saturday, September 24, we'll be at the North Suburban Library District's Roscoe Branch, 5562 Clayton Circle, Roscoe, IL from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and at the District's Love's Park Branch, 6340 North Second Street, Love's Park, IL, at 2 p.m. On Sunday, September 25, we'll be at the Cherry Valley Library, 755 East State Street, Cherry Valley, IL, at 2 p.m.

Much farther down the road I'll be appearing with 17 other authors at the Indian Trails Library AuthorFest 2006 in Wheeling on April 8.

If you live in or around any of these communities, please stop by and visit me. I might need someone to point me in the direction of a section that isn't intended for kids.