December 14, 2016
Took part in Indie Author night at Half-Price Books in Austin, Texas!
August 20, 2016
Participated in the first annual Robstown Art Blitz, representing the art of writing. It was an excellent community event and enjoyed the artists/artisans that participated – some great work out there!
English Teachers Rule!
June 28, 2016
The Dead Club received an excellent review on “Bethanie’s Books.” I feel like I just saw the original Star Wars for the first time when I was 8 years old…
https://bethaniesbooks.wordpress.com/2016/06/28/the-dead-club-by-manuel-ruiz-review-by-bethanie/
May 16, 2016
Class visit at West Oso Junior High in Corpus Christi, Texas where I met with the 6th-8th grade Language Arts students.They were fully engaged and we had a fun time talking about characters, movies, school activities, video games and writing. Thanks for letting me share some time with your awesome kids!
March 24, 2016
The Dead Club tour takes me to my HS Alma Mater – got to speak at Robstown High School in the same auditorium where I performed with band, jazz band, theater, mariachi and even my college rock band back in the 80’s. The school has been rebuilt over the years, but the auditorium is still the same. Some great memories as I spoke to each class and they represented true Picker pride.
Signed my first guitar!
February 29, 2016
A visit to one of my alma maters, Seale Junior High, on the first day of Read Across America week. I was able to speak to all 3 grades and the students were a blast. Special thanks to the librarian, Jessica McComb, for setting this up and to my student volunteers who performed on stage. Go Weevils!
February 20, 2016
Participated in the 2nd annual Teen Bookfest by the Bay on February 20, 2016 at Tuloso-Midway High School in Corpus Christi. There were roughly 20 authors/illustrators in total and this was my first time as a panelist. Great experience and had a wonderful time meeting students/teachers/librarians from the Rio Grande Valley, Houston, Corpus, and Robstown, to name a few. An incredible weekend overall and special thanks to all the librarians, educators and volunteers that put this together. It’s a great way to get students to meet authors and something I wish would have been around when I was still in school.
Here are a few pics with the authors, students and panel discussions. The 4 authors in my “The New (Para)Normal” panel were: David Bowles, Marcia Mickelson & CC Hunter, mediated by Amanda VanZandt. (@TBFBay)
February 1, 2016
Invited to participate in Career Day at St. Anthony’s Catholic School in Robstown, Texas. Spoke to 6th, 7th and 8th graders and students were a great audience. Here’s a pic with the 7th Graders holding their Dead Club bookmarks.
