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Please join me for the Belgian kermis in Door County
Aug. 30, Namur, Wis.
Please join me for the Belgian kermis in Door County
Belgian Heritage Center in Namur at 1255 County Road DK (near Brussels, Wis.).
Approximately 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. (Check their website and Facebook page.)
A kermis is a fall harvest celebration. Everybody is welcome for the free live music. You don’t need to be Belgian to enjoy the beer, booyah, and Belgian pies, PLUS ice cream made with a John Deere tractor. Add raffles and my books on sale. The fun time is a fundraiser for the Center.
At the kermis, you’ll see the places found in my new mystery: St. Mary of the Snows church, which is now the Belgian Heritage Center; the old country school where the nuns taught; a roadside chapel; the historic cemetery and gravestones of early Belgian settlers that hold important clues; and more.
http://www.belgianheritagecenter.org/en-us/default.aspx
Visit the Namur Belgian Heritage Foundation on Facebook.
I now post on Facebook, too. Please visit me there for news and events!
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Spring 2015: A new book and new events!
This spring brings me a new novel and several speaking engagements. I hope you can join me!
Coming April 7! Five-Alarm Fudge
The national-bestselling series continues with Ava and Grandpa Gil in the chocolate crosshairs of a deadly arsonist spoiling a visit by Belgium’s fudge-loving royal family to Door County, Wis. and the village of Namur, where a famous divinity fudge recipe may have been hidden back in the 1800s. Will the maker of Cinderella Pink Fairy Tale Fudge get her prince finally?
Book Launch for Five-Alarm Fudge
April 11, 2015
2 p.m., Book launch, Five-Alarm Fudge
Mystery to Me Bookstore
1863 Monroe St., Madison, Wis.
Free fudge & door prizes
http://www.mysterytomebooks.com/
Other events
March 27-29
Writers’ Institute conference
Christine’s workshop: Story Physics, Putting Power in Your Book
10-11:30 a.m., Fri., March 27
Concourse Hotel, Madison, Wis.
https://uwwritersinstitute.wisc.edu/
March 29
Featured all week at the blog, “Fifty Authors from Fifty States”
Christine writes about her birthplace state, Illinois
Fudge giveaway for blog visitors
http://annettesnyder.blogspot.com/
April 15
“Killer Women in Fiction”
6-7:30 p.m., Monona Public Library
National Library Week celebration
Free panel discussion; several authors.
http://mymonona.com/131/Library
April 17-18
Waupaca Bookfest (and fundraiser)
Public Library, 107 S. Main St., Waupaca, Wis.
Presenting: Write Your Novel Like a Pro, April 17, 1-2:30 p.m. (Pre-reg required. Limit 30.)
Also: 7 p.m., Friday, Author Reception (ticket)
Saturday free panel discussions, readings, autograph party
http://www.waupacalibrary.org/bookfest/2015
Other blogs to visit during my April blog tour
Look for giveaways at many: April 3, Lori’s Reading Corner; April 7, A Cozy Girl Reads; April 13, Fresh Fiction; April 15, Escape with Dollycas Into A Book; April 17, Books-N-Kisses Review; April 23, Marie’s Cozy Corner.
June 15-19
Write-by-the-Lake Writer’s Workshop & Retreat
11 classes, open to beginners/advanced. Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, memoir, personal essays. Christine DeSmet’s Master Class is currently full, but check out two other Master Classes for full novels and your first 50 pages.
Held at Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.
http://continuingstudies.wisc.edu/conferences/write-by-the-lake
Free $25 Gift Card—drawing Dec. 7
Just in time for the holidays—free stocking stuffers!
Mystery to Me bookstore, 1863 Monroe St., Madison, is giving away two $25 gift cards for anybody buying a Fudge Shop Mystery Series book.
You don’t have to be present to win. You can be entered whether you purchase online on the Mystery to Me website, or by visiting their store located at 1863 Monroe St., Madison.
I will draw two winners at the store on Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. Join us that day for fudge and refreshments.
Buy a book (or both) anytime between now and Dec. 7 at 2 p.m.
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“A Weekend with Your Novel,” Nov. 15
UW-Madison workshop open to all writers. 12+ workshops.
http://continuingstudies.wisc.edu/conferences/weekend-with-your-novel/
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