Some may say February is a good month to stay home, live in your pjs, and continue to eat winter comfort food. That’s fine for that groundhog in PA, but not for me. I’m going to be out and about and, for the pajama portion of this announcement, teaching a new online class on YA fiction. Read on:

Saturday, Feb 13 – 1 p.m. - Salt Lake City Public Library

Appearing with Paul Genesse and Bobbie Pyron for a panel discussion, followed by a signing. (What a good chance to get a copy of Sweethearts for your Valentine, eh?)

Friday, Feb 19 – Evening – Fan meetup somewhere in Omaha

Okay, this is totally experimental. I made last-minute plans to take a short research trip that includes a stop in Omaha, and I have a free night while I wait to get on a train. It’s short notice to put together an awesome book store appearance, but I know it’s rare for authors to go out that way. SO, I want to try this semi-guerrilla thing that I’m calling a fan meetup right now, though I’m tempted to call it a town hall meeting or fireside chat or a whistle stop tour, just because that sounds cool. Location TBD, and partially dependent on me getting idea how many of you there might be. One? Three? Seventeen? I don’t know. Most likely it will be at a coffee shop somewhere not too far from the train station. If you live in that area and think you might like to come out, please let me know, either in comments here or email (link on the right side of sarazarr.com).

Saturday, Feb 27 – Jacksonville, FL – Much Ado about Books

Book festival! Free and open to the public! At the Main Library on Laura Street. All the info here. My details are:

11 a.m. at the Teen Library of the Main Library, ground floor

11:45 – 12:30 signing

12:45 – 1:00 signing

In between I will pee.

2 p.m. – Session off-site from the festival, at the Mandarin Library Branch

Right Now or Whenever You Want – The Glen Online

You know I’ve been raving about The Glen Workshop for years, and how my going to it for the first time in 2002 changed my life? And how I’ve gone almost every year since? Now, IMAGE is offering The Glen Online for those who can’t make it to Santa Fe in the summers, or would rather stay home in pjs eating comfort food, working at their own pace. And, unlike at the Santa Fe workshop, TGO is offering a class on YA Fiction. Guess who is teaching it? That’s right! (Me, in case you didn’t get that…)

Now, The Glen Online is really more in a correspondence course format than a class, so you won’t be workshopping the pieces of classmates (though you can engage in discussion with others doing TGO through the IMAGE forums), and there won’t be the give-take group energy of that particular environment. On the plus side, you get one-on-one with the teachers, you can start any time, and work at your own pace. If you check out the TGO site, you’ll notice some classes have the “tutorial” option, which is basically mentoring through large chunks of a manuscript. You won’t see that option for YA, but if that’s what you’re interested in, we can work that out within the format of the class. If you think The Glen Online might be for you but you have questions about the YA class, feel free to contact me.

Whew, I am a busy lady! Back to work…