Book and Blog Updates and Public Apperances

Three quick updates to share: Book update: Over the weekend I finished a solid draft of Living with a Widower. I’m only like two months behind schedule on this but it’s finally to a point where I can start wedding story submissions with the chapters. If you submitted a story but haven’t heard back from me, don’t worry, you’ll hear from me one way or another soon.

Blog update: Until the aforementioned book and some other writing projects back on track, Widower Wednesday will be a monthly column, appearing the first Wednesday of each month. If you still need a Widower Wednesday fix, you can find links to my 2011 columns here and my 2012 columns here. Sometime this month I’ll create a master index of all my Widower Wednesday columns going back 2009. I’ll post a link on the blog when it’s up.

Where’s Abel Update: My public appearances are shaping up for the first half of 2013. If you happen to be in the area for any of these, feel free to stop by and say hello. I've got a few more events that I hoping to add to the calendar soon. You can always see the most up-to-date list here. Currently my public appearances are as follows:

February 14-16 Life The Universe and Everything (LTUE) (More details to come) Provo, Utah

March 9 Write Here in Ephraim Snow College Ephraim, Utah

March 30 Utah Chapter Romance Writers of America 11:00 a.m. | Centerville Library Centerville, Utah

May 9 Storymakers Bootcamp Instructor Provo, Utah

May 10-11 Storymakers Writers Conference Provo, Utah

If you’d like me to appear at an event, you can contact me here.

At Storymakers

I'll be at the Storymakers 2012 Writers Conference Friday and Saturday. I'll be presenting a class on building websites as well as assisting with a non-fiction class. Hope to see many of you inspiring writers there. If you're not attending but happen to be in the Provo area Friday night, there will be a book signing at the Provo Marriott from 5:00 - 6:45 p.m. that's open to the public. Lot of authors, including myself, will be participating.

You can read more about the conference and well as see the full schedule of events here.