public speaking

Find Me At Nebula Weekend & BookCon

Posted by Beth on May 12, 2016 in Blog, public speaking | Comments Off on Find Me At Nebula Weekend & BookCon

NEBULA WEEKEND. IT IS HERE. Tomorrow I travel to Chicago to lose a major award geek-out with my awesome writer-friends. If you’ll be in Chicago, there are many places to see me and get stuff signed.

Friday
PALMER HOUSE
8:00pm – Booksigning with over 60 science fiction and fantasy writers. FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Bring books or buy there.

Saturday
BOOK CON @ McCormick Place (requires ticket to enter)
1:30-2:00pm – in-booth signing at HarperCollins #2140-#2141 with copies of Clockwork Dagger, plus Clockwork Crown available for purchase!

2:00-3:00pm – in-booth signing at SFWA #1541 with early copies of Breath of Earth (yes! really!)

PALMER HOUSE
8:30pm (central time) – Nebula Awards. This will be streamed online!

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Free Public SFF Booksigning in Chicago May 13th

Posted by Beth on May 2, 2016 in awards, Blog, public speaking | Comments Off on Free Public SFF Booksigning in Chicago May 13th

The Nebula Conference is a week and a half away (yikes!). I’ll be there Friday through Sunday, taking part in events at the conference and at BEA/BookCon not far away. My previous “visit’ to Chicago consisted of a switch between connecting flights at Midway Airport back in 2003, so I’m pretty excited to explore a city that I have seen on TV my entire life. The land of Oprah! And Navy Bootcamp!

But let’s get to the to-do that is mentioned in the topic. On Friday May 13th, there is a huge booksigning that is free and totally open to the public. Take a look at the image below to get an idea of the authors who will be present. I mean, wow. You can bring books or buy from a bookseller there. This will be awesome!

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Clockwork Dagger Posts Galore

Posted by Beth on Apr 29, 2016 in Blog, clockwork dagger shorts, public speaking, publication process, writerly advice | Comments Off on Clockwork Dagger Posts Galore

The release of my story Final Flight means promo, promo, promo all over the place. Here are my recent posts and interviews–and there are more to come, too!

Final Flight story

Guest blogs:
– Fantasy Cafe’s Women in SFF Month: Beth Cato with The Healer as a Fighter
– “Why I Write Steampunk” at The Spec Fiction Hub
– Final Flight: A Father and Son Story in the World of Clockwork Dagger at the Qwillery
– Beth Cato on Clockwork Daggers at SF Signal
– Writing Short and Long Fiction with Beth Cato at Dan Koboldt’s site
– Writers and their Beasts: Beth Cato at J. Kathleen Cheney’s site

Interviews:
– Introducing Beth Cato of The Clockwork Dagger Series at The Steampunk Cavaliers
– Beth Cato talks about Characters, Cooking and of course, her latest Clockwork Dagger off-shoot, The Final Flight with N.O.A. Rawle

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Teen Talk at Foothills Branch Library in Glendale

Posted by Beth on Apr 1, 2016 in Blog, public speaking | Comments Off on Teen Talk at Foothills Branch Library in Glendale

No foolin’ here. Tomorrow I’ll be at the Foothills Branch Library in north Glendale, Arizona, for a talk with teens/adults/sentient beings. It starts at 2:30 and can go up to an hour. I’m keeping things casual. I’m open to questions about writing, traditional publishing, steampunk, short fiction, poetry, baking… whatever! Oh, and I can sign books, too.

If you’re in the Phoenix area, or know someone who is, please come by or spread the word!

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LA Times Festival of Books on April 9th

Posted by Beth on Mar 31, 2016 in Blog, public speaking | Comments Off on LA Times Festival of Books on April 9th

Hey, Southern Californians! I’ll be at the LA Times Festival of Books on April 9th on the USC campus. The big event is my panel at 3pm!

Yep. I have no idea how I infiltrated such amazing company, but there we go. o_o However, that’s not all I’m doing there! Here’s my full schedule:

1pm signing @ Mysterious Galaxy booth #368

3pm to 4pm panel Fantastical Visions
Taper Hall 101
with Charlie Jane Anders, Beth Cato, and Robert J. Sawyer

4pm signing – follow us there after the panel!

Drop by and say hi!

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Tucson Festival of Books 2016

Posted by Beth on Mar 4, 2016 in Blog, public speaking | Comments Off on Tucson Festival of Books 2016

‘Tis the season! Book Festival season!

Next weekend I’m attending the Tucson Festival of Books. I have two panels on Saturday the 12th, both followed by booksignings:

[The Penguin Book Truck at the 2015 Tucson Festival]

Writing Heroes of Diversity
We need more diverse books! These authors delivered.

Integrated Learning Center Room 130 (Seats 143, Wheelchair accessible)
Sat, Mar 12, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
SciFi / Fantasy / Horror
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area – Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)
Panelists: Austin Aslan, Beth Cato, Jon Proudstar

Kick-Ass Women of Sci-Fi
Writing strong women characters in a traditionally male-dominated genre.

Optical Sciences 410 (Seats 150, Wheelchair accessible)
Sat, Mar 12, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
SciFi / Fantasy / Horror
Signing area: Signing Area – Flandrau BookStore (Science City) (following presentation)
Panelists: Beth Cato, Jeffe Kennedy, Yvonne Navarro, Judith Tarr

I’ll be at the LA Times Festival of Books in April, too–more info on that soon!

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