Hot off the Press: Coffee and Critique Anthology is Ready!

Hot off the Press! (I've always wanted to say that).

Lou Turner called this morning with the exciting news that the Coffee and Critique anthology will be finished today and will be available for pick up tomorrow at the Rendezvous Café.

Lou will be there at 10 a.m. to distribute contributor copies. 

Additional copies will be available for sale at a discount for contributors.

In addition to the wonderful stories and essays, the anthology includes photos and "Take Ten" interviews with several members, including the late Nick Nixon.

Bring your Sharpies so you can sign copies.

Hope to see you there!

Cover Reveal: Coffee & Critique Anthology

Here's a sneak peek at the front and back covers of the soon-to-be published Coffee & Critique anthology.

This first issue of the anthology includes short stories, essays, and interviews from more than a dozen writers, all associated with the Coffee & Critique group that meets each week at the Rendezvous Café in O'Fallon.

Check back for details about the book's official release date.

Salon & Friends Poetry Night and "Are We Feeling Better Yet" Anthology Event

Fountain Pen and Glasses by Bright Meadow Creative Commons

Congrats to one of my favorite bloggers, Catherine Rankovic, who has two big author events coming up.

Salon & Friends Poetry
Fri. Nov. 14
Regional Arts Commission

Salon Poets: Amy Debrecht, Robert Lowes, Nancy Powers, and Eric Schramm and Their Friends: Eamonn Wall and Catherine Rankovic
"Come and be blown away as we read our new poems, and be there to network with everyone! Friday, Nov. 14, 7:00 p.m. at the Regional Arts Commission, 6128 Delmar Ave (across from the Pageant Theater). Light refreshments. Free and open to the public."

Are We Feeling Better Yet?

"Why, yes! The timely new anthology edited byColleen McKee and Amanda Crowell Steibel, Are We Feeling Better Yet: Women Speak Out about Health Care in America will be launched Wednesday, November 19 at 2:00 p.m. at the University of Missouri St. Louis/Institute for Women and Gender Studies, with readings (and autographs) by St. Louis contributors Denise Bogard, Cathy Luh, Catherine Rankovic, and Corrine McAfee.The publisher is the award-winning Penultimate Press of St. Louis."