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It’s a two-festival weekend!

Shelley Admin2025-05-26T23:21:24+00:00#amwriting, An Unlikely Prospect, AUTHOR, Bay Area Book Festival, Best mysteries, Book Event, Book signing, Catriona McPherson, historical fiction, History, Sacramento Book Festival|

We are warming up to book festival season. Next week will be a two-festival weekend for me. Saturday, May 31, [...]

Shelley Admin2025-02-10T17:06:46+00:00#amwriting, An Unlikely Prospect, AUTHOR, Book Event, parents|

What does it mean to write (or paint or sing or crochet) in times of profound change? Join me and [...]

Carnival of cruelty: a tale of two riots

Shelley Admin2025-01-27T15:51:53+00:002025, An Unlikely Prospect, Bouchercon 2024, Carmen Amato, character development, Distribution, eneagram, historical fiction, History, peace riot, politics, propaganda, She Writes Press, Simon & Schuster, women in history, world war ii|

What happens when the powerful don't just look away from violence but actively cheer it on? I've been thinking about [...]

PEACE RIOT–Secret History

Shelley Admin2024-08-14T17:44:45+00:00#amwriting, An Unlikely Prospect, peace riot|

Peace Riot--79 years ago today, San Franciscans poured onto Market Street to celebrate Victory Japan Day (VJ Day). World War [...]