Patricia's Calendar of Events 2009 February 9, 2009 Women's Artistic Network Simi Valley, CA 7:00 p.m. Subject: Two Steps to Publishing Success July 25, 2009 Ventura Book Festival and Conference California Literary Arts Society (CLAS) Crown Plaza Hotel Ventura, CA 10-4 Subject: Your Publishing Options August 15, 2009 California Writers Group San Fernando Valley, CA 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Subject: Steps to Publishing Success November 19-22, 2009 Cat Writers Association Conference Crowne Plaza Hotel White Plains, New York Subject: Breaking Out of Your Writing Niche

Patricia's Calendar of Events 2008 January 25-27, 2008 Workshop Leader San Diego State Writers' Conference Doubletree Hotel/Mission Valley San Diego, California http://www.ces.sdsu.edu/writers Subjects: - Build Your Platform by Writing for Magazines - Become a Successful Freelance Article Writer - Where, Oh Where Are All the Good Article Ideas - The ABCs of Writing for Magazines - The Anatomy of a Nonfiction Magazine Article March 29, 2008 Spring Book Show 2008 Seminar Leader And Author-Publisher Seminar Georgia World Congress Center Atlanta, Georgia http://www.springbookshow.com Subjects: 3 hour seminar—Write a Killer Book Proposal 1 hour talk—Two Steps to Publishing Success March 31, 2008 Workshop and Book Signing Borders Books-West End 2501 West End Ave. Nashville, TN Subject: Steps to Successful Publishing Contact Patricia for time PLFry620@yahoo.com April 26-27 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books UCLA Los Angeles, California Patricia will be signing books and consulting with authors in the SPAWN booths (Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network) http://www.spawn.org May 2-3 Maryland Writers' Association Conference Maritime Institute of Technology Linthicum Heights, Maryland http://www.marylandwriters.org/conferences.html Subject: Write a Successful Book Proposal in 8 Easy Steps July 11-13 Speaker West Coast Author Event Ventura, California Location TBA October 10-12, 2008 Workshop Leader Wizards of Words (WOW) Writers Conference Days Inn AND Chaparral Suites Scottsdale, Arizona http://www.wizardsofwords.org/2008schedule.mht Subject: Steps to Successful Publishing October 15, 2008 Speaker 7: p.m. Prescott Public Library 215 E. Goodwin Street Prescott, Arizona Subject: Successful Publishing Contact: PLFry620@yahoo.com

Patricia is a full-time freelance writer and the author of 25 published books. She has been writing for publication for over 30 years having contributed hundreds of articles to about 200 different magazines. Her articles have appeared in Writer's Digest, Writer's Journal, Canadian Author, PMA Independent, SPAN Connection, Freelance Writer's Report, Writer's Weekly, NAWW Newsletter, Writing for Dollars, Authorship, Complete Woman, L.A. Times, Kiwanis Magazine, Columbia, Your Health, Cat Fancy, Entrepreneur Magazine, Pages and many others. She has been a regular contributor for The Toastmaster Magazine since 1994.

Her published books include, The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book, How to Write a Successful Book Proposal in 8 Days or Less, The Successful Writer's Handbook, A Writer's Guide to Magazine Articles and Over 75 Good Ideas for Promoting Your Book. Several of Patricia's books are self-published through her 22-year-old publishing company, Matilija Press. Patricia also works with clients on their writing projects.

Patricia is the president of SPAWN (Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network—http://www.spawn.org). She contributes regularly to SPAWNews and she writes the monthly SPAWN Market Update. She has taught numerous classes and presented countless workshops online as well as in person. She was a featured author in 2004 at the National Association of Women Writers conference in Arlington, TX ; The Much Ado About Books event in Jacksonville, FL; Meet Me in St. Louis Book Festival in MO and the San Luis Obispo Festival of Books in CA. In 2005, she returned to St. Louis to participate in their 2nd annual conference as a workshop leader and she also spoke at the Write For Hope Conference in Thousand Oaks and a Toastmasters Regional event in Los Angeles.

In 2006, Patricia was the lead speaker at the SPAN Marketing Conference in San Francisco. She also conducted a workshop at the Northwest Regional Writers Association conference in Seattle; for the Pen Women's Conference in Honolulu; at a book festival and conference in Ventura, California; at the Book Publicists of Southern California meeting in Los Angeles, at the Central Coast Book Festival in San Luis Obispo, California and at the Wisconsin Regional Writers' Conference in Janesville, Wisconsin during this year. The highlight of her speaking tour in 2006 was an all-expenses-paid trip to Dubai where she spoke before 800 Toastmasters from throughout the Middle East at District 79's annual convention. She was the first woman ever to be invited to give the keynote address at this popular event. (Read about Patricia's adventures in Dubai in her new book, Once in a Lifetime, Adventures in Dubai.)

Those of you who have taken Patricia's classes, read her books, subscribe to her monthly Market Update newsletter and who have consulted with this knowledgeable author, know the scope of her skills and abilities. Learn from someone who has blazed the trail for freelance writers, authors and publishers everywhere. Let her help you experience the writing/publishing success you desire.