Appearances
UPCOMING GIGS
September 12-13 2009 – Tampa, Florida - Deep Carnivale Readers and Writers Festival
October 9 – 11, 2009 – Orlando, Florida – Spooky Empire’s Ultimate Horror Weekend
Wyndham Orlando Resort
8001 International Drive
Orlando, FL 32819
Friday, October 9
6:00 pm – The Evolution of the Vampire
How the vampire legend has changed in books and movies
Alice Henderson (M), Lynne Hansen, Vince Courtney, Jeff Strand
Saturday, October 10
6:00 pm – The Horror Genre – A Woman’s POV
How do women perceive horror victims? Is there any bias between female and male horror writers?
Alice Henderson, Mary SanGiovanni, Lynne Hansen (M)
8:00 pm – Regional Horror
Stories set in your own backyard. How not to offend your neighbors.
Owl Goingback, Vince Courtney (M), Mike Brotherton, Lynne Hansen
October 23 – 25, 2009 – St. Petersburg, Florida - Necronomicon Convention
http://www.stonehill.org/necmain.htm
Hilton Bayfront
333 First Street South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
July 2010 – Bristol, Rhode Island – Necon 2010
http://www.campnecon.com/
If you would like me to come to your school, check out my Book Me page for details.
PREVIOUS GIGS:
June 11 – 14, 2009 – Burbank, California – Horror Writers Association’s Bram Stoker Weekend
June 11, 2009 – Burbank, California – Dark Delicacies Signing @ 7:00
http://www.darkdel.com
Dark Delicacies
4213 W. Burbank
Burbank, CA 91505
1-888-DARKDEL
1-818-556-6660
(for local calls)
darkdel@darkdel.com
May 1-3, 2009 - Denver, Colorado - Romancing The Rockies Conference
Colorado Romance Writers Association - http://www.coloradoromancewriters.org
Friday, May 1
1-2 p.m. – Social Networks and New Media for Writers
3:20-4:20 p.m. – Writing Young Adult Fiction
February 27, 2009 – Brandon, Florida - Burns Middle School
Some amazing kids, scarily supportive administration, and two sessions of “Get Published Now!” and two sessions of “Zombie Origami” and a special lunch session made this school visit one I’ll remember for a long time.
February 18, 2009 - Tampa, Florida - Rotary Club
I spoke about how adults can inspire kids to read by sharing their own passion for reading.
December 6, 2008 @ 6:00 pm - Tampa, Florida – Barnes & Noble
“FCAT Success Strategies: How To Boost Vocab and Make Reading Fun”
Barnes & Noble
11802 N. Dale Mabry Highway
Tampa, FL 33618
Store Phone: 813-962-6446
November 19, 2008 – St. Petersburg, Florida – Great American Teach-In
Pinellas Preparatory
8:00 am – 9:00 am
October 18, 2008 @ 6:00 pm - Tampa, Florida – Barnes & Noble Educator’s Night
October 10 – 12, 2008 – St. Petersburg, Florida – Necronomicon Convention
http://www.stonehill.org/necro.htm
Panels include Florida UnReal Estate and Scary Story Pajama Party
September 27, 2008 – Tampa, Florida - Deep Carnivale Readers and Writers Festival
http://www.deepcarnivale.com/
September 28, 2008 – Tampa, Florida - Write Now Boot Camp
http://deepcarnivale.com/page/write_now_workshop.html
September 24, 2008 – Tampa, Florida - Deep Carnivale Artists’ Reception
http://www.deepcarnivale.com/
September 20, 2008 – Tampa, Florida - Deep Carnivale Literacy Symposium
http://www.deepcarnivale.com/
September 8, 2008 - Hillsborough Community College, Ybor City Campus
“The Business of Writing” @ Valerie Zell’s Mass Communication’s Class
2112 15th St.
Tampa, FL 33605
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
September 3, 2008 - Hillsborough Community College, Ybor City Campus
“The Business of Writing” @ Valerie Zell’s Mass Communication’s Class
2112 15th St.
Tampa, FL 33605
12:30 pm – 3:45 pm
March 27 – 30, 2008 – Salt Lake City, Utah – World Horror Convention
http://www.whc2008.org/
(Lynne Hansen (moderator), Dave Simms, Deborah LeBlanc, Lee Thomas)
January 22, 2008 - Hillsborough Community College, Ybor City Campus
“The Business of Writing” @ Valerie Zell’s Mass Communication’s Class
2112 15th St.
Tampa, FL 33605
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
2007 GIGS
November 15, 2007 - New Port Richey, Florida - Harvest Reading Festival
Seven Springs Middle School
2441 Little Road
New Port Richey, Florida 34655
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
October 18, 2007 – Tampa, Florida - Teacher In-Service Day Guest Speaker
In this special session for teachers and other educators, Lynne will discuss the curriculum applications for her seven young adult novels including the pros and cons of vocabulary novels. Each teacher who attends will receive a free CD containing teacher activity kits for Lynne’s books.
Thursday @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
11802 N. Dale Mabry Highway
Tampa, FL 33618
Store Phone: 813-962-6446
October 13, 2007 – Tampa, Florida – Barnes & Noble Educator’s Night
Saturday @ 6:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
11802 N. Dale Mabry Highway
Tampa, FL 33618
Store Phone: 813-962-6446
October 5 – 7, 2007 – Tampa, Florida - Necronomicon Convention
Most Common Writing Mistakes – Saturday, 5:00 PM (moderator)
Crafting Believable Characters – Sun 10:00 AM (moderator)
Manuscript Mechanics: What You Need to Know – Sunday, 12:00 PM
Hyatt Regency
211 North Tampa Street
Tampa, Florida 33602
http://www.stonehill.org/necmain.htm
September 15, 2007 – Tampa, Florida – Florida Writers Association Meeting
“Craft The Perfect 30-Second Pitch” – Learn how to pitch an agent or an editor in this hands-on workshop, then practice your pitch on a real editor.
Saturday @ 6:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
11802 N. Dale Mabry Highway
Tampa, FL 33618
Store Phone: 813-962-6446
September 8, 2007 – Tampa, Florida - Deep Carnivale Readers and Writers Festival
http://www.deepcarnivale.com/
Read more on Tampa Book Buzz.
Click on the graphic to the right for the event poster.
August 27, 2007 - Tampa, Florida - Soundstage on WMNF Radio, 88.5
http://www.wmnf.org/programming/listen.shtml
Monday @ 10:30 pm
I’ll be reading from my forthcoming novel A Time For Witches on WMNF Radio, 88.5 at 10:30 pm. If you’re not in Tampa, you can listen on the Internet here.
July 17 - 20, 2007 – Bristol, Rhode Island – Necon
http://www.campnecon.com/
Friday 3:00 pm
HORROR IN THE FAMILY — SO BOTH OF YOU WRITE (OR DRAW?)
The ups and downs of two creative people in the same household.
(Rick Hautala and Holly Newstein (moderators), Yvonne Navarro and Weston Ochse, Jeff Strand and Lynne Hansen, Elizabeth Massie and Cortney Skinner.)
Saturday 11:00 am
WHATEVER YOU DO, KEEP IT FROM THE KIDS! WHAT’S HAPPENING IN YOUNG ADULT HORROR
(Lynne Hansen (moderator), Christopher Golden, Tom Sniegoski, Lee Thomas, Stefan Petrucha.)
March 28 – April 1, 2007 – Toronto, Canada - 2007 World Horror Convention
http://www.whc2007.org
Saturday, March 30th
5:00 pm – 6:00pm WALKING DEAD VS. UNDEAD: ARE ZOMBIES THE NEW VAMPIRES?
Has Dracula had his day? Are the Living Dead now the living end?
(Scott Edelman (moderator), Lynne Hansen, Brian Keene, Kim Paffenroth, David Wellington)
March 8 - 11, 2007 – Virginia Beach, Virginia - EPICon 2007 Writers Conference
http://www.epic-conference.com
Friday 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Craft The Perfect 30-Second Pitch workshop/presentation
Friday 1:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Publishers Forum
Saturday 9:30 am – 10:30 am
Etiquette for Authors panel
February 3, 2007 – Tampa, Florida – Florida Horror Writers Book Signing
Saturday @ 2:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
11802 N. Dale Mabry Highway
Tampa, FL 33618
Store Phone: 813-962-6446
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