Wow! The Black Velvet Coat now has some traction from so much action. I’ve been all over San Diego County sharing my inspiration for the novel, signing books and celebrating. I’m grateful to all of you for your enthusiastic support! Here is a sampling of photos to demonstrate all the fun.
October 11, 2015 – My First Book Signing at Warwick’s, La Jolla.I shared all about it in a previous blog post. Check it out here.
October 24, 2015 – My Big Launch Party, Barracks 17 at NTC, Liberty Station What a blast! Over 100 folks came dressed in their early 1960s cocktail attire to cheer me on. Thank you Anne Mery from West Grove South Park for being the event bookseller and Leslie Meads for coordinating all the party details.
Guy La Rue, fashion designer
Glamour Girls, Lucy & Marilyn
With Jerry, My Hubby
Judy Reeves, my mentor with coat
Todd, Jill, Leslie & Sandy, the four of us siblings
November 5, 2015 – Book Talk & Signing, Bay Books, Coronado
Erna, event coordinator
Dancers from Coronado School of the Arts, performing in the black velvet coat
Great Crowd, Great Questions!
November 10, 2015 – My First Book Club Visit, Home of Liz Hyma, Jamul
What a wonderful group of women!
November 12, 2015 – Meet the Author Salon, Home of Jean Kaiser, El Cajon
With Jean and bountiful spread!
Lovely Ladies!
November 16, 2015 – Novel Celebration and Reading, Creativity Castle of Culture aka Phil Johnson & Seth Krosner home, University Heights
Kristen Fogle & Phil Johnson, reading with me from Chapter 7 of The Black Velvet Coat
Literary Living Room filled to the brim
Whew! Now I’m off for the Thanksgiving holiday. Just enough time to rest up before my December events and my She Writes tour begins!
Woohoo! Look at you! Author-about-town!! Congrats on all the fab events!
WOW. …. you are a talent…and a ver nice person as well…, congratulations you have worked hard !????
M. Stewart
Thanks Marcia! You are so sweet. Have you read the book yet?
Jane – Thanks so much for your support! Now I’m getting geared up to be an Author-out-of town. Visiting Phoenix, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle on tour! Can’t wait.
Congrats Jill!! How exciting to see everything come to fruition!
You are a dreamer whose dreams come true (with a lot of hard work and love!)
Pamela, Nice to hear from you! This goes to show you that dreams can come true.
Great to see the pic of you with your siblings!
Fabulous Jill. It is your time! I can see you are enjoying every minute of it and that is awesome. Continued goodness…..
Thanks Josie for all your love and support!
How much fun to review the pictures and see all the joy and happiness you and your book are bringing to the world. We all await more! Thank you, Jill, for all the creative ways you’re celebrating your work and sharing it with us.
Judy – And thank you for being with me at the beginning and now as it is coming out in the world. Love you!
What a world wind it’s been for you this past month. The pictures are fabulous! So many great events for you and your book. I’m so happy for you and excited to follow your progress on your book tour through Arizona and California.
Thanks Leslie! It’s been fun to watch your launch success of your memoir, “Fourteen” also. It’s a fabulous book.