Events
BETTY WEBB'S 2020 EVENTS & SIGNINGS (as per 1/27/2020 (live dates in bold type)
Feb. 27, Betty posts "Our Characters Are Us" and questions readers on Cozy Mystery Friends, Michele Wicks' Author Take-Over blog
TBD Betty discusses "Critique Groups Or Not? on Lev Raphael's Monday blog and Writer Wednesday in late Feb.
March 3, 2020 – Publication date of THE PANDA OF DEATH!
March 4, Betty writes "When Killer Fiction Becomes Confessional" on Marilyn Meredith's "Fiction for You" blog
March 6, Betty discusses "Theodora Bentley's Semi-Terrific Day" on DruAnn's Book Musings blog
March 6, Betty posts about "The Delights of Eavesdropping" on Lois Winston's Killer Crafts & Crafty Killers blog
March 7, (Saturday) 2020 -- 2 p.m. The official debut of THE PANDA OF DEATH. Betty explains why the animal on the book's cover isn't the expected black and white! Poisoned Pen Bookstore, 4014 N. Goldwater Blvd., Scottsdale AZ.
March 11, 7 p.m. -- Betty and fellow author Donis Casey talk about and sign their books -- both chose California as their settings -- in a program titled "California Dreamin'" at Changing Hands Bookstore, in Tempe AZ, SW corner of McClintock & Guadalupe.
March 12-15 -- Betty attends Left Coast Crime in San Diego CA. On Saturday, March 14, at 9 a.m. she discusses the real crimes behind "The Panda of Death" and at 2:45, is on the "Extreme Settings" in Sierra 5-6.
March 17, Betty posts on Jungle Red Writers blog, hosted by Hallie Ephron
March 21, Betty discusses "Second Thoughts on Writing What You Know" on the Type M for Murder blog
March 22, 2 p.m. -- Betty discusses what she learned about marionettes and dinosaurs while writing "The Panda of Death." Clues Unlimited Bookstore, Tucson AZ.
March 26, 10 a.m. -- Betty talks about the joys and pains of writing "The Panda of Death," and 17 other books, at the Fountain Hills Library, 12901 N. La Montana Dr., Fountain Hills AZ.
March 28, Betty and her "The Panda of Death" are featured in Kings River Life Magazine
March 29, 2:30 p.m. -- Betty and author Dan Baldwin discuss putting together book proposals at the Society of Southwest Authors meeting, Tempe Library, SW corner of Rural & Southern, Tempe AZ.
TBD… (no date set) Betty's article about health dangers to California sea otters appears in the Mystery Readers Journal "Environmental/Wildlife" issue
April 13, 1:45 p.m. Betty discusses the difficulties of writing three different series set in three different places -- Arizona, California, and Paris, France
April 25, noon -- Betty talks about red pandas, dinosaurs, marionettes, and the savagery of the children's television industry at Mystery Ink, Huntington Beach CA
April 25, 2 p.m. -- Betty explains how being a zoo volunteer for the Phoenix Zoo gave her the idea for the Gunn Zoo series, and how a visit to the San Diego Zoo broadened her scope even further. Book Carnival, Orange CA.
May 1 - through July 31, 2020. Betty will be Writer-in-Residence at Foothills Public Library, Glendale AZ. Twice a week she will give classes in various aspects of writing and will also help emerging writers with their current manuscripts. Check back in April for the schedule of class times and to make one-on-one appointments.
May 16, noon -- Betty discusses writing three different series (and staying sane while doing so) at the Phoenix Writers Club, Bluewater Grill, 1720 E. Camelback, Phoenix AZ
Sept. 26, 1-3 p.m. Betty teaches "Writing Your First Book" at Tempe Library, Tempe AZ
Other events will be added, so keep coming back!