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Rochester Women's Network
Book Club SIG
Book Discussion & Signing
Wednesday
, July 29, 2026
5:30 pm - 7 pm

Location TBD

Thank you to the RWN Book Club for reading Christmas In Whimsy as their July selection, and for inviting me to their discussion!
This meeting is open to RWN members only. Click here for more info on membership, and for more information about the Book Club and other SIGs, click here.

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my writing soundtrack right now

She's So Unusual Cyndi Lauper

Fabulous commercial tracks like “She Bop,” “Money Changes Everything,” and of course “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” but deeper cuts like “Witness” are when Cyndi’s creativity really lets loose.
what I'm reading

Dune Frank Herbert

(also)
Dungeons and Desktops: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games Matt Barton

yes. I am a nerdy geek and I'm proud of it.
what I'm watching this weekend

Down and Out in America

1985 Oscar-winning documentary recently replayed on TCM about how the era of excess was, for many, not.
my featured tiktok right now

"the more...ya know..." psa
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Focus on Fiction review of Christmas In Whimsy.
The Strawberry Post review of Christmas In Whimsy.
The Strawberry Post review of A Wedding In Whimsy.
Readers' Favorite 5-star review of Christmas In Whimsy.
Join me for a reading of Christmas In Whimsy as part of Writers & Books' Literary Partners' Virtual Reading Series.

Writers & Books Virtual Reading
Featured Author, Book Club at The Center
Burchfield Penney Art Center
1300 Elmwood Ave.
Buffalo, NY  14222

10.05.23
thursday
6:30 pm
Featured Author, Book Club at The Center
virtual panel discussion
Burchfield Penney Art Center

12.16.21
thursday
6:30 pm
Book Sale & Signing

Union Place Coffee Roasters
900 Jefferson Road
Building 9 Suite 903
Rochester, NY 14623

12.06.25
saturday
10:00 am-2:00 pm
Book Discussion & Signing
*NO ON-SITE SALES

Thursday
, January 15, 2026
6:30 pm

Chili Library "New Romantics" Book Club
3237 Chili Avenue
Rochester, NY 14624


Discussing Christmas In Whimsy, Q&A, and signing
Book Sale & Signing
Saturday
, January 24, 2026
1 pm - 4 pm

Greenwood Townhomes
31 Mulcahy Blvd
Rochester, NY 14624


Open-house style book sale and signing. Arrive by 1:15 to catch a reading from my newest book, A Wedding In Whimsy, and Q&A session!

Sponsored by Greenwood Townhomes
Book Signing & Giveaway

Union Place Coffee Roasters
900 Jefferson Road
Building 9 Suite 903
Rochester, NY 14623

3.25.23
saturday
10:00 am-2:00 pm
Author Open Mic

Chili Public Library
3237 Chili Avenue
Rochester, NY 14624

3.15.23
wednesday
7:00 pm
Book Signing
Lift Bridge Book Shop
45 Main Street
Brockport, NY 14420

11.26.22
small business saturday
12:30 pm-2:30 pm
Christmas In Whimsy Book Signing
Burchfield Penney Art Center at
Buffalo State College

12.10.21
friday
5:00-7:00 pm
Christmas In Whimsy Book Signing
Parade of Lights & Tree Lighting Ceremony
Chili Community Center
3237 Chili Ave., Rochester, NY

12.3.21
friday
6:00-8:00 pm
Christmas In Whimsy Book Signing on Small Business Saturday
Lift Bridge Book Shop
45 Main Street, Brockport, NY

11.27.21
saturday
3:00-5:00 pm
Author Clarissa J. Markiewicz appearing on "Rochester In Focus," News 10 NBC Rochester

01.19.20
sunday
10:00 am
Christmas In Whimsy featured on Spectrum News "Your Morning Rochester"

12.11.19
wednesday
Christmas In Whimsy reception & book signing
Episcopal Church Home
505 Mount Hope Avenue
Rochester, NY

12.12.19
thursday
5:00-7:00 pm