Author Greet & Eat

BEAUTIFUL TROUBLE PUBLISHING AND FRIENDS
AUTHOR GREET & EAT
We apologize in advance...for everything


Welcome to our inaugural Author Greet & Eat where authors from various publishing houses and readers from all over can meet, eat, and participate in some good old fashioned face-to-face mayhem. This is a chance for readers to meet some of their favorite authors, for authors to meet their readers, and for everyone to have the kind of good time that is spoken about decades later with reverence (because stuff might still be pending). Word on the street is there might be a dance off.


Saturday, February 25, 2012

Venue

HILTON GARDEN INN WINSTON-SALEM/HANES MALL  1325 CREEKSHIRE WAY, WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27103
PHONE: 1-336-765-1298  FAX: 1-336-765-1299


TO GET IN ON THE SPECIAL RATE, REQUEST THE “AUTHOR MEET & GREET” RATE WHEN RESERVING ROOMS. SPECIAL RATE ENDS DECEMBER 25, 2011

For information on the rooms, visit:
http://hiltongardeninn.hilton.com/en/gi/groups/personalized/I/INTWSGI-AMGR-20120225/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG

The Cost of Admission

Cost per ticket: $35.00* (INCLUDES LUNCH, LIGHT SNACKS)
*ALL PROCEEDS GO TO MALLOY-JORDAN EAST WINSTON HERITAGE CENTER LIBRARY
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 20, 2011 - JANUARY 15, 2012
LAST DAY TO REQUEST A REFUND IS JANUARY 31, 2012

Schedule of Events:


9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

TOUR OF MALLOY-JORDAN LIBRARY AND TALK WITH LIBRARIANS (FOR AUTHORS)
1110 East Seventh St.
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
(336) 703-2950

10:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m.

CHECK IN- (FOR READERS) *
Lobby at Hilton Garden Inn Winston-Salem/Hanes Mall
1325 Creekshire Way, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
*Please bring your identification as you must be at least 18 to attend

11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

KICKING OFF OUR SHINDIG

THE HEY Y’ALL
JEANIE JOHNSON WELCOMES ALL

INCLUSIVE PRAYER OF BEGINNING/WELL WISHES FOR A SAFE AND FUN EVENT
MARIA JONES

KICK OFF
JEANIE JOHNSON RECOGNIZES AUTHORS, BOOK CLUBS, LIBRARIANS AND PUBLISHERS IN ATTENDANCE

PANELS
“IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG, I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT” (THE RISE OF THE ANTI-HERO/BAD BOY)
QUESTION: WHEN DID THE BAD BOY BECOME SO GOOD?
• FEATURING LATRIVIA S. NELSON (MEDLOV CRIME SERIES) AND BILLY LONDON (ITALIAN KNIGHTS)
MODERATED BY RHONDA B. SCALES

LGBT PORTRAYALS IN MEDIA AND ROMANCE
QUESTION: DOES THE MONEY GRAB FOR THE LGBT AUDIENCE LEAD TO COMPROMISES ON THE AUTHORS’ END AND DOES THE NEW EXPOSURE HONOR THE LGBT LIFESTYLE OR COMPROMISE ADVANCES?
• FEATURING: REV. TEMEICKA MEEKS, MARIA JONES, AND PASTOR ROGER HAYES
MODERATED BY ZURI DAVENPORT

1:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.
BREAK

1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
MEETING & EATING

ONE CHOICE OF:
• MEAT AND THREE-CHEESE LASAGNA
• VEGETABLE LASAGNA
• GRILLED CHICKEN FETTUCCINI TOSSED IN ALFREDO SAUCE
EACH MEAL COMES WITH A HOUSE SALAD (CHOICE OF RANCH, THOUSAND ISLAND, VINAIGRETTE, OR ITALIAN DRESSING), AND A “CHEF'S CHOICE” DESSERT.
BEVERAGE: COFFEE, DECAF COFFEE, WATER, SWEETENED ICED TEA OR UNSWEETENED ICED TEA

3:00-3:30
BREAK

3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

PANELS

PARANORMAL ROMANCE
QUESTION: WHEN DID “OTHER” BECOME SO SEXY?
• FEATURING DAHLIA ROSE (ARMY BEASTS) AND OTHERS
MODERATED BY ELLE D. HAYES

AUTHORS DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES (GOING SOLO):
• FEATURING EROSA KNOWLES,
MODERATED BY: GWENDOLYN RICKS

5:30 p.m. – 5:50 p.m.

EAR-GASM
READING OF “COMING HOME” BY GABRIEL ESSEX


6:00 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
PANELS

THE NEW HEROINE—PART I: (OF COLOR, PLUS-SIZED, INTELLIGENT AND PROUD OF IT):
QUESTION: IS THE ARCHETYPE HEROINE DEAD?
• FEATURING JEANIE JOHNSON, JANET ECKFORD, REANA MALORI
MODERATED BY RAELYNN BLUE

THE NEW HEROINE—PART II: (EXPERIENCED, BOLD, AND UNASHAMED):
CHALLENGE: CONSTRUCTING THE NEW HEROINE:
• FEATURING: SHARA AZOD, MARTEEKA KARLAND, BRIDGET MIDWAY
MODERATED BY ?

THE NEW READER: WHO IS S/HE?
• FEATURING: YOU THE READER (GRAB THE MIC AND TELL US WHO YOU ARE)
MODERATED BY: CAROLYN WOODS


7:50 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

AND ONE MORE THING

PIRACY: IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT SCURVY AND PARROTS
QUESTION: IS IT OKAY TO KARATE CHOP THIEVES IN THEIR WINDPIPES?
• FEATURING: AUTHORS
MODERATED BY DREA RILEY

8:30 p.m.
INCLUSIVE PRAYER OF CLOSING/WELL WISHES FOR A SAFE RETURN HOME
8:30 p.m. – 10:45 p.m.

MIXER
MINGLE WITH THE AUTHORS, BOOK CLUBS, LIBRARIANS, PUBLISHERS, & READERS


*INDEX CARDS WILL BE PROVIDED SO READERS CAN WRITE QUESTIONS FOR THE MODERATORS TO ADDRESS TO THE AUTHORS.



Authors Attending
• Billy London
• Bridget Midway
• Dahlia Rose
• Dréa Riley
• Elle D. Hayes
• Erosa Knowles
• Gabriel Essex
• Janet Eckford
• Jeanie Johnson and Jayha Leigh
• Latrivia Nelson
• Marteeka Karland
• Nikki Winter
• RaeLynn Blue
• Reana Malori
• Shara Azod
• Yvette Hines
• More authors to be added as they confirm

Book Clubs Attending
• Red Stiletto Book Club, of Winston-Salem, NC
• More book clubs to be added as they confirm


Publishers Attending
• Beautiful Trouble Publishing
• Shara Azod LLC
• Mochas Memoirs Press
• Riverhouse Publishing
• More publishers to be added as they confirm