Hi Kiddies,

Moi here to bother you again for my once a month check in, so let me make this a "quickie" before I lose half of ya to boredom anyway!

First off - HAPPY BIRTHDAY in February to some of our famous "Country Clubbers" our own "Ze Count" KEITH PAGEL - aka, the little groundhog being born on that day, and JEFF BONNER (02/18). Both turning the big "46" - it can't be possible. Happy 50th Birthday to our Jax Country Clubber, KATHY FRANCIS, turning 29 again on her 50th on 02/03/03, and Happy 29th also to Scruffy Sr., Tom's Dad, in California, on 02/18/03.

Ok, second - If you missed my radio interview here at AD in December (as I know 99.9% of you did) you can now listen to moi's scratchy little voice here at AD in the archives on the "The Authors Den Radio Show" - so give me a quick listen at your leisure if you are so inclined.

Ok, third - Here's the schedule for 1/2 of February because there is so much happening here that I don't want to bore you with the entire month, but some of you Jax folks need to mark your social calendars NOW!

I need some E-fan mail from you yankees. Just let me know if you live these days! Are you frozen solid? If not, Phone, write, E please. Know I love and miss ya.

Ok, here's the calendar for now. Be sure to correct me if it's wrong anyone!

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST - 12 - 3 PM B&N TALLAHASSEE
If you happen to be in Tallahasee this Saturday come to ze Tallahasee Mall and see moi with fellow FWA authors, FORREST TAYLOR AND KAY DAY, also the beautifully exotic MISTY JAMES will be assisting us! We need book sales c'mon over!

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ZE COUNT!!!
HOPE YOU GET A BUNCH OF LEFT SIDED NECK BITES TODAY!!

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH - B&N OF MANDARIN 07:00 PM
Come to class! Come to class! Come to class!!
Sell your stories!! Sell your stories!! Sell your stories!! Make $$$!! Make $$$$!! Make $$$!!
(sublibinal messages - just get your butt there please!)

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH AT 11:00 - 01:00 PM
Come to ze "Women's Club of Jacksonville" for their book-of-the-month meeting. Yes, moi will be there with her homies mingling, mingling, doing a little "PR". We love to plow!! Come join us and have a little luncheon as well!

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH - 10:00 - 12:00 NOON
FWA PALM GROUP MEETING - MANDARIN LIBRARY
Ok kids don't miss this one! Come see my pal and fellow authoress extraordinaire - KAY DAY who will be giving us a presentation on how to make ze money selling your books on the internet. Also check out her website at www.kayday.com - I think I am still her flavor of the week on her Jax Writers page! She is fantabulous! If I could have another child I would name it after her! God bless KAY DAY!!!

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH - 07:30 PM - B&N - MANDARIN
Come to the new and improved "Poetry Night" now led by Kay Day and learn how to write sonnets, improve that free verse, haiku, prose, come read your stuff. Moi will be there! So come on!!

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH - HAPPY VD EVERYONE!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY SCRUFFY - #6 (OR IS IT 60?)
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO JOHN AND ELENA CHITTY AS WELL!

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH - 02:00 PM - MY HOUSE
Come for the first monthly "FWA Afternoon Tea" at my house from 02:00 - 05:00 PM. Folks I have been turning away people wanting to come to this. I have had 30 - 40 RSVP's already and that is about all my house can hold. Our featured authors for this event (besides moi of course) is RUTH BARNABY, author of "The Bottom Line" and her stupendous Yoga CD, DEB NICHOLS, Jax Psychic extraordinaire and auture of "Words Of Wisdom", JESSICA LUKE, authoress of "Corporate Power Driven By Greed", make sure you got your underwear on girls for those glass ceilings! HA! and GINAMARIA JEROME, author of "The Perfect Pocket People Meeter" - this is a not to be missed event!

Ok, that is just half the month - here is some other dates, but more info coming in a week or two -
02/16/03 - B&N Writing Class - Mandarin - 01:00 PM
02/18/03 - B&N Short Story Class - Mandarin - 07:00 pm
02/21/03 - Dietrich's Coffee House - Open Mic Night - 08:00 pm
02/22/03 - FWA Palm Group Meeting - Deerwood - 10 - 12:00 noon
02/22/03 - Much Ado About Books - 10:00 - 05:00 pm Prime Osborne Center
02/28/03 - Dietrich's Coffee House - Open Mic Night -
08:00 pm

As I get more info and events I will pass them along to ya! See why I never get any sleep?? And March, April, May???? Getting booked as we speak Dahlinks!

Ok, more latah. Write me. Listen to me here on ze "Den". Love ya and keep those prayers comin for your fav Floridian starvin author!

Lin and I are almost done with the screenplay for "Fly" - keep your fingers and toes crossed we can sell it for some big $$$

Love ya,

Caryn aka Countessa aka Cruella xoxoxoxoxoxoxox