Join Janie Franz as she signs copies of her novel, Handful of Dirt, at COAS Books on October 8th. Listen for announcements on KRWG radio, too. Here’s a flyer:

Join Janie Franz as she signs copies of her novel, Handful of Dirt, at COAS Books on October 8th. Listen for announcements on KRWG radio, too. Here’s a flyer:


LCW’s own Fenton Kay will be signing books at COAS on October 1st from 10AM to noon. You can find his latest book from the Carol Montgomery series on Amazon. Here’s the lowdown:
…Carol Montgomery, Ph.D. structural engineer and witch, has a contract to evaluate three 100-year or more old adobes. One of them has a dormer loft. The house contains a haunt, say the neighbors who claim to hear piano music and see a strange flickering light in the loft at night. The old woman that built the house is said to be the haunt, and she loved to play the piano at night for her roomers and family, according to local folk stories. Carol, Ami, and Carol’s telepathic cat familiar, Rogue, visit the place at night and hear the music but see no lights. Carol decides to place trail cameras in the building to find out what is happening. Carol’s cameras reveal an old man’s presence and a piano player. The videos from the cameras show the old man chanting and burning sage upstairs by the light of a flickering oil lamp and a hooded person playing the piano. The old man enters and exits through a tiny trench. Rogue decides to spend a night in the house to discover what is happening and takes Timmy, Ami’s cat, with her. The cats meet the old man, get charmed by the piano music and the sage smoke, and learn what is going on, but not without Timmy getting

Check out LCW’s own Charmayne Samuelson signing books at COAS Books via the Las Cruces Bulletin. Her event is 10AM-Noon on Saturday, August 20th (perfect intersection with Downtown Farmer’s Market!) She has several new books including a collaborative effort with her great, great nephews.…

Meet, greet, and read writers from Las Cruces Writers at the Thomas Branigan Library in September as part of the Friends of Thomas Branigan Library and local bookshop, Moonbow’s Book Nook (sssshhh, owned by LCW member Alice Davenport). Here’s the announcement in the Las Cruces Bulletin.
Among the LCW members participating are:
And don’t forget that many of these same authors will be at Mesilla Valley Mall tomorrow, July 9th for Midsummer Book Dreams!…

Dreaming of coolin’ off in the lazy, crazy, hazy days of summer? Join the Las Cruces Writers in the Mesilla Valley Mall and chill out at our book signing! Ten authors in the upcoming Las Cruces Writers July 9th, MIDSUMMER BOOK DREAMS book signing and sale will offer over 50 titles in various genres includ-ing fiction, non-fiction, children’s, memoirs, and coffee-table photography books.
From 12 – 3 p.m. at Mesilla Valley Mall, meet Susan Elaine Pfeiffer, Fenton Kay, Rosemary Matos, Judy Cicero, Mark William Davis, Bob Worthington, David Osterhout, Elaine S. LeVine, George Pintar, and Charmayne Samuelson.
Romance novels and memoirs are always two popular genres of books offered by the group, and two of the authors at the signing will be Susan Elaine Pfeiffer and David Osterhout.
Susan Pfeiffer will be signing her time-travel romance, The Dusty Attic – Where The Future Meets The Past. Susan worked as the Administrative Assistant at the Las Cruces International Airport for over 21 years before retiring in 2015. Her writing passion blossomed around 2012 and it hasn’t stopped yet. She is cur-rently writing her fourth book, a sequel to The Dusty Attic. She is a true romantic at heart and loves white-water rafting, bird watching, and living her own romantic adventure with her husband of almost 50 years. Look for her on Facebook.
Author David Osterhout, an army intelligence officer who was stationed …

On Wednesday, March 30th George Pintar and Judy Cicero, local storytellers and authors, will be at the Branigan library’s second floor to autograph and explain the story line of their recent books. The event will start at 10:15 and conclude at noon. If you have books by either author that have not been autographed bring them.
Pintar’s books takes you on journeys throughout the Southwest including Antelope Wells, Deming, Great American Duck Race, Madrid, Chiz, population one, and other ghost towns.
Cicero’s book, an enchanting fairy tale, follows Tate, boy hero and Little-One, a refugee baby spider in their search for Little-One’s home web on the mysterious lotus pond. These unlikely friends accompanied by Tate’s imagination face the dangerous Bully Fish, menacing Sumo Snails, the evil Kameko, a renegade turtle taxi driver and the deadly Steaming Vapors.
If you are or know a local author, there will be information about the Las Cruces Writers. Their mission is Writers Helping Writers.
Enjoy a blind date with one of their books!…
Tanya will be signing her recent novel, Andersen Light, on 13th March 2022 at the Tucson Festival of Books. It’s a great opportunity to pick up her newest work!

Don’t forget to join us for the LCW Valentine’s Day book signing event at Good Samaritan Village this Sunday, February 6th, from 2-4PM. All your favorite authors will be there!

Shall I compare thee to an exquisite book?
Though art lovely yet less breviloquent.
Rough prose encountered in my corner nook,
The lines do twist as the river is bent.
Oft the Bard’s cold specter calls out to me,
But he fades before the writing begins;
The words meander like brook, lark, and tree,
Then enjamb in ungrammatical sins;
But for thee, our plot is not complete yet,
Our dénouement remains to be written,
Nor shall your cover fade when showers wet,
And of your voice I am always smitten.
So long as we write, all our hopes do grow,
So long lives you, and all the worlds we know…
Check out Fenton Kay in the Las Cruces Bulletin with coverage of his newest book, Eye of Newt, Skin of Toad. Fenton has a fascinating background in field biology that he uses to weave tapestries of biology, suspense, and crime. Fenton will be signing books at the LCW Valentine’s Day event.
