Becky Mushko

2010

• 1/15/10: 8:00 AM: "Rise & Shine" on local cable channel 12
• 1/18/10, 11:00 AM: "Our View" on WYTI radio in Rocky Mount, VA.
• 1/23/10: Roanoke Regional Writers Conference, panelist on "Pros & Cons of Self-Publishing"; Hollins University
• 1/26/10, 6:00 PM: Premier of Ferradiddledumday; Franklin County Library; Rocky Mount, VA . Illustrator Bruce Rae and I will do a dramatic reading of Ferradiddledumday for evening story hour.
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• 1/28/10, 6:00 PM: Westlake Branch of Franklin County Library, Hardy, VA. Illustrator Bruce Rae and I will do a dramatic reading of Ferradiddledumday for evening story hour.
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• 2/11/10, 7:00 PM: Lake Writers Comedy Cafe at Westlake Branch of Franklin County Library
• 2/27/10: "Ask the Authors" at Bluebird Bakery & Grill; Moneta, VA
• 3/6/10: Booksigning at The General Store, Westlake
• 3/9/10: Piedmont Writers Group guest speaker; Martinsville VA
• 3/16/10: Women's Leadership Conference: Ferrum College (book signing at lunch break)
• 3/20/10: Virginia Festival of the Book (signing books at Cedar Creek Publishing table)
• 4/12/10: Reading at Tanyard Retirement Center; Rocky Mount
• 4/17/10: Guest speaker; Hanover Writers Club; Mechanicsville, VA
• 5/6/10: Guest speaker; Roanoke Valley Reading Council; Roanoke, VA
• 5/21/10, 5:30 PM: Kid's Alley, Stone Soup Books; Waynesboro, VA
• 6/11&12/10 Galax Book Festival; Galax, VA
• 6/28/10: guest speaker; Pearls of Wisdom Book Club

2009

• 3/10/09: Piedmont Writers Group guest speaker; Martinsville VA
• 3/14/09: Phoebe Needles Center for Lifelong Learning reading and speaking; Callaway, VA
• 5/12/09: "Cover to Cover" show guest, Blue Ridge Regional Library telecast, episode 98; Collinsville,VA
• 8/1/09: Hanover Bookfest workshop presenter; Mechanicsville, VA
• 10/10/09, 11 AM-2 PM: Book-signing at The General Store, Westlake
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• 11/21/o9, 10 AM-2 PM: Book-signing at The General Store, Westlake.
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• 12/29/09: "Cover-to-Cover" show, episode #127, Blue Ridge Regional Library telecast; Collinsville, VA. 
  

I am available for readings, signings, and workshops. My fee is negotiable (and sometimes free for non-profits, though I'd like to be reimbursed for travel expenses). I do complimentary classroom visits for schools that have bought a classroom set (20 copies or more) of my books.

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Because I taught English and drama for many years at the middle school level, I especially like to visit schools to talk about the writing process, as well as read from and discuss my books, Ferradiddledumday and Where There's A Will.

 I am listed in the Writers in Virginia directory sponsored by the Virginia Commission for the Arts. (My information is currently out-dated, I don't know when their webmaster will up-date.)

Among the workshops I can present to elementary or middle school groups are these:

• How Writers Write
• Getting Ideas, Sharing Ideas 
• Make Your Writing a Little Bit Better
• Creating Characters

 Among the workshops I can present to high school or adult groups are these:

• Writing Secrets Your English Teacher Should Have Told You But Didn't
  
• Fiction Makeover: Dealing with Dull Dialogue, Dreadful Description, & Substandard Sentences
  
• Polished Prose & Dazzling Dialogue
  
• The Pros & Cons of Self-Publishing

I also do appearances as my character, Ida B. Peevish (proprietress of Ida's Salon of Beauty & Live Bait Shop) from my two collections of Peevish Advice columns.