Where we were in 2022

January:

• North Country Gaylaxians Book Club - January 11th, 7-9PM CST. Online discussion of The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper by A.J.Fitzwater. Preregister to join in.
• Online celebration of Queen of Swords Press's 5th birthday! There will be weekly prize drawing giveaways and a 5 day sale kicking off on 1/27! 

February:

• Capricon 42 - February 3-6th. Chicago, IL and online. I'll be on an online panel on queer speculative fiction and doing an author reading.
• StabbyCon - January - February. Online, r/fantasy forum on Reddit. I’m doing the Gothic Fantasy panel on Tuesday, February 8th, 4pm EST and Rem Wigmore is doing a roundtable on writing gender in speculative fiction on 2/4. It's quite the all-star lineup with a lot of programming that looks great.

March:

• 13 Gears Steampunk - March 6th, Minneapolis, MN. 12-6 PM. Queen of Swords Press will have a booth with local authors Michael Merriam and Patrick W. Marsh. In person.
• Querying Tips - March 9 at 6:30 PM CST. Join agent Jennie Goloboy, author Jenna Miller and publisher Catherine Lundoff for an online panel hosted by Dot & Dash LLC - preregister at link.
• Marscon 2022 - March 11th-13th, Minneapolis, MN. I'll be the Author Guest of Honor this year. Currently planned for in person.
• Write on! Radio KFAI - March 15th, 7-8PM CST. Streaming or on your radio dial.  Jennie Goloboy, Michael Merriam and I will be on this long running local radio show to talk about Queen of Swords Press and everyone's fiction.
• SMOLFair - March 19th-26th. Online small press book fair based in Philadelphia. Queen of Swords Press has a virtual booth and will be doing an FB panel/short readings from a couple of authors on 3/19. Catherine will also be on a small press publisher panel, time TBD.

April:

• Flights of Foundry - April 8th-10th. Online. Queen of Swords Press will have a virtual booth and I'll be on programming.
• So You Want to Put Together an Anthology? - Online at the Rambo Academy. April 24, 9:30-11:30 PST. I'll be teaching this popular class again for Cat Rambo.
• If This Goes On Podcast - April 30th. Author John Kressel was the other guest. We got interviewed about hopepunk, green business building, current projects and more. Link will be up soon.

May:

• SFWA Nebula Weekend - 5/20-5/22 - Jennie Goloboy and A.J. Fitzwater were on programming.
• Rochester Pride - May 21st, 12-5PM. Rochester, MN. Queen of Swords Press will have a booth.
• WisCon - May 27-30th. Madison, WI. Queen of Swords Press will have a table in the Dealer's Room.

June:

• Pride Month StoryBundle - June 1 - July 1st. Our annual event, this year featuring books by Melissa Scott, Heather Rose Jones, Rem Wigmore and others to be announced. It will once again benefit Rainbow Railroad.
• Finding Your Path: An Agent and a Publisher Spill the Tea on Agenting and Small Press Publishing - Clarion West Writers Workshop - June 5, 11AM-12:30PM PST. Online. Jennie Goloboy and I will be teaching this workshop where you can get your questions answered and learn cool and nifty things about what agents do, what publishers do and what to consider doing with your books.
• "Creating New Worlds" - Geek Girl Con Twitch, June 14th, 7PM PST. I'll be on a panel about world building in science fiction and fantasy.
• 4th Street Fantasy - June 17-19. Minneapolis. I might be on programming; Jennie Goloboy, Michael Merriam and I will be around and about in any case.
• Queering Small Press Publishing - June 21, 12-1PM. Library of Congress. I'll be on a panel for Library of Congress staff with publishers from Neon Hemlock, Stelliform Press and BLF Press. Not open to the public, alas, but very cool anyway.

July

• West St. Paul Pride – July 9th. Queen of Swords Press will have a booth.
• r/Fantasy Small Press AMA – July 15th. Queen of Swords Press will once again have a Small Press AMA on Reddit Fantasy. All our authors will be there!
• Book Release/Birthday Party at DreamHaven Books! July 21st, 6:30PM. Queen of Swords Press is doing a re-release/first time in print edition of Michael Merriam’s homage to early 2000s Minneapolis with a queer romance and the ghost of the old streetcar line, Last Car to Annwn Station in July,  and Jennie Goloboy and I never got in person releases for our books last year so we’re going to make up for lost time!
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August:

• Novel in Progress Book Camp: Speculative Fiction Edition - July 31-August 6th. Catherine will be returning as a guest instructor.
• Sunday Market at Dancing Bear Chocolate – August 14th, 9-2PM. Minneapolis. I will be there with our books and lovely handmade journals and boxes made by Jana.
• To Market,To Market: How Professionals Look at Your Manuscript- August 20th, 1-4PM CST. The Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis. Jennie Goloboy and I will be teaching this workshop on what agents and publishers look for in your submissions and what we see that you may or may not want us to see.
• Secrets revealed! Getting Your Books into the Right Hands!- August 21, 11:30-1:30 CST at the Rambo Academy. Jenny and I are teaching this one together too! This will be publisher/agent workshop about researching your options, prioritizing your submissions and other fun stuff.
• WORD Christchurch – August 31st-September 4th. Look for A.J. Fitzwater on programming!

September:

• Chicon 8/Worldcon - September 1-5th. The Queen of Swords Press crew will be on programming! Look for Jennie Goloboy, Alex Acks, Heather Rose Jones and me on programming.
• Pagan Pride Fall Festival – September 10th. Minneapolis. Look for Michael Merriam’s book table, where he’ll have a selection of his books and ours!
• St. Cloud Pride in the Park - Saturday, September 17th, 11-3PM. Queen of Swords Press will be back!
• Crypticon on September 16th-18th in Plymouth, MN. Look for Michael Merriam in the Dealer’s Room with copies of Last Car.
• Sunday Market at Dancing Bear Chocolate – September 25th, 9-2PM. Minneapolis. I will be there with our books and lovely handmade journals and boxes made by Jana.

October:

• Open Streets Minneapolis (Minnehaha) - October 1st. Big street festival, Queen of Swords Press will have a booth!
• The Loft Wordsmith - September 30th - October 2nd. Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis. I'll be presenting on 10/2 on publishing resources and related topics.
• Columbia Heights Pride - October 8th - Queen of Swords Press will have a table.
  
• Twin Cities Book Festival - October 15th, St. Paul, Fairgrounds. Queen of Swords Press will have a table and Mike Merriam and Jennie Goloboy will be stopping by to sign books.
  
• Crimson Peaks and Menacing Mansions: Writing Gothic Horror - 10/23 at the Rambo Academy! The return of my writing Gothic horror class!
  

November:

• Twin Cities Con - November 11-13th, Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis. Queen of Swords Press will have a table and our local authors plan on stopping by to sign books.
• Publishing Basics for Genre Fiction – November 15th, Springboard for the Arts. Online, CST. 6-7:30 PM. I'm offering this free workshop through Springboard again.
  
• Speculations Reading Series - November 16th, 6:30-7:45PM. DreamHaven Books, Minneapolis. I'll be reading from some of my recent fiction.

December:

• Minnesota Women’s Art Festival – 12/10, Minneapolis. I'll be there with Jana's work as well as my titles.