{"id":634,"date":"2013-09-29T13:21:02","date_gmt":"2013-09-29T19:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmjessup.com\/?p=634"},"modified":"2013-09-29T13:21:02","modified_gmt":"2013-09-29T19:21:02","slug":"conversations-authors-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmjessup.com\/?p=634","title":{"rendered":"Conversations With Authors Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I started twelve years ago to write my historical novel, <i>Mariano&#8217;s Crossing,<\/i> I never thought I would be sharing a speakers platform with two of my favorite authors, Laura Pritchett and Patty Limerick.\u00a0 Now, I am pleased to say, that moment has come.<\/p>\n<p><b>On Saturday, October 5, starting at 10:00 AM, the three of us will be speaking at a &#8220;Conversations with Authors&#8221; event at the Embassy Suites Hotel near the Budweiser Events Center Near Crossroads Blvd and I-25<\/b>.\u00a0 Sponsored by the American Association of University Women, the event raises funds for post-graduate scholarships for women.\u00a0 The cost is $50.<\/p>\n<p>For reservations, including lunch, contact Martha Diccico by <a href=\"mailto:marthavd@msn.com\">e-mail <\/a>\u00a0or call 970-461-5794.\u00a0 The RSVP deadline is Monday, September 30, but if you get this too late, try anyway!<\/p>\n<p>I first learned about <b>Laura Pritchett<\/b> when I got hooked on her book, <i>Hell&#8217;s Bottom, Colorado<\/i>.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a collection of inter-connected short stories which, taken together, create a compelling account of three generations of a ranching family in a town suspiciously like Bellvue, Colorado, where Laura lives.\u00a0 Word is out she has a sequel in the works, and I&#8217;m elbowing everyone else aside to be first in line to buy it.<\/p>\n<p><b>Patty Limerick<\/b> runs the Center for the American West at CU, and in her previous books has transformed the way we view the history of the American West.\u00a0 Her latest book, <i>A Ditch in Time<\/i>, tells the fascinating story of Denver Water, with some characters that appear stranger than fiction.\u00a0 Each wonderfully readable chapter begins with&#8211;you guessed it&#8211;a limerick.<\/p>\n<p>Hope you can join us.\u00a0 For me, it will be a nice break from Sylvan Dale flood recovery!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks,<\/p>\n<p>David J<\/p>\n<p>PS.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reporterherald.com\/ci_24191704\/conversations-authors-showcase-three-colorado-authors-saturday-oct\">Click here<\/a> to read an article about this event in the Loveland Reporter Herald.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I started twelve years ago to write my historical novel, Mariano&#8217;s Crossing, I never thought I would be sharing a speakers platform with two of my favorite authors, Laura Pritchett and Patty Limerick.\u00a0 Now, I am pleased to say, that moment has come. On Saturday, October 5, starting at 10:00 AM, the three of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11,9,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-comments","category-events","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmjessup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmjessup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmjessup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmjessup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmjessup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmjessup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmjessup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmjessup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmjessup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}