ARROWS author Melissa Gorzelanczyk will join the Greendale Public Library (Milwaukee, WI, area) for a hands-on author visit including activities, readings and a book signing. A celebration of Teen Read Week!

Author panel, The Power of the Teen Voice, with panelists Brittany Cavallaro (A STUDY IN CHARLOTTE) and Liza Wiemer (HELLO?). Books will be available for sale and signing.

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Special guest to Green Bay West High School. Presenting DARE TO DREAM BIG with Q&A and, of course, a book signing! There will be free bookmarks and buttons.

Melissa Gorzelanczyk will be available to sign copies of her YA novel ARROWS at the SCBWI signing table during the #WSRA17 convention.

Melissa Gorzelanczyk (ARROWS) AND Liza Wiemer (HELLO?) will focus on ACCESS FOR ALL at #WEMTA17 by addressing how YA novels provide an outlet to explore topics such as diversity, family dynamics, relationships, sexuality including the LGBTQ community, kindness, compassion, coping with loss, grief, and mental health issues. The authors will give educators and librarians specific tools and ideas to help students discover new books based on key words, hashtags, social media outlets. Suggestions for displays will also be provided that…

Learn how to navigate the worlds of self- and traditional publishing in this program led by career editor and writer Sharon Verbeten and local writer Melissa Gorzelanczyk, author of the young adult nov el Arrows. They’ll discuss refining and revising your manuscript, writing powerful query letters and detail the “dos and don’ts” of being a successful writer.

Melissa Gorzelanczyk, author of the YA novel ARROWS, will talk about her#ArrowProject, a series focused on micro-changes aimed to help give your goals direction all year. She will share practical tips and life experiments for creatives, with a focus on the work that makes big dreams a reality.