What's new with Laura Hayden

JUST ANNOUNCED:

Laura was re-elected as President of Southern Magic, the Birmingham Alabama Chapter of RWA.
Laura had accepted the position of RWA Awards Ceremony chairperson which means she will again write and direct the 2010 Golden Heart/RITA Awards Ceremony, held in Nashville!

UPCOMING APPEARANCES:

July 28-31
- Romance Writers of America Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida
  - Laura will participate in the literacy signing
  - Laura has written and will direct the 2010 Golden Heart and RITA Awards Ceremony
August 19-22
- Laura will present "How to Reverse Engineer Your Novel" at Killer Nashville.
August 28
- Laura will present "Bookselling 101: What Authors Should Know" at the Southern Magic RWA chapter meeting.

PAST APPEARANCES:

2010

May 15
- Laura participated in the Heart of Dixie RWA chapter's Reader Appreciation Luncheon
April 23-25
- Laura directed the 2010 Pikes Peak Writers Conference
March 19-21
- Silken Sands Conference
- Laura gave her workshop entitled, "The Subliminal Writer: Write What You Hear."

2009

November 7
- Laura participated in the 6th Annual Southern Magic Readers Luncheon
July 18
- Laura wrote and produced the 2009 Romance Writers of America Award Ceremony
  - Here's a bit of the video used in the opening sequence to introduce the Master of Ceremonies, Anne Stuart, the real queen of the universe.
May 2
- Laura attended the Heart of Dixie's 12th Annual Readers Appreciation Luncheon in Huntsville, Alabama
April 24-26
- Laura participated in the Pikes Peak Writers Conference
March 29
- Laura gave the program at the Southern Magic meeting at the Homewood Library. The topic was Reverse Engineering Your Suspense Plot

2008

November 1
- Laura attended the 5th Annual Southern Magic Romance Readers Luncheon, at the Homewood Public Library
October 4-5
- Laura spoke at the Flathead River Writers Conference in Kalispell, MT
August 23
- Laura presented a workshop at the meeting of the Southern Magic Chapter of RWA.
July 29- August 3
- Laura attended the Romance Writers of America National Conference in San Francisco. She wrote and produced the RWA annual RITA and Golden Hearts awards show.
April 25-27
- Laura presented two workshops at the 2008 Pikes Peak Writers Conference in Colorado Springs, CO
February 10
- Laura participated in Murder on the Menu in Wetumpka AL

Click here to see the damage pictures from the 2008 tornado that struck Prattville, Alabama.

2007

September 14-16
- Laura presented "The Subliminal Writer" at the Colorado Gold Conference sponsored by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
August 25
- Laura was the MC for American Icon III, sponsored by Pikes Peak Writers.
July 10-14

May 11-12
- Laura spoke at the Colorado Romance Writers "Romancing the Rockies" conference where she presented her "The Subliminal Writer" workshop.
April 20-22, 2007

Laura was Director of the 2007 Pikes Peak Writers Conference, helping to celebrate the organization's 15th anniversary. Author guests included Jim Butcher, author of the Dresden Files, Robert Crais, author of the Elvis Cole novels, and Mary Jo Putney. See photos here.

2006

Laura wrote and produced the Romance Writers of America's Awards Ceremony at their National Conference, held at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta. The ceremony featured Nora Roberts as the emcee and also awarded Susan Elizabeth Phillips the 2006 Lifetime Achivement Award.

2005

Laura was a guest on Much Ado About Books on their "Salute to Veterans & Soldiers" radio show.

Laura attended RWA National in Reno and was presented a National Service Award. She became a last-minute sub and acted as the Awards Ceremony master of ceremonies