There is no describing my experience reading at The Literary Foolery Cabaret in San Francisco…I must show it!
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Office. Space.
I just won a scholarship to the Impact Hub in Oakland! Office hours throughout July and August. And maybe some workshops, coming soon!
Help a Sister Step on Out!
I need to do some fundraising if I am to get myself to the Preservation Ball, where the Decobelles will be getting a preservation award! Will you subscribe to my charm & beauty book for $10 and help a sister out?
Appearing at Literary Foolery Cabaret — May 19th!
Clowns take on Feminism & Fairy Tales featuring ME reading and talking about The Souls of Her Feet!!!! “A book event like no other…” • “What a cool-ass gig!”
Phone-in Workshop – Thursday, April 10, 7:30 | The Zorgos Reader
Call in next Thursday – from wherever you are – and learn what’s in The Bullying Antidote. Phone-in Workshop – Thursday, April 10, 7:30 | The Zorgos Reader.
Honk If You Hate Bullies
Here’s my official take on the whole make-your-kid-wear-a-sign trend.
Rockin' October…
October has been a busy, super-creative, and delicious month this year! The themes are BOOKS, BAKED GOODS, and VIDEOS… I’ve been: Booksigning & Buy-the-Book Month for The Bullying Antidote… Doin’ Zumba Polka at Dimond’s Oaktoberfest… Rooting for the Athletics with a Walk-off Pie viral video… Enjoying books with pies & cakes at CWC’s LitCake… …and […]
Have a slice of LitCake!
This summer I won a great honor… first place in the California Writers Club’s annual literary dessert contest!
The cake I made was a collaborative effort with my family; we’d made it once before for a baking contest for the teen program at Chabot Science Center. The cake represented HAL 9000, the passive-aggressive supercomputer from the Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001… and since it was powered by technology (an iPod spouting lines from the movie), it drowned out all the other cakes with its awesomeness.
A "Bay Area Bloomer"
Though I’m actually an original GenX-er, I got to be an honorary baby boomer in The Monthly in October. The quotations sounded somewhat intelligent, so I excerpted them here… with illustrations! “Cartooning is actually theater that hasn’t happened on stage yet,” says Caven. “I love the written word and language. Cartoons are like little idea containers.” […]
Book signing Wednesday 10/2 at 7p.m.
Local authors Dr. Louise Hart and Kristen Caven will be speaking at A Great Good Place for Books tomorrow night about their new book, The Bullying Antidote: Superpower Your Kids for Life. Bestselling author Rick Hansen, who wrote The Buddha’s Brain, says it “provides parents with the knowledge and skills necessary to raise strong, resilient, assertive and emotionally healthy kids.” Jonathan […]
The Souls of Her Feet: A Novel Cinderella by Kristen Caven
Fashion Blogger Moya Stone gets the shoe connection in The Souls of Her Feet!
New Recipe! "Walk-off Pie"
A great way to celebrate the Oakland A’s this fall!