Check here for where I’ll be speaking, accepting pitches, and upcoming publishing news!

This is what I have so far lined up for 2026 and I’m sure the list will grow!

May 2026

May 1 – 2 Atlanta Writer’s Conference

June 2026

June 25 – 29 – American Library Association Conference

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2025

January 2025

January 12th – Thriller 101 Storyteller’s Society – Live Pitches

January 22 – Guest on the Write it Scared Podcast with Stacey Frazer

January 24 – Picture Book Creator’s Conference – Live pitches. You can sign up with Code Amy30 for 30% off the registration fee!

February 2025

February 11th – Guest on the You, Me, and the Writing Journey podcast with Danielle Render Turmaud.

March 2025

March 10th – PB Party! Contact Mindy Alyse Weiss at mindyalyseweiss@gmail.com to find out how to pitch your picture book to agents and editors or visit here!

March 17th – 23rd – The Writer’s Workout Conference (FREE!) I’ll be presenting From Concept to From Concept to Contract: Navigating the Picture Book Journey.

March 26th – Guest on Ink in Your Veins podcast with Rachael Herron.

April 2025

April 12th – Writing Day Workshop Tampa – Taking LIVE pitches!

May 2025

May 10th – Finn’s Third Anniversary – I received my YES at Finn’s during their first year. I did my book launch at Finn’s during their second year. Now I’m coming back to celebrate their 3rd anniversary.

June 2025

June 5th – David Gwyn’s Thriller 101 Podcast – Part Two – Opening Pages.

June 10th – Umatilla Public Library – I’m going home to talk all about my YA debut WORTH IT to the community where the story takes place.

June 19th – Take Your Kids to Publishing Day! – I’ll be participating in a virtual event to teach kids about publishing.

June 21st – Why You Should Make a Book Trailer and How to Do It – SCBWI Eastern PA

July 2025

July 7th – I’ll be presenting to the Umatilla Public Library on all things publishing!

August 2025

September 2025

September 25th and 26th – I’ll be participating in Tampa Bay’s YA By the Bay!

2024

January 2024

January 25th – Power Publishing Day Click here to watch the presentation!

  • I’ll be presenting “How to Polish Your Query Packet for Submission.”

Feburary 2024

February 9th – 2024 Boston Writing Day Workshop

  • I’ll be presenting “Why an Agent Might Pass on a Submission Packet: and What To Do Instead”

February 10th – 2024 Boston Writing Day Workshop

  • I’ll be accepting author pitches via online.

March 2024

March 13th – 15th – Savvy Authors Pitch Event

March 15th – 17th – Writer’s Workout Free Conference

  • I’ll be presenting “Reading for Writers: How Reading Can Help Improve Your Writing”

March 23rd – Liberty States Fiction Writer’s Conference

  • I’ll be accepting author pitches via online.

April 2024

April 12th – 2024 Florida Writing Day Workshop

  • I’ll be taking in-person pitches in Tampa.

May 2024

May 10th -11th – 2024 Portland Writing Day Workshop

  • I’ll be taking author pitches via online.

May 21st – My YA novel WORTH IT debuts!

May 24th – WORTH IT launch at Finns’s in Apollo Beach

May 31st – 2024 Pittsburgh Writing Day Workshop

  • I’ll be taking author pitches via online.

June 2024

June 1st – 2024 Pittsburgh Writing Workshop

  • I’ll be taking author pitches via online.

June 29th – Waterset Vendor Market – Apollo Beach, Florida

July 2024

August 2024

September 2024

September 15th – Lacaya Women’s Club

October 2024

Uncensored Ink: A Banned Books Inspired Anthology launches.

YA By the Bay – A Tampa Bay Young Adult Conference for teen readers.

November 2024

December 2024

Presented to David Gwyn’s Thriller 101 Storyteller’s Society on how the power of pitching agents live and how to do it.