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SUMMARY:Sunshine State Book Festival — Main Event
DESCRIPTION:This all-day event will include free programs for adults\, activities for children\, and a book sale where attendees can meet more than seventy regional authors and have books signed. \nWAG\, which is producing the festival\, has received support from Santa Fe College and the SF Foundation\, who are giving us use of the beautiful Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall to hold Saturday’s Book Festival. \nSanta Fe Fine Arts Hall\nFor more details\, visit www.sunshinestatebookfestival.com.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/sunshine-state-book-festival-main-event/
LOCATION:Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall\, 3000 NW 83rd St\, E-127\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Sale,Book Signing,Festival,Speaker
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SUMMARY:Jill Ciment to Speak at Downtown Library
DESCRIPTION:In lieu of a January program at the Millhopper Library\, WAG members and guests are invited to attend author Jill Ciment’s talk about her latest book at the Alachua County Library Headquarters\, meeting room A\, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. The library’s website states: \n \nUniversity of Florida English professor Jill Ciment has written seven novels\, a memoir\, and a collection of short stories. Her novel Heroic Measures was made into the film Five Flights Up starring Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton. She has received honors including a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and a Guggenheim fellowship. \nCiment’s new book\, The Body in Question\, starts in a jury holding room as two jurors on a murder trial for a teenage girl who is charged with killing her toddler brother begin a torrid love affair while they are sequestered. The central character\, juror C-12\, a married female photographer\, comes to realize that her “one last dalliance before she gets too old” with juror F-17 will take on more serious consequences when the other jurors start to figure out what they’re up to. When one of the other jurors sends an anonymous letter revealing their affair\, that’s when things get really complicated.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/jill-ciment-to-speak-at-downtown-library/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters Downtown\, 401 E. University Ave.\, 4th Floor\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200111T160000
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SUMMARY:Local Author Series - JW Robitaille
DESCRIPTION:Julie Robitaille will present Romancing the Crime\, the first book in her Gainesville female detective series. Cory Marin\, head of homicide\, is a strong woman with a diverse group of friends and a complicated love life. Her instinct and tenacity make her investigation into the murder of a young college professor a page-turner. Two of the novels in the series are finalists in the Royal Palm Literary Awards. Robitaille is a retired SF College English professor turned mystery writer. \nJW Robitaille \nJulie writes the Cory Marin Mystery series\, which features a strong female detective with a complicated love life and a diverse group of friends. Two of the four novels in the Cory Marin series are finalists in the 2019 Royal Palm Literary Awards. Julie has also published a number of literary novels and a book of short stories. In addition to writing\, Julie enjoys painting\, cooking\, gardening\, walking\, house restoration\, and travel. She lives in Gainesville\, Florida\, the setting of all her fiction. She has degrees in English from Emory University\, UNC-Chapel Hill\, and the University of Florida. \nRomancing the Crime \nSgt. Cory Marin\, head of homicide\, has her hands full. Not everyone on her squad is happy she’s in charge\, she’s still dealing with the break up of her marriage\, and wealthy residents are up in arms over the murder of a young professor in broad daylight in Ravine Creek\, a proposed city park where she jogs every day. Cory is convinced that what appears to be a random robbery gone wrong is premeditated murder. Her job is complicated by the appearance of Fletcher Manning\, a bestselling novelist who shadows her as research for a female detective novel he is writing. She has her guard up\, but as she gets to know him\, she softens and begins to fall for him.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/local-author-series-jw-robitaille/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Sale,Readings,Speaker
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SUMMARY:Local Author Series - Gary Gordon
DESCRIPTION:Author\, musician\, and former Mayor-Commissioner Gary Gordon grew up in Gainesville. His first novel\, Crossfire Canyon\, was published by Zebra Books; his two editions of Southern California Travel Smart were published by John Muir. Set in Gatorville and published last year in paperback\, Chief Mican’s Revenge is the satirical tale of the clash between the Mican Indians and the Columbus-DeLeon Construction Company in what might be the first and last Great Mall & Indian War. \nGary Gordon \nGary grew up in Gainesville\, Florida\, worked as a waiter\, record store manager (at Hyde & Zeke Records)\, musician and activist after attending Emory U. and graduating with a journalism degree from Northwestern University in 1974. He served on the Gainesville City Commission and was Mayor-Commissioner from 1985 to 1986. He wrote and produced plays locally and produced the weekly Gary Gordon Comedy Hour on WUFT-FM. He was a writer\, musician\, spoken word artist and producer after moving to Los Angeles in 1991. Among his productions in L.A. was the critically acclaimed play “O.J. Law.” His first novel\, Crossfire Canyon\, was published by Zebra Books. He is the author of the first and second editions of Southern California Travel Smart\, published by John Muir. He is married and returned to Gainesville in October\, 2017. Chief Mican’s Revenge was published in paperback late last year. \nChief Mican’s Revenge \nChris Columbus is a developer with a passion to build malls. Appointed Admiral of the Ocean Prairie by Governor Job Sparky\, he’s all set to create his masterpiece on the vacant land just south of Gatorville. What he doesn’t know—what no one knows\, is that a Native American tribe has been living\, undiscovered\, in the woods by the prairie for over 200 years! When a Mican warrior shoots Columbus with an arrow\, the whole town\, the whole country soon find out\, and battle lines are drawn. And\, just like Romeo & Juliet\, Columbus’s assistant Zebulon Pike has fallen in love with Sarai\, Chief Mican’s daughter! \nChief Mican’s Revenge is the dramatic\, outrageous\, satirical tale of the clash between the Mican Indians\, the Columbus-DeLeon Construction Company\, and the citizens of Gatorville. Follow the exploits of Columbus\, Chief Mican\, Gov. Sparky\, Professor Paul Revere\, campus activist Sam Adams\, Sheriff Andy\, “Shotgun” Flora\, state legislators Speck and Manson\, banker D.B. Cooper\, renowned defense attorney Clarence Darwin\, and the young lovers as the national news media descends upon them to cover what could be the first\, and last\, Great Mall & Indian War.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/local-author-series-gary-gordon/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Sale,Readings,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191124T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191124T160000
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SUMMARY:Local Author Series - Cindy Bertelsen
DESCRIPTION:Just in time for Thanksgiving\, Cynthia Bertelsen will discuss the challenges of cooking with historic cookbooks\, using hands-on instructions from her book A Hastiness of Cooks and examples from the first American cookbook\, from 1796\, Amelia Simmon’s American Cookery. A skilled cook and culinary historian\, Bertelsen is also the author of Mushroom: A Global History. \nCindy Bertelsen \nTrained as an historian\, librarian\, and nutritionist\, Cynthia D. Bertelsen is the author of Mushroom: A Global History (Reaktion Books U.K.\, 2013) and A Hastiness of Cooks: A Practical Handbook for Use in Deciphering the Mysteries of Historic Recipes and Cookbooks (Turquoise Moon Press\, 2019). She has also published essays\, articles\, book reviews\, and photographs in numerous print and online publications. Volunteering with the Peacock-Harper Culinary History Group at Virginia Tech for over ten years provided her with a deep knowledge of historic cookbooks. And her cooking skills blossomed through years of living and working in various countries\, specifically Mexico\, Paraguay\, Honduras\, Haiti\, Morocco\, and Burkina Faso. Cynthia also attended cooking classes in Paris\, France\, at Le Cordon Bleu École de Cuisine et de Pâtisserie. In 2011\, the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) awarded her a Julia Child Independent Scholar grant to study the impact of immigration on the future of French cuisine.  \n­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­A Hastiness of Cooks: A Practical Handbook for Use in Deciphering the Mysteries of Historic Recipes and Cookbooks\, For Living-History Reenactors\, Historians\, Writers\, Chefs\, Archaeologists\, and\, of Course\, Cooks \nThanks to digitization\, hundreds of historic cookbooks are now available online. However\, several stumbling blocks―archaic language\, obtuse instructions\, bewildering ingredients\, etc.―prevent many dedicated cooks\, novelists\, historical reenactors\, researchers\, and others from benefiting fully from these resources. And that’s where Cynthia Bertelsen’s book comes in. A Hastiness of Cooks: A Practical Handbook for Use in Deciphering the Mysteries of Historic Recipes and Cookbooks\, For Living-History Reenactors\, Historians\, Writers\, Chefs\, Archaeologists\, and\, of Course\, Cooks shows readers step by step how to 1) recreate historic recipes and 2) analyze cookbooks for telling details that add hints of authenticity to the daily dinner table\, culinary reenactment at a Renaissance fair or historic site\, a banquet scene in a Tudor-era novel\, a Games of Thrones party\, or perhaps an unusual scholarly paper. Lavishly illustrated with black-and-white ink drawings by Chicago artist Courtney Nzeribe\, A Hastiness of Cooks brings the world of historic cookbooks to life. And to the kitchen.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/local-author-series-cindy-bertelsen/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Sale,Readings,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191103T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191103T160000
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SUMMARY:Speaker Nancy Quatrano: Speak and They Shall Come
DESCRIPTION:One of the most powerful ways to build fans and credibility is by speaking face-to-face with people\, whether you are leading a book-signing event or teaching a group about a topic on which you are an expert. Creativity and courage are the two watchwords for success here – not notoriety as a public speaker! \nLearn how to pitch\, prepare\, and run a winning book-signing event or develop topics that you can present to groups regarding something other than your book – and you’ll sell more books than you ever imagined. \n  \nNancy Quatrano is an award-winning writer\, editor\, speaker\, and solopreneur. She spent thirty-plus years in corporate America and completed her business management degree at the age of forty-nine. She’s passionate about empowering people to follow their dreams and has presented workshops to writers’ and women’s groups from New Jersey to Florida. Currently writing a mystery series\, a women’s inspirational series\, and short fiction\, Nancy is the owner/operator of On-Target Words\, a professional writing service that specializes in developmental editing that has resulted in authors’ going to publication and in press releases that get noticed. For more information\, please visit www.OnTargetWords.com. Email address: nancy@ontargetwords.com.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/speaker-e-stanley-richardson-how-to-write-and-publish-a-book-without-knowing-how-to-write-or-publish-a-book/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191027T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191027T160000
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SUMMARY:Local Author Series - James Williams
DESCRIPTION:Author James F. Williams will discuss and read from his first novel\, The Pedestrians\, a wry\, social science-fiction thriller. Set in 2097’s Manhattan Island City\, a gated community\, data hunter Dale Evans tracks evidence to solve a brutal murder on Wall Street\, the city’s red-light district. A terrifying plunge from a flying taxi forces Evans to reconstruct his identity while working the brutal case. He and partner Jimmy Ha encounter lab-grown child clones\, fleets of self-assembling robots and an industrialist serial killer. Evans also finds love amidst masses of homeless Manhattanites\, which the immigrant one percent now mockingly call “the pedestrians.” \nJames Williams \nJames was born in Gainesville\, Florida\, and graduated from GHS with an Associates degree from UF before he began his travels. Since then\, he’s lived\, worked and published miscellanea in Wichita\, Kansas; Boston; New York City; and possibly Shanghai\, China. \nReturning to Florida\, he became writer and editor of The Lake Region Monitor (a Keystone Heights/Melrose weekly newspaper)\, serving for nine years. Since then\, he has served as stringer or substitute writer/editor for the Monitor\, the Bradford County Telegraph and the Union County Times until his semi-retirement in 2014. He writes occasional articles on business and local government. \nThe Pedestrians \nAuthor James F. Williams describes his first novel\, The Pedestrians\, as a wry social science-fiction thriller. He is proud to say it has all the clichés of 20th century sci-fi potboilers: flying solar cars\, robots\, clones\, mile-high buildings. Set in 2097\, thinly veiled\, the Big Apple is now Manhattan Island City\, rid of its needless boroughs. The Stock Exchange has fled to Washington to be near the power center and the national treasury. Crime and homelessness are rampant. \nData hunter Dale Evans tracks evidence to solve a bizarre murder on Wall Street\, the city’s red-light district. Moving around MIC\, a gated community\, Evans loses his identity and fights to regain it while encountering lab-grown clones\, fleets of robots and a murderous industrialist. Evans also finds love amidst the masses of homeless the immigrant one percent mockingly call “the pedestrians.” \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/local-author-series-james-williams/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Sale,Readings,Speaker
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SUMMARY:Local Author Series - Gail Rose Thompson
DESCRIPTION:Note: Held in Meeting Room B of the Alachua Library Headquarters Branch \nGail Rose Thompson will present her nonfiction Iran from Crown to Turban\, relating tales of life in Iran during the time of the Pahlavi Crown\, the revolution and post-revolutionary times. Her images of the country are far different from what the press tells us. She lived there in the 1970s\, visited two years ago\, and is frequently in contact with friends living there now. Her entertaining stories depict a country of which we are misinformed. \nGail Rose Thompson \nGail grew up in Ontario\, Canada\, where as a young girl she became involved in riding and training horses. She graduated from Hamilton Teachers College and taught school for several years before she traveled to Iran\, where she worked for the Imperial Court of Shah Mohamed Reza Pahlavi during the “Golden Years” of the 1970s. While there\, she witnessed the country’s development as the leading power in the Middle East. Upon her arrival in Richmond\, Virginia from Iran\, she opened a riding school which\, over the next forty years\, developed into a renowned training facility for Hunter/Jumper horses and riders. She returned to Iran in the fall of 2017\, where she met up with old friends and spent time touring and learning about the life in the Islamic Republic of Iran as it is now. She currently lives in Ocala\, Florida. Her memoir All the Shah’s Horses has been well received. \nIran From Crown To Turbans  \nPeople are curious about how life in Iran today\, under the Islamic republic\, differs from life as it was during the reign of Shah Mohamad Reza Pahlavi. Gail Rose Thompson\, who lived there in the 1970s and worked for the imperial court as the Shah’s horse trainer\, has many tales about life during that time and also about the way of life in the country post-revolution. She visited Iran in 2017 after an absence of forty years\, the first ex-employee of the Shah to return. She paints a picture of a beautiful historic country that dates from the fourth millennium BCE\, when the Persian Empire was the most powerful kingdom in the ancient world. Iranians are proud of their heritage and are polite\, hospitable\, and extremely family-oriented. Iran from Crown to Turbans is a fascinating book of stories that will enlighten the reader about a country that has been misrepresented.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/local-author-series-gail-rose-thompson/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, Rm. B\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Sale,Readings,Speaker
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SUMMARY:Speaker Dillon Knight Kalkhurst: Getting off the Corporate Ladder and Digging in the Trenches
DESCRIPTION:Dillon Knight Kalkhurst\, a successful entrepreneur with over twenty years in a corporate setting\, will speak about the experiences and skills he would like to pass on to current and future authors. \n1. Why he wrote A Guide to Generational Harmony.\n2. Why he choose self-publishing over a traditional publisher.\n3. How long it took to get his book written and delivered to his audience.\n4. What his marketing strategies were and still are\, and where he started.\n5. What it’s like to be a speaker.\n6. What steps he would suggest to a potential author who is interested\nin doing motivational speaking.\n7. Where to go from there.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/speaker-dillon-knight-kalkhurst/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker
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SUMMARY:Create Your Legacy: E-Publishing
DESCRIPTION:Four authors with recently published e-books will discuss the approaches\, research\, and writing techniques used to successfully prepare and conserve their own stories and those of their families.\nMost of us share a strong core value regarding the importance of better understanding our roots and family histories. Those who come after us will want to know about us. Times are changing more rapidly than ever\, and unless we capture and share the stories that relate the history and lifestyles of our generation and those before us\, they will be lost forever. \nThe four authors—Nick West\, Ginny Brinkley\, Faith Connors\, and Tracy Connors—invite you to join them for a panel discussion and informal “workshop” colloquy to explore the how-to’s and why’s of legacy e-publishing. The authors will talk for about fifteen minutes each about their personal e-publishing experiences. Then\, the four will assemble as a panel to answer\, individually or collectively\, any questions posed. Feel free to submit your questions in advance to the WAG Program Coordinator\, Kimberley Mullins. The panel will also welcome questions from attendees on any aspect of legacy publishing and/or e-publication. \nFaith R. Connors\, a retired Associate Professor\, University of Maryland (UM)\, directed and managed community service clubs and educational youth programs for UM’s Cooperative Extension Service. She attended the University of Oslo’s International Summer School\, and completed other graduate level studies at Bowie State University\, the University of Maryland\, and Hood College. Her work has been published in British Business Today\, All Hands Magazine (U.S. Navy’s flagship publication)\, and the Longman Dictionary of Mass Media and Communication. She is the author of three books\, Love Midgie\, Flavors of the Fjords\, and Clark’s Hill Cat. \nGinny Brinkley has been writing almost her entire life. As a young girl growing up in Virginia\, she composed stories about her dog and cat\, illustrating them with photos from her Brownie Hawkeye camera. Her sci-fi novel\, EarthQuest\, was begun by her “mad scientist” uncle\, and completed by Brinkley and a fellow writing group member after her uncle became incapacitated. Her most recent book is Goddess: A Child of the Sixties\, which looks back on her life and the excitement of her first love against a backdrop of the Vietnam War and the iconic music of the 1960s. \nNick West\, a Gainesville native\, attended Gainesville High School and the University of Florida. He is a veteran of the United States Navy and\, together with his family\, has owned and operated a landscape business in the area for over forty years. He began his writing career in 2010 when his first novel\, The Great Southern Circus\, was published. His other print books include The Long Road Home\, The Sandspur Special\, and To Light A New Fire. He recently published an e-book of historic fiction\, The Great Southern Circus: From the Big Top to Gettysburg\, which incorporates\, expands\, and updates The Great Southern Circus and its sequel\, The Long Road Home.\n \nCaptain Tracy D. Connors\, USN (Retired)\, graduated from the University of Florida (BA) and the University of Rhode Island (MA)\, followed by graduate study in public communications at the University of Maryland and human resource development at Bowie State University. In 2013\, he was awarded a Ph.D. with distinction in Human Services at Capella University. Connors has published two major military history works: Baited Trap\, the Ambush of Mission 1890 and Truckbusters from Dogpatch\, the Combat Diary of the 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing in the Korean War. He served as editor of Leading at the Strategic Level\, published by the National Defense University. He published the first volunteer resource management handbook in 1995 and has published eight major handbooks for nonprofit organization management. \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/create-your-legacy-e-publishing/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Panel Discussion,Speaker
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SUMMARY:Author Jo Ann Lordahl to Speak at the Alachua County Library Headquarters
DESCRIPTION:Jo Ann Lordahl will present her book\, Princess Ruth: Love & Tragedy in Hawaii on Saturday\, June 22 at 2:30 p.m. in the Foundation Room of the Alachua County Library Headquarters. \nLordahl says\, “Princess Ruth had my heart as soon as I saw her on the cover of The High Chiefess: Ruth Keelikolani. This is the story of Princess Ruth\, a little-known princess\, but the richest woman in Hawai‘i.* Ruth stopped a volcano\, her money built the Bishop Museum\, and her second husband hit her in the face\, making her ugly! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“It is also the story of how Samantha\, a recent widow and a haole newcomer to the island\, settles into renewed love and life on Kauai\, the oldest\, most spiritual of the islands. The story is told through the eyes of Samantha. As she journeys through the soulful island of Kauai\, we visit jungles and beaches\, and sample Hawai‘ian culture\, both ancient and modern. Samantha\, working for Purity Corporation\, learns of and faces the dangers of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)\, and still finds happiness. Major topics in the book are GMOs\, Hawai’i’s fateful history\, and women’s special stories\, including the one about Princess Ruth stopping a fiery volcano cold in its tracks. Kauai’s natural beauty\, places\, and the forbidden island of Niihau are interwoven. Princess Ruth: Love and Tragedy in Hawaii features a map of Hawai‘i\, many factual endnotes\, a book list of resources\, and a chronology of Hawai‘ian royalty from antiquity\, including Princess Ruth’s dates. And for Princess Ruth\, she can—at long last—rest peacefully; her story is told.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter fourteen years in Hawai‘i\, Lordahl now lives in Gainesville\, Florida. She is also the author of A Secret Kept in Hawaii\, which is the sequel of Princess Ruth. Delightfully combining facts\, fiction\, and romance\, Lordahl uses her women’s stories to give the reader historic and modern insights on a present-day environmental threat that is not confined to Hawai‘i. \n\n_____________ \n* Hawai‘i vs Hawaii
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-jo-ann-lordahl-to-speak-at-the-alachua-county-library-headquarters/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Foundation Room
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Speaker
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190609T160000
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SUMMARY:Speaker Gary Gordon: From Politician to Author
DESCRIPTION:Gary Gordon\, writer\, musician\, spoken word artist\, and producer\, will talk at the monthly meeting of the Writers Alliance of Gainesville about his journey from the Gainesville City Commission (Mayor-Commissioner 1985-86) to author of two novels\, Crossfire Canyon and Chief Mican’s Revenge.  \nOn the way\, Gordon has written and produced numerous plays and programs in Gainesville and Los Angeles including the weekly Gary Gordan Comedy Hour on WUFT-FM and the critically acclaimed play O.J. Law in Los Angeles. Following the June 9 program\, he’ll sign books. \nBorn in Gainesville\, Gordon earned a degree in journalism at Northwestern University. He returned to Gainesville with his wife in October 2017.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/from-politician-to-author/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190601T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190601T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T225606
CREATED:20190517T005409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190518T175927Z
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SUMMARY:Author Gary G. Steele to speak at the Alachua County Library Headquarters
DESCRIPTION:Gary G. Steele will discuss his book\, The Gypsy Family Circus of 1933: Stories from a Long-Gone Era on Saturday\, June 1\, at 2:30 p.m. in the Foundation Room of the Alachua County Library Headquarters in downtown Gainesville. \nWeaving together a vast and varied tapestry of people\, places\, animals\, and events selected from stories heard in childhood\, the author will rely on his “Gypsy story-telling gene” to bring back to life a different world\, a world of his Gypsy family\, their circus life\, and the struggle they and all Americans faced in the Great Depression. \nHis presentation will illustrate interactively some themes of the book\, explain cultural and ethnic perceptions\, and respond to questions and interests of those attending. It will be a sort of “coming-out” event\, in that it has never really been beneficial to admit being Gypsy. The usual result has been either prejudice or peculiar questions and comments. But maybe it’s time. \nCare to have your fortune told or learn how to spin cotton candy the fast and easy way? How about some insider tips on riding jumping horses under the big top\, or maybe handling a spooked elephant in a parade? Even free pony rides for all with a fertile enough imagination. We’ll see what old family secrets are of greatest interest. \nSteele uses historical fiction to recreate the life his older relatives lived during the Great Depression. He feels fortunate to have a Gypsy heritage\, to have grown up on circuses (when not in boarding school)\, and to have the chance to interpret that life to a wider world.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-gary-g-steele-to-speak-at-the-alachua-county-library-headquarters/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Foundation Room
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190519T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190519T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T225606
CREATED:20190324T225941Z
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SUMMARY:Author Richard Gartee to Speak at Millhopper Library
DESCRIPTION:Richard Gartee will present his award-winning novel\, Ragtime Dudes in a Thin Place\, on Sunday\, May 19\, in Meeting Room A of the Millhopper Library from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The reading is free and open to the public. \nPrepublication\, the book won the Royal Palm Literary Award First Place in the fiction category of humor. Set in 1904\, it tells the story of three New York dandies\, who\, promising to bring metropolitan culture and the latest wonders from the St. Louis World’s Fair\, introduce ragtime music and new century ideas to the nascent art colony of Taos\, New Mexico. \nRichard Gartee\, a member of Writers Alliance of Gainesville\, has also authored seven college textbooks\, five collections of poetry\, and a biography\, Skating on Skim Ice. His previous novels include Lancelot’s Grail and Lancelot’s Disciple.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-richard-gartee-to-speak-at-millhopper-library/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Readings,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190505T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190505T160000
DTSTAMP:20260514T225606
CREATED:20190331T024230Z
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SUMMARY:The Courage to Tell Your Story
DESCRIPTION:Our appreciation to Kimberley Mullins for writing this summary of Kandra Albury’s talk.\nKandra Albury\, president and founder of Kids ‘n Capes\,* said to Writers Alliance members and guests\, “You must have the courage to tell your story\,” emphasizing how sharing one’s story empowers others. \nShe grew up in a single-parent household\, one of five children. Her mother’s goal for them all was to graduate from high school and go to college or into the military. \nShe chose college and\, after graduating\, started her career in journalism. However\, that wasn’t her love. She asked herself\, “Why write other people’s stories\, when I can write my own?“ Hence her first book\, From Food Stamps to Favor\, a memoir of her journey as a child in a single-parent home and a victim of sexual abuse. \nAfter the publication of her memoir\, she turned her attention to marketing the book. With a background in journalism\, she reached out to many channels. She went out on a limb\, proposing her book to the Christian Broadcast Network (CBN) because she felt the book would inspire others in the church setting\, mainly because it is a place where victims and predators co-exist. Unfortunately\, CBN was not interested. But a month or so later\, they called her and asked for an interview. \nNext\, Albury ventured into writing children’s books to make youngsters aware of sexual predators. First in The Feisty Four Children’s Book Series is Don’t You Dare Touch Me There. This book makes kids aware of predators and how to get the courage to fight back. At her presentations in schools\, she gives each child a cape for the new superpower\, Courage. The other two books in the series\, Leave Us Alone You Mean ‘Ole Bully!! and No! address bullying and drugs. The later book was dear to her heart\, she said\, since her older sister became addicted to drugs. \nPassionate about writing\, Albury teaches a class at Santa Fe College\, “Let’s Write Your Book Now.” And during her talk\, she highlighted ten important tips for writing: \n\n\n\nSchedule time to write. Don’t just make time.\nSet a deadline.\nHave an accountability partner.\nEnjoy the process and all that comes with it.\nList all of your chapter titles or at least seven\, so if you have writer’s block later\, you can move on to another chapter.\nWrite about what makes you\, you — your passion.\nTell your story unapologetically.\nInclude humor\, pain\, fear\, and shame.\nInvest in your project: you must be the first investor.\nDon’t forget marketing: Business cards/Flyers/Promo cards/Social Media – It’s up to you to get your name out there.\n\n\n\nAlbury serves as Training Facilitator for Darkness to Light\, a non-profit organization committed to empowering adults to prevent child sexual abuse. Her literary and children’s advocacy work has been featured in numerous print publications and on television networks such as WCJB-TV-20 and WUFT\, \n_____________________ \n* Kids’n Capes\, Inc.\, is a sustainable non-profit whose mission is to prevent and raise community awareness of child sexual abuse\, bullying\, and illegal drug use. \n  \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/the-courage-to-tell-your-story/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190427T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190427T153000
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SUMMARY:Author Fran Sweeney to Talk at Library Headquarters
DESCRIPTION:Fran Sweeney will read from her novel\, The Royal Carpet\, a humorous tale of romance\, at 2:30 p.m. on April 27\, at the Alachua County Library Headquarters. \nQueen Elizabeth’s small entourage gets displaced during a summer thunderstorm while driving from Miami to North Central Florida to buy horses. Her car ends up disabled outside a sixty-acre farm in Alachua County. That’s when the fun begins. Over a two-day period\, a romance develops between local resident Fiona and a secret-service guy. The queen carves out a bit of life for herself\, and Fiona’s feisty aunt from Ireland joins the ensemble and attempts to right a wrong from the time of the “troubles” between England and Ireland. The Royal Carpet is fast paced action in a humorous tale of romance and the unexpected. \nSweeney lives in Alachua County\, Florida\, on “a bit of land” with her dog companions and a murder of crows. The crows entertain her at a window bird feeder as she sits at the computer making up stories.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-fran-sweeney-to-talk-at-library-headquarters/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190414T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190414T160000
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SUMMARY:Literacy – The Foundation to Success
DESCRIPTION:Jeremy Merritt\, Literacy Program Specialist for the Alachua County Library District (ACLD)\, discussed on April 14th\, 2019\, the types of literacy services available to patrons at library branches throughout the county. He described the ACLD program that helps adults learn to read for enjoyment and learning through one-on-one and small-group situations. The program extends to English-as-a-second-language tutoring. \nIn the tutoring program\, trained volunteers are a key component for implementing a neuroscience-based teaching sequence to establish reading skills in learners. WAG members may be particularly effective volunteers and were encouraged to apply (see https://www.aclib.us/literacy-programs-adults for details). \nAt the close of the session\, Jeremy fielded intriguing questions from WAG members\, including details about being a tutor and whether the library would appreciate WAG authors developing adult-oriented “easy-read” books. \nWe can admire the library system and its programs as an important resource for all of us in Alachua County\, and we should appreciate that our WAG members have great potential as volunteers and authors for our fellow citizens. \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/literacy-the-foundation-to-success/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190303T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190303T160000
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SUMMARY:How to Apply for a National Endowment for the Arts Grant
DESCRIPTION:Sandra Gail Lambert\, a 2018 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Creative Writing Fellow\, explained the nuts and bolts of qualifying and applying for an NEA grant and shared how the Fellowship benefited her writing career. \nEstablishment of the NEA Fellowship \nFederal programs supporting arts began in the 1960s with the formation of the National Endowment for Arts. Literature is the only art form where individual artists are given this award. Literature consists of poetry or prose (fiction and creative non-fiction). There is a two-year cycle\, so if poetry is featured one year\, prose is featured the next. (There is also a Translation project\, but Lambert’s talk focused on writing.) \nApproximately 1\,500 enter annually\, and only one fellowship is awarded per year; $25\,000.00 is awarded to the Creative Writing Fellow. \nProse Eligibility \nYou are eligible to apply if you have published: \n\nAt least five different short stories\, works of short fiction\, excerpts from novels or memoirs\, or creative essays (or any combination thereof) in two or more literary journals\, anthologies\, or publications that regularly include fiction and/or creative nonfiction as a portion of their format\nOr a volume of short fiction or a collection of short stories\nOr a novel or novella\nOr a volume of creative non-fiction\n\nAlthough the eligibility rules do not say so in so many words\, self-published books are not eligible. \nApplication \nThere is no charge to apply. Submit only one application for 2020 funding. For Prose\, apply between January 1\, 2019\, and March 6\, 2019. Always apply\, if for no other reason than it can help your writing career. “You just never know\,” Lambert said. \nIn the application process\, don’t get hung up on the Project Description. \nAward Benefits \nLambert said by the time she learned she had won\, she had completed the book she had proposed\, A Certain Loneliness\, and it had been published by the University of Nebraska Press. She used her award money\, which is not given out in a lump sum but as reimbursement for reported expenses\, to hire a publicist and pay for book-tour travel to promote the book. \nHow the Award Changed Her \n“One little piece of success can build into something more\,” she said. “I asked knowledgeable people\, ‘Do I say I was awarded the NEA Creative Fellowship or I earned the Fellowship?'” She was told\, “You ARE the Creative Fellow.” \nThe award has opened doors for her. \n\nA Certain Loneliness is a frank and funny memoir of Lambert’s lifelong struggle with isolation and independence after contracting polio as a child\, she probes the intersection of disability\, queerness\, and desire. Frustrations\, slapstick moments\, and grand triumphs are all couched in the long history of humanity’s relationship to the natural world. \nLambert grew up a military brat and spent most of her childhood in Norway with the exception of a stint at the Warm Springs Polio Foundation in Georgia. She was well into her forties before thinking of herself as a writer\, and her debut novel\, The River’s Memory\, was published when she was sixty-two. These days she lives in Gainesville\, Florida. \n  \nSummary of talk by Penny Church-Pupke. \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/how-to-apply-for-a-national-endowment-for-the-arts-grant/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190210T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190210T160000
DTSTAMP:20260514T225606
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SUMMARY:Writing to Heal
DESCRIPTION:Author Kassandra Lamb\, who served as a psychology professor for sixteen years and practiced psychotherapy for two decades\, spoke about the therapeutic aspects of writing. In her practice\, she specialized in trauma recovery. When a person has been through trauma\, she said\, almost any form of writing can help with the healing process; these forms in particular: \n\njournals\nletters\npoems\nmemoir\nblogging\nfiction\n\nLamb now writes fiction. Her first inspiration for writing fiction occurred when a special friendship ended. She had become friends with the lawyer of a client who was going through a traumatic divorce. “My client’s lawyer and I developed a close friendship. We were both happily married\, so it was a platonic relationship. But I was devastated when our friendship ended abruptly. And badly! Well if I couldn’t have a healthy relationship with a man in real life\, I decided\, I would write a story where it could happen! My first book\, Multiple Motives\, helped me vent my feelings\, and by the end of the book\, I liked my book friend more than the friend I’d lost in real life.” \nLamb went on to explain how and why writing helps. \nPsychotherapists often ask their clients to keep a journal about their feelings. This helps the client see how far they’ve come once the problem gets resolved. Anybody can use journaling to sort out their thoughts. \nLetter writing is also used in therapy. The letter might never be sent\, but writing it—venting—can help. A warning\, though: write the letter in Word\, not in email\, as you might accidentally hit send . . . I know. I’ve done it. \nRemember that emotions have an energy\, and keeping negative emotion and energy inside can cause physical harm to one’s body. Several things need to happen to expel the energy and emotion. Take anger\, for example. It must first be acknowledged. You must state what happened to cause the anger. You must express your feelings\, externally—but not to the person you’re angry at! And\, the situation causing the emotion must be resolved. \nPoetry can reach the very depth of emotion and can help you get to and resolve bad feelings. Memoir\, too. Telling one’s story is a way of being heard. \nLamb said she is currently coauthoring a memoir for someone whose father is a psychopath. “We are about halfway through his book\, now\,” she said\, “and the process is getting easier for him because he’s healing as he tells his story. Good stuff is happening for him.” \nBlogging is also good therapy because it can be like an ongoing memoir. People who have experienced a traumatic event often think they are alone\, that they caused it. Learning that another person experienced something similar can validate them. This can happen if someone responds to a blog post you’ve written. Hearing from others that your story helped them gives meaning to the pain you’ve experienced. \nAs a fiction writer\, you can also use your pain to write realistic characters. You can create characters able to pick themselves up and brush themselves off. This can inspire hope and educate others. \nAnother method therapists use to help a client overcome trauma is to have them imagine the outcome as coming out differently. If a child was made to keep his feelings bottled up\, for example\, have him imagine telling off the father he never stood up to. \nA lively question and answer session followed Lamb’s talk. \n\nLamb is the author of seventeen novels and six novellas\, plus a short guide for beginning writers. Her works include the Kate Huntington mysteries\, with a psychotherapist protagonist\, and the Marcia Banks and Buddy cozy mysteries\, about a young woman who trains service dogs for veterans. She also writes darker romantic suspense under the pen name of Jessica Dale. \n\nSummarized by Susie H. Baxter \nIf you are interested in writing the summary of a future talk\, contact the program coordinator.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/writing-to-heal/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190119T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190119T153000
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SUMMARY:Author Jay Hamilton's Talk & Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:As part of the continuing Local Author Series\, Jay Hamilton will discuss his book How To Buy a Car Without Losing Your Shirt at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday\, January 19. The talk\, at the Alachua County Library headquarters\, is free and open to the public. \n“When you walk into a car dealership to look for a car\, who do you think has the advantage?” Hamilton asks. This book will tell you what to watch out for\, and how the salesperson is trained to control the customer. \nHamilton was a freelance photojournalist specializing in motorsports through most of the 1970s. His work was published in national magazines\, such as Cycle Guide and Modern Cycle\, and in smaller publications. \nHe got into motorsports when his father gave him a Travis motorized bicycle after he obtained his driver’s license. That old Iver Johnson frame had been brazed several times because it could not stand the vibration of the Travis motor\, which mounted on the front fork and drove the front wheel with a “stone” held against the tire by the weight of the motor. He had to climb a mile-high mountain to get to school\, so he got a lot of exercise pushing the pedals fast enough to maintain 20-25 mph up that hill. \nHe then got a Honda CL360\, which he still owns\, along with a 1983 Honda Shadow 750 that he will proudly tell you is the bike which made Harley-Davidson cry “uncle.” They asked Uncle Sam to put a tariff on Japanese motorcycles over 700cc. A few years ago\, Hamilton rode the Shadow 750 over 3000 miles to a class reunion. \nHe is also a geek — has a Samsung Tab S 8.4 (wifi only)\, an old Gateway wide-screen laptop\, and a P4 Desktop he built from parts found online. He has several Calico cats\, and he misses his Chocolate Lab pup that was stolen a few years ago. He had a color photo lab in his home back in the day\, but now uses digital cameras and seriously wants one of those new Microsoft Lumia 950 phones from AT&T. He has an old Chrysler Town and Country van for general transportation and occasional sleeping quarters\, and he still has an old Honda Wagovan. He says his home is “wherever I happen to be.” He stays in touch mostly over the Internet. He has a small travel trailer which stays in a campground\, and the other vehicles are kept in a rented storage unit near his parents’ home.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-jay-hamilton-to-speak-at-the-alachua-county-library-headquarters/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190113T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190113T160000
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SUMMARY:2020 Sunshine State Book Festival Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, January 13\, 2019\, Sunshine State Book Festival chair\, Mallory O’Connor\, assisted by Richard Gartee\, presented plans for the festival to WAG members and guests. \n \n“The Sunshine State Book Festival is the largest project WAG has ever undertaken\,” Mallory told the audience. “To be the huge success we want it to be\, we need participation from the entire WAG membership.” \nThree days of events are planned for January 2020\, beginning with an opening reception Friday\, January 24\, the Book Festival January 25\, and ending on Sunday\, January 26\, with a caravan tour of sites associated with Gainesville’s Literary Heritage. \nWAG\, which is producing the festival\, has received support from Santa Fe College and the SF Foundation\, who are giving us use of the beautiful Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall to hold Saturday’s Book Festival. The Matheson Museum will host the Friday night reception and is planning an exhibition on historical Gainesville literary figures. \nWAG authors will have first opportunity to register for festival exhibit space where they can sell and sign their books. Richard stated that online registration would open to WAG members February 1\, 2019\, and then to authors statewide a few weeks later. He urged those who want to sell books to claim their space as soon as registration opens. \nMallory gave audience members an idea of the scope of the undertaking as she presented a list of the various committees needed to pull off a book festival. “These are not one-person jobs\,” she noted. “Nearly every committee needs multiple volunteers.“ She listed committees where WAG members are needed and invited members to pitch-in: \n\nFunding: writing grants\, recruiting sponsors and community partners\nPublicity and marketing\n Social media\nOutreach: promoting the festival to book clubs\, schools\, teachers\, etc.\nAuthor registration\nBook raffle: (festival door prizes)\nPrinter coordinator (manage festival printing needs)\nDay of festival volunteer facilitator/ trainer\nChildren’s book area\, (storytelling\, craft activities)\nFestival set-up and take-down\nFestival follow-up/survey evaluation committee\n\nPlease select a committee where you can contribute your talents\, and contact Mallory to volunteer. \nRichard concluded the program with a demonstration of the festival website\, which is now up and running. For more festival details\, members were encouraged to visit www.sunshinestatebookfestival.com.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/2020-sunshine-state-book-festival/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meeting,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181202T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181202T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T225606
CREATED:20181112T043230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181112T043230Z
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SUMMARY:Author Cassie Dandridge Selleck to Speak
DESCRIPTION:The Local Author Series presents Cassie Dandridge Selleck.\n \nSelleck is the author of three novels\, including Amazon best seller The Pecan Man\, its sequel The Truth About Grace\, and the first in her Beanie Bradsher Series\, What Matters in Mayhew. A native Floridian\, originally from Leesburg\, Selleck is an avid reader\, storyteller and photographer. She and her husband Perry now live on the Suwannee River near Mayo. \nThe Pecan Man is a work of Southern fiction set in the 1970s in what locals recognize as Leesburg. Its protagonist Ora Lee Beckworth narrates the story of why an innocent black man dies in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. In the retelling Ora learns much about herself and what it means to be a family. The novel has sold over 200\,000 copies on Amazon\, has been chosen by book clubs across the country\, and has been optioned for film rights by BCDF Pictures. \nIn the summer of 1976\, recently widowed Ora Lee Beckworth hires a homeless black man to mow her lawn. The neighborhood children call him the Pee-can Man; their mothers call them inside whenever he appears. When he is arrested for murder\, only Ora knows what really happened in the woods where Eddie lived. But truth is a fickle thing\, and a lie is self-perpetuating. Ora and her housekeeper Blanche soon find themselves in a web of lies that send an innocent man to prison for the rest of his life. Twenty-five years later\, Ora sets out to tell the truth about The Pecan Man.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-cassie-dandridge-selleck-to-speak/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181118T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181118T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T225606
CREATED:20181106T030128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181106T030250Z
UID:10977-1542551400-1542555000@writersalliance.org
SUMMARY:Author Frank Fiordalisi to Speak at Library
DESCRIPTION:Frank Fiordalisi will read from and discuss his novel Ichabod Wolfe\, a page-turner filled with surprise and a deep understanding of the human condition\, on Sunday\, November 18\, 2018\, at the Alachua County Library Headquarters. \nIchabod Wolfe\, a thirteen year old boy\, is orphaned when his parents and siblings are murdered in the months preceding the War Between the States. While trying to avenge the death of his family\, Ichabod makes powerful enemies that vow to kill him. He journeys to a remote town on the Colorado frontier\, where he is mentored by the town’s sheriff and becomes a deputy. \nMatured and at the top of his craft\, Ichabod becomes the Chief Deputy Sheriff of Iron Horse\, a Wyoming cow town. Long a bachelor\, he falls in love with a green-eyed beauty married to another man. His longing for the love of his life and his thirst for justice\, mixed with romance\, humor and murder\, lead him into the modern era of law enforcement. \nFiordalisi was born in NYC and received a B.S. from St. John’s University. After teaching high school and a brief stint as a retail pharmacist\, he moved to Miami\, Florida\, where he joined the Miami-Dade County Police Department. He participated in a number of assignments\, retiring as a Detective Sergeant after twenty-nine years of service. He has a daughter Jacqueline\, and a son\, Francis. He currently lives with his wife\, Christine\, in Gainesville\, Florida. \n  \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-frank-fiordalisi-to-speak-at-library/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180930T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180930T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T225606
CREATED:20180805T122525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180811T171804Z
UID:10601-1538317800-1538321400@writersalliance.org
SUMMARY:Author and Musician Arthur Crummer
DESCRIPTION:  \nArthur Crummer will entertain the audience when he discusses his new book\, Floating Island\, on Sunday September 30\, 2018\, at 2:30 p.m.\, at the Alachua County Library headquarters\, meeting room A. He will read passages and poetry and perform songs written by characters in the new novel\, a metafictional mystery set in an area similar to Paynes Prairie. \nIn Floating Island\, Paul Bradley’s life is adrift. Disturbing rumors compel him to canoe onto his beloved Lake Lacuna. He capsizes near a floating island and sleeps free of mosquitoes under a layer of sand beside a misty Florida swamp. At dawn the island is gone. \nTwo weeks later his wife disappears. Blood-soaked parts of her shredded clothes float in Lacuna’s tannic\, gator-infested waters. But things aren’t as they seem: strange encounters . . . under surveillance . . .  disappearing journals . . . and then the phone rings. \nCrummer\, who holds a Ph.D. in mathematics and a BS in Mechanical Engineering\, has won numerous blue ribbons from music competitions. He performs with his band at folk festivals\, has authored instructional music booklets\, and since 1995\, has led music workshops in Dobro\, slide guitar\, Flat-pick and Finger-style guitar\, and gospel singing. He writes songs and poetry chapbooks\, and he won the Edward Lee Flemming\, Jr. Florida Old Time Music Championship Award in 2008\, presented by the Friends of Florida Folk. \nHe served as the second president of the Writers Alliance of Gainesville\, was published in the first edition of Bacopa Literary Review\, and was twice selected in the Hippodrome Theater’s monologue competitions. His first novel\, Wrestling God\, was published in 2013.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-musician-arthur-crummer/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180923T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180923T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T225606
CREATED:20180729T220557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180811T145045Z
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SUMMARY:Karen Porter\, Local Author Series
DESCRIPTION:WAG’s 2018-2019 Local Author Series\, in partnership with the Alachua County District Library\, kicks off its new season on Sunday September 23\, 2018\, at 2:30 PM in the Story Woods room in the Children’s Department of the Alachua County Library Headquarters. \nChildren’s book author Karen Porter will read from the latest book in her Emotatude series\, designed to help children understand and deal with their emotions. So\, bring your children and grandchildren. \nAnne and Amy’s Anger is an imaginative tale that shows how two children honor their feelings and decide what to do with the anger they feel. You will see Anne and Amy allow their emotions to guide their actions\, while they give themselves time to decide what to do. Dr. Kich\, an imaginary doctor\, helps these children do this. \nKaren White Porter M.Ed. NBCT is a Director of Loga Springs Academy Homeschool Cooperative and a Nationally Board Certified Teacher. After graduating from Rutgers University with a Masters Degree in language education\, she started teaching children. It was then that she realized the importance of emotional intelligence among her students. From teaching around the world\, she gained insight into the importance of  emotional underpinnings of how people learn. She taught at East China Normal University in Shanghai\, P.R. China\, Hofstra University in Hempstead N.Y.\, Hillside Public Schools in New Jersey\, Saint Andrews University in Saint Andrews Scotland\, Belcher Elementary in Clearwater Florida\, The University of South Florida\, and The State University of Florida. She started her own school Loga Springs Academy Homeschool Cooperative in Gainesville\, Florida\, because she wanted to establish her own curriculum aimed at building children’s emotional intelligence.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/karen-porter-local-author-series/
LOCATION:Alachua County Library Headquarters\, Meeting Room A\, 4th Floor\, Rm. A\, 401 E Univ. Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32601
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180909T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180909T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T225606
CREATED:20180805T161440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180910T180931Z
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SUMMARY:Speaking to Self-Promote
DESCRIPTION:This summary provided by Connie Morrison. \nToastmaster award winners Terry Martin-Back and Roz Miller tag-teamed their way through a variety of questions and answers on “professional public speaking with the goal of selling books.” As members of the same organization\, they have competed against each other in numerous Toastmaster contests\, and they exhibited a rapport and camaraderie to which the audience quickly warmed. \nFirst\, they emphasized the importance of audience members being able to hear the speaker. All kinds of equipment are available for purchase\, and they felt that money is better spent on sound than advertisement. In advance of the program\, the speaker should test the audio system by walking around the room while listening to an associate talk. The speaker must also be seen. Center aisles are a hindrance. Two side aisles are better\, allowing the speaker to easily project to a large crowd. \nIf you are planning to give a slide or screen presentation\, limit the words on the slides\, and the audience will listen more to you. When drafting your speech\, write it down. You will remember it better. Rehearse in front of a camera. Practice with a recorder. Public speaking is a learned skill. You gain confidence by speaking. \nIf sound equipment is not available\, speakers must project their voices. Talk louder and make sure the people in the back can hear. Remember that your voice is your instrument. Speak with inflection\, and pace yourself; do not gallop. \nThe Toastmasters organization requires that a member’s first speech be given without notes\, and authors should do the same. Use keywords and do not read from your book. The audience wants to know about you. \nMake inquiries of area organizations such as Kiwanis\, Rotary\, and the Lions Club. Most meet weekly and need speakers. The library has a list of all the associations in Florida. Know your group in advance so that you can appeal to that audience. Open with a question to spark interest. Be sure to have business cards\, and if you use images or take photos\, obtain permission. You may be asked what you do\, so be prepared with a 5- to 30-second promo. Have a prepared answer to “Why did you write the book?” People want to know how your story relates to them. \nAt the end of your presentation\, ask the audience for questions\, or lead them with a question. Be sure to repeat audience questions so that everyone can hear. Do not engage in one-on-one conversations because once you lose your audience\, it is hard to get them back. \nOn a level of importance with your speech is your follow-up. Ask audience members\, who show an interest\, for their business cards\, and follow-up with emails inquiring how you may improve your presentation or whether the person bought your book—why or why not? Make use of a CRM (contact resource management) system such as Mail Chimp or Google Streak\, but be sure not to spam. Also\, be sure to send a highly-valued hand-written thank you to your host. \n\nTerry Martin-Back writes horror fiction and has published a number of nonfiction books\, including Networking the Right Way. A trainer and professional speaker\, he is a member of the National Speakers Association.  \nRoz Miller\, speaker\, storyteller\, artist\, writer\, and speech coach combines considerable promotional and speaking skills for effective self-promotion. \nCheck out Toastmasters International for personal development of speaking\, communication\, and leadership skills.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/speaking-to-self-promote/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180901T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180901T160000
DTSTAMP:20260514T225606
CREATED:20180813T111226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180813T111226Z
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SUMMARY:Author Debra Segal to Speak in Melrose
DESCRIPTION:Author Debra Segal and the authentic Idylwild Cowgirls will give an entertaining book presentation at the Melrose Bay Art Gallery on Saturday\, September 1\, at 3:00 p.m. \nRefreshments and a book signing will follow.
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/author-debra-segal-to-speak-in-melrose/
LOCATION:FL
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180812T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180812T160000
DTSTAMP:20260514T225606
CREATED:20180628T201728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180822T140538Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry: From Basics to Brilliant
DESCRIPTION:Summary of presentation by Bob Crow and Joan Carter \nRukmini Kalamangalam demonstrated how to bring poetry from basic to brilliant\, showing her passion for poetry and using her dynamic style to inform and involve the audience. \nHer tips for enhancing poetry (and other writing): \n\nGet rid of filler words\nGo farther with everything (connections\, metaphors\, etc.)\nDon’t worry about everyone getting everything\nGo wild – do everything you’ve ever dreamed of\nGet it on paper\nREAD\n\nKalamangalam showed slides and read poems by a variety of authors\, including a standard poem followed by a prose poem\, a pantoum\, and a sestina. She described how the forms differed from each other. \nThe prose poem is easier than free verse because there are no rules about line breaks or form. It resembles prose but reads like a poem. \nThe pantoum\, initially created as a type of song\, consists of four-line stanzas\, the second and fourth lines of which become the first and third lines of the next. It’s an interesting way to play with the meaning of words\, with no need to stick right to the rules. \nWriting the sestina starts by picking six words These are the endings of your lines in six-line stanzas. The chosen words rotate from one stanza to the next—the word ending the first line in the initial stanza will end the second line in the second stanza\, etc. This form plays again with word meanings. It’s a cool way to get into a headspace which views words more carefully. \nKalamangalam encouraged us to make all of our writing more vivid\, breaking rules as poets do. She led us in exercises that challenged our creativity\, so we directly experienced major points she was sharing. First\, we wrote a poem (any poetry form) using nouns as verbs. Then we wrote about a favorite topic without employing our customary descriptive words. Several WAG members said they found this session very informative and fun. \nShe closed with a suggested reading list: \n“Afterland” – Mai Der Vang \n“Night Sky with Exit Wounds” – Ocean Vuong \n“Don’t Call us Dead” – Danez Smith \n“Virgin” – Analicia Sotelo \n“Silencer” –  Marcus Walker \nKalamangalam is a current freshman at Emory University. In 2018\, she was named Youth Poet Laureate of the Southwest and a National Youth Poet Laureate Ambassador. Prior to her induction as Houston’s Youth Poet Laureate (2017-2018)\, she was on Houston’s youth slam poetry team\, Meta-Four Houston. \nHer poem “After Harvey” was set to music by the Houston Grand Opera. She has been published by the Houston Chronicle\, ABC 13 Visions\, Houston Public Media\, Mutabilis Press\, and The Apprentice Writer. She has been recognized nationally by Scholastic Writing Awards. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/poetry-from-basics-to-brilliant/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180804T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180804T150000
DTSTAMP:20260514T225606
CREATED:20170509T113518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180822T143135Z
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SUMMARY:Digital Marketing Strategy
DESCRIPTION:Award winning author Mohana Rajakumar presented a seminar on Digital Marketing Strategy at the WAG Marketing Coalition meeting August 4\, 2018\, at the Cone Park Branch Library\, 2801 E. University Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32641. \nRajakumar took attendees through the ins and outs of various platforms such as Facebook ads\, Google AdWords\, sponsored Instagram posts\, and she suggested questions to ask yourself while designing a marketing strategy for your book(s). \n\nMembers of the Marketing Coalition meet monthly to discuss and share successful marketing ideas and strategies for their books. If you are a WAG member interested in selling more books\, we invite you to attend a meeting to see what it’s all about. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/marketing-coalition/
LOCATION:Cone Park Library Branch\, 2801 E. University Ave.\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32641-6034
CATEGORIES:Meeting,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180708T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180708T160000
DTSTAMP:20260514T225606
CREATED:20180422T013059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180822T141701Z
UID:9948-1531060200-1531065600@writersalliance.org
SUMMARY:Turn Your Passion Into a Book
DESCRIPTION:Summary by Kimberley Mullins \nWe had the pleasure of having Elois Waters delight us with her passion for dance and writing. Hence the topic\, “Turn Your Passion into a Book.” Waters worked in Alachua schools for over thirty years with special needs students. To help them connect\, she incorporated dance in her classroom. Well—dance was the saving grace that helped the young people express themselves through learning and creativity. It was such a hit\, she created a dance group within the school. \nShe ventured out with her kids performing at various venues. As it grew\, so did her aspirations. Waters not only used dance in her classrooms\, but also in church ceremonies. Her daughters became involved along with their close friends\, and it caught on like wild fire. \nAfter retiring from teaching\, she continued growing her dance groups and eventually wrote her first book\, “Dancing Before God\,” a children’s book that teaches the basics of dance along with a workbook. Additionally\, she created a similar book for adults. Waters showed the audience costumes such as tutus she created for performances. Her daughters and their friend demonstrated some dance moves to conclude her presentation. \nWaters earned a degree in Special Education from the University of Florida. The founder and CEO of Expressive Song and Dance Ministries and author of four books\, she teaches dance through workshops and seminars and is active in dance ministry\, after school programs\, and theater throughout Central Florida. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://writersalliance.org/event/turning-your-passion-into-an-article-or-book/
LOCATION:Millhopper Library\, Meeting Room A\, 3145 NW 43rd St\,\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32606\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker
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