You Can’t Get There From Here: How I Became an Author
Nathan Whitaker
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Fifty Years in the Writing Life
Shelley Fraser Mickle
Game Warden Bob Lee’s True-Life Adventure Stories
(by Skipper Hammond) The first advice writers get is “Write what you know.” Bob Lee has done exactly that, writing about his three decades with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). But instead of common, everyday life, his stories are pure adventure-thriller, the stuff of Indiana Jones’ experience. … Read More
Pictures: Worth a Thousand Words or Dollars?
Mark Wayne Adams
Bacopa Literary Review Presentation
Downtown Gainesville 111 East University Ave, Gainesville, FL, United States(By Joan H. Carter) The Writers Alliance of Gainesville (WAG) presented the sixth annual edition of their literary journal, the Bacopa Literary Review, and announced the winners of their 2015 contest. The forty-one works selected for Bacopa included authors from as far away as Australia, Brazil, and Canada as well … Read More
How to Write a Travel Narrative
Downtown Gainesville 111 East University Ave, Gainesville, FL, United StatesFiona Lama, an adjunct English teacher at Santa Fe College and a library specialist with the Alachua County Library District, discussed the elements that make travel narratives different from other non-fiction essays. Following her presentation, the audience had the opportunity to draft the beginning of their own travel narrative and … Read More
How to Establish Your Writing Niche
Downtown Gainesville 111 East University Ave, Gainesville, FL, United States(By Art Crummer) Dr. Kevin McCarthy, who taught Linguistics, Modern English Structure, and History of the English Language at the University of Florida before his retirement in 2005, spoke at WAG’s February meeting on “Finding Your Niche.” McCarty took “Floridiana” as his niche, and has published 30 books having to … Read More