Cassie Dandridge Selleck, author of an Amazon bestseller The Pecan Man, will present a program for writers on the basics of the Story Code™. Please join us on Sunday, September 10, 2023, at 2:30 pm at the Milhopper Branch of the Alachua County Public Library. How do you predict the … Read More
Kathy Dobronyi, a passionate storyteller and writer, will speak at the Writers Alliance of Gainesville meeting on October 8, 2023, at 2:30 p.m. at the Millhopper branch of the Alachua County Library. (See the address and map below.) Come join us! The program is free and open to the public. … Read More
On Saturday, November 4th, the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings State Park will host a Writer’s Talk with Ernest Hemingway's grandson, John Hemingway, author of A Strange Tribe: A Family Memoir. The book is an intimate chronicle of the tumultuous relationship between John's father Gregory Hemingway and grandfather Ernest. The book tells … Read More
Mark your calendar! On Sunday, January 14, 2024, at 2:30 p.m., Ray Allen Smith, author of historical novels based in Florida, will give a talk on how to write accurate historical fiction. Smith molds his words into poetry and short stories. According to him, he came to Florida in the … Read More
Kassandra Lamb, a retired psychotherapist/college professor turned mystery writer, will speak at the Millhopper Branch of the Alachua County Library at 2:30 p.m. on February 11, 2024. In her talk, she will clarify several misconceptions and misrepresentations she has encountered as a reader of fiction. While most writers are astute … Read More
In celebration of National Poetry Month, WAG's guest speaker is Lola Haskins! The program is free and open to the public. Join us at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 14, at Millhopper Library and enjoy Haskins' talk, "How to Keep Growing and Stop Worrying -- for Poets and Everyone Else." … Read More
On Sunday, May 5, at 2:30 p.m., Vic DiGenti will speak at the Millhopper Branch of the Alachua County Library. One of the keys to hooking readers and keeping them hooked is to infuse the story with abundant quantities of suspense. There are many ways to add suspense, and in … Read More
