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
Marketing Coalition Resumes! 1:00 p.m., Monday, January 15, 2024 Authors, What are your writing business goals for 2024? Think about this question and join this Marketing Coalition meeting, led by Jolene MacFadden Kowalchu. We will be discussing our goals as well as the basics of Facebook pages for marketing purposes. … Read More
The 2024 Sunshine State Book Festival begins on Friday evening, January 26 at 7:00 p.m. with a meet and greet reception for the 200 authors registered for the Saturday book sale. The Friday night reception and the book sale on Saturday will be held in the Hilton UF Conference Center, … Read More
Bringing Readers and Writers Together For details, go to this website: https://sunshinestatebookfestival.com/
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
Our next meeting is at 10:00 a.m., February 19, 2024, by Zoom. The Marketing Coalition was established to help authors who are members of the Writers Alliance of Gainesville (WAG) to market their works. Most authors prefer to just write! But marketing is a necessary aspect of the business of … Read More
Cathy Salustri, the author of Back Roads of Paradise: A Journey to Rediscover Old Florida, will speak on Saturday, February 24, at the Rawlings house. Meet and greet the author at 1:30 p.m. Her talk begins at 2:00 p.m. Her book retraces the routes followed by Federal Writers’ Project authors … Read More
