The Alachua County Library invited WAG authors to participate in their "Local Author Showcase" held at the Headquarters Library in downtown Gainesville. WAG members Stephen Smitherman and Sandra Gail Lambert were among the five authors who spoke about their books during in the morning session, 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM. … Read More
Nancy Rankie Shelton, professor, researcher, and writer, showed us how the process she used in writing her memoir, 5-13: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Survival, can be used by anyone writing a personal story of surviving a lost love. Her book details her husband's battle with lung cancer, which was … Read More
October 1 - 2, 2016 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For the second year in a row, WAG participated in the Thornebrook Village Art Festival. The work of artist Roz Miller, WAG's program coordinator, was selected for this year's poster (above) by the Gainesville Fine Arts Association, the sponsor of … Read More
At the WAG General Meeting on October 9, panelists Pat Caren, Kimberley E. Mullins and Wendy Thornton (right to left in photo) -- all are members of WAG -- described their participation in previous NaNoWriMo events. The panelists summed up how to write a novel in 30 days. The program … Read More
Hartley Stevens, author of the Tales of the Cable Counties Thriller series, presented the nuts and bolts of launching his first two books, Buck Wild and Absolute Bull. His April 2016 launch party, attended by more than 300 people, resulted in the sale of over 200 books. His book-launch event … Read More
On the 1st Sunday in December, Bacopa Literary Review's editorial board and local writers read from the newly published edition of WAG's annual literary journal. Editor-in-Chief Mary Bast and Associate Editor Susie Baxter facilitated the program. Bacopa continues to garner national and international recognition with almost fifteen hundred submissions in … Read More
The staff and Board of Directors of the Matheson History Museum invited local authors and members of the community to celebrate the holidays with food, shopping, book signings, and a cookie baking contest. Attendees took advantage of the Matheson's gift shop sale (25% for museum members, 20% off for all … Read More
