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Save your clippings. Laminate them. One takeaway I got from Rick Frishman, best-selling author, speaker and publisher, is to clip and laminate newspaper clippings about you. If, like me, you’ve saved clippings and then have not been able to show them at a presentation, you need to start keeping clippings about you safe by laminating them. They may come in handy when you are speaking, writing your college essay, writing a book or short story, arguing with teammates about the final score of a game, or when you want to show that you’ve been considered as an authority about a topic.
I’m no Marie Kondo, organizing guru, as my former students and best friends can attest to, but I can start laminating clippings that demonstrate I’m an author invited to speak at libraries, museums, and events.
My husband, Barry Dimick, is writing his memoir. Luckily, he has a scrapbook of clippings about his days playing sports. Unfortunately, some are frayed. A few are missing. He has another invaluable item he wishes would have been laminated and preserved, rather than folded behind a picture frame.
Consider laminating paper you want to save. Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you will find this advice helpful. You don’t have to be a writer to want to preserve special moments. Rick has a clipping of himself with Oprah. That’s on my bucket list. Wish me luck please. LOL.
No Parents Allowed Coming!
What would you do if you received a suspicious invitation to join
a closed-online group? Profiled and matched by their guidance
counselors and faced with the alternative to attend therapy
sessions or join the chat room, nine high school students choose
user names and passwords. Driven by rebellion, deep-seated pain,
and mysteries, they worry about their privacy and question their
counselors’ motives. Will Kira find her dad? Can Ellen conquer
her urge to harm herself? Does Destiny locate her missing sister?
Unexpected twists. Secrets. Lies. Allies and adversaries. Enter the
virtual world where no parents are allowed, and the language is
textspeak.
Fibonacci Sequence
If like most of us, you consider the Fibonacci sequence a series of numbers in which each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers, you are right. An example of a Fibonacci sequence: the numbers 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, …
The Fibonacci sequence can be used to create poetry. Gregory K. Pincus, an author who will join me for a Florida Writer Association Youth Workshop in October at the Florida Writer Conference, wrote a book titled The 14 Fibs of Gregory K. The book mixes fibs, a math-loving family, friends, and the Fibonacci sequence.
I’m a math slug, so I’ve only written one Fibonacci sequence poem in my life. The key to writing a Fibonacci (Fib) sequence poem is to remember that the total number of syllables in each line must equal the total number of syllables in the preceding two lines. My sample Fibonacci poem from my soon-to-be published play Ain’t It a Shame based on my book of poetry title Backpack Blues: Ignite the Fire Within appears below:
MARION PISANO
Pain
Slash
Abuse
Rejection
I inflict each wound
A bracelet of tears mars my wrist
Mother, with each slit I try to steal you from cancer.
Recently, I’ve decided to grow bonsai trees. Imagine my surprise when I learned that this Fibonacci sequence is important to what is known as the golden rule for proportion, and is a good basis for composing a bonsai. Wow! Math knowledge sure can come in handy in life.
The cover can make or break a book. White space is essential to a good cover. Please tell me if this cover would grab your attention. The cover design was created by Chris Holmes. I’m hoping my publisher will use it.
As the president of the Florida Writers Foundation, I am happy to introduce our Florida Writer of the Year. Meet Robert N. Macomber, award-winning
Author and internationally acclaimed lecturer.
Peter Wake, USN, is the protagonist who
keeps us turning pages with his adventures!
Dine and Discuss with
Robert N. Macomber
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
7 PM
Hilton Orlando Altamonte Springs
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Enjoy a unique four-course dinner
experience to celebrate the travels of
Macomber’s protagonist, Peter Wake
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THE ONE … THE ONLY
Premier Book Launch Celebration of:
WORD OF HONOR
Please join the Florida Writers Foundation for this event to promote literacy, and consider adding a book or two to a local little free library.
Amazon Author Tips
Join us Wednesday, February 5th at 6:30 pm at the University Club in Winter Park where Author, Book Coach, and Speaker Rik Feeney will present several tips and tricks you can use to get the most out of selling your books on Amazon. The talk, “Amazon Author Tips” will cover: choosing keywords and categories, Amazon Author pages, using Amazon FBA (fulfilled by Amazon), getting additional 5% royalties via affiliation, marketing through “new and used”, creating Bourbon Chicken books, and getting the most out of “Look Inside the Book.”
This talk is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Rik Feeney at usabookcoach@gmail.com or www.RickFeeney.com.
Rik is the guy turned around to listen to the speaker in the photo. Tonight he’ll be the speaker. Should be an interesting presentation. See you there?
As part of The Volusia County Public Library and the NEA BIG READ, I shall be participating in a panel discussion titled: UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY OF WRITING from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 4, 2020, moderated by Dr. Mary Custureri. Dr. Doug Giacobbe, Veronica Helen Hart, and Cal Thomas will be part of this panel. Please join us at the Museum of Arts & Sciences, 352 S. Nova Road, Daytona Beach.
New Podcast
Good Morning,
Thank you for visiting My News. I’m excited to share my newest Podcast with you. Please enjoy.
Here is the link for my new Podcast! http://floridawriters.libsyn.com/melody-dean-dimick-0
I hope you will share it widely 🙂
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