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Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you will join me at my upcoming book-signing event in Mt. Dora, Florida.
Does the flyer work for you? Hope it will entice you to join me on Saturday, November 23.
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Happy Veteran’s Day Weekend
Thank you to all our veterans for paying the price of our freedom. Veteran’s Day is very special to me. Six days after Barry and I got married, he went to Vietnam. I spent many anxious days and sleepless night waiting for his return. Millions of other wives and girlfriends paused daily to pray for the return of their spouses or loved one.
Not all the soldiers returned. Not all the wives and girlfriends stayed true. Many “Dear-John letters” broke soldiers’ hearts. My blog today celebrates those women and men who stayed behind praying and making a home for their soldiers.
Many of the soldiers didn’t look or act the same way as they had looked and acted before they left. Many lovers dealt with veterans with severe injuries, physical and mental. Many lovingly nursed their soldiers back to health. This post is dedicated to those left behind who opened their arms to returning veterans–wives, mothers, husbands, and girlfriends or boyfriends. Thank you for standing by your man or woman. You deserve a thank you for your service to our nation.
Listened to Rick Frishman at Rik Feeney’s monthly Orlando Florida Writers Association Group meeting in Winter Park last night. Rick was dynamic. I plan to attend his Author 101 University in January.
One thing I learned is authors need a tribe-a-tribe of influence that is. My goal for the rest of 2019 is to grow my tribe. To learn who to include in your tribe, go to NonFictionAuthorsAssociation.com. To hear Rick Frishman, attend one of his Author 101 University sessions.
A clearer image. Thank you, Chris Holmes. This image whets my interest. Hope I’ll see at my tribe at the 19th Annual Florida Writers Conference October 15-18, 2020. Why not join Robert Macomber, Barry Dimick, and me for dinner, wine, a Robert Macomber book, and a keynote address the night before, October 14, 2020.
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Topic for this years Florida Writers Collection: Illusions
Put these dates on your calendar:
19th Annual Florida Writers Conference
October 15-18, 2020
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Special Wine & Dine with Author Robert Macomber
Details coming soon.
FWAY Youth Conference Day October 17
Hilton Orlando Altamonte Springs, FL
Please go to www.floridawriters.net to learn more about the Florida Writers Association.
Thank you for visiting My News. Today, I’m working on creating a flyer for my book-signing event at the Barrel of Books and Games in Mt. Dora and considering attending a presentation by legendary publicist Rick Frishman at Rik Feeney’s Orlando Writers’ Group meeting tonight. I want to listen to Rick Frishman speak, but driving on I-4 right now is scarier than Halloween.
Hope to see you in Mt. Dora on Saturday, November 23 at 1:00.
What’s on your agenda?
This is next year’s National Author of the Year. This is a link to the trailer of the screenplay he wrote if I copied the link correctly.
To watch the trailer, click Watch Trailer. I’m excited. Hope you’ll join us.
The morning after the Royal Palm Literary Award Banquet, and a crowd remains at the Hilton Orlando/Altamonte Springs. Why? Throughout the conference, the Florida Writers Association (FWA) and the Florida Writers Foundation (FWF) give door prizes. In the forefront, writer Jennifer Walsh Hawks stands next to the basket of books provided by the Daytona Writers Guild. Inside the basket is a one-year membership to the guild. I’m looking forward to Jennifer joining us. In the background, conference attendees hoping to win the coveted door prize–a free conference next year. Next post I’ll reveal the Florida Writer for the 2020 conference and the National Writer of the Year for the 2020 conference.
What next?
Florida Writers Association member’s visiting my blog, what topics are you most interested in that you haven’t seen offered at the conference this year?
Are there writers you would like us to invite? I can’t promise anything, but I’ll try to share your wish list.
I’ve been told some people would like more non-fiction writers. How do you feel about that?
I wanted to hear from more poets. I’m happy Joe Cavanaugh stepped up and will be joining the faculty.
Joe and I share a publisher, Taylor and Seale Publishing, LLC. We also both belong to the Daytona Beach Writers Guild.
Hope to see you at the conference this weekend. Thank you for visiting my blog.
There will be door prizes!!!!!
The conference date is approaching. I’m putting the finishing touches on my Finding Your Voice Boot Camp Workshop. Please join me. Bring your work in progress or the work you have submitted for a critique.
Thank you for visiting my blog. See you on Thursday, October 17. Don’t worry if you can’t register on the site. We know it’s down. You can register at the door.