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Exciting announcements to share.

I’ve been asked and agreed to serve as the president of the Florida Writers Foundation. In the days that follow, I’ll tell you more about what this foundation does. As a former teacher, I’m proud to say members come together to share our passion for literature by promoting literacy.

One thing the foundation does is offer a Celebrity Workshop the day before the annual Florida Writers Association Conference. The Celebrity Workshop has always been one of my favorite events. 

This year on October 18, 2018, Chuck Sambuchino, author of How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack will be our celebrity guest. I’ve read and enjoyed this hysterical book. I’ll be looking for him to sign my copy.

As an editor for Writer’s Digest Books, Mr. Sambuchino also wrote a book on formatting and submitting a manuscript. It’s my go-to source when writing a query letter.

According to the online description, Mr. Sambuchino’s full-day workshop will be an in-depth course in how to get a literary agent. Hope to see you there.

I’m also going to be a faculty member at this year’s conference. Please follow this link to learn what I’ll be doing. https://floridawriters.net/conferences/florida-writers-conference-2018/faculty-workshops/melody-dimick/

Thank you.

Confession

Thank you for visiting my news page.

My news isn’t fake, but it’s embarrassing. April is poetry month, and I haven’t written a single new poem. Have you? If you have and would like to share it with me, please click Contact Melody on my new Home page.

I know it’s the age of computers, but it bugs me that Melody isn’t capitalized in the corner of this page, and where did the apostrophe in Melody’s  news go?

Hopefully, when my lesson plans are posted, that can be remedied.

Wow!

Welcome to my new Melody’s News page. Do you find it more user friendly than my old blog?

The finishing touches for the back cover blurb of my soon-to-be-published Backpack Blues: Ignite the Fire Within are in the hands of the publisher. After years of work, my first book of poetry will go on sale before the end of poetry month.

Woohoo!