Sarah Nicolas (aka Sarah Fisk) invites all Scribblers to the launch party for her new book, Dragons Are People, Too. The celebration for this young adult contemporary fantasy will be held May 3rd from 2 – 3:30 p.m. at the Orange County Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd., Orlando, FL 32801.
Warm congratulations, Sarah!
Just when I think I’ve got Leslie Halpern figured out, she surprises me. And that’s only one of the things I like about her!
She’s crazy about films, and knowledgeable, too, as her books Reel Romance and Dreams on Film show. She’s also interested in what makes people successful, as her book Passionate About Their Work, and her role as co-facilitator of a Law of Attraction Meet-up Group demonstrate.
Halpern reviews books and movies for various publications, and is an entertainment journalist. The list of folks she’s interviewed and written about sounds like an overview of People magazine for the past few decades.
As a member of the Poetry Ensemble of Orlando and the Florida State Poets Association, she’s quite a poet, too. Her latest surprise has come in this arena, in the form of a collaboration with artist Oral Nussbaum on their Funny Children’s Poems book series. What child could resist titles like Rub, Scrub, Clean the Tub; Shakes, Cakes, Frosted Flakes, or Frogs, Hogs, Puppy Dogs?
Halpern reviewed my first poetry collection, Red Wax Rose, for Suite 101, and here’s what she had to say about my forthcoming novel, Sewing Holes:
“In Sewing Holes, Darlyn Finch Kuhn presents a Southern girl’s experiences with family, friends, and faith in an intimate little story with universal appeal. Eloquently expressed, yet easily accessible, this touching coming-of-age masterpiece speaks to the emotional artist within each of us, weaving pieces of our past into something beautiful for the future.”
~ Leslie C. Halpern
Author of Passionate About Their Work, Reel Romance, and Dreams on Film
Thanks a million, Leslie!
Sandra Gail Lambert, author of The River’s Memory, will be featured at 7 p.m. on March 18th at Stardust Video and Coffee in Winter Park for Wordier Than Thou, along with Marianne Kirby.
The River’s Memory is a SIBA best-seller.
Sandra Gail Lambert’s fiction and memoir have appeared in a variety of journals and anthologies including New Letters, The Weekly Rumpus, Arts & Letters and The North American Review. Excerpts of her debut novel have won prizes from Big Fiction Magazine and the Saints and Sinners Short Fiction Contest. She lives in Gainesville, Florida, a home base for kayak trips to her beloved rivers and coastal marshes.
Marianne Kirby blogs at The Rotund. Check it out!
Roger McGuinn, folk/rock music legend, will tell us “How Folk Music Got Me to the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame” on Thursday, March 26 at 7 p.m., courtesy of the Winter Park Institute. A Q&A entitled “The McGuinn Legacy” will be held March 27 at 11:00 a.m. Both events are at the Tiedtke Concert Hall, Keene Music Building, Rollins College, Winter Park.