Joan Leggitt, Founder of Twisted Road Publications, will speak to the Maitland Writers Group at 6:30 p.m on Thursday, October 9th at the Maitland Public Library. Leggitt will discuss the details that make your submission publication-ready. Hope to see you there!
Please save the date on your calendar for the evening of Saturday, March 28, 2015. That’s when we’ll celebrate the launch of my debut novel, Sewing Holes, at the Kerouac House in Orlando. Details to follow. It won’t be any fun without you!
Darlyn Finch Kuhn
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Join us Wednesday, October 1st at 6:30 p.m. when former screenwriter turned literary writer and FWA Faculty Chairperson, Jennie Jarvis, shows you how to make the most of your writer’s conference experience, before, during, and after. You will learn how to prepare a plan to use your time to best effect, how to network, and how to follow-up after the conference. The meeting is free and open to the public. Contact Rik at: usabookcoach@gmail.com.
Jennie Jarvis worked in the film and television industry around the world. She served as a script analyst, producing coverage for producers, investors, actors and writers. She has operated as a freelance script consultant for over fifteen years working with clients worldwide, and she wrote and directed a number of short narrative and documentary films. Major credits include The Matrix: Revolutions, Accepted, American Idol, and more.
As a published writer, she co-owns 5writers.com and has won awards for her screenplays, essays, poetry and short fiction and appeared in Writer’s Digest Magazine and The Florida Writer. She is the Faculty Chairperson for the Florida Writer’s Association Annual Conference, and she teaches writing at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida.
She is represented by Saritza Hernandez of The Corvisiero Literary Agency. Her recently released textbook, Crafting the Character Arc: A Practical Guide to Character Creation and Development is published by Beating Windward Press.
Four local award-winning Young Adult Fiction writers will take the stage at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 29 at Bookmark It’s FREE monthly book club located in the APEX meeting space at East End Market, 3201 Corrine Dr, Orlando, Florida 32803. Perfect for fans of YA fiction and educators looking for in-school visits by writing professionals, the evening will include a brief presentation by each author, lively panel discussion, refreshments, and door prizes!
Authors include:
Christina Farley, author of newly released Silvern, as well as Gilded (readers aged 12+)
Amy Christine Parker, author of newly released Astray, preceded by Gated (ages 12+)
Christina Benjamin, author of The Geneva Project: Truth and newly released Secrets (ages 12+)
Jaimie M. Engle, author of Clifton Chase and the Arrow of Light (ages 8-12)