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Free Workshop on Effective Writing Groups

Your Scribbler, Darlyn Finch Kuhn, will present a FREE workshop on how to start and maintain an Effective Writing Group at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 20th at the Winter Park Library, 460 E. New England Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789 — (407) 623-3300.

Are you tired of writing alone, with no feedback? Wish you knew some smart writers who could help you get unstuck? Worried about how to form a critique group, when/where to meet, and how to help each other succeed?

Wish and Worry no more!  Leave this two-hour workshop with answers to your questions and a plan to move forward.

Don’t make me come get you!

darlyn

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YA Fiction Foursome

YA Authors Bookmarkit

On Monday, September 29, 2014 from 7-9pm four local award-winning Young Adult Fiction writers will take the stage at Bookmark It’s FREE monthly book club located in the APEX meeting space at the popular East End Market.  Perfect for fans of YA fiction AND educators looking for in-school visits by writing professionals, the evening will include a brief reading/presentation by each author, lively panel discussion, refreshments and fun door prizes!  Authors include:

Christina Farley, author of newly released (9/23/14) Silvern and Gilded (ages 12 up)

Amy Christine Parker, author of newly released (8/25/14) Astray and Gated (ages 12 up)

Christina Benjamin, author of The Geneva Project: Truth and newly released sequel (9/20/14) Secrets (for readers ages 12 up)

Jaimie Engle, author of Clifton Chase and the Arrow of Light. (for readers ages 8-12)

Each author brings to the event their own unique stories and experience in the always-changing world of book publishing.  Fans of nationally distributed authors Farley and Parker will want to be first in line to pick up their latest releases and readers (and educators) will be excited to discover award-winning, yet self-published, authors Benjamin and Engle to add to their list.  Drawings for free audio books, swag and classroom copies will be up for grabs!

For additional information, please contact Kim@bookmarkitorlando.com

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Creating Covers that Pop!

The Maitland Writers Group meeting at the Maitland Public Library (6:30-8:30 P.M.) on September 11th will focus on developing cover-designing skills through Nylda Aldarondo-Jeffries’s presentation “Creating Covers That

Nylda Aldarondo-Jeffries is a Florida-based artist, designer, and arts manager. She is CEO of noe&kai, designing bags for fashion-conscious parents and travelers, and runs a boutique consulting firm where she provides branding, design, art direction, social media/web management and marketing for creative startups and independent films.  Before settling in Orlando, Florida, she worked for the prestigious School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she was responsible for major program development, outreach and event management.