Jamie Poissant will give four short readings for Maitland Poets & Writers this Friday night, Sept 12th at 7:30, 8:15, 9:00, and 9:45. Come for one or two, or stay for all four. There will also be music, art, and all sorts of artsy stuff. Plus, food trucks! Admission is five dollars total at the door, which goes to support the Art & History Museums of Maitland (and which buys you a drink ticket). Readings will be followed by book sales and signings, twenty dollars, cash or check, if you’d like a copy of The Heaven of Animals.
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Eric Schlosser at Tiedtke Concert Hall
Author and journalist Eric Schlosser will be sharing his lecture, Command and Control on Wednesday, September 10 at 7 pm at the Tiedtke Concert Hall, located in R.D. Keene Hall on the Rollins College Campus in Winter Park, FL.
Mr. Schlosser is best known for investigative journalism, featured in his books Fast Food Nation, Reefer Madness, and the new Command and Control.
Free Business Writing Webinar with Morris and Fyock
On Tuesday, September 30th, Jamie Morris will co-present a free webinar with business-writing coach Cathy Fyock titled, “Writing for Your Business from Your Life: How Memoir Helps Readers Relate.” In this one-hour webinar, Jamie and Cathy will discuss memoir techniques business writers can use to make their topics more tempting, including,
- The overlap between memoir- and business-writing.
- Why autobiography does not equal memoir.
- How a scene–with an arc–can make your point indelible.
Learn ways to engage your readers–and yourself!–by sharing a bit of the journey of your life. This no-cost webinar will be presented on Tuesday, September 30, from 6-7 p.m., EDT. All you need is a telephone to participate. Join us! Here’s the link to register:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2943322619775027713
Cathy Fyock, CSP, SPHR is a business-writing coach. Author of five books, six workbooks, and four e-learning modules, as well as hundreds of articles, blog posts, white papers, and newsletters, she has mastered the art of getting a nonfiction book on paper quickly.
Peggy Miller at the Winter Park Library Sunday
Sunday, September 7th at 2 p.m., poet Peggy Miller will read and discuss poetry at the Winter Park Library.
She has an MFA in creative writing from American University, and serves as one of the editors of the Comstock Review, a longstanding poetry journal. Peggy leads poetry workshops. Her books include What the Blood Knows and Stone Being. A new book, The Science of Silence, is forthcoming through FootHills Publishing. Peggy was a research assistant working in biochemistry for the USDA. Her poetry is often inspired by the sciences, the fascination evoked thereof, the transcendent spirit in everyday lives.
