Seminole State College of Florida will host a talk on Florida’s ecology by nature writer and documentary filmmaker Bill Belleville on Friday, April 11 at 12:30 p.m. Belleville, of Sanford, will read from his work and show photographs illustrating the diverse landscape of natural Florida, and describing how writers and artists have been influenced by it over time.

Belleville’s presentation, “Celebrating the Wild Side of Florida: Portals into Nature, Culture, and Sense of Place,” takes place at Seminole State’s Sanford/Lake Mary campus in Room G-118.  Belleville will use colorful photographs of culturally and historically significant images to show how writers and artists have been inspired through time by Florida’s natural places.

For more information on the event, visit http://www.seminolestate.edu/newsroom/articles/996/College-to-host-environmental-writer-filmmaker-Bill-Belleville.

Spend an evening with Debbie Viguié, a New York Times bestselling author, on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. at the University Club in Winter Park and learn the ins and outs of the writing business from an author with over 30 books. Debbie will show you how to craft a memorable pitch and show you what questions to ask yourself to improve your story. The meeting is free and open to the public. Contact: Rik Feeney at usabookcoach@gmail.com.

Learn how one writer, Sandi Hutcheson, turned terrible events from her life into an uplifting, compelling novel. Sandi will show you how to transform personal truth into universal truth, how to manage the angry voice, and how to laugh through the tears. Sandi will share her secrets on how to peel away the scales of image and strip down to your authentic self. Orlando FWA April 2, 2014 at 6:30 p.m.

The Orlando FWA Meeting will take place at The University Club of Winter Park, 841 N. Park Ave., Winter Park, FL 32789.

To get to the University Club of Winter Park:

1. Take I-4 East or West, take the Lee Road exit and head East toward the Atlantic Ocean.

2. Lee Road will dead end at 17-92 (Orlando Ave.) where you will make a right turn.

3. Get immediately into the left turn lane to make a left on Webster.

4. Follow Webster through the light at Denning, then another light at the railroad tracks, then you will come to a stop sign.

5. Before the next stop sign (Park Ave.) you will turn left into the University Club.

6. Go up the ramp to the side door, then keep going to your left inside to the library where the meeting will begin.