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Marketing Extravaganza

Shannon Bell

Rik Feeney of FWA – Winter Park writes:

“Would you like valuable tips to get your book out there to more readers? Join us Wednesday, June 6th at 6:30 pm to hear marketing expert Shannon Bell talk on the latest trends on marketing to boost your sales and increase your reach to more readers. Give people a reason to pick up your book out of the millions that are out there. Shannon will show us 1) how to build a strong author page on Amazon, 2) how to create a marketing plan, and 3) free marketing tips. The Orlando FWA meeting is free and open to the public and is held at the University Club of Winter Park. For more information, contact Rik Feeney at usabookcoach@gmail.com.”

Directions to Orlando FWA Meeting

The University Club of Winter Park

841 N. Park Ave.

Winter Park, FL 32789

 

From I-4 East or West, take the Lee Road exit and head East toward the Atlantic Ocean. Cross over 17-92 (Orlando Ave.) and Lee Road will dead end at Webster where you will make a left turn. Follow Webster through a light at Denning, then another light at the railroad tracks, then you will come to a stop sign, actually stop, then before the next stop sign (which is Park Ave) you will turn left into the University Club. Park your car in the grass, then walk up the ramp to the side door. Enter and keep going to your left inside to the library where we hold the meeting.

 

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River of Grass Writing Experience

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Your Scribbler is excited to share our little slice of paradise with writers who seek a quiet place to write, learn, and improve your work.

The River of Grass Writing Experience is held in a serene, natural setting at the confluence of the Trout and Ribault rivers in historic north Jacksonville: 8472 Concord Blvd. W, Jacksonville, FL 32208

Work with Darlyn Finch Kuhn (award-winning author of the novel Sewing Holes, the short story collection Red Wax Rose, and the poetry collection Three Houses) as well as other talented writers to create and refine poems, short stories, memoirs, and novels of your own.

6 week (2 hour) workshops on novels and memoirs are limited to 6 students and are $300. (June 5, 12, 19, 26, July 3, 10)

4 week (2 hour) workshops on short stories and poetry are limited to 8 students and are $150.  (June 6, 13, 20, 27)

3 hour weekend workshops on a variety of real-world topics of interest to writers (prompts included) are $50. (See list and schedule, below.)

Writing to the Beats – an exploration of the influence of music and nature on the work of On the Road author Jack Kerouac – Saturday, June 9 from 2-5 p.m.

Writing New Southern Gothic – weird characters, strange places, and tough times combine to create classic fiction with a twist – Saturday, July 14 from 2-5 p.m.

To learn more and/or register for any River of Grass Writing Experience, write to Darlyn here.

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Spy vs Counterspy: Separating Fact from Fiction

Jeff Walton

Orlando FWA meeting, Wednesday, March 7th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the University Club in Winter Park.

Spy vs. counterspy – separating fact from fiction

From national security to eternal security, author Jeff Walton melds his decades of experience in national security work into a primer on protecting our nation’s secrets and a quest to confirm that there is life after death.

Walton will discuss: 1) Who the real players are on our country’s national security team, 2) How they really operate – with an emphasis on NCIS, and 3) What basic facts about national security every American should know – particularly writers.

If you want to understand national security issues in today’s politically-charged environment and how you can apply that information to your writing, you’ll want to hear multi-award winning author Jeff Walton.

This meeting is free and open to the public. For more information contact Rik Feeney at usabookcoach@gmail.com.

Directions to Orlando FWA Meeting

(The University Club of Winter Park, 841 N. Park Ave., Winter Park, FL 32789)

From I-4 East or West, take the Lee Road exit and head East toward the Atlantic Ocean. After going over 17-92 (Orlando Ave.) Lee Road will dead end at Webster Ave., where you will make a left turn, Follow Webster through a light at Denning, then another light at the railroad tracks, then you will come to a stop sign, actually stop, then before the next stop sign (which is Park Ave) you will turn left into the University Club. Go up the ramp to the side door, then keep going to your left inside to the library where we hold the meeting.

 

Rik Feeney

407-529-8539

www.RickFeeney.com

usabookcoach@gmail.com

Author: Writing Books for Fun, Fame & Fortune!

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A Poetry Workshop at Kerouac House with Writer-in-Residence Sean Patrick Mulroy

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MAD about Words invites Scribblers:

“With a diverse professional background in both spoken word and literary studies, Sean Patrick Mulroy is a nationally recognized performer and an award winning professor. He holds an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is a 2013 Lambda Literary Fellow, a 2017 Kurt Brown Prize Winner, and 2017-2018 Writer-in-Residence at The Kerouac Project.

 The Jack Kerouac Writer-in-Residence Project of Orlando partners with MAD about Words to offer you this opportunity to learn from and write Sean Patrick Mulroy, the current writer-in-residence at Kerouac House.

Part of your workshop fee will go to support Kerouac House.

WHEN: February 10, 2018, 10AM – 1PM

WHERE: Kerouac House, 1418 Clouser Avenue, Orlando FL 32804  MAP

FEE: $35.
Part of your fee goes to support Kerouac House.

 Space is Limited. Advance Registration is Required.”
Click here for details and to register.