After a full day of learning all about marketing, contracts, copyright, e-books and obtaining book reviews and testimonials, members of the 2012 Florida Publishers Association donned their fancy clothes and reassembled for a night of awards.
The banquet, featuring prime rib, mussels, clams, fish and crab legs, added to the excitement of the…
The Third Thursday Writing Workshop at the Winter Park Library has a new purpose. Beginning this month on Thursday, October 18th, the workshop will combine instruction and writing in response to prompts designed to trigger memories. I am so excited about this new format because participants will obtain direction and guidance in writing the stories…
Angela Orford, working on a writing assignment
"There are as many ways to write life stories as there are people to write them," said Patricia Charpentier to patrons of the Riverview Library on Saturday, September 22, 2012.
Following a short writing exercise, Patricia then proceeded to discuss methods used by some of the people she's worked…
One small step...
Last month, we lost an American hero, astronaut Neil Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11, the first man to set foot on the moon, the one who mouthed those iconic words, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
What do you remember or have been told about this memorable…
Anyone who talks with me for five minutes knows that I am all about taking the large lives we’ve lived and breaking them into smaller, more manageable pieces, hence the name of my book, Eating an Elephant: Write Your Life One Bite at a Time. But I also believe that we gain great insight and…
On Thursday, September 20, 2012, Patricia Charpentier of Writing Your Life and Pat Coamey of Group Travel Specialists joined forces to give attendees a glimpse of what great adventures await them on the Writing the Waves cruise next May.
Pat Coamey showed a video of life onboard Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas that featured…
On Friday morning, I had the great privilege of delivering a newly published book to a client. My husband Bob helped me transfer thirteen boxes of Lest I Forget: The Wagner Family, Pioneers of Trellis Bay, Beef Island, BVI from the backseat of my car to the living room of the author, Mabel Wagner. Even…
What do you see in this title? A brief description of the writing process? Yes, but what else? All the words end in ing? Right. So, what?I love ing words. They often help create a rhythm and a cadence that is pleasing to my ear. They move my sentences merrily along in a babbling brook…
I have goats on my mind this week. It’s a long story; don’t ask. But it seems as though everyone has a goat story of some kind or another. Petting zoos in my childhood always housed a multitude of goats, looking for handouts. As an adult, I remember going to a children’s area at a…
The start of the Fall 2012 Writing Your Life Class looked and felt like the first day back to school as returning members greeted each other with hugs and smiles and swapped stories about what they did over the summer. They welcomed those new to the group, and finally, we settled in to kick-off the…