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Bring Your Ancestors to Life

NewsSeptember 27, 2016309Views 0Likes 0Comments

What do you do with all the boxes, folders, and mementos you have collected and protected? How do you turn the carefully compiled data and notes into family stories that feel alive and engaging? Learn how to Bring Your Ancestors to Life on Sunday, October 9th from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Winter Park…

Carole and Cory Mayback are cruisin’ with us!

Cruise, CruisersMarch 12, 2013296Views 0Likes 0Comments

Carole and Cory came close to continuing to cultivate relationships in the cozy land-locked state of Vermont, but are instead coming to cruise the Caribbean with us. This well be Cory's first cruise, and Carole is hoping it will not be his last. Carole and Cory are both lovers of the arts and although Carole…

First Saturday Writing Workshop: Every Month!

SpotlightFebruary 25, 2013182Views 0Likes 0Comments

This is a workshop that helps writers come up with topics they might not have otherwise thought to write about. You'll be given a variety of prompts, with five to fifteen minutes of time to write about a memory related to the prompt. The class aims to tap in to your ability to write without thinking…

Fall 2012 Writing Marathon

SpotlightNovember 22, 2012306Views 0Likes 0Comments

What a lovely day on the lake. The Fall 2012 Writing Marathon held on Lake Fairview on Saturday, November 3rd, couldn't have been more perfect. The weather was ideal, we had a great potluck, and people went out and sat by the lake to write. How inspiring. Throughout our day we used a variety of motivational writing…

Florida Writers Association Annual Conference

SpotlightOctober 15, 2012235Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Magic of the Pen Friday, October 19th – Sunday, October 21st Orlando Marriott in Lake Mary The Florida Writers Association’s annual conference, The Magic of the Pen, officially begins on Friday, October 19th and runs through Sunday, October 21st. On Friday, Patricia Charpentier, award winning author of Eating an Elephant: Write Your Life One…

Meet the Fall 2012 Writing Your Life Class

SpotlightSeptember 17, 2012133Views 0Likes 0Comments

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…

They came, they learned, they wrote…

SpotlightSeptember 10, 2012192Views 0Likes 0Comments

Thirteen members participated in the Write Your Life Story – The Basics workshop on Saturday, September 8th. Click here to see photographs of the event. We began the day with a writing exercise everyone used to introduce themselves and talk more about what motivates them to put words to paper. Some said they write in hopes…

Full speed ahead

Cruise, CruisersAugust 13, 2012272Views 0Likes 0Comments

Preparation for the Writing the Waves cruise in May 2013 is traveling full speed ahead with people reserving their spots at the writing table and selecting from the best cabins available. Don’t miss the boat. (Sorry about all the nautical puns. I couldn’t help myself.) If you’d like to know more about the cruise and…

What do Jeannette Walls, Rick Bragg, J.T. Glisson and Tobias Wolff have in common?

Love to WriteMay 24, 2012215Views 0Likes 0Comments

What Jeannette Walls, Rick Bragg, Tobias Wolff and J.T. Glisson have in common is that they all have written best-selling memoirs that beautifully tell the stories of their lives. To this list, I could add at least a hundred or more titles of memoirs, which are engaging, well written, and so valuable to the aspiring…

Stories from the heart

Love to WriteMay 14, 2012362Views 0Likes 0Comments

Last Thursday, the Spring 2012 Writing Your Life Class shared their stories with friends, family and others interested in writing personal and family history. Even with a few jitters, everyone did a great job of introducing themselves and reading from one of the stories they wrote in the class session. A packed house enjoyed chocolate chip…