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Bring Your Ancestors to Life

NewsSeptember 27, 2016574Views 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…

Free Writing People and Places Teleseminar

NewsMay 22, 2016349Views 0Likes 0Comments

Do you want to learn how to make people in your life as vivid on the page as they are in your memory? Do you like to paint pictures in the minds of your readers of the key places in your life? Find out how to do just that when you join me for my free Writing People and…

FWA Day at the Bay Mini-Conference

NewsApril 28, 2016278Views 0Likes 0Comments

I do hope you'll join me for my upcoming workshop, Memoir--Write Your Life, at the Florida Writers Association's Day at the Bay Mini-Conference, May 7th, in Tampa, Florida. Whether you write your life experiences for yourself, your family, or the general public, you want your stories to be interesting and impactful. Explore both popular and unique approaches to writing…

Stop Talking, Start Writing Your Life Story Workshop

NewsDecember 22, 2015372Views 0Likes 0Comments

The start of a new year is the perfect time to begin a life story writing project, and Patricia Charpentier wants to help you do just that. We love to tell our stories -- the funny ones, the heartbreaking ones, the unbelievable ones -- because in sharing our stories, we connect with others. But at…

Electronic Editing Talk in St. Augustine

NewsNovember 24, 2015532Views 0Likes 0Comments

You wrote a great story. You described the characters, set the stage, electrified the events, accomplished all the tasks you know are necessary to make your manuscript shine. But what about those annoying mistakes that hide in your blind spots? How do you eliminate unconscious habits that leak the life out of your brilliant stories? I'll…

Carole and Cory Mayback are cruisin’ with us!

Cruise, CruisersMarch 12, 2013511Views 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…

Genealogical Society of Sarasota, bringing their ancestors to life

SpotlightFebruary 15, 2013463Views 0Likes 0Comments

On Saturday, February 9th, I had the privilege of sharing by Bring Your Ancestors to Life presentation with members of the Genealogical Society of Sarasota. We discussed many forms a family history story can take, and I was thrilled by the enthusiasm in the room! It's not easy to know what to do with a collection of facts and…

Everything you always wanted to know…

SpotlightFebruary 14, 2013480Views 0Likes 0Comments

... about writing your life story, but were too afraid to ask! Why should I write my life story? Where do I start? How do I finish? What should I leave in? What should I take out? Can I write my story even if my spelling and grammar aren't that great? Should I write about…

Editing: Make Your Stories Shine Workshop

SpotlightFebruary 6, 2013567Views 0Likes 0Comments

Good writing requires good editing, and putting pen to paper is just the beginning. It's time to take your writing from promising to polished! Editing: Make Your Stories Shine Workshop March 16, 2013 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Lake Fairview, Orlando, FL You have a heap of stories in front of you. You've worked long and hard to get…