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Bring Your Ancestors to Life

Bring Your Ancestors to Life

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 Public Library. No previous…

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FWA Day at the Bay Mini-Conference

FWA Day at the Bay Mini-Conference

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 this all-important story as…

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Electronic Editing Talk in St. Augustine

Electronic Editing Talk in St. Augustine

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 be answering these questions…

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Editing: Make Your Stories Shine Workshop

Editing: Make Your Stories Shine Workshop

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 them…

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