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Spring Nine Week Writing Class

SpotlightApril 22, 2013481Views 0Likes 0Comments

Our Spring Nine-Week Writing class is well underway, and it's been such a pleasure to work with this group of lovely people. Seated left to right: M.J. Lucas, G Zarek, Elsie Doherty, Robin Ogilvie Standing left to right: Jim Doherty, Judy Otto, Becky McGregor, Pat Guttery, Leo Hidalgo, Norma Beasley, Bill Hosch Not pictured: Judi Graham, Anne &…

The Celebrators

SpotlightApril 22, 2013401Views 0Likes 0Comments

I had the opportunity to speak with the Celebrators on April 3rd. The Celebrators are a non-profit club for Town of Celebration residents over 50, who gather regularly to volunteer and socialize. Our morning together was a joy! We had a lively full house filled with energetic and enthusiastic folks. We heard many many wonderful…

First Saturday Writing Workshop: Every Month!

SpotlightFebruary 25, 2013408Views 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…

The Villages Genealogical Society

SpotlightJanuary 27, 2013786Views 0Likes 0Comments

Thank you so much for the warm welcome to The Villages Genealogical Society. I was quite impressed with your group and the quality of writing in the few exercises we read. I'm sure yours was wonderful, too. Here's a link to a copy of the poem I read, "Where I'm From" by George Ella Lyon and…

Florida Writers Association Annual Conference

SpotlightOctober 15, 2012558Views 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…

Fall 2012 Writing Marathon

SpotlightOctober 8, 2012508Views 0Likes 0Comments

Imagine this...a cool, fall breeze in your face, a front row seat on a beautiful Florida lake, the company of others who love to write, time set aside to put words on paper and a delicious potluck lunch. Now doesn't that sound like a great time? If so, join us for the Fall Writing Marathon,…

Writing the Waves presentation welcomes new cruisers

CruiseSeptember 24, 2012632Views 0Likes 0Comments

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…

Remembering, drafting, editing, proofreading, sharing

Love to WriteSeptember 24, 2012698Views 0Likes 0Comments

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…

Find the right title for your story

Love to WriteSeptember 10, 2012748Views 0Likes 0Comments

We had a great Write Your Life Story – The Basics workshop on Saturday where thirteen enthusiastic writers learned about organizing their work, generating story ideas, blocking out a story, revising, proofreading and much, much more. One thing we touched on was how to come up with a good title for…

They came, they learned, they wrote…

SpotlightSeptember 10, 2012473Views 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…