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Florida Writers Foundation Celebrity Workshop

Orlando Marriott Lake Mary

“How to Write Killer Fiction”

An introduction to mystery writing — full day workshop to benefit the FWF, a non-profit supporting literacy and children’s writing projects.

Blue Crabs at Midnight

When young Quint Mitchell reluctantly accompanied his family on a vacation to Dania Beach, Florida, he thought he’d be bored out of his mind. Instead, he and a rag tag group of boys learned life can be both unpredictable and dangerous. Here’s a brief excerpt introducing Quint’s first great adventure. Look read more…

Florida Writers Association Annual Conference

Orlando Marriott Lake Mary

3 days of workshops with writing and publishing pros. Pitch to agents and publishers.

More information here.

Novel In a Day Workshop

Comfort Suites at the Fairgrounds
4506 Oak Fair Boulevard
Tampa, Florida 3361o

An intensive full day workshop — Benefits Florida Writers Association. More information available here.

Orlando Area Writers

University Club of Winter Park
941 N. Park Avenue
Winter Park, Florida 32789

“Book Promotion 101” Workshop, 6:30pm

Georgia Literary Festival

Jekyll Island Convention Center
5 7North Beachview Drive
Jekyll Island, Georgia 3527

More information here.

Novel in a Day

The next Novel in a Day workshop is scheduled for Saturday, February 2, 2013 at Flagler College in St. Augustine. This is a benefit for the Florida Heritage Book Festival. Details to follow soon.

Writers today face an uphill climb. The competition is fierce, the learning curve steep. There’s no magic wand, read more…

Upcoming Releases

You’ll be glad to know that Bring Down the Furies is now available for purchase as a Kindle eBook, and soon will be in print for those of you not into digital reading devices. Please Subscribe to the Parker Francis enewsletter to learn when the trade paperback version becomes available.

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