Posts Tagged ‘craft of writing’

Florida Writers Conference

FWA’s 15th Annual Writers Conference
October 20 – 23
Hilton Orlando/Altamonte Springs
Presenting two workshops

Writers Conference

Tallahassee Writers Conference & Book Fair
Postponed until May 2017 due to Hurricane Hermine

Creating a literary legacy

After 15 years of telling lies for a living—writing novels and short stories—I’ve made a slight change of direction. Old Parker has always been a history buff, particularly reading about the heroic exploits and sacrifices of the brave young men who fought in World War II. So when Martin Olsen, a read more…

Writers Workshop

“Changes in Latitude” — Change is good if it means better stories
Ancient City Writers Chapter
St. Augustine Main Library, 1960 N Ponce De Leon Blvd.
Saturday, March 19, 10:00 a.m.

FWA Mini-Conference

The Write Stuff Mini-Conference
Advanced Writing Workshop—”The Intuitive Writer”
Saturday, February 27, 9:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Flagler College Ringhaver Student Center
74 King Street, St. Augustine, FL

Mystery – Thriller Workshop

Amelia Island Book Festival
Free session – “The Mystery–Thriller Buffet”
with spy thriller author LM Reynolds
Saturday, February 20 (Time TBA)
Fernandina Beach Middle School
315 Citrona Drive.

Guest Post

From time to time, I like to introduce my readers to fellow mystery writers as guest bloggers. I met JC Gatlin at a writer’s conference several years back. JC lives in Tampa, and has written two mystery-suspense novels, The Designated Survivor and Prey of Desire. He also maintains his own blog about read more…

Tale of Two Writers

From time to time I’ll ask another writer to be a guest blogger. My first guest is my friend Mary Ann de Stefano. Mary Ann is a writer, editor and more. Not long ago she wrote the following essay for the Florida Writers Association blog, and I asked if I read more…