Greetings, Scribblers!
Alice Notley is at the Orlando Public Library Friday night, April 27th! See the attached flyer for details and mark your calendar.
Celebrations:
A Laura van den Berg short story, "Goodbye My Loveds," was recently accepted by American Short Fiction and another, "Still Life With Poppies," was accepted by The Literary Review. Kudos, Laura!
Scribblers Sharing Info:
Diana Scimone recently returned from 3 weeks in Thailand where she was writing a childrens book and curriculum to help ending child trafficking. She also recently published an article in Charisma about girls who are trafficked; the link is on her blog, http://www.dianascimone.com/ (look for the March 19 entry titled How Much Is That Girl?).
Dear Scribblers,
Please put May 5th on your calendar, and come to Infusion Tea's new, expanded home on Edgewater Drive for the opening of an exhibition of my photography. I'll be making an "official" announcement shortly with exact times and address (they don't move in until April 1), but I wanted to let you know in advance because I know how busy you are! Plan ahead!
I'm very excited about this, my first real show, highlighting photos taken during my ten years of travel writing. Pictures from Scotland and England, Venice and Rome, New York, New Orleans and right here
(literally) in my own back yard. There'll be an opening reception on the 5th, and we'd love to see you all.
I'm also hoping to announce production of a play this summer, one I'm very pleased about ... but more on that later.
All my best, and we'll see you soon!
Joseph Hayes
Terry Odell will be at the Barnes & Noble at Sand Lake & Dr. Phillips on April 14th to sign Rose Petals, Volume 3, a Wild Rose Press anthology with her short story, "Second Chance Rose." Congratulations, Terry!
Rose has had her chance at her one true love. Widowed, her home destroyed by a hurricane, she relocates across the country and discovers the special garden of the bedtime stories her mother told her as a child. When she meets Richard there, friendship blooms. But can there be second chances for true love?
Turn your dial to 91.5 FM and request Rollins Radio to play the Nude Bandit's new jazz music and spoken word fusion. It's crazy, funny, unique and enjoyable.
Request Line: (407) 646-2915
Request Joe Pasquale
Track number:1) Spaghetti Haired Madonna2) Codeine Lover3) Orange Avenue Pickpocket4) Sex on CokeRollins
Be sure to tune in to Jef Shelby's radio show every Tuesday Morning for the latest in spoken word. Don't miss Katie Ball's show every Saturday afternoon!
What's Happening:
Did you know there are open mic poetry readings at Cranes Roost in Altamonte Springs from 7-9 p.m. on the last Wednesday of every month? The acoustics are awesome. You may also read short stories. This is a fantastic outdoor venue that local poets are not taking advantage of.
Do you remember the magic of your first book? A First Book Local Advisory Board is now forming in Orlando with the goal of providing children from low-income families with an opportunity to read and own their first new books. Volunteers and Advisory Board members are needed. All Orlando leaders/book lovers with a passion for improving youth literacy are encouraged to attend the next First Book-Orlando meeting, to be held on Wednesday, April 11th from 7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. at Borders bookstore in Winter Park Village. (600 Orlando Avenue/Winter Park, FL 32789) Snacks and beverages will be provided. Contact Advisory Board Chair Cris Phillips-Georg for more information at firstbook.orlando@gmail.com. To learn more about First Book visit http://www.firstbook.com/.
Please mark your calendars for a reading by the poet Steve Kowit who will read on Wednesday, April 4 at 7pm in room 106 at the Winter Park Campus of VCC.
Steve Kowit, 2006 winner of the Tampa Review Prize for Poetry, is a widely published California writer with several collections of poetry in print, including The Dumbbell Nebula (Heyday Books), Epic Journeys, Unbelievable Escapes (State Street Press), and, most recently, The Gods of Rapture (City Works Press), a collection of poems inspired by the erotic verse of India. His work appears regularly in magazines and journals and has been read by Garrison Keillor on National Public Radio. His teaching manual, In the Palm of Your Hand: The Poet's Portable Workshop (Tilbury House), is widely used. He is the recipient of a National Endowment Fellowship in Poetry, two Pushcart Prizes, and several other awards. The University of Tampa Press will publish his winning manuscript, The First Noble Truth.
We have a wonderful opportunity to support ALL and have a fun evening out! Suntrust Broadway Across America is bringing the Tony Award-Winning Musical, THE 25 TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, to the Bob Carr. They have declared Thursday, April 12, as ALL NIGHT and $10.00 from each individual ticket purchased with the Code Word BEE will go to ALL. This is a great promotion not only for ALL but for our annual fall fund-raiser, The 10 th Annual Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee.
Just be sure that when you purchase your tickets, whether online, by phone or in person, that you give them our code word "BEE". Otherwise, those monies will not be directed to ALL. You should be able to go right to the ticket link by clicking on BEE as indicated on the flyer, scroll down to Adult Literacy League, type in BEE and purchase your tickets. If you have any trouble with that, just go to ticketmaster.com and follow the links until you find the Adult Literacy League line on the ticket page.
Tickets are available now through Wednesday, April 11, so don't delay!!!!
Please call us at 407-422-1540 if you have any questions.
Sherry Clark
Family Literacy Coordinator
Adult Literacy League, Inc.
345 West Michigan Street - Suite 100
Orlando, FL 32805
mailto:sclark@adultliteracyleague.org
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A Conversation with Cranston S. Chan Rogers
Orlando Public Library, Library Central
Thursday, April 19, 11 a.m.
Join graduate of Orlando High School Class of 1943, Cranston S. Chan Rogers for a discussion and presentation on the Liberation of Dachau Concentration Camp 1945, other aspects of the Holocaust and his view of the Katrina Rebuilding efforts and why the levees failed. Rogers is well known in Massachusetts as the Chief Engineer on the original Central Artery project in downtown Boston and then the Big Dig which replaced it.
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Friday Night with Alice Notley
Orlando Public Library, Library CentralFriday, April 27, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
American poet Alice Notley, based in Paris, is the author of 30 books, including the epic poem, The Descent of Alette (Penguin, 1996), Mysteries of Small Houses (Penguin, 1998), a Pulitzer Prize finalist and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and her newest volume Grave of Light: Selected Poems 1970-2005 (Wesleyan, 2006). Notley is participating in the Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency program and will delight us with a reading from some of her work. Reservations are required, please call 407.835.7481.
The appearance of Alice Notley is sponsored by the Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, as part of its master Artists-in-Residence Outreach Program. For more information visit www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org
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The Writers Jewel Box: Using Figurative Language to Make Your Writing Sparkle
Orlando Public Library, Library Central
Saturday, April 28, 10 a.m.
Author Catherine Kean will identify that nebulous quality called voice and show how strong figurative language helps add sparkle to prose. Through a short written exercise, she will help authors refine their own unique writing voice. Reservations are required. Please call 407.835.7481 to reserve your spot.
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Love Is In the Air
Orlando Public Library, Library CentralSunday, April 29, 2 to 4 p.m.
Wrap up National Poetry Month with the Library and the Orlando Poetry Troupe presentation of Love Is In the Air including love, romantic, lost, ideal and original poetry as well as poetry by famous poets. Also enjoy a special performance from the winner of the Bust-a-Rhyme Teen Poetry Contest.
In addition to Atlantic Center Childrens Art Camp Summer Series 2007: Meet the Artist (June 5- August 3), ACA is offering the following NEW summer camps!
SUMMER CAMPS AT ACA
July 3 to 6
Family Camp Grand Escape
Most camps are closed for the week so we are inviting children aged 6-12, accompanied by a parent, grandparent, or guardian, for a fun-filled four-day camp of discovery.
Greet the Morning with Chef Sue: 9 AM to 12 PM, Chef Sue Flynn
This is one time when it is legal to play with food! Learn to make fun and healthy food items including sushi!
Family History: 1 to 3 PM, Lauren Austin
Everyone brings photos and shares stories about their family history. Create a collage or small quilt that helps keep these stories alive. (No sewing experience necessary.)
Nature Up Close: 9 AM to 12 PM, William McBride
Take walks in the local preserves and discover Florida. Learn about insects, birds, palmettos (there are three kinds in this area) and even snakes. Do various art projects including mushroom printing, flower pounding and plaster imprints. Establish a journal that will expand as you take future adventures.
Stomp and Shuffle: 1 to 3 PM or 3 to 5 PM, Instructor TBA
Create music using feet and hands. This is a great movement program with lots of laughs. You are invited to bring your own instruments to help create a musical masterpiece with a final performance on Friday in the Harris Theater.
Poetry Project: 9 AM to 12 PM, Marilyn McLatchey
Write poetry about the sights and sounds of summer camp. Bring family stories to rhyme. Create cadence to go with your stomp and shuffle. Enjoy the language!
This program is open to children accompanied by a parent, grandparent, or guardian. Family members may attend just one, a few, or all programs. There are two ways to attend. You can enroll in a day camp from 9 to 3, or you can spend the week in ACA resident housing that includes a double bed, private bath and small refrigerator. You will share the room with your child/grandchild sleeping on his/her own bedroll or air mattress. There will be two camp counselors on duty around the clock.
Those who stay overnight will have opportunities to go to the beach, fish, take boat tours and go on movie outings, or stay at camp and tell stories into the night. The scariest story is that there is no TV at ACA! Board games will be available. Visit us ahead of time to view accommodations and all that is unique about ACA.
Tuition:
Day camp - $170 members; $200 nonmembers for parent/grandparent with child/ grandchild combo, includes lunch
Overnight camp - $500 members; $550 nonmembers for parent/grandparent with child/ grandchild combo, includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner for 4 days and housing for 4 nights.
Adult Camp Weekinthewoods
July 9 to 13
Why let the children have all the fun this summer? Join us at ACA for a full week filled with art and adventures.
Landscape Painting: Trish Thompson and Bonnie Myer
Paint with area artists who have a love of Florida landscape. They will help you find your way through the woods and onto the canvas.
Fused Glass Projects: Michelle Davidson
This is a two day program on Monday and Tuesday for those who want to discover the fun of melting glass into something wearable. Students will come away with several pieces of jewelry.
Designing Your Dream House Reliquary: Martha Lent
This three day mixed media assemblage workshop will run July 11, 12 and 13. Be the architect of your own three dimensional "Dream House Reliquary: A Place Where your Dreams can Live." A reliquary is a container that holds precious objects. Learn how to build your own "dream house" using provided floor plans, various building and assemblage methods, as well as mixed media techniques to adorn your creation. Lent has received many awards for her work which is featured in the Surfology exhibition at Harris House Gallery this June. Lents website is http://www.marthalentstudios.com/.
Cooking School: Chef Sue
Students will play sues chef while creating cuisine meals for the camp. Along the way, they will learn all the steps to preparing exciting meals with international themes including Mediterranean, Italian, Thai, Spanish, and French. They will also learn techniques, menus and tablescapes. Sue Flynn is a personal chef who often caters at Atlantic Center for private parties and artists-in-residence.
Pure Poetry: Marilyn McLatchey
Having trouble with writer's block? Need a little encouragement to try different forms and techniques? Or do you just need time to write? McLatchey will spend the week presenting exercises to help you break free, and she'll offer constructive critique to unleash your creative spirit. Work within a group for a short time each day, enjoy a one-on-one session with McLatchey, and then spend time writing, dreaming or visiting the beach. Whatever it takes to make pure poetry. McLatchey is a humanities professor at Valencia College and her work can be found online through http://mbmclatchey.corvidwriters.org/.
Adjust your Attitude towards Furniture: Ellen Clark
Once again we bring you the award winning folk artist Ellen Clark who will provide instruction in making everything from the basic chair to that designer chair you always wanted. She will even teach you to make your own chandelier! Clarks work has been shown in local galleries and at area art festivals.
Each program will run from 9 AM to 3 PM. There are two ways to attend camp. You can come for day camp from 9 to 3, or you can spend the week in ACA resident housing, which includes a double bed, private bath and small refrigerator.
Those who stay overnight will have opportunities to go to the beach, movies and area attractions, or stay at camp and work on their art all night long.
Fees:
Two-Day camp - $80 for members; $100 nonmembers, includes lunch
Three-Day camp - $120 for members; $150 nonmembers, includes lunch
Five-Day camp - $150 for members; $200 nonmembers, includes lunch
Fulltime camp - $500 for members; $550 nonmembers, includes meals and housing
Hostel Artists!
September 15 to 21: Seven days doing your own thing. Communal studios include painting, sculpture, dance, music, digital media lab, and library. No phones, no TV, no salesperson comes to call. Spend seven days in the woods at ACA working in the studios, roaming the grounds, fishing, working on your tan, or sleeping.
Space is limited to 25 visual artists, writers, musicians, dancers and poets, so sign up quickly. Fee: $700 for ACA members; $750 for nonmembers - includes room, meals and studio space for seven nights & days (arrive 9/15 anytime, depart by 10 AM on 9/22).
Information and registration: Mary McBride, Community Programs and Operations Manager, 386.423.1753
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PLEASE SUPPORT SCRIBBLES JUST AS SCRIBBLES SUPPORTS YOU AND THE CENTRAL FLORIDA WRITING COMMUNITY! Scribbles # 359 Monday, March 19, 2007
Salutations, Scribblers! Between the Winter Park Art Festival, the Junior Achievement Bowlathon, and seeing To Kill a Mockingbird at the Orlando Reparatory Theater, I barely had the energy for the great St. Patricks Day party I attended this weekend. But what a great time it all was! Hope you had fun in the beautiful weather, as well.
Please join me on Saturday, March 31st at 7 pm at Urban Think! Bookstore for a reading of Red Wax Rose. So many of you have attended the readings at the Kerouac House and Rollins College, as well as the AAUW luncheon, that I am overwhelmed with your kindness and support. But if you have not yet had a chance to celebrate with me, and get the book, or if you would just like to hang out with us again, please come out.
Celebrations:
The Scribblers did well at the Mt. Dora Festival of Literatures annual writing contest again this year. Poet Terry Godbey won first place for Dim Doorways, and then scored the Chester Anderson prize for My Grandmother Can See Her Husbands Grave From her Front Door. Way to sweep, Terry! Alice Friedman won first prize in the Creative Nonfiction category, with your Scribbler, Darlyn Finch, taking the second spot. Kudos, Alice! Come on out to the Bland Library in Mt. Dora next Saturday, March 24th at 2 pm to hear the first-place winners read their works. You will be glad you did.
Romance Readers at Heart gave Finding Sarah a Top Pick! Congratulations, Terry Odell!
The Top Pick rose indicates a keeper. This is one book you don't want to miss! Here's what the reviewer said: FINDING SARAH is the kind of book that will keep you up half the night, because it is just that good! ....FINDING SARAH is the smoothest of reads, and as I said, nearly impossible to put down. Sarah is a most sympathetic character and you will root for all her problems to be solved! ~Heather Hiestand
Finding Sarah Cerridwen Press ISBN: 978-141990782-1
Being robbed at gunpoint was not part of Sarah Tuckers business plan. Neither was falling in love with the detective who arrived to solve the case. For police detective Randy Detweiler, a routine robbery investigation turns into the biggest challenge of his career when he falls in love with the victim and ends up having to save more than her business.
Terry Odell http://www.terryodell.com/
Short stories from The Wild RosePress
http://www.wildrosepublishing.com/authors/terryodell.htm
Finding Sarah, February 15, 2007http://www.cerridwenpress.com/
The West Orange Times will be running Ami Ahlstedts 1500-word article Tragedy to Triumph in their Thursday March 22nd issue (it may be pushed to the 29th if something else ends up taking center stage, but she is shooting for the 22nd). It is the against-all-odds story about Benjamin McCluske, AP, LMT, who became paralyzed from the neck down in 2001. He fought his way back to a normal life--through alternative medicine, a sunny outlook and a healthy sense of humor--continued his education, and became an Acupuncture physician in 2006. He just opened his office in Winter Garden in the beginning of this year. Buy the paper, or read it online at http://www.amiahlstedt.writernetwork.com/. Congratulations, Ami!
A Prophet's Burden: The Raven Returns, by Ryan Tilley, is a 211 page paperback which features a prequel and a sequel to "The Raven," forty-seven humorous poems, and ninety-two children's poems. Most of the two hundred total poems rhyme and many double rhyme. It retails for $19.95 and is sold at:
amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, booksamillion.com, and publishamerica.com
Scribblers Sharing Info:
Writing With the Psalms, a Writing Retreat On Saturday March 24, from 9:00 AM until noon.
We will listen to and pray psalms and canticles from the Liturgy of the Hours, reflect on their beautiful, ancient words and imagery, then respond to them by writing. All writing will be personal, only to be shared on a voluntary basis. This is for anyone who has an interest in writing, no experience required, and exploring the beauty of the psalms as Holy Week approaches. Bring your favorite pen, pencil, paper or notebook.
For more information, or to register, please contact Ned Kessler, who will serve as your presenter through the morning. The event is FREE and open to the public. (nedkessler@earthlink.net; 407 332-8951).
St. James Cathedral is at 215 N. Orange Avenue in Orlando. Parking is available in the St. James lot on the Northwest corner of Robinson St. and Orange Ave.
We have three very busy new Scribblers from Melbourne. Meet them here, and keep up with them if you can!
Wednesday, March 21st, Mary Brotherton will be among a panel of judges at the children's writing contest at Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary School of the Arts in Merritt Island.
Saturday, March 24th, Mary Brotherton will read to children at the Book Blast held at the Melbourne Square Mall.
Wednesday, March 28th, the Florida Writers Association Melbourne Area meets at the West Melbourne Library located at 2755 Wingate Blvd. at 7pm. Participants do not need to be members of FWA to attend the monthly meetings. The March workshop will focus on punctuation before attendees' works in progress are read for editorial review. For more information, check out http://fwamelbourne.blogspot.com/.
Shara Smock and Mary Brotherton are conducting interviews with garbage haulers across the nation as part of their research for their un-named book expected to be published in 2008. This book is currently being called simply, "The Garbage Book," and will be both informative and humorous. You can get more information at http://www.garbagebook.com/.Shara Smock will appear on an upcoming edition of Brighthouse' Focus TV, as the channel is highlighting local authors.
Valerie Allen, author of "Suffer the Little Children" and member of the Space Coast Writers' Guild has developed a marketing plan for an authors' co-op and getting rave reviews. Briefly, Valerie is offering her services and networking skills for any author who is interested in her Page One project. For only $25, any author who provides her with 100 flyers with details about a book , Valerie will provide a professional presentation binder to key members of the writing and publishing community. This includes acquisitions librarians, agents, editors, buyers, magazines and others she feels may be influential in making purchasing decisions. Valerie emails members of the authors co-op each month with a report of where the binders have gone and any response she may have received as a result. For full details or more information, email her at VAllenWriter@cs.com.
Shara invites you to check out her website: http://www.sharasmock.com/ It has the news (& jpg) about the book coming out Apr 1, as well as details, reviews, previews of Hooking the Reader & Living with Big Cats, my two main ones in print right now. I haven't added a jpg for it to my site yet, but the current issue of Literary Liftoff that comes out tomorrow has an article I wrote, "What's Your Hook?" Let's see... Mon. I've been asked to tape a 15 min segment for Focus TV (channel 15 on Bright House Thursdays 6:30-7). So once I tape it Mon. eve, maybe they will know when it'll be aired. If they don't yet know, I expect it'd be on the schedule within two weeks. Oh -- the hot project in the works. Mary Brotherton and I are writing Cars in the Cave, Coke in the Couch. The book's tag line is America's Best Garbage Stories. You could certainly list that and also say we have details at http://www.garbagebook.com/ and www.myspace.com/garbagebook. We're interviewing garbage haulers nationwide and have many amusing stories already. Tomorrow night I'll likely update the garbagebook website to include our title we just decided on, and to let people know that in addition to wanting to speak with the haulers, we're also interested in having people email us to say they would like to be on a follow up list for advance orders. We don't have a price yet, so we'd only be asking to know who's interested, no obligation.
Signed,
Shara
Calls for Submissions:
Margaret Andersen of Maggie Mae Magazines has asked if anyone wanted to take the challenge to write a piece around 200 to 300 words about God/Jesus without ever using His name. She said she would be willing to use some of them for Take Time to Tend the Spirit column in her magazine if you wanted to submit it to her. Her e-mail address is maggiemae@magazine.net
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Scribbles - # 358 Friday, March 16, 2007Hey, Hey Scribblers!
The Winter Park Art Festival is here Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 16, 17 and 18 in Central Park. Seeya there!
Also, tomorrow, Saturday, March 16th at 2 PM at the First Unitarian Church of Orlando there will be a forum with poetry called The Way to Peace, in protest of our invasion of Iraq on the 4th anniversary of the invasion.
Then at 7 PM - Sunday -3/18/07
Check out Steve Kronen & Nikki Drumb - PoetsThe First Unitarian Church of Orlando Hiett Library
1901 E Robinson St
407-898-3621
Steve Kronen's poetry has appeared in The New Republic, The American Scholar, Poetry, Agni, APR, The Georgia Review, Ploughshares, and The Threepenny Review. He has been a fellow at Bread Loaf, and the Sewanee Writers' Conference, received two Florida Arts Council grants, and the Cecil Hemley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America. His first book, Empirical Evidence, won the Contemporary Poetry Series prize and was published by the University of Georgia Press in 1992. Splendor, his most recent book, was published by BOA Editions in May 2006. More info is available at http://www.stevekronen.com./
Celebrations:
My first book, 14 Days, is complete and ready! If you're interested in reading it, you can order it from my website (http://www.tpappy.com/writing.htm) or directly from the publisher's online bookstore:http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail~bookid~40597.aspxIt will be available via Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com etc. in May, and if you want your local bricks & mortar bookstore to order it for you, the official info is:Title: 14 Days: Loving Life with the Love of my LifeAuthor: Terry PappyPublisher: AuthorHouseISBN: 9781425958862Enjoy it and help spread the word.Thanks,Terry
Scribblers Sharing Info:
Our heartfelt condolences to Susan Lilley upon the recent death of her mother.
Here is a note from a faraway Scribbler:
My name is Silvia Haralambova. I am a Bulgarian contemporary artist in the field of fine and textile art, particularly in weaving. I live and work in the town Pazardzhik, Bulgaria.
Some of my pieces can be seen on my web page: http://sharalambova.googlepages.com/
Me and my husband have opened an Artist Retreat in the village Patalenitza in the Rhodopa Mountains, Bulgaria. We offer to textile artists and particularly to writers, poets and translators from abroad the whole retreat house for living, atelier and 650 sq. m. yard, where they can live and create in a quiet countryside surroundings and find inspiration for their work.
Here is the web site of our residency with more detailed information about the location, the conditions, the rates etc.
http://silviaretreat.googlepages.com/
We would appreciate if you could announce and widespread to the members of your Society the opportunities to become guests of our Residency Program.
Yours faithfully:
Silvia Haralambova
AN EVENING OF ESTROGEN COMEDY EVENT
TO RAISE MONEY FOR HUNTINGTONS DISEASE AWARENESS
ORLANDO, Fla. (February 7, 2007) Musical comic Jill Shargaa of Orlando will headline An Evening of Estrogen, a fund-raiser for the Huntingtons Disease Society of Americas Central Florida affiliate, on May 5, 2007, at the Goldman Theatre inside the UCF-Shakespeare Festival at Loch Haven Park.
Huntingtons Disease is no laughing matter, but comedy promotes healing, says event chair Karen Milek of Winter Park. Not many people know about Huntingtons Disease, even those who might be at risk for it. We want to get the word out so we can help save lives through research.
About 30,000 Americans have Huntingtons Disease, an inherited neurological brain disorder which attacks the nerve cells that control movement and certain mental functions. The disease causes progressive deterioration of physical, cognitive and emotional abilities, leading to severe incapacitation and, in most cases, death within 10 to 15 years of its onset.
Folk musician Woody Guthrie died from Huntington’s Disease in 1967, says Shargaa, who plays guitar and performs song parodies. But I really didn’t know anything about the disease until I met Karen and other friends who have it.
Shargaa has appeared in other benefits for the Huntingtons Disease Society, as well as in fund-raisers for the homeless, AIDS awareness, and the Mount Dora Performing Arts Center. She was a winner on ABC-TVs America’s Funniest People and has performed with comics Lily Tomlin, Louie Anderson, Rosie O’Donnell, Paula Poundstone and Lea DeLaria. She has sold one-liners to Joan Rivers and Carol Leifer. Her trademarked An Evening of Estrogen female comedy revue has been performed all over Florida since 1996. For information, visit http://www.sharga.com/.
Other comics at the event include: Mary Thompson Hunt, an improv performer at Walt Disney Worlds Comedy Warehouse who has a background in live theater, television and film; Carol Stein, a pianist who performs at The Comedy Warehouse as well as in musical recitals worldwide; Amy Beckham, a stand-up comic from Amelia Island, Fla.; Colleen Kelly, a comedic performer from Orlando; and Dewey Chaffee, an improvisational comedic performer who appears regularly at Disney-MGM Studios.
Tickets are $40 in advance and can be purchased by contacting Milek at 407-719-2291. If seats are available the night of the show, they will be $50 at the door.
The event begins at 6 p.m. with hors doeuvres provided by Tapas International, as well as a cash bar and a silent auction. The show begins at 8 p.m.
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About the Huntingtons Disease Association
Huntingtons Disease usually affects adults between ages 30 and 45, starting with symptoms that include uncontrollable movement, abnormal balance when walking, slurred speech, difficulty swallowing, difficulty in thinking, and personality changes. Children with an affected parent have a 50% chance of inheriting the disease. For more information, visit http://www.hdsa.org/.
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I just wanted to share that I have a new web site with blogs to share your opinion about my book. I am looking forward to reading your comments. Thanks
God Bless,
Claribel Coreano
http://claricarib.spaces.live.com/
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I know you haven't forgotten about the Adventures in Christian Writing Group Meeting this Saturday,
March 17, at 9:30 in the Edington Ministry Center, Room 310B, but just in case I wanted to give you
a friendly reminder. Vonette Bright is our special speaker.
What's Happening:
BOOK SIGNINGBy the original Sassy Old Broad!
Esther Coffield
Secrets of the Sassy Old Broads
Saturday, March 24 1-4 PM
The Muse Book Shop
112 S. Woodland Blvd.
DeLand, Florida386-734-0278
musebks@aol.com
Esther Coffield, Author 386-951-2531 sassyoldbroads@aol.com http://www.sassyoldbroads.com/
Stop in and say hi!
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Darlyn Finch
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Howdy, Scribblers!
I saw Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky tonight at the Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival. It was quite good, and runs through March 18th. Check it out at http://www.shakespearefest,org/
Celebrations:
HEAD GAMES, by Tom Cavanuagh, was just selected as a "Killer Book" selection for March by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association (http://www.killerbooks.org/). Congratulations, Tom!
Here is a lovely review of work by a Scribbler from Romance Reviews Today. Way to go, Terry!
FINDING SARAH combines raw suspense with an intricately woven romance between two people who clearly can use a little bit more in the emotional attachment department. Randy is afraid to let himself become involved with Sarah and tries to step far away from the thin line that runs between cop and victim. Sarah, deeply in love with her deceased husband, cannot imagine allowing herself to become emotionally involved with another man. But her heart calls out for closure and the need to heal, and she may very well find that in Randy. Terry Odell successfully melds suspense and romance and creates one fine package in FINDING SARAH. Details of Sarahs emotional torment and Randys steady determination to do what is right no matter what his body is calling out for prove just how right one is for the other.Readers simply cannot go wrong with FINDING SARAH and will definitely want to add it to their February/March reading list. Check it out at Cerridwen Press as soon as possible!
Amy Cunningham
www.terryodell.com
Short stories from The Wild Rose Press
http://www.wildrosepublishing.com/authors/terryodell.htm
Finding Sarah, February 15, 2007
http://www.cerridwenpress.com/
Also, take a look at the attached pdf to see what Dan Odell has been up to!
A Julie Compton short story, "Flying Lessons" has just been published in the Winter 2007 issue of the online literary magazine, Hamilton Stone Review. "Flying Lessons" was a top 25 finalist in Glimmer Trains Short Story Award for New Writers, Spring 2000. You can learn more about the origins of the story at http://www.julie-compton.com/; just click on the Notepad. Happy for you, Julie!
Winners announced for Florida Book Awards
New Smyrna Beach resident Kelle Groom is the Bronze Medal Winner for her poetry collection, Luckily, in the first Florida Book Awards. Luckily, her second book, was published by Anhinga Press in 2006. Groom is grants administrator and communications manager for Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach. Kudos, Kelle!
John Cole, director of the Center for the Book at the U.S. Library of Congress, calls the Florida Book Awards the most comprehensive initiative of its kind in the country.
The Florida Book Awards feature seven categories. The judges were appointed statewide by the co-sponsoring organizations, including the Florida State University Program in American and Florida Studies, the Florida Center for the Book, State Library and Archives of Florida, Florida Historical Society, Florida Humanities Council, Florida Literary Arts Coalition, Florida Library Association, "Just Read, Florida!," Governors Family Literacy Initiative, Florida Association for Media in Education, and Florida Center for the Literary Arts.
Winners will be recognized in Tallahassee on March 23. Details are available by calling Julie Phinney, Strozier Library, 850-644-5211. The Gold Medal Winners will receive additional recognition on March 28, also in Tallahassee. Call Jennifer Womble at the State Library and Archives, 850-245-6604 or visit http://www.fsu.edu/~ams/bookawards/
The winners are as follows:
General fiction: Gold Medal Winner: Tony D'Souza, Whiteman; Silver Medal Winner: Carl Hiaasen, Nature Girl; Bronze Medal Winner: Elizabeth Dewberry, His Lovely Wife
Nonfiction: Gold: Michael Grunwald, The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise; Silver: Daniel S. Murphree, Constructing Floridians: Natives and Europeans in the Colonial Floridas, 1513-1783; Bronze: Bill Belleville, Losing It All to Sprawl; Martin A. Dyckman, Floridian of His Century; J. Stanley Marshall, The Tumultuous Sixties: Campus Unrest and Student Life at a Southern University
Spanish language: Gold: Daina Chaviano, La Isla De Los Amores Infinitos
Poetry: Gold: James Kimbrell, My Psychic; Silver: Jay Hopler, Green Squall; Bronze: Kelle Groom, Luckily; Peter Meinke, The Contracted World
Young adult: Gold: Adrian Fogelin, The Real Question; Silver: Joyce Sweeney, Headlock; Bronze: Caridad Ferrer, Adios to My Old Life; Tracy A. Akers, The Fire and the Light
Children: Gold: N.E. Bode, The Somebodies; Silver: Laurie Friedman, In the Business of Mallory; illustrator Barbara PollakPopular fiction: Gold: James O. Born, Escape Claus; Silver: Ward Larsen, The Perfect Assassin; Bronze: M.D. Abrams, Murder and Wakulla Springs; Randy Wayne White, Dark Light; Brad Meltzer, The Book of Fate
Help send Holly Riggs off to Boston in style. See the attached flyer for details ….
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Below is a note from Susan Cross, who tragically lost her grand-daughter recently in a hit-and-run accident, and seeks our help:
The link below is the article I wrote describing the accident as my son told it to me. It has all of the information. We have not yet set up a reward fund or an account to help cover his medical expenses. My husbands company took up a collection and I have to go to the bank this morning to find out how this is done. When I spoke to the FHP a few days ago, the trooper said, "Mrs. Cross, we WILL catch this guy!" His voice had such conviction that he made me believe him. He said to keep it in the media and that is the only reason we went on TV (WFTV on Friday and Fox News 35 on Sunday). I also spoke to a reporter at the Palm Beach Post and the Miami Herald and they both ran articles with a photo of Addy.
I wrote my own article to get it onto this national website in the hope that if the driver is from out of state, someone might hear something and report it. People have been circulating this everywhere.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/166881/child_killed_in_hit_and_run_accident.html
I have a friend in the National League of American Pen Women who also belongs to several other national writers organizations. She has circulated it throughout each organization and they are passing it along. Any help would be appreciated. Nothing can bring Addy back, and I am not vengeful. I simply want the driver to know that his/her actions caused the death of a child and be sure that he changes his driving habits and doesn't do it again. Of course, we would like to see this person apprehended, but even if he just finds out about it, I think that will serve a purpose.
I will keep you posted if we set up a reward or trust fund. Thank you again.
Susan Cross
Do you remember the magic of your first book? A First Book Local Advisory Board is now forming in Orlando with the goal of providing children from low-income families with an opportunity to read and own their first new books. Volunteers and Advisory Board members are needed. All Orlando leaders/book lovers with a passion for improving youth literacy are encouraged to attend the next First Book-Orlando meeting, to be held on March 22nd from 7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. at Borders bookstore in Winter Park Village. (600 Orlando Avenue/Winter Park, FL 32789) Snacks and beverages will be provided. Contact Advisory Board Chair Cris Phillips-Georg for more information at firstbook.orlando@gmail.com. To learn more about First Book visit http://www.firstbook.com/.
The Writers Institute of the Florida Center for the Literary Arts at Miami Dade College runs from March 28-31, 2007. Go to http://www.flcenterlitarts.com/
for details.
The Adventures in Christian Writing Group will meet
On Saturday, March 17th at 9:30 a.m.
First Presbyterian Church, Orlando, Florida
Edington Ministry Center, Room 310-B
We are overjoyed to welcome as our speaker this month,
Vonette Bright, best known as the co-founder of Campus Crusade for Christ
She is the author of several books: "My Heart in His Hands",
"The Sister Circle" and "Building a Home in a Pull-Apart World"
She will be speaking to us about her books and her inspiration for writing.
The assignment for the March meeting is to write a childrens story.
The next 8-week Silver Fern Writers Workshop is scheduled to begin at 7 P.M. Monday, March 19, 2007. This workshop is open to anyone, from novice to accomplished writer and anywhere in between. The workshop is conducted using the principles of the Amherst Writers & Artists and provides a unique setting in which you, the writer, can grow in your creativity while practicing and developing your writing craft. The environment is safe, confidential, non-hierarchical, and creative, where you are encouraged to take risks in your writing as you experiment with finding your unique writing voice. The emphasis in this workshop is on encouraging you with what is good about your writing, not clubbing you with what is wrong with it. The workshop is led by Janet & Geoff Benge, accomplished writers with over twenty years experience in the publishing industry. If this sounds like the type of writer's workshop for you, then come to join the Silver Fern Writer's Workshop and see your writing take off. For more information on the workshop visit our website: http://www.Silverfernwriters.com, or call (407) 628-8947.
What is Happening:
Mark your calendar! Poet Georgiana Orsini from Captiva Island, Florida, will read and sign books at 7 pm on Friday, April 20th at Urban Think!
Calls for Submissions:
The 76th Annual Writers Digest Writing Competitions deadline is May 15, 2007. You may find out more and enter online at http://www.writersdigest.com/
Deadline Reminder: CNW/FFWA Florida State Writing Competition deadline is March 15. Anyone can enter. See guidelines and entry form at http://tinyurl.com/365l.
Source: Writers-Editors eZine, © CNW Publishing. Sign up for a complimentary subscription at http://www.writers-editors.com/.
The Central Florida Romance Writers is pleased to announce its Touch of Magic Contest, open to all unpublished RWA members. All finalists are judged by acquiring editors, and several entries from our contest have been requested by editors in previous years. This is a great way to get your work out of the slush pile.
Fees: CFRW Members, $30 Non-Members, $35
NOTE: Fees now include return postage!
NEW: Finalists will have a chance to revise before entries are sent to editors.
Receipt Deadline: March 15, 2007
Enter: Up to the first 25 pages of your manuscript (prologue included in page count), plus a synopsis (not judged, 3 double-spaced pages, max).
Categories:
Series Contemporary
Paranormal
Historical
Single Title Contemporary
Novel With Strong Romantic Elements.
Judges: experienced/certified, published
Final round judges:
Series Contemporary, Charles Griemsman, Harlequin Enterprises Ltd.
Paranormal, Kate Seaver, The Berkley Publishing Group
Historical, Helen Rosburg, Medallion Press
Single Title, Megan McKeever, Pocket Books
NSRE, Diana Ventimiglia, Harlequin Enterprises Ltd.
Top prize: Touch of Magic award, certificate, announced in RWR.
For more information, entry form, and rules, visit the CFRW website at www.cfrwa.org or send an SASE to:
Touch of Magic, c/o Terry Odell
6102 Sand Pines Estates Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32819.
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