tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89466056344732847022024-03-14T04:28:25.819-04:00FWA St. Petersburg Writers GroupMeetings: The group is currently inactive.FWA St. Petersburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01235800566422546902noreply@blogger.comBlogger194125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946605634473284702.post-33792833065091174212019-11-22T18:08:00.002-05:002019-11-22T18:08:49.599-05:00The St. Petersburg Writers Group is inactive, effective November 22, 2019.
We hope to become active and meet again sometime in 2020.
Thank you to everyone who has attended, supported, and presented at our meetings.FWA St. Petersburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01235800566422546902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946605634473284702.post-15873158019338368362019-10-30T20:26:00.000-04:002019-10-30T20:26:25.614-04:00November 21 ~
Methods of Research for
Fiction and Non-Fiction
Speaker: Sylvia Weiss Sinclair
Sylvia Weiss Sinclair
is a first generation American on her father’s side, who came from Szatmar,
Hungary. Her mother was born of
immigrant parents from Austria and Hungary.
She was born in Los Angeles, California after World War II, one of the
first “Baby Boomers.” She FWA St. Petersburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01235800566422546902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946605634473284702.post-11280163951731596332019-09-20T15:34:00.001-04:002019-09-20T15:34:48.514-04:00October 17 ~
There will NOT be a meeting in October 2019, as the third Thursday in October is the first day of the FWA Conference.
We hope to see you there!
https://floridawriters.net/conferences/conference-2019/FWA St. Petersburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01235800566422546902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946605634473284702.post-69760970061872658702019-08-16T18:37:00.000-04:002019-08-16T18:37:31.720-04:00September 19 ~
Cover
Design: Tips to Create a Cover on Your Own or to Prepare for Hiring a
Designer
Speaker: Deb Von Cannon
This
mini-course will cover the basic elements of cover design, how writers can
develop their own basic cover and what should be prepared for and provided to a
cover designer for-hire. The participants will have a hands-on experience of
design elements, FWA St. Petersburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01235800566422546902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946605634473284702.post-15306665590627818772019-08-05T17:41:00.000-04:002019-08-05T17:41:25.052-04:00
August 15th ~ Thursday
The Basics of Marketing
Speaker: Elle Andrews Patt
The
Basics of Marketing will cover why and how to set up an author page at
Facebook, boosting posts, targeted ads, autoresponders and the role of landing
pages in email list creation, and highlight ad basics on Twitter, Instagram,
and YouTube. If you have a laptop or iPad, please come prepared to work.
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July 18th ~
Scheduled talk unfortunately canceled due to a family emergency.
Please join us instead for
a round-table discussion of whatever
issues people would like to bring up about the craft and business of writing. Tips, advice, networking,
information-sharing, brainstorming—here’s a chance to tap into our members’
experiences (both good and bad) and knowledge!
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June 20th ~
Hook Your Readers with Effective World-Building
Speaker: Bria Burton
All genres (fantasy, science fiction, literary, thriller, mystery, etc.) have an element of world-building. Come learn how to build a world (real or imagined) to suit your readers while immersing them in a place that keeps them reading. For those who are interested, bring
pen and paper (laptops/iPads,FWA St. Petersburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01235800566422546902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946605634473284702.post-19187428231458649272019-05-06T22:08:00.000-04:002019-05-06T22:08:21.700-04:00
May 16 ~ How to Submit Prose and Poetry to the Literary Journal Marketplace
Speaker: Julieanna Blackwell
Come with your short story, poem, novella, novel, or memoir that is
ready for publication! We will explore the benefits to publishing in literary journals,
reviews, and magazines to strengthen your author’s platform. Learn how to research,
shop, and understand the FWA St. Petersburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01235800566422546902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946605634473284702.post-43193618776994772612019-04-02T15:31:00.000-04:002019-04-02T15:33:19.062-04:00
FWA
ST. PETE LIVE CRITIQUE
For our Thursday, April 18, 2019, meeting, writers
are welcome to join us for a Live Critique Session. We'll meet at the Seminole
Community Library at 6:00 PM. Networking and mingling begin at 5:30 PM. As always, this
meeting is open to the public.
Activity: One Page Critique
Moderator: Bria
Burton
What to bring: A single page of your
novelFWA St. Petersburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01235800566422546902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946605634473284702.post-59816310128669752552019-02-22T19:59:00.002-05:002019-02-22T19:59:50.620-05:00March 21 ~ Book Fairs - Author Book
Selling Success
Speaker: John Hope
Selling books at book
fairs and other various events can be a challenge for authors, who are
typically introspective by nature. This tutorial will provide tips on making
the most out of a book event, including how to approach readers while coming
across genuine and not a greasy salesman. Also provides advice on FWA St. Petersburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01235800566422546902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946605634473284702.post-75308996197723890722019-01-12T14:11:00.000-05:002019-01-12T14:11:01.363-05:00
February 11th~MONDAY
Barbara S. Ponce Public Library
(also known as Pinellas Park Public Library)
7770 52nd Street North
Pinellas Park 33781
727-369-0669
Please note different location and day of the week from past meetings.
Presentation begins at 6 PM; mingling at 5:30 PM
Tools
of the Trade for the Independent Author -
Lose the Stress and Keep Your Hair
Speaker: MartinFWA St. Petersburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01235800566422546902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946605634473284702.post-32448218000653582632018-12-15T19:33:00.000-05:002018-12-15T19:33:36.642-05:00January 10th ~
If You Think Writing Is Hard, You’re Not Doing It Right
Speaker: Tom Cuba
Tom discusses the many ways to make writing easy and fun. Having heard
time and again, how so many writers find writing hard, Tom found himself
perplexed. Writing is easy and entertaining. In his talk, Tom
presents his own special way of making it, and keeping it, a pleasant
experience.
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Please join us for our FWA St. Pete
Holiday Party!
When: Thursday, December 13, 2018, 5:30 to 8:30 PM
Where: Panera, in the Community Room
Starkey Road and Bryan Dairy intersection
(shopping center on SE corner;
10801 Starkey Road, Seminole, 33777)
Who: You and friends who like to talk about writing
The cost of reserving and using
the room is that we spend at least $75.00 in FWA St. Petersburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01235800566422546902noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946605634473284702.post-24300033094639316032018-10-16T16:56:00.001-04:002018-10-16T16:56:29.518-04:00
November 8~
The Poetry of Art/The Art of Poetry: The Methodology of Ekphrastic Writing
Speaker: Rob McCabe
The workshop
will be part lecture, part experiential, so please bring paper and writing
tools. After a brief introduction on the nature of ekphrastic writing, Rob will
have art cards to pass around from which people can choose to write something
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October 11~
How to Prepare for Pitching to an Agent
Speaker: Sharon Belcastro
Sharon Belcastro was born and raised in Northeastern Ohio. It only took her 37 years to get sick of the snow, cracked fingers and chapped lips before she picked up and moved to the much warmer and sunnier Tampa Bay area. Her love of books goes back to early childhood where some of her fondest FWA St. Petersburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01235800566422546902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946605634473284702.post-73417466931651695072018-08-13T18:54:00.000-04:002018-09-10T17:43:00.820-04:00
September 13th~
Ten Steps to Author Collaboration
Speaker: Bria Burton
Have you ever considered taking on a writing
project with other authors? Find out the many ways in which authors can
collaborate, including some tried and true tips from a member of the Alvarium Experiment, a consortium of accomplished and award-winning authors.
Bria
Burton lives in St. Petersburg with her FWA St. Petersburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01235800566422546902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946605634473284702.post-84985724249283968202018-07-20T13:30:00.000-04:002018-07-20T13:37:22.719-04:00
August 9th~ The Evolution of Genres (And Why it Matters): A Kind of Sideways Look at Literature
Speaker: Ken Pelham
www.kenpelham.com
KEN PELHAM lives and writes in Maitland, Florida. His debut thriller, Brigands Key, won first place in the Florida Writers Association's Royal Palm Literary Awards and was published in hardcover in 2012 by Cengage/Five Star Mystery. The FWA St. Petersburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01235800566422546902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946605634473284702.post-79302138430636072782018-06-16T10:00:00.000-04:002018-06-16T10:00:10.399-04:00
July 12th~ From Novel to Cocoon to Screenwriting
Speaker: Barbara Harrington
BARBARA CRONIN HARRINGTON is a novelist, a screenwriter, and a producer. She worked as Assistant Casting Director in several feature films with Beverly McDermitt (Cocoon, Absence of Malice, Stick) and still cast for Indie Productions. She has conducted many writing/publishing workshops, and FWA St. Petersburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01235800566422546902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946605634473284702.post-36851729680695320482018-05-02T18:47:00.002-04:002018-05-02T18:47:58.261-04:00May 10th~ Free Marketing Tools for Book Marketing
Speaker: Shannon Bell
www.shannonbellbooks.com
SHANNON BELL lives in Riverview, Florida with her husband and daughter. She has a BA in English from the University of Central Florida. She has loved vampires for as long as she can remember and has been inspired by the likes of Anne Rice and Laurell K. Hamilton. To date, Shannon has published 5 novels, 2 novellas, 3 marketing FWA St. Petersburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01235800566422546902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946605634473284702.post-70735410598026000442018-03-10T15:27:00.000-05:002018-03-10T22:04:56.215-05:00
April 12th~ Deep
Editing: Going from Good to Great
Speaker: John Hope
www.johnhopewriting.com
JOHN HOPE was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. John earned
his BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Central Florida
(UCF) and since 1999 has developed and designed software for simulators,
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For our Thursday, March 8th, meeting, radio talk show host Patzi Gil will be speaking. We'll meet at the Main Branch St. Pete Library at 6:00 PM. Networking/mingling begins at 5:30 PM. This meeting is open to the public--please join us!
March 8th~ Loving Every Minute - Finding the Joy Behind the Books: Or, What I Learned from Lee Child and the Other 200 Authors I Have Interviewed in FWA St. Petersburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01235800566422546902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946605634473284702.post-3568988615870237672018-01-12T20:10:00.000-05:002018-01-30T21:34:02.398-05:00
For our Thursday, February 8th, Meeting, former engineer and current writer and glass artist Cheryl Hollon will be speaking. We'll meet at the Main Branch St. Pete Library at 6:00 PM. Networking/mingling begins at 5:30 PM. This meeting is open to the public.
February 8th~ Time Management For Writers
Speaker: Cheryl Hollon
www.cherylhollon.com
CHERYL HOLLON writes FWA St. Petersburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01235800566422546902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946605634473284702.post-52398468732540589242017-12-10T10:00:00.000-05:002017-12-10T17:40:46.083-05:00Your Mission Starts Today
For our Thursday, January 11th Meeting, veteran, former CIA officer, and author Andrew Bustamante will be speaking. We'll meet at the Main Branch St. Pete Library at 6:00 PM. Networking/mingling begins at 5:30 PM. This meeting is open to the public.
Topic: Your Mission Starts Today
BIO: Andrew Bustamante
is an award-winning speaker with a history shrouded in intrigue and espionage.FWA St. Petersburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01235800566422546902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946605634473284702.post-28735655643088719542017-11-10T10:00:00.000-05:002017-11-10T10:00:00.964-05:00Potluck-Style Christmas Party at Miami Ave Wine Bar in Indian Rocks Beach
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM FWA ST. PETE!
We're very excited about our holiday celebration in December. We hope you'll be able to join us.
Here's everything you need to know, including what to bring (and what not to):
Potluck-Style Christmas Party at Miami Ave Wine Bar
When: Thurs, Dec 14th at 6 PM
Where: Miami Ave Wine Bar (LIKE them on FB)
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For our Thursday, Nov 9th Meeting, author & owner of Soul Attitude Press John Rehg will be speaking. We'll meet at the Main Branch St. Pete Library at 6:00 PM. Networking/mingling begins at 5:30 PM. This meeting is open to the public.
Topic: The Untold, Amazing, Shocking! Secret Formula for Becoming a Bestselling Author Finally Revealed
Details: Scamming the Dream - how FWA St. Petersburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01235800566422546902noreply@blogger.com0