Tallahassee Writers Association

Mark Mustian, author of The Gendarme, kicks off the conference. Photo by Marci Elliot Video Highlights More Conference Photos Collage One Collage Two Collage Three Collage Four What you said about the weekend . . . “Good speakers. Relevant workshops. Organized by nice and helpful people.” “Access to authors and agent. Plenty of good meals...no hunting for meals in an unfamiliar place. Having all meals provided also helps with group cohesion & facilitates chatting with other attendees.” “Appreciated the mix of authors, agents and editors! Very educational and inspiring mix of personalities.” “Like Donald Maass and Jim Bell's sessions in the past, Jessica Morrell's seminars were excellent. She covered tremendous ground on practically every element of craft, and her handouts were stellar.” “Really a fantastic selection of authors. Extremely helpful!” “Liked that Books a Million handled the books for us.” ”The conference was well organized. The speakers were knowledgeable. And there sufficient time to mingle with other writers. Overall, outstanding.” So, what did you like best about the conference? *“Everything.”* Thanks to all our presenters and volunteers, and to COCA, the city of Tallahassee, Leon County, and the Leon County Tourism Development Council who make our annual conference possible. A BIG thank you to BOOKS-A-MILLION who was our bookseller throughout the conference and book festival. Interested in speaking at a future Tallahassee Festival of Books and Writers Conference? Contact conference@tallahasseewriters.net7 (manually remove the 7 before sending your message.) Please send bio, website, and topics prepared to speak on. Note: no honorarium is offered for book festival appearances, but we do offer honorariums to out-of-town conference instructors when funds permit. Would you like to be an event sponsor?	May Calendar 3 WFSU Radio, "Perspectives" show, 11-noon. Hear Steve Berry, Rhett DeVane, and Donna Meredith talk about their writing and the TWA conference. Here's a link if you missed it. 7 Young Authors Conference at Sealey Elementary School. TWA members mentor young authors. 12 Downtown Book Fair. Ponce de Leon Park. 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Sponsored by Leon County Library and the Downtown Improvement Authority. 17 TWA General Meeting. 6:30 p.m. American Legion Hall. Speaker: George Geiger, a professional writer for more than 30 years in the entertainment industry. as a creator, executive producer, and who is a perennial visiting professor at the FSU film school. His writing spans comedy, variety sitcoms and drama. He has worked on hundreds of episodes, including such series as Miami Vice, Profiler, The Scarecrow and Mrs. King, and Simon & Simon. He has extended his career to international co-productions in Austalia, France, Germany, South Africa and served as a development consultant in Spain to create a series pilot for Warner Brothers and Turner Broadcasting. June Calendar 7 TWA Board Meeting. 6:30 p.m. Marsha Lyons's law office at 325 N. Calhoun St., corner of Calhoun and Virginia. 21 TWA General Meeting. 6:30 p.m. American Legion Hall, Lake Ella. Speaker: Gayle Swedmark Hughes. Topic: Getting Started....if you can dream it, you can do it, the process of starting from scratch in putting together a non-fiction piece or memoir. Her memoir, Two Thousand Daffodils, was released in 2011.	Submissions are now open for the 2012 Seven Hills Literary Contest and Penumbra Poetry and Haiku Contests. Win cash and publication in the 2013 Seven Hills Review. Submit electronically through Submishmash. Note: We are not accepting mailed paper submissions. Everything is online. Order the Seven Hills Review 2012. Read the great stories by previous winners. Available in paperback and Kindle formats. Or pick up one of the four remaining copies at a general meeting. $10 each. Download the April 2012 TWA newsletter, Write On! Congratulations to Anne Vuxton, who won first place in the “All Things If” literary magazine contest with her short story “Geriatric Mischief Makers.” Way to go, Anne! TWA members April Kelly and Marsha Lyons have released two murder mysteries, Murder in One Take and Murder: Take Two. These long-time best friends put their separate talents together to write these show-biz crime novels as a team. ______________________________ Why join TWA? Watch this video! ____________________________________ NOTICE: Tallahassee Writers Association has changed its mailing address. Effective immediately all correspondence should be sent to the following address: Tallahassee Writers Association 2910 Kerry Forest Parkway D-4-357 Tallahassee, FL 32309. Contact talwritersassn at gmail dot comwith any questions.

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