The Tallahassee Writers Association was well represented by its members at the 10th annual Florida Writers Association Conference in Orlando, Oct. 21-23. Picctured are Rhett DeVane, Roberta Burton, Peggy Kassees, and former TWA member Terry Taylor. Not pictured are M. R. Street and Donna Meredith, who took the photograph.

 

Ted Simmons recently published his newest book, Hear My Faint Cry. It is the story of an actual murder that took place more than 20 years ago near Tallahassee. Ted spent a year or more of meticulous research of the murder and the events surrounding it, and he interviewed first-hand the convicted killers and the victim’s survivors and families. CyPress Publications of Tallahassee published the book, which is available at www.amazon.com.

Altha Flowers Manning has submitted her manuscript for publication under the suggested title of Slices of Life. It is a collection of poetry and prose on universal life experiences, love, humor, spirituality, death, loss, grieving, family and celebrations, lessons learned, aging and other life events.

 

Linda North's science fiction novel DEEP MERGE has been accepted for publication by Regal Crest. Tentative release is for November 2012.

Kiki Belmonte Schaller won the Gold Medal for Young Adult Fiction from the Florida Publishers Association. Her novel Gray Rainbow Journey is a wonderful read. A unique coming-of-age novel about the stunning consequences of choices, presented through Native eyes by a member of the Cherokee Confederacy. Torn between two worlds, Dina Youngblood must make a choice...if it doesn't kill her first.

Felicia Thomas won a President's Book Award for Young Adult Fiction from the Florida Publishers Association. Her novel 80 Proof Lives is a good read for all ages. Bravo, Felicia!

M.R. Street won an RPLA award for children's literature from the Florida Writers Association for the second year in a row at the 2011 conference in October. Congratulations!

Kitsune Books took five Florida Publishers Association Awards in 2011. Kitsune is TWA member Anne Petty's publishing firm.

The Color of Lies, Donna Meredith's second novel, was released Nov. 7. Molly Culpepper believes her hometown is a place of harmony until a colleague chalks a racial slur on the blackboard during Barack Obama's presidential campaign. FSU professor Elizabeth Stuckey-French called the novel " funny, wise, heartbreaking and unputdownable." It won first place for women's fiction (unpublished) in the 2010 Florida Writers Association RPLA contest. Locally the novel is available at My Favorite Books on Timberlane Rd. or at Sweet Patina on Thomasville Rd. It can also be found at amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com.

Doug Alderson's newest book, Wild Florida Waters: Exploring the Sunshine State by Kayak and Canoe, places Florida's unsurpassed beauty and abundant wildlife in the forefront, from the mangrove labyrinth of the Ten Thousand Islands to the springfed Ichetucknee River. It includes an exciting dose of paddling adventures along with useful how-to information. Click here to buy it on amazon.com.

Anne Petty's latest book in her Wandjina series is Shaman's Blood from JournalStone. $12.95 (soft cover edition). The book is available in hardback, trade paperback, and ebook. http://journalstone.com/authors/authors/anne-petty/
"The follow-up to Thin Line Between, Shaman’s Blood takes you on an excursion into the realm of terror that arises when every day reality collides with shapeshifting demons from the Australian aboriginal Dreamtime!"

 

YOUR BOOK NEWS:
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