All general meetings are held at the American Legion Hall on Lake Ella
on the third Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m.
February 16, 2012
Richard Edward Noble, is a freelance writer and award winning columnist. He is the author of numerous books, including fiction, non-fiction and poetry. His newspaper column has received first place for humor from the Florida Press Association. Born and raised in Massachusetts, he migrated to Florida at age 27. He has been a truck driver, butcher, oyster man, fruit picker, fry cook, tomato sorter, and tested a wide variety of other jobs, resulting in the re-telling of those experiences in Hobo-ing America: A Workingman’s Tour Of The U.S.A. Another of his books, The Eastpointer is a compilation of his newspaper columns. His subject will be "My Personal Perils and Intrigue in Writing Creative Non-Fiction."
March 15, 2012
Mark T. Mustian, author of critically acclaimed The Gendarme, will be our featured speaker. Mustian, a city commissioner and attorney whose practice has concentrated on public finance, land use and real estate, had his first book The Return published in 2000. His fiction has been published or scheduled to be published in Stand Magazine, The Green Hills Literary Lantern, Opium Magazine and other publications. The Gendarme, which focuses on an old man’s memories and dreams of the forced march of Armenian women and children from Turkey, has been named as a finalist for the Dayton International Library Peace Prize and was the Gold Florida Book Award winner for general fiction.
April 19, 2012
Tallahassee attorney, John Wiley Horton, whose practice is focused on copyright, licensing, trademarks and patent law will talk to us about Protecting Your Writes. Mr. Horton is a shareholder in the firm of Pennington Moore Wilkinson Bell & Dunbar. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the United States 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for the Middle and Northern Districts of Florida, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. His practice in connection with patents is now the largest in northern Florida and southern Georgia. He has received an “AV” rating from Martindale-Hubbell’s peer review rating system, which represents the highest level of legal ability and ethical responsibility, and has been named in Florida Trend Magazine as a member of the Florida Legal Elite.
May 17, 2012
Michele Vachon Beaudin, this year’s recipient of the Living Now Award in woman’s fiction for her novel, Crossing the Dream Line, has agreed to speak. She has written three prior novels including Seasons on Lookout Mountain and Crossing the 50 Yard Line and is an award winning photographer. When she is not traveling the world in connection with her efforts to support the Peace Corp, Beaudin lives in Tallahassee.
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