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January
2005
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Tampa
Bay Mystery
Writer Lisa Miscione
to Speak January 5
Tampa Bay author Lisa Miscione,
whose mystery novels, Angel Fire (2002), The Darkness Gathers
(2004), and Twice (2004), have ranked her as a rising star among
American mystery writers, will discuss her writing career at the monthly
meeting of the Tampa Writers Alliance on Wednesday, January 5. The meeting
will be held at 7 p.m. in the Auditorium of the John F. Germany Main
Library, 900 N. Ashley Dr. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
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A fottrmer New Yorker who left a career in
publicity to pursue her dream of becoming a full time writer, Miscione has
achieved both critical and popular success with her thrillers featuring
true crime writer Lydia Strong. Her debut novel, Angel Fire, was
hailed as "gripping and terrifying" by Publishers Weekly
and as "a real winner" in a starred review by Library
Journal. Of The Darkness Gathers, Booklist reported,
"The second in Miscione's series is a winner... An exciting story
enriched by a glamorous writer-heroine who carries a Glock and know how to
use it." When Twice, the latest entry in her series, was
released last year, January Magazine called it "a compelling
and creepy suspense novel."
An
accomplished public speaker at festivals, workshops, and conferences,
Miscione has appeared on NBC, World Talk Radio, and at the St.
Petersburg Times Festival of Reading. Born in Hartford, Connecticut,
she grew up in Holland, England, and New Jersey and is a graduate of the
New School for Social Research. She is a member of The
Authors Guild, Mystery
Writers of America, and Sisters
In Crime (female mystery authors). Miscione and her husband
live in Tampa Bay.
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The Tampa Writers Alliance
Annual Awards Banquet
was held on Thursday, January 20, 2005, 6:30 p.m.
at Mise en Place
Restaurant, 442
West Kennedy Blvd., Tampa -- $30.00 per person
Winners of the 2004
TWA Writing Contest were
announced.
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February
2005
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Winning Scripts in 2004 TWA Writing
Contest to be Performed at Meeting February 2
Staged readings of the four winning
scripts in the Tampa Writers Alliance Annual Writing Contest will be
presented on Wednesday, February 2, at the group's regular monthly
meeting to be held at 7 p.m. in the Auditorium of the John F. Germany Main
Library, 900 N. Ashley Dr. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
THE WINNING SCRIPTS
1ST
PAUL MAY..........................................................................
DISNEY SECRET SERVICE
2ND WARNER CONARTON.....................................................................
STAGE (EN)NOIRE
3RD SANDRA KISCHUK..........................................................................
DREAM CATCHER
HM
CHRIS BATTLE.............................................................
TASTES JUST LIKE CHICKEN
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March 2005
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Poetry Will Be Topic of March 2 Tampa
Writers Alliance Meeting
Poets Sandy McIntosh and Eileen Tabios will discuss
poetry and read from their works at the monthly general meeting of the
Tampa Writers Alliance, Wednesday, March 2, at 7 p.m. in the Auditorium of the
John F. Germany Main Library, 900 N. Ashley Dr. The public is invited to
attend free of charge.
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April 2005
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TWA's Annual Writers Workshop Set for
April 6
Featuring short and to-the-point presentations (with handouts), the
Tampa Writers Alliance's Annual Writers Workshop will be offered at the
group’s monthly meeting, Wednesday, April 6, at 7 p.m. in the Auditorium
of the John F. Germany Main Library, 900 N. Ashley Dr. Topics to be
presented by TWA members and friends will include getting an editor's
interest, online research methods, liability issues in writing and
photography, self-publishing, and using photography in your writing. The
public is invited to attend free of charge.
Five mini-seminars will be designed to help all writers
in areas of common concerns.
1. How to get an editor's interest...the ins and outs of writing and
sending effective query letters. Presenter - Sandra Kischuk
2. Getting the facts straight: On-line research methods.
Presenter - Lucy Parker
3. Liability issues for writing and photography. Presenter -
Attorney Kevin Astl
4. Self publishing - Making it profitable. Presenter - Author and
Publisher John Taylor
5. The use of photography in writing. Presenter - Photographer
Bruce Hunt
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May 2005
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TWA's May 4 Topic Was On Outdoor Writing
TWA's monthly general meeting on Wednesday, May 4, featured a presentation on "Outdoor Writing" by Captain Fred Everson, fishing
boat charter captain, member of the Outdoor Writers Association of
America, and author of two books and many outdoors magazine articles.
The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the Auditorium
of the John F. Germany Main Library, 900 N. Ashley Dr. The
public is invited to attend free of charge.
A member of the Tampa Writers Alliance, Everson is a full time outdoor writer and fishing guide,
fishing out of Bahia Beach Marina in Ruskin, Florida. His writing can be
found at many of the fishing and hunting websites, and he recently
published a book on fishing, Catch Snook! which has been praised
by Sports Afield and the Tampa Tribune.
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June 2005
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June 1 TWA Topic:
'What Having Your
Own Website Can Do for You As A Writer'
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As a writer, just how
important
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Do YOU have your own website?? If not, WHY not? |
What can having your own
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TWA’s
monthly General Meeting
was held Wednesday, June 1, at 7 p.m. in the Auditorium
of the John F. Germany Main Library, 900 N. Ashley Dr.
Our featured speaker was John Hughes from Majoc (pronounced "magic") Multimedia. John filled
us in on how
you go about setting up a your very own website, what is involved
(cost, time), how writers can build their own websites, how
to properly format your website and what bells and whistles can work
for you. We learned from John’s personal experiences how websites
can help businesses and writers in general.
Check John out at www.majoc.com
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July 2005
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'The Essentials of Editing'
Will be
Tampa Writers Alliance Topic at
July 6 Meeting
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Kirt Dressler addresses TWA members on editing
essentials at July 6 meeting. |
The piece is finished. What next?
Edit… then edit… then edit some more.
On Wednesday, July 6, the Tampa
Writers Alliance will present Kirt Dressler, President
and CEO of Superior Writing Services, Inc. of Tampa, who will
discuss the essential need for editing. Kirt’s credentials
include being a successful creative writer, poet, ghostwriter,
editor, and playwright. A must for writers working in
non-fiction and fiction of all genres, including poetry, Kirt’s
program will deliver an overview of the editing process and the
avenues available for this critical step in the writing cycle.
After self-editing, is it really important or necessary to
involve a second party in the editing process before seeking
publication? And where can the writer go for this type of help?
Kirt will tackle these questions and
many more at 7pm, July 6, in the auditorium of the John Germany
public library, 900 Ashley Street, downtown Tampa. The event is
free and open to all interested people. Parking is available in
the city parking garage across from the library or on the
street.
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August 2005
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Novelist Kal Rosenberg
to speak on
"Self-Promotion
for Writers" at Tampa Writers Alliance August 3
Novelist and TWA member Kal
Rosenberg will speak on "Self-Promotion for Writers" at the next Tampa Writers
Alliance general meeting on Wednesday, August 3, at 7 p.m.
in the
auditorium of the
John F. Germany Main Library, 900 N. Ashley Dr. The public is
invited to attend free of charge.
Kal writes, "I'm the lonely TWA member
who lives in Gainesville. My novel, Sold As Is [(Behler
Publications) is now in "pre-release." It will be released to the public
in October. The setting is the car-salesman subculture in Miami's
"Cocaine Cowboy" days. See
http://behlerpublications.com/titles-rosenberg.asp,
or e-mail me at 2kal4U@gru.net for info or an advance copy.
"Not only is this book an authentic portrayal of the
car-salesman world, but it's also about toe-to-toe arguments with God,
magic powers, the clash of old philosophies and new ideas, and incurable
mental illness. I like this book a lot. So does my Aunt Molly.
"Also, at this year's Clockhouse Writer's Conference
at Goddard College, I will be offering a workshop in 'The Art of
Self-Promotion.' Thing is, after you're lucky enough to get your book in
print, you think you are at the finish line, but soon learn you're back
in the starting gate all over again. So you need a promo campaign or you
are sunk. Unless you're a big name, the thing that best promotes your
work is YOU."
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September 2005
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AN INSIDER'S LOOK AT POLICE WORK
presented by
DETECTIVE CHUCK MASSUCCI
Talks by crime specialists have been among the Tampa
Writers Alliance’s most successful programs in recent years, popular
with both mystery writers and writers in other genres. On Wednesday, September 7, 2005, Tampa police detective
Chuck Massucci will discuss "An
Insider's Look at Police Work" at at 7 p.m.
in the
auditorium of the
John F. Germany Main Library, 900 N. Ashley Dr. The public is
invited to attend free of charge.
Massucci’s wife, Julie, also a Tampa police detective,
has previously addressed the group.
Massucci has been a member of the Tampa Police Department
for 15 years and a detective for nearly six years and has had major
experience with the Narcotics Bureau. He worked with the QUAD Squad for
six years and with the Federal Narcotics Task Force for four years.
Operating undercover during this 10-year period, he
worked on several cases that involved wire taps, national distribution
groups, and international suppliers. Since June of 2003, he has been
assigned to the Homicide Bureau where, as he puts it, “I have gained
extensive experience in the investigation of death!”
Massucci holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and
a master’s degree in history from the University of South Florida.
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October 2005
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Increasing Drama and Suspense
Is Topic
for
Tampa Writers Alliance October 5 Meeting
"Doctor Karpman's Magic Formula for Drama and Suspense" will be
the title of Zephyrhills-based writer and writing coach Warner
Conarton’s presentation to the Tampa Writers Alliance on Wednesday,
October 5, building on a similar program he offered the group in 2004. The monthly
general meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in
the Auditorium of the John F. Germany Main Library, 900 N. Ashley Dr.
The public is invited to attend free
of charge.
Conarton is the former coordinator of the
twice-monthly Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Group and currently the
group's Poetry Workshop Coordinator. He says that understanding a
common pattern which runs through many relationships can help writers
build drama and suspense.
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Called the Karpman Drama Triangle, the pattern
is based on the work of California psychiatrist Stephen B. Karpman, M.D.,
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Warner
Conarton developed the "Drama Circle," to help writers add drama and suspense into their fiction, based on the famous Karpman Drama Triangle.
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It holds that one individual often rescues another from his or her
responsibilities, then feels victimized and persecutes the rescued person.
One observer has described the “dysfunctional dance” of persecutor,
rescuer, and victim, as “so sneaky and ambiguous that it is sometimes
very hard to recognize and acknowledge."
Conarton
has had advanced training in Transactional Analysis (which includes the
Karpman Drama Triangle as a key concept) and is a Certified Practitioner
of Neural Linguistic Programming (NLP), an advanced system of
psychotherapy. He also studied psychology and creative writing at Michigan
State University. Currently still in contact with Dr. Karpman, Conarton is
the creator of the “Drama Circle,” which he developed to make the
triangle more useful to writers.
A
former staff writer for the Miami-Dade County New Bureau where he set
several records for articles picked up by newspapers and magazines
internationally, Conarton was the coordinator of Scriptwriter's Roundtable
at Barnes & Noble on South Dale Mabry in Tampa for two years and was
thrice president of Lansing (Michigan) Writers.
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November 2005
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Monsters, the Supernatural, Space Travel, Parallel
Dimensions…"
Science Fiction Is
Dr. Rick Wilbur's Topic on Wed., Nov. 2
Anyone with a great imagination can project into
worlds far beyond the reality of daily life
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and, with a little talent, can bring those worlds to life
and share them with others through the magic of science fiction writing.
That’s the topic of the next Tampa Writers Alliance general meeting on
Wednesday, November 3
at 7 p.m. in
the Auditorium of the John F. Germany Main Library, 900 N. Ashley Dr.
The public is invited to attend free
of charge.
Creating bone-chilling horrors,
exploring the landscapes of still unknown worlds, delving into the minds
of alien beings and making it all seem real - that’s the challenge for
science fiction writers, according to Dr. Rick Wilber from the School of
Mass Communications at USF.
Dr. Wilbur will shed an eerie light
on the genre of science fiction writing. What markets are available? How
can a writer break into the field? What makes a good science fiction
tale? One of Dr. Wilber’s activities is editing and producing a science
fiction publication.
Rick Wilbur addresses TWA members on Science Fiction writing at
November meeting.
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December 2005
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