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June
19 |
Glynn
Marsh Alam is a native Floridian, born in Tallahassee. She grew up
becoming familiar with the live oak forests, the area swamps, sink
holes, and reptiles in the area. These are the settings for her Luanne
Fogarty mystery series and her literary novel, River Whispers. |
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May
14 |
The
May TWA program was held Wednesday May 14, in the 2nd
Floor Ballroom of the Tallahassee Senior Center, instead of our
usual Thursday.
It
was hosted by our exciting new high school group, with readings
by our most exhilarating young writers of
the Big Bend Writers' Guild.
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April
17 |
Ricks
Campbell’s newest book of poems, Dixmont, was released this past
November, from Autumn House Press. His other works include The
Traveler’s Companion (Black Bay Books, 2004) and Setting The
World In Order (Texas Tech, 2001). For his book, Setting The
World In Order, he has been awarded the Walt McDonald Prize. He currently
resides with his wife and daughter in Gadsden County, Florida; while
teaching English at Florida A&M University, in Tallahassee, Florida. He
will talk to us about the publication process, both as an
editor/publisher and as an author. |
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March
20 |
Patti
Wilson Byars will be speaking this month in the absence of
Dr. Linda Lee Teague.
Ms. Byars is
the author of Separate Fountains, which a percentage of the
proceeds from the sale is being used to set up college
scholarships for education majors who are single mothers or the
children of single mothers. Pattie is a graduate of the
University of Georgia. She had a master degree in education from
the State University of West Georgia. |
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February 21 |
June Wiaz, co-author of
Green Empire: The St. Joe Company and the Remaking of the
Florida Panhandle, has been a free-lance investigative
journalist who has worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, the National Governors Association, and the American
Association for the Advancement of Scene. While often writing
about serious subjects she also writes with humor, and will
speak to us about “Ten Humor Writers Who Tickle the Funny
Bone While Making Social Commentary.” |
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January 17 |
First time novelist, Michael Rychlik, who was also
recently featured in the
Tallahassee Democrat. Mr. Rychlik has been an
English and journalism teacher at Tallahassee’s SAIL
high school for 19 years. He’s written a non-fiction
book about teaching and numerous short stories for
literary magazines. He was also a music critic and
features writer for the
Democrat. |
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November 15 |
April Kelly, has
written seventy episodes of situation comedies, produced more
than one hundred forty episodes of prime-time drama and comedy
and has written seventy three hours of comedy/variety
programming. . Ms. Kelly has been nominated for an Emmy three
times, twice for writing. She has also taught writing as a
visiting professor.
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October 25 |
Ruth Sawh, an Associate Professor of English at Florida A. & M
University, has written and published a novel, A Name in the
Fire, a story of romance, murder and the supernatural which
takes place in the exotic country of Trinidad. She spoke on the
importance of selecting the right editor. |
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September 27 |
David Vann, whose work has or will appear in The Atlantic
Monthly,
Esquire, Men’s Journal, Outside’s G.O, Writer’s
Digest and other magazines and is the author of the, memoir,
A Mile Down, The True Story of a Disastrous Career at Sea.
He is also the author of a number of short stories. He has
taught at Stanford and Cornell and is now a professor at FSU. |
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August 23 |
Bruce Gamble, a former historian with the Naval Aviation Museum
Foundation and the author of three nonfiction books about World
War II in the Pacific. His most recent work is Darkest Hour:
The True Story of Lark Force at Rabaul. He talked
about researching and writing with a slant toward nonfiction,
but his experiences apply to many genres. |
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July 26 |
Janet Burroway, is the author of seven novels, including
Raw Silk and Cutting Stone, as well as the plays,
Medea With Child,
Sweepstakes, and Parts of Speech. She spoke about writing
significant detail, why it matters and how to go about finding
details that matter. |
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