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Working "in" not "on" a book

Last week at Rollins, David McCullough (biographer and author of 1776, John Adams and Harry Truman, etc.) not only spoke in the Knowles Chapel on Friday night, but that afternoon held an informal session at which he discussed his writing life.

What I came…

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Added by Charlene Lamy Edge on November 10, 2011 at 3:38pm — No Comments

Announcing Gary Forrester's memoir

Gary Forrester, an American writer living in New Zealand, is a long time friend of Phil Deaver's, who is a master writer and mainstay of the Orlando writing community. I've met Gary several times and hope you can help promote his new book in America. Here's a promo flyer:

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Added by Charlene Lamy Edge on September 30, 2011 at 11:23am — No Comments

"From the Edge in Turkey" - on Blogspot

Hi everyone,

If you'd like to read the blog I wrote about our adventures in Turkey, click here:

From the Edge in Turkey - blog

Added by Charlene Lamy Edge on August 18, 2011 at 4:09pm — No Comments

Rollins Invites Scholars on Islam and Middle East Issues

Hi everyone,

Click on links below for details on speakers arriving soon at Rollins College. They're coming to shed light on hot topics relating to Islam and the Middle East.

Having recently visited Turkey, I am keenly interested in these topics.

Believe it or not, they affect us all one way or another. We are a global society.

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Added by Charlene Lamy Edge on August 12, 2011 at 2:00pm — No Comments

From the Edge in Turkey - blogspot on our 2011 Odyssey

If you'd like to read about our recent whirlwind tour of Turkey 2011, here's the link to our blog. Enjoy!

http://charleneedge-turkey2011.blogspot.com/

Added by Charlene Lamy Edge on August 3, 2011 at 8:01am — No Comments

Resistance - Do you need it?

This summer, for the third time, I'm reading Barry Lopez's gem, Resistance. This slim volume is fiction with more truth telling than a witness under oath (forgive the analogy inspired by recent events in Orlando's courtrooms).

Written by Mr. Lopez as separate "memoir-ettes" (my word) in the voices of fictionalized characters, Resistence depicts the turning points in artist's lives that woke them up to getting their true work done in the world no matter…

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Added by Charlene Lamy Edge on July 9, 2011 at 11:58am — No Comments

27 Days in Turkey: Discovering Buried Treasures

Another Edge Travel Adventure

This summer, my husband, Hoyt, and I had the unique joy of visiting Turkey. We left May 23 and returned June 20. Our theme for the trip: visit Turkey's world heritage sites and get acquainted with Turkey's people and current culture.

What are these sites?

"The World Heritage List includes 936 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the…

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Added by Charlene Lamy Edge on July 6, 2011 at 1:30pm — No Comments

JUONIA Kevin Pate New Childrens book on Sanibel Island

For readers and writers this new book for children Nancy Pate has a delightful review of anillustrated book today:

"That would be Alice Rice, the beguiling heroine of Kevin Henkes’ Junonia (HarperCollins Children’s Books), a sweet and gentle story set on Sanibel Island.ON A CLEAR DAY!"

Being an ever wondering child at heart I will enjoy reading and viewing this book when my…

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Added by Maryeliz on May 30, 2011 at 11:10am — No Comments

The Perfect Little Story

The little car accident that I heard about recently from a family member became the story I wrote about for the workshop. The dialogue was the easy part once I figured out what might be the interesting part to write about. Vanessa, my writing buddy gave me an idea to show more comedy In this piece. She is not the first to mention showing humor in my writing and I think I will explore this and see where it might lead me.

By the way, it's Easter and I didn't do anything religious today… Continue

Added by Nicole La Chica Thompson on April 24, 2011 at 11:53pm — No Comments

My story now available at The Center for Spiritual and Cultic Abuse web site

My story, Affinity for Windows, first published in Shifting Gears: Small Startling Moments In and Out of the Classroom by Red Pepper Press, 2004, is a short version of my Catholic childhood ending with my mother's death, my involvement with Young Life evangelicalism, my dropping out of college for a 17-year-long commitment to The Way International (1970-1987), my disturbing experience in The Way's Research Department, my rejection of The Way, and finally my return to…

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Added by Charlene Lamy Edge on April 6, 2011 at 8:30am — No Comments

Sharing my fundamentalist cult experience with Rollins College students

Two days ago I had the privilege of addressing a class on Christianity at Rollins College. The professor, Dr. Creston Davis, had asked me to talk about my experience in a fundamentalist cult, The Way International, in which I’d spent 17 years (1970-1987).

Creston assigned students to read my memoir,…

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Added by Charlene Lamy Edge on April 1, 2011 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Poetry Ensemble of Orlando Seeks Contest Entries

2011 Annual Poetry Contest

Poetry Ensemble of Orlando invites all poets to participate in our 2011 annual poetry contest. We…

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Added by Leslie Halpern on January 13, 2011 at 11:45am — No Comments

Erasing cultural history and avoiding the conversation

A new edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer comes out in February. (February!)

And I'm surprised and upset about the changes the editor has made. As the saying goes, I feel some kind of way about it.

Alan Gribben (Auburn University) edited the new versions for NewSouth Books. The 2011 versions will remove all mentions of the "n" word and replace it with "slave." Also edited: Injun… Continue

Added by Bernadette Adams Davis on January 4, 2011 at 11:40pm — 1 Comment

FWA - Pitch Details

In response to requests for detailed information about the acquisition editors and agents who will be available to hear pitches at the Florida Writers Association conference held from October 22 through October 24, 2010, please see the following descriptions. You can pitch to as many agents as you choose by going to… Continue

Added by Janie Bill on October 13, 2010 at 11:13am — No Comments

Is your manuscript publish-worthy?

Find out by pitching to one of the agents or acquisition editors available at the 2010 Florida Writer’s Association conference. To make your choice, see Conferences under www.floridawriters.net…

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Added by Janie Bill on October 4, 2010 at 11:14pm — No Comments

What's that ripping sound?! (Banned Books Week)

Cross posting from my regular blog, http://blackbooks.blogspot.com

Saturday morning, I arrived at the Southern Independent Booksellers Association Trade Show in time to catch the last half of a breakfast event featuring Christy Jordan (author of Southern Plate), Robert Barclay (author of If Wishes Were…

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Added by Bernadette Adams Davis on September 29, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments