January 2020 Meeting: Tampa
Program: Navigating the Publishing World
November Meeting: Social Media for Authors
September Meeting, New Time!
Our September meeting will be hosted on Zoom September 5th, 2020. It will begin at a new time, after discussion between the members: 10:30 AM, and will run till 12:30 PM.
This is normally the session where we celebrate Agatha Christie’s birthday. Since we can’t meet in person, we urge people to bring their own cupcake to the virtual meeting.
Gwen Mayo, an Agatha Christie enthusiast, will be presenting the program “Women of Mystery’s Golden Age: 1890s to 1960.”
In order to receive information and links for the meeting, please contact Teresa Michael at teresamichael1@hotmail.com.
Meetings on Zoom
The chapter is currently using Zoom as an alternative to in-person meetings. The May meeting, with special guest Gail Condrick, was a success.
In order to receive information and links for upcoming meetings, please contact Teresa Michael at teresamichael1@hotmail.com to be added to the list.
April 2020 Meeting is Canceled
The meeting scheduled for April 4th has been canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. Stay safe and keep washing those hands.
Mary Anna Evans
The chapter traveled to Venice for the February meeting. The featured speaker, Mary Anna Evans, led a workshop about adding feeling to your writing, with exercises. In one, the writers visualized a place and created a list of descriptive words to capture its mood, then wrote haikus using those words. Powerful.
Preparing to Write
Happy Birthday, Agatha!
The chapter celebrated the 129th birthday of Agatha Christie, with costumes and prizes.
Wendy Dingwall presented: the life of Agatha Christie.
Gwen Mayo prepares to pose her trivia questions.
A great group in attendance!
We had a nice door prize: a basket of mysteries, including one of Agatha’s best tales.
The following Sunday, we presented a panel on Agatha’s writing at the Sarasota Barnes and Noble. It was well-attended, and we spoke to several fans and collectors.
Reminder: No June meeting
The chapter is on summer break. We will have a planning meeting in July for the coming year.
