Don Bruns to Speak at SFW

General Meeting

6:30 pm Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Selby Library Auditorium

 

 

 

Our speaker this month is Don Bruns. He has been our guest once before. You might remember the night we were at the Gulf Gate Library. Don gave us a nice talk and played his guitar. He even sang!

 

 

He is a regular panelist with Mystery Florida in June.

 

 

Don’s latest hardcover is the second in a series of adventures starring two men (James Lessor and Skip Moore) and a truck… a white box truck. This time they hook up with a traveling evangelist and… no, you have to read it.  It is called Stuff Dreams Are Made Of.

 

 

Don also has a long-running series of Caribbean mysteries.

The next book in that series is Bahama Burnout. It is due out next month.

 

 

Don Bruns is an award-winning author, a real pro, a fine musician and–hey–he’s also a nice guy.

 

 

For more on these books and more about Don, check out his website at:

  

http://www.donbrunsbooks.com/

 

 

Enduring Romance

Romance

Romances make up the biggest selling fiction category in the publishing industry. The Romance Writers of America (RWA) estimates almost 65 million Americans read romance fiction – defined as a novel that contains a central love story with a satisfying and optimistic ending. (Holy four-letter-word  - That’s a lot of readers.)

 

 

Are you holding your pen, staring out the window, and thinking about that next topic?

 

 

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Brenda Seabrooke Nominated for Edgar

CEMETERY STREET by Brenda Seabrooke Nominated for a 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Award!

Mystery Writers of America announced today its nominees for the 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television and film published or produced in 2008. CEMETERY STREET by Brenda Seabrooke, published by Holiday House and nominated in the Best Juvenile category for a 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Award, is the story of fifteen-year-old Courtney whose recently divorced Mom has moved the family to a rattletrap house on Cemetery Street. A new school, a handsome new classmate, and strange things that start happening in the cemetery next door combine to make this spine-tingling mystery one that Courtney-and readers-won’t soon forget! The Edgar® Awards will be presented to the winners at their 63rd Gala Banquet, April 30, 2009 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City. For the complete list of nominees, visit www.mysterywriters.org.   Brenda Seabrooke is the award-winning author of many popular books for children, including Stonewolf, which was an American Library Association Teens’ Top Ten Winner. Ms. Seabrooke lives on a small island in Florida. Visit her online at  www.childrensbookguild.org.     For a listing of Brenda Seabrooke’s books with Holiday House, click here. *  *  *  *  *   CEMETERY STREET Brenda Seabrooke 978-0-8234-2115-2 / 192 pages   *  *  *  *  * Holiday House www.holidayhouse.com  ————————————-   Terry Borzumato-Greenberg VP, Marketing   Olivia L. Griffiths Marketing Associate   Kathleen M. Morandini Publicist

Brenda Seabrooke Guest Speaker

Brenda Seabrooke

 

January 2009

 

6:30 pm Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Selby Library Auditorium

 

 

Our speaker this month is Brenda Seabrooke, an author of numerous children’s books and a fellow SFW writer.  Her works include a number of award winning titles.

 

 

Read more….

 

 

 

Other News

 

 

The annual SFW short story contest winners were announced at the Christmas Party.  Check the Contest Page and the January Newsletter for more.

 

 

 

See everyone on Wednesday January 7th for what is sure to be an excellent and informative evening with Brenda Seabrooke.