June 1 - Guest Speaker - Royce Wilson

Attention, all those who read and write crime-related fiction and non-fiction! This month's guest speaker will be Royce Wilson, a retired law enforcement forensics expert with 35 years experience. His presentation will cover what the job of a CSI is really like, how forensics plays a key role in investigations, how cold cases are solved, and the job of a private investigator. Royce is a founding partner of SRI Investigations http://www.sriinvestigations.com/,  an author, and a member of FWA.

FWA Meeting Date: Saturday, June 1st, 10:00 to 12:30 (join us for lunch after the meeting at a local restaurant)

Location:  New Tampa Public Library - 10001 Cross Creek Blvd. Tampa, FL 33647-2581.  

813-273-3652

Upcoming Author Events

Poet John Foster will be giving a presentation entitled "From Limericks to Sonnets - Exploring the Depths of Poetry"

May 11, 2013, 2:00
New Tampa Public Library
10001 Cross Creek Boulevard, Tampa, FL

Please make another trip to the New Tampa library on Saturday, May 11th, to hear John's presentation. John has diplomas from Yale, Middlebury College, and the Sorbonne, and is the author of three collections of poetry: Discovery! A Wordcrafter’s Journey (2009: Outskirts Press), Chuckles—Verses to a-Muse (2010: XLibris), and Where There’s A Quill (2011: XLibris). His poetry has appeared in local newspapers and numerous professional journals. He has won awards at both the state and national levels. He is a member of the Florida State Poets Association and the Southshore Arts Council, and he has given dozens of readings, lectures and workshops throughout west central Florida. John is retired and living in Sun City Center.


Local Author Event. 

May 18, 2013, 2:00-4:00
Barnes & Noble, Wiregrass Mall
28211 Paseo Dr #100, Wesley Chapel, FL

Stop by to support fellow authors at the Local Author Event.  Over 20 local authors from the Tampa Bay area will be available at Barnes & Noble for a meet and greet book signing.  Many are members of our FWA group.

Authors include:
Ruby Agnir
Jenice Armstead     
Wayne Ayers
Guy Cote 
Ruth Ellinger     
Chonta T.A. Haynes
Evelyn Johnson-Taylor
Leigh Kenyon
George Mavro
Kelly Miller
Paul Murphy
Rebecca Nunez
Alison Oburia
Fran Orenstein    
Ria Prestia
Sara Rosett
Paul Wartenberg   
Madonna Wise

May 4 - Guest Speaker - Annette Mardis

This month's guest speaker will be Annette Mardis. Her presentation will focus on editing and writing tips. She's presented at various writers' groups in the area and has edited novels written by local authors.

Annette has 30 years in the newspaper and editing business. For now, she's doing freelance book editing and Internet writing and working on two books while also volunteering as an animal educator at Clearwater Marine Aquarium. Annette, a native of St. Pete, has a degree in mass communications from USF. She spent almost 10 years at the Clearwater Sun, then 19 at The Tampa Tribune. Annette has written about crime and punishment; education; religion; music; fashion; local, state and national news; human interest stories; personality profiles; and a number of other topics. She left the Sun as its city editor; designed regional news sections while at The Tribune, and was a front-line bureau editor there, too. In addition to her writing and editing, she also spent four years volunteering at a nearby elementary school. She’s also written book reviews for The Tribune and tbo.com and worked with Community Consolidated Editing Center in Tampa, where she edited stories, wrote headlines, head decks and cutlines, proofed pages and whatever else was needed for a number of small local newspapers.