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WRITER’S IN THE CHESTER COUNTY, PAOLI AREA. HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK AND EXPLORE WRITING ISSUES.
Recently, I joined this writers group. Meeting at the Paoli library every Thursday, I have found it to be a source of sharing with fellow writers. Something all writers need.
Come join us and learn who we are and learn.
FREE WORKSHOP for WRITERS by WRITERS
Saturday, August 20, 2016
12:00 to 4:30 pm
Paoli Library Meeting Room
18 Darby Rd, Paoli, PA 19301
You are invited to join us for a workshop that is designed for proficient writers and authors to learn from one another in an experiential and peer-to-peer forum. This 4½-hour workshop will be broken into two sessions:
First session: 12:00-2:30 pm. Full group session.
Break/Network 2:30-3:00 pm. Please bring your own food/beverage.
Second session: 3:00-4:30 pm. Small group sessions.
The first session will focus on the writer’s completed goals and lessons learned along the way that can help other writers:
Objective – Each person can speak for up to five minutes about successes and/or difficulties in areas specific to their writing experience followed by up to five minutes Q & A. If speaking please come with prepared notes.
In the second session writers will break into smaller groups according to genre and/or a specific goal for the workshop.
- Genre
- Editing
- Publishing
- Self-publishing
- Blogging
- Public speaking
- Marketing
- Distribution
What to Bring: A brief summary of your work/projects, in order for others to understand your interests and the main goal you wish to achieve in this workshop.
Please RSVP to: Melanie @ s.j.hart@comcast.net
Space limited to 20 due to size of room. There will be no waiting list. We hope to see you there!
I SURVIVED THE PENNSYLVANIA ICESTORM
Some of you may know that I live in West Chester, PA located in ChesterCounty. And like almost half of the county’s residents, life has been provided a speed-bump due to the weather.
It was Wednesday morning, the 5th of February, when our dog, Millie, jumped on the bed, disturbed. I looked at the bedside clock to see the time and then I knew. The clock’s black face told me we had lost power.
I got up, fed Millie, and while reading the paper the power returned. But that event would prove to be short-lived. The power departed again and would not return for nearly two days.
We have a sunroom with a wood burning stove. About a week ago my daughter, Lynn, and her friend, Tyler, visited and spent some time splitting wood and storing it in the garage. That act of kindness turned out to be a lifesaver.
I started a fire and soon Millie and our two cats migrated to the room and share the warmth. We all kept relatively warm. But we would have been warmer if I had closed the door to the rest of the house. I kept the door open for access for the cats to the litter box and food, plus to provide some heat to my ball python living in my study. He survived.
The only difficult period was nighttime, needing to wake up every three hours or so to feed the fire. Sleep was also disturbed by constant crashing of ice, and the occasional branch, on the roof. But no trees struck the house or my care. I know I fared much better than some other residents of the area.
The power returned Thursday night about 8:30.
My internet is still a victim of the ice storm so I shall post this later.
Saturday, and there are still about 50,000 county residents without power.
Think warm thoughts for them.
Stay safe and warm.
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