Scribbler’s Corner, where Darlyn Finch chats with special guests about Central Florida’s literary scene, is on hiatus until a new venue is found. 
 

Yes, you read that subject line right.  We’ve reached the magic number!

500 times since November, 2002, you’ve heard a little bell ring, and found the Scribbles newsletter in your email inbox – absolutely free.

What would you say the combination of Literary Celebrations, Information, Events, and Calls for Submissions was worth to you, per issue?  A penny?  A nickel? Maybe a dime or a quarter?  Dare I hope – a dollar?

I ask for a very good reason. 

One time a year, I ask that you return a little of the good karma Scribbles has brought into your life in a tangible way.  Not by sending money to me, but by making a modest donation to a cause near and dear to your faithful Scribbler – the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s Walk for a Cure.

The disease took my father and my brother.  Help us find a cure, so other families don’t have to suffer like that.

Please click here to go to my personal walk page, and join our walk team, Robert’s Racers, or make a donation. 

You’ll see that I’ve kicked things off with my own donation of $100.  So think back to my earlier question.  If each Scribbles was worth a penny to you, please donate $5 to help cure diabetes.  If it was worth a nickel, dime, or quarter to you, that’s $25, $50, or $125.  And if you’d pay a $1 each time you’ve enjoyed Scribbles, that’s an incredible $500 donation. 

Don’t have extra cash lying around?  Then consider joining our walk team, and asking 10 friends for a $10 donation.  We’ll take a nice walk around the UCF campus at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 5^th, and you’re guaranteed to feel fabulous afterward.  Don’t make me come get you!

Any help you can give is sincerely appreciated by JDRF &

Your Scribbler,

Darlyn Finch

Listen in from twelve noon to one o’clock on the second Saturday of each month to Darlyn Finch at Scribbler’s Corner, a monthly chat with special guests about Orlando’s literary scene.  Jose Miranda and Haydee Ayala, hosts of Yo Soy Latino, an innovative radio magazine show on 810 AM, WEUS, invite you to call 407-774-1085 to take part in the conversation.
 
To become a sponsor, advertise on Yo Soy Latino, or make a donation, click here.

Tune in or click here to listen live on Saturday, January 8th, when your Scribbler’s next guest will be:

Leslie Halpern, author of Dreams on Film: The Cinematic Struggle Between Art and Science; Reel Romance: The Lovers’ Guide to the 100 Best Date Movies; and her latest, Passionate About Their Work: 151 Celebrities, Artists, and Experts on Creativity. 

Click here to listen to the archived show.

Listen in from twelve noon to one o’clock on the second Saturday of each month to Darlyn Finch at Scribbler’s Corner, a monthly chat with special guests about Orlando’s literary scene.  Jose Miranda and Haydee Ayala, hosts of Yo Soy Latino, an innovative radio magazine show on 810 AM, WEUS, invite you to call 407-774-1085 to take part in the conversation.
 
To become a sponsor, advertise on Yo Soy Latino, or make a donation, click here.

Tune in or click here to listen live on Saturday, December 11th, when your Scribbler’s next guests will be:
Diane Sears of Di-verse-Media, and Brad Kuhn of Brad Kuhn and Associates.  

Learn about the real world of free-lance writing by two experts who earn their living that way.  Click here to hear the archived show.

Listen in from twelve noon to one o’clock on the second Saturday of each month to Darlyn Finch at Scribbler’s Corner, a monthly chat with special guests about Orlando’s literary scene.  Jose Miranda and Haydee Ayala, hosts of Yo Soy Latino, an innovative radio magazine show on 810 AM, WEUS, invite you to call 407-774-1085 to take part in the conversation.

To become a sponsor, advertise on Yo Soy Latino, or make a donation, click here.

Tune in or click here to listen live on Saturday, November 13th, when your Scribbler’s next guests will be:

Julie Compton, Author, and Jamie Morris of Woodstream Writers

Click here to hear the archived show.

Sunday, September 26th, at 7:30 pm, enjoy A Tribute to Leonard Cohen, produced by Jeremy Seghers and Carbon Productions, complete with bands, poets (including your Scribbler), and a live artist making art in front of G-d and everybody.

http://timucua.com/calendar.html .
The event takes place at the White House (2000 South Summerlin, Orlando).

For more details, and an overview of the exciting fall season, visit

Listen in from twelve noon to one o’clock on the second Saturday of each month to Darlyn Finch at Scribbler’s Corner, a monthly chat with special guests about Orlando’s literary scene.  Jose Miranda and Haydee Ayala, hosts of Yo Soy Latino, an innovative radio magazine show on 810 AM, WEUS, invite you to call 407-774-1085 to take part in the conversation.

To become a sponsor, advertise on Yo Soy Latino, or make a donation, click here.

Tune in or click here to listen live on Saturday, October 9th, when your Scribbler’s next guest will be:

Patricia Charpentier of Writing Your Life

Click here to hear the archived show.

Listen in from twelve noon to one o’clock on the second Saturday of each month to Darlyn Finch at Scribbler’s Corner, a monthly chat with special guests about Orlando’s literary scene.  Jose Miranda and Haydee Ayala, hosts of Yo Soy Latino, an innovative radio magazine show on 810 AM, WEUS, invite you to call 407-774-1085 to take part in the conversation.

To become a sponsor, advertise on Yo Soy Latino, or make a donation, click here.

Tune in or click here to listen live on Saturday, September 11th, when your Scribbler’s next guest will be:

Linda Bernfeldof the Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Florida

Click here to hear the archived show.

New episode of Red Lion Square has sassy Southern poetry by Anne Babson and Darlyn Finch as read by Amy Watkins and Scottie Campbell.

Episode 11 – Anne Babson and Darlyn Finch – red lion sq.

www.redlionsq.com

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November 6 Romancing the Holidays Book Signing To Raise Funds for Adult Literacy League

On chilly Central Florida nights, there’s nothing cozier than curling up in a comfy chair with a great romance novel, especially one written by an award-winning local author.  Better yet, follow that delicious read with a romantic dinner and love poems recited over dessert.  More than twenty of Florida’s best known romance novelists, as well as Culinary Confessions of the PTA Divas cookbook author Pam Brandon and Three Houses poets Darlyn Finch & Brad Kuhn, will be on hand to meet readers and sign copies of their latest books at the annual Romancing the Holidays book signing, to be held Saturday, November 6 from 2 – 5 p.m. in the center fountain court of Altamonte Mall.

Not only can readers chat with their favorite writers and get their book purchases autographed, but Barnes & Noble’s Altamonte Mall store, which is supplying the books for the signing, will donate 20% of the event’s proceeds to Central Florida’s non-profit Adult Literacy League.

Book buyers are encouraged to arrive early.  The first 100 people to purchase will go home with a fabulous goody bag stuffed with books donated by authors (many of them autographed) and publishers (including romance giant Harlequin), bookmarks, other promotional items, and candy.

“Reading is the most essential tool a person needs to succeed in life,” says Joyce Whidden, executive director of the ALL.  “So, we are thankful to the Central Florida Romance Writers for choosing the ALL and our eager adult learners to benefit from this very fun event.  Romance fans are voracious readers, and we like that!”

Fans of the romance genre also buy a lot of books.  According to statistics published on the website of Romance Writers of America, a non-profit organization of over 9,500 romance writers mainly from the US and Canada, “Romance fiction generated $1.37 billion in sales in 2009.”  Also, “74.8 million people read at least one romance novel in 2008.”

“I’m thrilled to be taking part in this wonderful event.  I look forward to it every year,” says Catherine Kean, one of the event’s coordinators, who is published in mass market paperback by Medallion Press.  Her sixth book, A Knight’s Persuasion, Book 4 of her medieval Knight’s Series, arrived in bookstores earlier this year.  “I love meeting my readers and supporting an organization as beneficial as the ALL.”

Co-coordinator Dara Edmondson agrees.  She writes young adult and contemporary romances for The Wild Rose Press under her own name and erotic novels for Red Sage and Ellora’s Cave under the pen name Wynter Daniels.  “As an author, I love being out there, meeting readers face-to-face.  When I meet someone who has read my books, it’s such a thrill to hear their comments in person.  Way better than a fan letter!  Knowing part of the proceeds go to help literacy in the area is like the cherry on an ice cream sundae.”

Among those participating in the November 6 book signing are fantasy author C.L. Wilson and romantic suspense novelist Roxanne St. Claire.  Both have had books on the New York Times bestseller list.  Twelve of the authors–Blair Bancroft, Jax Cassidy, Leigh Duncan, Dara Edmondson, Louise M. Gouge, Shauna Hart, Kean, Pamela Labud, Gennita Low, Aleka Nakis, St. Claire and Michelle Young—are members of Central Florida Romance Writers, an affiliated, non-profit chapter of RWA.

Locally, CFRW has about sixty members hailing from almost every county in Central Florida.  Twenty-four are published in mass market paperback, trade paperback, hardcover, or electronic (e-book) formats.  The chapter boasts writers of every romance sub-genre, including long and short contemporary, romantic suspense, Christian inspirational, historical, and paranormal.

Chapter President Lorena Streeter, whose erotic romances are published under the pen name Lara Dien by The Wild Rose Press, encourages aspiring authors to attend an upcoming meeting to see what the chapter can offer them.  Many of group’s members—including Kean and CFRW Past-President Dara Edmondson—have belonged to CFRW for years and grown from newbies penning their first manuscripts to published authors with multiple publishing contracts.  Through monthly meetings, writing-related programs given by chapter members and guest lecturers, conferences, book signings, and sharing of industry news through a chapter email loop, the group nurtures romance authors at all stages in their careers.

For details on the November 6 Romancing the Holidays Book Signing, visit http://www.cfrwa.org/rth.htm or contact Barnes & Noble at (407) 261 – 0213.  For more information on Central Florida Romance Writers, visit the chapter’s website at http://www.cfrwa.com/.