Visit  Brad Kuhn and Associates’ new website, and prepare to become a raving fan:

Rik Feeney, of the Florida Writers Association, has a great website devoted to online publishing and other great ideas for publicity, etc.  Check it out at www.PublishingSuccessOnline.com .

The beautiful and talented Kerouac House writer-in-residence, Caitlin Doyle, will appear this Saturday, February 12th between noon and 1 pm with Jose Miranda and Haydee Ayala during Yo Soy Latino on the Big 810 WEUS.  Click here to listen live or make a donation to the show.

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

Leslie Halpern’s third nonfiction book, Passionate About Their Work: 151 Celebrities, Artists, and Experts on Creativity (BearManor Media, 2010) looks at the creative process from start to finish. The book explores creativity through quotes and anecdotes of filmmakers, actors, writers, artists, comedians, magicians, dancers, singers, and other creative types who succeeded in the arts and entertainment industries with little more than passion for their work.

Combining interview excerpts and photographs from 25 years of working as an entertainment writer, Leslie looks at how creative ideas are conceived, nurtured, developed, implemented, produced, and marketed through the eyes of international, national, and local professionals. Look for David Brenner, Phyllis Diller, Paul Reiser, Darrell Hammond, Kurt Vonnegut, and other artists, in addition to many familiar Central Florida celebrity names and faces appearing in the book.  

About the Author:

Leslie C. Halpern earned a Master of Liberal Studies degree from Rollins College and a B.A. in Journalism from University of Kentucky. She has written for The Hollywood Reporter, Daily Variety, Just For Laughs, Location Update, Bluegrass Unlimited, Orlando Sentinel, Salt Lake Tribune, and dozens of other print and online publications. Passionate About Their Work and her previous books Reel Romance: The Lover’s Guide to the 100 Best Date Movies and Dreams on Film are available from Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, and Books-a-Million.com.   

Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=leslie+halpern&x=9&y=14

Barnes and Noble

http://productsearch.barnesandnoble.com/search/results.aspx?WRD=leslie+halpern

Books-A-Million

http://www.booksamillion.com/search?id=4836176363533&query=leslie+halpern&where=All&search.x=49&search.y=16