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Virtual: Unboxing Your Sci-Fi & Fantasy Worldbuilding
Registration Required
Tuesday
July
5
7:00​pm
Online
(Virtual Room - EPD)
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
Join Stephenie Magister, editor for award-winning and best-selling books, as she takes you through key strategies to unbox your worldbuilding like never before.
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In-Person: Digital Publishing, eBook Formatting & Conversion
Registration Required
Thursday
July
7
5:30​pm
Orlando Public Library
(Blue Room)
Event Categories: Basic Tech Skills; Authors, Books, Writing
Learn how to apply best practices and techniques to successfully convert a Microsoft Word manuscript into an eBook.
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Virtual: Author Talk with Alka Joshi
The Henna Artist
Registration Required
Thursday
July
7
9:00​pm
Online
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
Join us for an evening with New York Times Best Selling author and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick Alka Joshi as she discusses her bestselling books, The Henna Artist and The Secret Keeper of Jaipur.
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Virtual: Increasing Tension via Goal, Obstacles, and Stakes
Registration Required
Saturday
July
9
4:00​pm
Online
(Virtual Room - EPD)
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
Increasing the tension moves the plot along and keeps readers turning pages. Author Michael Mammay will discuss increasing tension in scenes, chapters, and novels via goals, obstacles, and stakes.
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Virtual: Writing a First Chapter to Hook Readers
Registration Required
Sunday
July
10
1:00​pm
Online
(Virtual Room - EPD)
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
NYT bestselling author Emily Colin will share her secrets to writing stellar opening pages filled with compelling conflict, vivid voice, and characters readers will love—or love to hate.
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Virtual: OCLS Writer's Group
Registration Required
Sunday
July
10
4:00​pm
Online
(Virtual Room - EPD)
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
Join your fellow writers for critique, discussion, and camaraderie. Writers of all genres and experience are welcome. Please attend one meeting before submitting a piece for critique.
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In-Person: Southeast Book Club
Registration Required
Monday
July
11
3:00​pm
Southeast Branch
(Southeast - Meeting Room 2)
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
Join us to discuss this month's book selection, A long petal of the sea: a novel by Isabel Allende.
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Virtual Event: Southeast Book Club
Registration Required
Monday
July
11
7:00​pm
Online
(Virtual Room - Southeast)
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
Join us to discuss this month's book selection, A long petal of the sea: a novel by Isabel Allende.
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Virtual: Central Florida Book Club
Registration Required
Tuesday
July
12
10:00​am
Online
(Virtual Room - Fairview Shores)
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
Join us on the second Tuesday of each month as we discuss a wide range of books.
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Virtual: Author Talk with David Allen
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity
Registration Required
Thursday
July
14
12:00​pm
Online
Event Category: Authors, Books, Writing
Join us as we sit down in conversation with New York Times Best Selling author David Allen, one of the world’s most influential thinkers on personal productivity.
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