Exciting Writers Festival planned

Exciting Writers Festival planned
This year’s Writers Festival takes place on Friday, March
23 at Venice Centre Mall Community Room, 238 Tampa Ave.
The festival begins at 2 p.m. when a panel discusses
“Today’s Youth Market.” Speakers are published authors of childrens
literature, Kim Cool, Clarissa Thomasson and Stacy
DeKeyser.
At 3:30 p.m., the subject shifts to writing and publishing
fiction for adults. Panelists Richard Wickliffe, Diane Sawyer,
Susan Klaus and Don Bruns present “From Inspiration to Publication.”
At 5 p.m., best-selling thriller writer David Hagberg returns
with his third master class, this year focusing on developing real
characters that readers believe in. He will go over how to plot
modern commercial fiction while staying out of trouble and discuss
the problem of time in the novel -- how to dilate and contract
it. The class is designed so participants need not have attended
previously.
Panelist authors will be available to sign their books after
each presentation.
The event culminates in a wine and cheese reception at
6:30 p.m.
The cost of the event is $20 per person.
Space is limited and reservations will be honored in the
order they are received.
Reservations may be made online using Paypal at
http://www.venicebookfair.com/events/ or by sending a check for
$20, payable to Venice Heritage Inc and sending it to P.O. Box
1190, Venice, Florida 34284-1190.