Festival of Books

Saturday, September 30, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Florence Events Center, 715 Quince St. www.FlorenceFestivalofBooks.com

Authors

– Keynote Speaker – Oregon Book Award Winner John Daniel

Make Your Writing the Best It Can Be! Free Panel Discussion Friday, Sept. 29, at 3 p.m.

Publishers

Keynote Speaker Author John Daniel $8 advance, $10 at door Friday, Sept. 29, at 7 p.m.

Supplement to the Siuslaw News | Sept. 26, 2017

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Welcome to the seventh annual

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elcome to the seventh annual Florence Festival of Books, a book fair for authors, publishers, and readers. Here books are celebrated — real books with pages that you turn.

2017 brings more than 70 authors whose writing covers a variety of genres and several publishers ready to talk about their writers’ books. This is also an opportunity to discuss publishing your own manuscript.

This free event takes place on Saturday, Sept. 30, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Florence Events Center, 715 Quince St. It is an opportunity to meet and speak with the authors of great books in nonfiction, poetry, mystery, memoirs, fantasy and environmental, along with fiction for children, young adults and adults.

Each book you purchase can be per-

sonalized just for you or as a gift for someone you treasure.

For those of you reading this prior to Sept. 30, our Friday events include a panel of five Oregon authors and publishers as they discuss “Making Your Writing the Best It Can Be.” The panel discussion is at the Florence Events Center from 3 to 4:30 p.m. and is free to the public.

At 7 p.m. on Friday, Oregon Book Award winner and keynote speaker John Daniel will discuss his celebrated nonfiction book “Rogue River Journal,” and his more recent foray into fiction with the novel “Gifted.” Tickets for this

event are just $8 in advance or $10 at the door.

All Florence Festival of Books events take place at the Florence Events Center.

Food is available for purchase during the event.

A special thank you to our sponsors for making this year’s event better than ever be-

fore.

We hope you will come and enjoy.

— CO-CHAIRS JUDY FLEAGLE & MEG SPENCER

Florence Festival of Books is presented by the Friends of the Florence Events Center and the Florence Festival of Books Planning Committee.

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he Words on the Coast Writers’ Symposium will be held Sept. 29 and 30 at Florence Regional Arts Alliance (FRAA) Art Center and at Port Hole Publishing in Old Town Florence.

Classes will feature a variety of topics related to beginning and advanced writing techniques. Cost for the twoday conference, which includes attendance at six classes, the book festival Meet-n-Greet, the panel discussion and a reception with the instructors, is $85.

The conference schedule will not overlap with the book festival.

For information and to register, visit FRAAOregon.org or PortHole Publishing.org.

Words on the Coast Writers’ Symposium is sponsored by Florence Festival of Books, Lane Arts Council, FRAA and Port Hole Publishing.

CHAPTER Peace Harbor Foundation, Siuslaw Public Library VERSE Harriet & Dick Smith, Lynn & Shelley Taylor, Maire Testa BETWEEN THE LINES Ron Hogeland & Nancy Archer LINE The Archives & Joshua Greene, Backstreet Gallery, Cindy Wobbe Estate Sales, Coastal Writers & Karen D. Nichols, Florence Regional Arts Alliance, Ladies of Elks, Kevin Mittge, On Your Feet With a Splash, Pacific Publishing & Jon Thompson, Port Hole Publishing, River House Inn, Siuslaw News

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MAKE YOUR WRITING THE BEST IT CAN BE Free panel discussion Friday to feature writing conference instructors

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Bob Keefer

his year’s panel discussion sponsored by Florence Festival of Books is “Making Your Writing the Best It Can Be.” The panel, to be held Friday, Sept. 29, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at the Florence Events Center, is a free event open to the public, and will feature instructors from Words on the Coast Writers’ Symposium being held the same weekend in Florence.

Panelists include Bob Keefer, arts reviewer for the Eugene Register-Guard for 30 years and former fellow at the National Endowment for the Arts’ Journalism Institute for Theater and Musical Theater in Los Angeles; Ned Hickson, Siuslaw News editor, award winning columnist, author of “Pearls of Writing Wisdom” and blogger with 8,700 followers; Ellen Traylor, bestselling author of 20 books, publisher at Port Hole Publishing and former writing instructor at Whitworth College and Eastern Washington University; Karen D. Nichols, novelist, writing teacher, artist and illustrator; and Patricia Marshall, owner of Luminare Press, executive director of Wordcrafters in Eugene and former editor of Forest Magazine.

Words on the Coast Writers’ Symposium will be

Patricia Marshall

Karen D. Nichols

held Sept. 29 and 30 at Florence Regional Arts Alliance (FRAA) Art Center, 120 Maple St., and Port Hole Publishing, 179 Laurel St., both in Historic Old Town Florence. Each day begins at 8 a.m.

Sponsored by FRAA, Florence Festival of Books, Port Hole Publishing and the Lane Arts Council, the conference will feature several regional authors who will be offering workshops on the theme during both days. Classes will feature a variety of topics related to beginning and advanced writing techniques.

Keefer will teach “Making Your Writing Sing,” on polishing your work.

Traylor will teach “How to be Your Own Editor,” perfecting your prose and following modern style.

Hickson will teach “Getting Organized: 8 Steps to Mapping Out Your Novel or Memoir.”

Nichols who is a leader of a Florence-based writing group, will teach “Jump Starting Your Writing,” to generate ideas and motivation to tackle writing projects.

Marshall will bring her experiences as a publisher to teach the “Who, What, When, Where and Why” approach to receiving and giving writing feedback.

Ellen Traylor

The writing conference will also include Barbara Giles, writing instructor at Lane Community College and former co-director of the University of Oregon Writing Project.

Cost for the two-day writers’ symposium includes six classes, the book festival Meet-n-Greet, the panel discussion and a reception with the instructors and is $85.

None of the conference events will overlap with the Florence Barbara Giles Festival of Books.

For information on the writers’ symposium and to register, call 541-999-5725, email porthole@centurytel.net or visit FRAAOregon.org or Port HolePublishing.org and click on the conference link.

Meet authors, get your book signed, network with publishers and more at the Florence Festival of Books on Saturday, Sept. 30.

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Keynote Speaker and Oregon Book Award Winner

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he Florence Festival of Books is honored to present Oregon author John Daniel as the Friday night keynote speaker. Daniel is the author of ten books of essays, memoir, poetry and fiction.

He will speak at 7 p.m. at Florence Events Center. Price is $8 in advance, or $10 at the door.

After dropping out of Reed College in Portland, Ore., Daniel worked as a logger, railroad inspector, rock climbing instructor, hod carrier and poet-in-the-schools.

He began to write poetry and prose in the 1970s while living on a ranch in southcentral Oregon. In 1982, he received a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Poetry at Stanford University, where he then took an M.A. in English/Creative Writing and taught five years as a Jones Lecturer in Poetry and a lecturer in Freshman English.

He now makes his living as a writer and itinerant teacher in workshops and writerin-residence positions around the country.

His website is at www.johndaniel-author. net.

Daniel’s newest book, published by Counterpoint Press in 2017, is a first novel set during the 1990s in the Oregon Coast Range foothills where he lives. “Gifted” tells the

story of a young man with a spiritual imagination and a rare affinity for wild creatures who comes of age under harsh circumstances, negotiating the wildness of his home country, his human relationships and the emerging complexities of his own being.

Early commenters have called the book “bold and generous,” “a lyrical, soaring tale,” “a transformative novel” and “a powerful story of family, place, and identity, part ‘Catcher in the Rye,’ part ‘Sometimes a Great Notion.’”

Daniel’s previous works include “The Far Corner: Northwestern Views on Land, Life and Literature” (2009) and “Looking After: A Son’s Memoir” (1996), both of which won the Oregon Book Award; “Rogue River Journal: A Writer Alone” (2005), which was awarded a prize by the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association; and “Winter Creek: One Writer’s Natural History” (2002).

Daniel lives with his wife, Marilyn, in the Coast Range foothills west of Eugene, Ore.

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Florence authors at the 2017 Festival of Books F

lorence may be a small town, but it has a fair share of writers of which many have published books.

And of these published authors, 21 are participating in the Florence Festival of Books (FFOB) along with a few Florence-based book publishers and a group of school children.

AUTHORS • Norton Baily has been writing novels for the past 25 years, but only a small circle of fans have read them.

Now at the FFOB, he’s offering his books to the public for the first time.

His five novels have widely varied subject matter, which means something for everyone.

• Donald A. Beaton is a first time author. His novel, “The Brothers’ Coin,” is fast-paced historical fiction set both in early California and 1930s San Francisco through alternating chapters.

• Connie Strome Bradley spent 50 years in hospital nursing and administration, and she has been recognized as Florence First Citizen for community involvement. Her books include “Snowball, the Nanny Goose of Sutton Lake,” “Lulu, the Dancing Snail” and “Madge and Bill, Barn Owlets” — all illustrated by Carol Unser. Bradley is a co-founder of FFOB. • Judy Fleagle, former magazine editor and writer, is a co-founder of the FFOB. She is the author of

four books: “Crossings: McCullough’s Coastal Bridges,” “The Crossings Guide to Oregon’s Coastal Spans,” “Around Florence” and “Devil Cat and Other Colorful Animals I Have Known.”

• Burney Garelick is a retired writer for the Siuslaw News. She has authored five books: two user-friendly opera reviews, one novel, “Big Dunes Gold Doubloons Coffee Spoons & Loony Tunes,” a short story collection and “The Caterwauling Critic,” a selection of published reviews from 2013–2017.

• Joshua Greene, the son of legendary Hollywood and fashion photographer Milton H. Greene, has produced three books chronicling his father’s career. They include “Milton’s Marilyn,” “But That’s Another Story” and “The Essential Marilyn Monroe by Milton H. Greene: 50 Sessions.”

• Carol Gunderson portrays her life through her poems in “The Morning Porch — Poems and Reflections from a Quiet Heart.” Her most recent book is “Gramma’s Guided Tour of the World’s Greatest Library.”

• John Herbst’s three novels mirror his life. “Destination Unknown:

The Rogue Life of Jake Meissner” chronicles his wanderings and “Tales From the Mountain: Colorado Climbing Adventures of Jake Meissner” takes the reader along. The third in the Jake Meissner series has just been published.

• Ned Hickson is the editor at Siuslaw News and an award-winning syndicated humor columnist.

He is the author of “Humor at the Speed of Life” and “Pearls of Writing Wisdom – From 16 Shucking Years as a Columnist.” His blog (NedHickson.com) has more than 8,700 followers.

• Amber Higgins is a former Search Dog instructor and the author of “Family Disaster Dogs.”

This book shows how your dog can rescue you through fun and easy games by teaching skills in the comfort of your home.

• Niki Hill wrote children’s books as a hobby, but it soon became her passion. In her books, each character comes to life and helps the reader find the secret lesson hiding in each book. The characters include a pig that befriends a chicken and a boy who finds a stray dog that he can’t keep.

• C.L. Myrick has written poetry for the past 65 years. His new book, “Ramblings of an Old Plumber,” offers an intimate look into the poet’s mind – musings, wit and wisdom.

• Carolyn Nordahl has lived in Florence most of her life and made a career of working for the Siuslaw News. Now that she has retired, she is enjoying watercolor painting and doing graphic arts publishing.

• Richard Nordahl has lived in Florence since 1946. He has recently tested his writing abilities in three books of fiction based on some of his nighttime dreams.

• Cyan Orr’s chapbook “from inside Schrodinger’s box” is a collection of vibrant lyrical poems that explore the longing, curiosity and wonder in which we attempt to understand the box that contains us and the unknown beyond.

• Sally Sherwood Rash is the author of “Sally’s Silly Small Step System,” an adaptation of her awardwinning speech at Toastmaster’s International Speech Contest. Sally is currently working on her memoir, which will be available in 2018.

• James L. Richard is the author of “Auternus Woods,” a novel set in a Catholic-themed medieval society.

It’s about a boy and filled with mystery, action, and the supernatural.

The author grew up in the “backwaters of Oregon” and has been writing since the age of 16.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017 | FLORENCE FESTIVAL OF BOOKS | 7 and Traylor is the author of at least – Russ Dixon, wood turner and au• Jacob Wenzel is the author of two sci-fi books, “The Edge” and “The thor, is a 10-year member of Backstreet 20 books herself. Many of her books Florence Festival Gallery in Historic Old Town Florence. are in the historical Biblical genre, Queen Tiffany’s Revulsion,” three of Books Planning but she also has a modern-day thriller He has been a professional photograchildren’s picture books featuring Yo trilogy. Her latest, “Gabriel – The War pher, builder and wood artist most of Piggy and a limerick adaptation of Sir Committee in Heaven,” is the first in a new series Thomas Malory’s “Le Morte d’Arthur.” his adult life. “Donnie of the Oregon about the adventures of the archangels.

Coast” is his first book for children.

• South Florence Congregation of • Siuslaw School District Writers WRITERS GROUPS Judy Fleagle, co-chair Jehovah’s Witnesses are part of a pubis composed of elementary through • Coastal Writers and co-founder lishing organization that prints Bibles middle school students who work un– Pattie Brooks Anderson is an Meg Spencer, co-chair der the guidance of teacher and author as well as two Bible-based magazines, accomplished artist and author of two “The Watchtower” and “Awake.” and illustrator in her own right Kassy ecologically themed children’s books, Connie Bradley, co-founder Keppol to produce published books.

“Enchanted,” a story of a forest transAll of these authors will have their formed by a benevolent sorceress, and Bonnie MacDuffee, treasurer books for sale and publishers will have “Star and Raven’s Legend,” the story PUBLISHERS Jennifer Conner, FEC liaison • Maple Creek Press, with publish- books they have published on display. of the Great Bear Rainforest in British er Robert Serra, produces fine books. Any books purchased can be signed Columbia.

Ellen Traylor Three of Judy Fleagle’s books and the and personalized. And, who knows, – Karen D. Nichols’ latest book, books of Sally Sherwood Rash and C.L. some of these Festival of Books’ par“Roots of an Oak,” is set in Oregon Karen D. Nichols ticipants may be your friends or even Myrick were produced with Serra as and contains a dog story, love story Kevin Mittge publisher. All three are participating in your next-door neighbors. and intriguing ending. She has also this year’s FFOB . written “Thornton House,” “UnexSally Rash — Judy Fleagle • Port Hole Publishing and pubpected Gift,” “Second Chance Heart,” Co-founder and Co-chair “Triumph Over Fear” and “The Moral lisher Ellen Traylor have published Kristin Anderson Florence Festival of Books the books of more than 30 authors, of the Story.”

A Man’s Dream and A Hero Dog The Alien & Night Fighter

Richard Nordahl has lived in the Pacific Northwest since early childhood and attended all the local public schools. He worked as a millworker and a carpenter for his entire life until retiring to pursue his hobbies. Working in the yard and the outdoors are the places he finds to be his favorites while in the company of his cat Tony.

After retiring on the central coast o Oregon, Richard has traveled extensively and has settled down to try his hand at telling some of the stories that have made their way into his dreams for nearly 30 years.

In his first book his dog George resembles Richardʼs childhood pet Brownie, and perhaps has created a way for him to re-connect with some of his childhood memories. George is a hero of extraordinary proportions in this story and makes us believe anything is possible.

At the end of the story you will find a recipe for Richardʼs famous smoked salmon originally created by his mother-in-law Mildred Lockwood.

You just may want to try it and make it a favorite of yours too!

Richardʼs other two books, The Alien and Night Fighter were dreams as well.

The Alien is extreme science fiction and Night Fighter is about a young pilot with night vision, unable to see in daylight, who flew a fighter plane during WWII. These two books are new to the book fair of 2017 and he would love to have you stop by his table for a visit this year.

Nordahl books are also available at Siuslaw News.

Grandma’s Window Shade

Memories & Recipes from a No rthwest Childhood Window shades were a means of communication...

Who would have thought? Up, down, it all meant something to my family!

This is the story of my youth, my family, and my close relationships with my mother and grandmother. It will be of interest to anyone who would like to receive a sense of the family togetherness, comfortable times, and the more simple lives in the early 1950s. The story visits an era of self-made entertainment with few distractions; no television, no telephone, of family gatherings and one car. People worked hard and family times were important.

The story also visits a classroom of Florenceʼs Siuslaw Grade School and touches on the antics of several sixth grade friends.

It peeks at the lifestyles of hobos and of the people of the railroad work trains. The youngsters in the earlier part of the story visit a frog swamp, make mud pies and did many of the things that children of that time found entertaining.

Grandmaʼs Window Shadeʼs pages include 35 of my family recipes and it is illustrated in full color with original watercolor paintings created by myself, the author... Enjoy!

A Skunk In The Garden!

This charming childrenʼs story tells of the friendship between a skunk and a white floppy-eared rabbit and explores the topic of prejudice and the importance of acceptance. I will give a free copy to any child visiting my table.

Richard & Carolyn Nordahl

541-997-2330 • cnordahl41@yahoo.com

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2017 FLORENCE FESTIVAL OF BOOKS MAP

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Seventh annual festival fills the flat floor at the Florence Events Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30

MEN’S RESTROOM

CONCESSIONS

WOMEN’S RESTROOM

Table No. Author/Publisher Judy Fleagle 1.

2.

Maple Creek Press Suzanne Serra (Representing publisher Bob Serra) Sally Sherwood Rash 3.

C.L. Myrick 4.

Carolyn & Richard Nordahl 5.

Connie Strome Bradley Joshua Greene 6.

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A. Lynn Ash Janet Fisher 8.

Michael Foster Aaron Foster Mertz and Friends 9.

Autumn Bradley Joshua Mertz Laura Romeyn 10.

Coastal Writers Pattie Brooks Anderson Karen D. Nichols Russ Dixon 11.

First Steps Publishing Suzanne Parrott 12.

Leslie Compton Dorothea Wollin Null Luminare Press 13.

Patricia Marshall 14–18.

Port Hole Publications 14.

Ned Hickson Ken Olson 15.

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Carol Gunderson 17–18.

Ellen Traylor (Publisher) 19.

John Herbst 20.

H.S. Contino Patricia Brookshire 21.

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Ken Babbs 23.

Joe R. Blakely 24.

J.T. Price 25.

Gary Lark George Byron Wright 26.

C3 Publications 27.

Niki Hill 28.

Anita Runyan 29.

Dan Armstrong

Table No. Au t h o r / Pu b l i s h e r C. Edwin Fender 30.

31.

Stephen Griffiths 32.

Ron Miner Michael Pungercar 33.

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Gail Elliot Downs 35. A. Roz Mar and Blue Pearl Arts 36. Uttered Chaos – Laura Lehew 37.

Christy Hill Amber Higgins 38.

39–40.

Jane Kirkpatrick 41.

Gary F. Hartman Lee Barckmann 42.

43.

Erin Ritch 44.

James D. McComb 45.

Hilary Francis Hoffman 46.

Jacob Wenzel 47. Siuslaw School District Writers Kassy Keppol James L. Richard 48.

49.

R. Roderick Rowe 50.

Norton Baily 51.

Tami J. Whitmore 52.

Joshua Hirschstein Maren Beck Cyan Orr 53.

54.

Penman Productions Ron Lovell 55.

Mary-Kate Mackey 56.

Leigh Goodison Donald A. Beaton 57.

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Turnstone Books of Oregon 59. Amber Rose Dullea, M.A., M.Div 60.

Peaceful Valley Publications 61.

Dr. T – Dr. Muabilai Tshionyi Burney Garelick 62.

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Stone Ring Press 64.

Melody Carlson 65. Watchtower Bible & Tract Society 66.

C. Steven Blue Charles R. Castle, Jr. Nancy Carol Moody 67.

Quinton Hallett 68.

Patricia (Patty) Jacobs Evelyn Searle Hess

10 | FLORENCE FESTIVAL OF BOOKS | SEPTEMBER 23, 2017 Crossings: McCullough’s Coastal Bridges, $24.95. The right man at the right place at the right time created one of the world’s greatest collection of bridges. Makes a great gift for bridge aficionados or engineering types.

--Pacific Publishing The Crossings Guide to Oregon’s Coastal Spans, $15. Travel the coast from bridge to bridge––full-page color photos.

Don’t travel 101 without it. Put in your backpack or keep in your glove compartment. Makes a great souvenir of the coast.

--Pacific Publishing

Around Florence, $21.99. The history of Florence from 1876 to the present is told through 184 photos, most of which are historic and from the Siuslaw Pioneer Museum. Makes a great gift for newcomers to the area.

––Arcadia Publishing, Images of America series

Devil Cat and Other Colorful Animals I Have Known, $24.95.

Five amazing animal stories of which four are of rescue animals that made great pets. Written as they actually occurred, these stories form a memoir of the author’s life as seen through her most remarkable pets. Great illustrations by local artist Karen Nichols.

--Pacific Publishing

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541-997-9170 Judy Fleagle

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GOOD LIFE

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Thursday, October 19 10am-3pm

Florence Events Center (715 Quince St.)

Free Admission

(please bring a canned food item to donate for Florence Food Share)

• Raffles • Lifestyle Presentations & Seminars • Health Screenings

• Flu Shots • Samples • Volunteer Opportunities

FREE

Sponsored by:

BJ’s Ice Cream at 1pm until gone.

Sponsored by Siuslaw News & BJ’s Ice Cream

Expired/Unwanted Medication Drop-Off Clean out your medicine cabinets and bring expired/unwanted prescription and over the counter medication to the Expo for proper disposal. No needles.

Sponsored by Florence Police Auxiliary

For more information call 541-997-3441.

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— A brief history —

BOOK FAIR EVOLVES OVER THE YEARS

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he Florence Festival of Books (FFOB) has been a popular book fair since it began Oct. 1, 2011. Since then it’s been held the last weekend in September and has evolved into more than a book fair for authors and publishers.

Here’s a little history.

Since the first year was such a steep learning curve, no major changes took place the second year.

The next three years included Featured Readers. We moved it to different locations within the Florence Events Center and tried a

variety of ways to entice attendees to become part of the readers’ listening audience, but there was limited success. So it was discontinued last year.

During the fourth year, FFOB expanded to Friday evening, where we added a keynote speaker and preceded it with a Meet & Greet for participants to meet each other as well as the speaker. These Friday evening activities have been a success, and this year’s keynoter is three-time Oregon Book Award winner John Daniel — a writer of poetry, non-fiction and fiction.

JANE KIRKPATRICK

Meet New York Times Bestselling Author

Jane Kirkpatrick

During the fifth year, we added a panel discussion on Friday from 3 to 4:30 p.m.

This year’s topic is “Making Your Writing the Best It Can Be. The panelists include noted authors and editors, including Bob Keefer, Ned Hickson, Ellen Traylor, Karen D. Nichols and Patricia Marshall.

We hope you are able to attend both Friday and Saturday events, and let us know what you think. That’s how we evolve and improve.

— Judy Fleagle Co-founder and Co-chair Florence Festival of Books

©LifeTouch

When: Saturday, September 30, 2017 Where: Florence Event Center, 715 Quince St., Florence, OR

Jennie Pickett is a natural healer, but her dreams to become a doctor in 1870s Oregon put her at odds with the world around her. As she struggles to keep her dream alive, she finds that the road to fulfillment winds past love, heartache, and plenty of surprises along the way.

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Time: 10am - 4pm Bring your books or purchase Jane’s at the Festival.

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Stay motivated by writing a novel in November

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work of fiction,’” NaNoWriMo organizers said.

“Beyond that, we let you decide whether what you’re writing falls under the heading of ‘novel.’ In short: If you believe you’re writing a novel, we believe you’re writing a novel, too.”

NaNoWriMo is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that believes your story matters. It believes in the transformational power of creativity by providing the structure, community and encouragement to

ant to write your own novel?

One way to get on board with other local, regional and national authors is to join National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing.

Each Nov. 1, participants begin working towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 p.m. on Nov. 30.

Valuing enthusiasm, determination, and a deadline, NaNoWriMo is for anyone who has ever thought about writing a novel.

Since NaNoWriMo began in 1999, experiences have shown that 50,000 words is a challenging but achievable goal, even for people with fulltime jobs and children. This is about the length of “The Great Gatsby.”

“We define a novel as ‘a lengthy

GARY HARTMAN is a retired Electrical Engineer, and writes “buildit” books for both adults and children. His hope is to get children and adults away from I-Pads and video games they are so dependent on, and instead get them working on real hands-on projects-- toymaking, science and “magic” for the kids, and building Grandmother Clocks, and welding and fabricating a homemade rifle for adults. Gary has five published “How to do it” books.

“KIDS’ BOOK OF ADVENTURE PROJECTS” (2008)

Building toys, “Magic” and scientific gismos including a Boomerang, Kaleidoscope, Compass, Model WWII airplane like in the 1950”s, a Sextant, wooden Army Tank, Movie Ghost Box, etc. Fifteen projects, about 140 pgs, forty-nine illustrations. 5 1/2” x 8 1/2”

help people find their voices, achieve creative goals and build new worlds — on and off the page.

“Too many people think they’re not a ‘creative type,’ but to be human is to be a ‘creative type,’” said NaNo WriMo Executive Director Grant Faulkner. “NaNo WriMo teaches you to believe that your story matters, to trust the gambols of your imagination and to make the blank page a launching pad to explore new universes. That’s

important because when we create, we cultivate meaning. Our stories remind us that we’re alive, and what being alive means.”

More than 250 NaNoWriMo novels have been traditionally published, including Sara Gruen’s “Water for Elephants,” Erin Morgenstern’s “The Night Circus,” Hugh Howey’s “Wool,” Rainbow Rowell’s “Fangirl,” Jason Hough’s “The Darwin Elevator” and Marissa Meyer’s “Cinder.” These novels range from middle-grade fiction to nonfiction, and even poetry.

Florence has its own “Wrimo” group, as does Eugene, Lane County and other areas in Oregon. Connect with a writing group in your region and get ready to write your next novel in November, or any time.

PATRICIA JACOBS A Long View is Patty Jacobs memoir of growing up in Longview, Washington, and her family’s role in the town’s history.

“HOMEBUILT .45 ACP CARBINE” (2013)

Shows construction of a five shot .45 caliber rifle made from a manufactured barrel and steel block; the rest is primarily constructed from scrap steel using garage tools, grinders, files, hacksaw, along with a wire welder. 80 photos or illustrations, 148 pages, large format.

“HOMEBUILT FIREARMS” (2010)

Fabrication of a ten shot .22 rifle, constructed from a used .22 barrel and scrap steel using standard garage tools; grinders, drill press, files and a wire welder. ( No machine tools.)

About 120 pgs, fifty photos and illustrations. 6.7” x 9.6” Glossy Cover.

“HOMEBUILT TOYS” (2015)

“HOMEBUILT CLOCKS” (2011)

Step-by-step construction of large antique style Grandmother Wall Clocks (and mantle styles) including brass finish weights, pendulum, glass framed door, with Westminster Chime motor.

About 70 pgs, with twenty-nine photos and drawings.

6.7” x 9.6” with Glossy Cover.

“Homebuilt Toys” is full color with 126 photos and illustrations. The book features a vintage wooden toy train, a Compass made from a block of wood and a tin can lid, an airplane model of coffee stir sticks and a grocery sack, a Rubber Band Rifle, a Pulltoy Dog toddler toy, etc. about a dozen projects in all!

Described above. 6.7” x 9.6” about 170 pages. 126 COLOR photos.

Gary F. Hartman, Lebanon, OR, Website: www.jgenasplace.com

Oscar the Osprey is a fictional story of a high-diving fish hawk, born in a fir tree nest near Woahink Lake.

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he joined the Navy and later the Seabees for nearly twenty years. During that time he visited several places around the world and states here in the U.S.

shop in the small coastal town of Florence, a place where he is never too far from the things he loves to do, like hunting, fishing, crabbing and his old habit of collecting rocks. For 65 years he has written about the people, places and things he encountered along his life’s journey. Sometimes it takes some people longer

and you will eventually get it.� This collection of poetry is an intimate look into the mind, musings, wisdom and “Ramblings of an Old Plumber.�

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