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WLOV NEWSLETTER, NOVEMBER 1, 2017 -- PAGE 1
WLOV NEWSLETTER November 1, 2017
Just 3 months until EXPO ’18! What: WLOV’s Central Florida Book & Author Expo When: January 27, 2018, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Where: Eisenhower Recreation Center
In this edition of the Newsletter…
Mainly of interest to writers in The Villages Page
Message From Your President 2
Upcoming Writing-Related Events 2
Message from Your Expo ’18 Chairman 4
Bookmarks for Expo ’18 4
Club Ambassadors for Expo ’18 5
Credit Card Reader for Expo ‘18 Authors 6
Florida Sales Tax Info for Expo ’18 Authors 6
Annual Book Cover Contest 6
Oct 4 Panel Discussion on Book Genres 8
WLOV Want Ads 8
Club Member Appointed Chairman of FWAY 9
Congrats to WLOV’s RPLA Winners 9
Valentines’ Day Love Story Readings – 1st Announcement 9
Items of general interest to all writers
How to Write a Children’s Book 10
Club Members Recommend Web Sites 10
Cartoons 11
WLOV NEWSLETTER, NOVEMBER 1, 2017 -- PAGE 2
Message From Your President
WLOV has three events in a row that require registration and prepayment. Most
importantly, the 2018 Central Florida Author & Book Expo is less than 3 months away. (Note.
We’ve had a terrific response by local authors, and all tables may be fully reserved by the time
you read this. If you send in a reservation you may end up on a waiting list.) More info about
Expo ’18 is provided on pages 4-6.
In conjunction with Expo ‘18, WLOV is again sponsoring a book cover contest. The rules
are slightly changed this year. You may enter up to 3 covers, one each per category of fiction,
non-fiction and children’s. The cost is $5 per cover entered. More details are on page 6.
The third event requiring registration and
prepayment is our annual Breakfast Meeting and
Holiday Entertainment, Wednesday, December 6, 8:30
a.m., at Laurel Manor Rec Center. All guests of WLOV
members are welcome to attend. The cost is $13 per
person for a deluxe breakfast buffet, prepared by
LaHacienda Catering. You can pre-pay at the monthly
meeting November 1st, or mail in your check (WLOV;
P.O. Box 1067; Lady Lake, FL 32158). The deadline
for receipt of payment is November 25, 2017.
One more reminder: Dues are due! $15/year for 2018. You can pay at the monthly meeting
November or December, or mail in your check to the address above. And if you’re reading this
and not a current member, please consider joining. For writers it’s a tremendous bargain in The
Villages.
Following the Events Calendar you will find much more information pertaining to our members
and to writing in general.
Larry Martin
President, WLOV
WLOV Calendar of Upcoming Writing-related Events DATE EVENT Wed, Nov 1 Laurel Manor Rec Center, 8:30 – 10:30 am
Speaker: DV Havlin, Prize-winning author
http://www.dlhavlin.com/
Tips for the Author: Novice or Old Hand – “I’ve met the enemy and he is
me.”
Nov 1-30 National Novel Writing Month: “NaNoWriMo” – For details, see
https://nanowrimo.org and
http://zendogbarks.com/nano/.
WLOV NEWSLETTER, NOVEMBER 1, 2017 -- PAGE 3
UPCOMING EVENTS (CONTINUED) DATE EVENT Thurs, Nov 2 Pinellas branch of Sumter County Library, 2 p.m.; presentation by Bill Pullen of
his new book It Started at The Savoy
https://www.amazon.com/Started-Savoy-celebrities-highlights-
management/dp/1542992060/
Wed, Dec 6 Laurel Manor Rec Center, 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Annual Holiday Breakfast open to all WLOV members and guests; see
President’s message, above
Wed, Jan 3 Laurel Manor Rec Center, 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Florida writer, book coach and publishing consultant Rik Feeney will present
Marketing for Book Events. This talk will be of special interest to anyone
signed up to sell books at Expo 18 (January 27) or similar events. There will be
Q&A afterwards. For more information on Mr. Feeney see
http://www.rickfeeney.com/about-rik-feeney.html.
Wed, Jan 3 Laurel Manor Rec Center, noon to 3:30 p.m.
Mr. Feeney will present seminar on Marketing Your Kindle Book.
Registration form will soon be posted on www.wlov.org.
Jan 17-21 Annual Book Cover Contest. Open to all WLOV members and anyone who
has reserved a table at Expo ’18 to sell books. Registration form on
www.wlov.org. Covers entered in the WLOV Book Cover contest will be
displayed at Savannah Center Jan 17-21, 2018. Winners will be announced at
the Central Florida Book & Author Expo, January 27
Sat, Jan 27 WLOV’s Central Florida Book & Author Expo
Eisenhower Recreation Center (for more info see next page).
Table reservation form on www.wlov.org.
Bradley ballroom - one of the two large spaces that will be hosting Expo ’18 at the Eisenhower Rec Center on Saturday, Jan 27, 2018.
WLOV NEWSLETTER, NOVEMBER 1, 2017 -- PAGE 4
Message from your Expo ’18 Chairman Mark Newhouse, Expo ’18 Chairman
Now is the time to start spreading the news! Invite your friends and neighbors. We have a full house
of authors who deserve our support. Please consider adding your name to our Ambassadors Club, so you
can distribute our flyers and/or bookmarks to clubs and organizations you already attend. And please
volunteer to visit a local school or library to form a relationship and support that is mutually beneficial.
Ambassadors can ask the school or library to include information about Expo ’18 in their events calendars.
Contact me for any help, or with your ideas. [email protected] or 352-753-3290. Remember, you are the
best PR. So start spreading the word and let’s rock Eisenhower again! Thank you.
Bookmarks for Expo ‘18 Jack Hayes has again done a masterful job in designing our Expo bookmarks. These bookmarks are being distributed by our ambassadors to various TV clubs. Below are the front and back of the bookmark. If you
have not signed on to be an ambassador, and would like to distribute bookmarks to one or more of your clubs, please notify Mark Newhouse ([email protected] or 352-753-3290). These bookmarks will also be available at our Nov 1 and Dec 6 meetings at Laurel Manor.
A blog post on using bookmarks for marketing your books is at: http://selfpublishingadvice.org/bookmarks-for-self-published-books/
WLOV NEWSLETTER, NOVEMBER 1, 2017 -- PAGE 5
Club Ambassadors for Expo ’18
Below is the list of ambassadors signed up to promote the Expo and distribute bookmarks to their clubs. Anyone is welcomed to sign up and receive bookmarks for distribution.
Name Club(s)
Donna Beard LaZamora Club
Rita Boehm Colorado Club Don Canaan CPPG-colored pencil, Chabad & Temple Shalom Lindsay Collier Mini Cooper Club Marian Davenport Rohan Rec Center Diane Dean Bookworm Book Club, Unity Spiritual Center Anne Doblcin Unity of The Villages Jenny Ferns Allendale Book Club, Seabreeze Rec Center,
Reading Between the Wines Joan Gilligan The Wisconsin Club Donna Goldie The Giving Doll Barry Greenawald Parrots Are Us Lorraine M. Harris African American Club, Guys/Dolls, Golf Group Ann Heathman SSRA author’s club, Homosassa Odell Rec John Mallon Florida Writers Association, Oxford Critique Group
Central Florida Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, Writers in Time
CC Martin Villages Honor Flight Larry Martin Wannabe Writers, Writers of Villages, Creative Writers
Anna Massengill Mystery Lovers Book Club, Newport Villas Bookies
Jim Meyer DAV, Xhula Vista Social Club
Mark Newhouse Writers 4 Kids, It Takes a Village Club, Bookworm Club
Sandi Newmark Villages Photo Club
Sigrid Shiotani Paddock Asian American Club, Summerhill Social Club Kay Plizka UMC Choir Carolyn Rebholz Colony and Odell Rec Centers
Wes Rocki Unity of The Villages
Bill Russell Geneology Club
Mary Ann Weakley KTH Club, Gilchrist Book Club
Jan Zahorian Various bridge and whist clubs
School and Library Ambassadors for Expo ‘18 Villages Elementary (Rolling Acres Road) - Available
Villages Early Learning - Available
Villages Charter High School - Jack Hayes
Mark Twain Library - Maggie Wacker
Villages Charter Middle School - Available
Pinellas Library - Rita Boehm
Villages Charter Elementary - Donna Beard
Belvedere Library - Barbara Phillips
Wildwood Elementary - Available
Wildwood Middle - Available
Lady Lake Library - Larry Martin
Leesburg Library - Bill Russell
WLOV NEWSLETTER, NOVEMBER 1, 2017 -- PAGE 6
Credit Card Reader for Expo Authors This is the simplest way to accept credit cards for book sales. A card reader plugs into your phone,
as shown below, and then the credit card is swiped through that reader. You can sign up at https://squareup.com for a free card reader, or purchase one inexpensively at CVS or Walgreens.
Each book sale generates a small fee: 2.75% per swipe (when you can simply slide the card through the reader)
3.5% + 15¢ if you must type in the card number because the magnetic stripe doesn't register. To get your own free Square card reader, follow these simple steps: 1. Go to the App store on your smartphone or tablet and search for Square 2. Click on Square - read the details 3. Click install and watch for your Register icon to appear on your phone 4. Fill out your order form. 5. When your Square reader arrives in the mail, follow the instructions to practice accepting credit cards.
Many of our authors have used this system, and it comes without any obligation. The system allows you to accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express. Payment is posted
to your bank or Paypal account in one day!
Florida Sales Tax Info for Authors Selling books at Expo If Florida Department of Revenue personnel attend the EXPO (they have in the past), they may request
to see your Florida Sales Tax Resellers Certificate. If you do not have a FL Sales Tax ID, or your permanent residence is not in Florida, we will have One-time-Event Sales Tax report forms available for your use. This means that we have registered this event with the Florida Dept. of Revenue, so you must report if you make sales, and send in a check for the sales tax on each book/item you sell. The sales tax percentage for this event is 7% (the event is in Sumter County).
Annual Book Cover Contest
The Annual Book Cover Contest is a great way for WLOV members to promote their books and for WLOV to promote the annual Book Expo, which comes a week later. This year’s Book Cover Contest will be held at the Savannah Center, Jan 17-21, 2018. WLOV members Jan Zahorian and Donna Beard are organizing the contest.
Below is a list of last year’s winners, with the winning covers in each category.
Fiction: (1st) Rick Greenberg for Silent Heroes; (2nd) Rita Boehm for Second Chances; (3rd) Larry
Martin for Sherman's Mistress in Savannah
WLOV NEWSLETTER, NOVEMBER 1, 2017 -- PAGE 7
Children’s: (1st) Jan Zahorian for The Day the Sun and the Moon Got Stuck; (2nd) Mary Lois
Sanders for The Vision Seekers; (3rd) Peggy Kime for Hoof Prints on Her Heart
Non-Fiction: (1st) Katherine Edwins Schumm for Fearless; (2nd) Jack Hayes for Baseball’s
Archives; (3rd) Doris Hoover for Quiet Moments in The Villages
For the 2018 contest, book covers can be entered through January 3, 2018. A link to
the entry form is on the home page of www.wlov.org. The entry forms will also be
available at the November 1st and December 6th general meetings.
Authors may enter one cover in up to three categories: fiction, non-fiction,
children’s. The fee is $5 per cover. If your book cover won last year, that specific cover
is NOT eligible to be re-entered. However, you may enter a cover that was also entered
last year if it did not win 1st, 2nd or 3rd prize. The cover can be an actual cover from one
of your paperbacks, or the cover image printed on cardboard stock. It should be the same
size as your actual book cover. For e-books, the cover should be no larger than standard
typing paper size. The event is free and open to the public. Anyone attending may vote for their
favorite cover. Book cover winners will be announced at Expo ’18, January 27, 2018 at the Eisenhower Rec Center.
WLOV NEWSLETTER, NOVEMBER 1, 2017 -- PAGE 8
Panel Discussion on Book Genres held Oct 4 Our Panel Discussion on book genres Oct 4 was well attended and well received. As
shown on the introductory slide below, five WLOV authors presented the basics of five different genres, then took questions from the audience. The bottom left photo shows our five panelists (left to right: Mark Pryor, Jack Hayes, Mark Newhouse, Ann Heathman, Larry Martin). More photos from this event are on WLOV’s Facebook page. For the Powerpoint presentations or handout used in this event, please visit www.wlov.org (under Past Presentations).
WLOV Want Ads
Need to borrow two 6-foot folding tables for a garage sale this coming weekend. If you have them, please call Jim Meyer at 753-5030 no later than Friday, November 3rd for pickup.
WLOV NEWSLETTER, NOVEMBER 1, 2017 -- PAGE 9
Club Member Appointed Chairperson of FWAY
WLOV founder Mark H. Newhouse has been appointed by the Florida Writers Association as the new
Chairperson for the Florida Writers Association Youth Program (FWAY). This program is designed to help
youth writers throughout the state. On-line resources and local critique groups (meeting at libraries or
schools) help young writers hone their craft and enter the youth categories of the Royal Palm Literary
Awards and FWA Collections. This is an exciting opportunity to help young people learn about writing.
Please contact Mark ([email protected], 352-753-3290) if you would like to learn more about helping
young writers in our area.
Congratulations to RPLA winners WLOV had two winners in this year’s Florida Writers
Association Royal Palm Literary Awards competition.
The awards were announced at the annual FWA Banquet
October 21, held in Altamonte Springs. Jack Hayes (right)
won in three categories, two of them for his book
Baseball’s Greatest.
1st Place, General Catch-All for Baseball’s Greatest
1st Runner-Up for Published Book of the Year, for
Baseball’s Greatest.
2nd Place, Published Educational OR Informational, for
Embezzlement: The Ultimate Betrayal
Mark Newhouse (left) won 2nd place in the category Published Middle-Grade Fiction, for
The Case of the Disastrous Dragon.
WLOV finalists in RPLA this year included John Mallon, Rita Boehm and Larry Martin.
Valentine’s Day Love Story Readings – First Announcement By Millard Johnson
I am happy to announce WLOV’s Valentine’s Day Love Story
Reading. It will be a social event held Feb 14, 2018, 6:00-8:00
p.m. at Fenney Rec center in the Village of Fenney. Villagers
whose love stories are selected will have their stories read by
members of The Villages Old Time Radio Club, under the
direction of Ed Williams. WLOV member Phil Walker, a retired
professional radio announcer, will emcee the event and it will be
audio recorded.
We will soon announce details about how to enter your story,
and how they will be judged.
WLOV NEWSLETTER, NOVEMBER 1, 2017 -- PAGE 10
How to Write a Children’s Book
Previous editions of this newsletter have discussed Classic Books on Writing such as Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style and Stephen King’s On Writing. This edition focuses on a book for children’s authors, How to Write a Children’s Book,
https://www.amazon.com/How-Write-Childrens-Book-award-winning-
ebook/dp/B018UGBB2G/ There are so many different kinds of children’s books, from picture books to chapter books,
middle grade novels, and young adult. The question is often asked: Should you decide you're
going to write for a particular age group and then come up with an idea that fits them? Or
should you decide to write a story or article about a particular idea, then choose the age
group that's right for it? Whatever you write for kids, fiction or non-fiction, has to be aimed
at the right age group or grade level. How to Write a Children’s Book has a chapter: “How
Old Is Your Reader?”
Experienced children’s authors Mark Newhouse and Mary Lois Sanders both recommend
this book. From the book’s blurb:
How to Write a Children’s Book Will Start You on Your Way to Being an Author. Whether you want to have a
full-blown career writing children's books, be traditionally publish, self-publish, or simply want one book to
hand down to your own children and grandkids, How to Write a Children’s Book will help you. Here's What
You'll Learn from How to Write a Children's Book:
Where Do You Get Your Ideas? Bestselling children's authors like Judy Blume, R.L. Stine, Jane Yolen
and more share their answers. You'll find out how to know when an idea is worth following, and
how to write a smart book.
How to figure out which readership is right for you.
How to target and hit the mark with your reader and make sure you're writing to the right age.
How to get going, using writing prompts provided
How to get to know your main character
How to plot a great story
What editors wish writers knew
Five good tools that can get you into bad trouble
Club members recommend writing-related web sites Millard Johnson recommends:
On punctuating internal dialogue.
http://theeditorsblog.net/2012/02/28/inner-dialogue-writing-character-thoughts/
John Prince recommends:
A comprehensive list of resources for authors.
http://www.writersandeditors.com/self_publishing_and_print_on_demand__pod__57417.
htm#bookmark14
Industry Standards Checklist for a Professionally Published Book:
http://www.ibpa-online.org/news/337570/IBPA-Publishes-an-Industry-Standards-
Checklist-for-Professionally-Published-Books.htm
WLOV NEWSLETTER, NOVEMBER 1, 2017 -- PAGE 11
Cartoons
From The New Yorker
From Writer’s Digest