If You've Nothing Better to Do

Happy November! Please remember that our Lady Lake Writers Group will break stride and meet on the THIRD THURSDAY this month due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Mark your day-timers for November 18th this month. Lady Lake Library, 10:00 until noon. Critique session scheduled. BTW: Our meeting date is also the same day Oxford Writers have their evening meeting, 6:00 p.m. at the Oxford Community Center. Note to FWA newbies. You can attend as many FWA meetings as you wish anytime, anywhere in our sunny state. You are not obligated to any particular chapter. Hope you'll check out all the local chapters including those in Ocala.

My apologies for not sending out the monthly notice for October. My bad. However, a baker's dozen remembered (woo hoo) which allowed more critique time and a short "Shop Talk" session. It's all good. :)

FWA once again experienced a wonderful yearly conference. From the feedback I've been getting, it sounds like everyone had a swell time! Our local groups made their mark with several members taking first places, honorable mentions, etc. Mary Lois Sanders took three top awards which included YA; Elementary Middle Grade and Short Story Published. Jack Hayes, Educational/Informational, Unpub. catagory. Charlene Meeker, Juvenile Fiction Pub., Tom Bender Childrens unpub. , Mark Newhouse, Children's Elementary Middle Grade, Pete Shianna, Mainstream pub. & Susan Boyd, Mainstream, Published. I hope I haven't missed anyone. Pls. check main FWA website at for all details. Congratulations to each one of you! May you all make the "Best Seller" list!

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English is a fascinating language. Just for fun, I've shared some fractured sentences below. Thanks to Tom Bender for sending this to me and sharing a few laughs.

1) The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.

2) She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.

3) Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.

4) Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

5) A backward poet writes inverse.

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Have a super duper month and keep on writing!