Starting & Maintaining Your NewsletterAttend the marketing coalition meetings by Zoom.* The program will be presented by Jolene MacFadden.Description: Build on 2025's newsletter session with practical, sustainable strategies for authors who feel they "should" have a newsletter but don't know where to start or how to keep it going. Key Points: Reality check: newsletter frequency myths (monthly is fine!)What to actually write about: 5 evergreen content formulasFree platforms comparison: Mailchimp vs. MailerLite vs. Substack vs. BookFunnelThe "3-sentence newsletter" approach for busy authorsGrowing your list with no budget: practical tacticsNewsletter vs. social media: why email still mattersPermission-based marketing: staying legal and respectfulSample newsletter templates (simple formats that work)Worksheets/Handouts: "Your First Newsletter Template" – fill-in-the-blank newsletter"12 Newsletter Topics You Can Use Right Now" – idea generator"Newsletter Schedule Planner" – monthly planning sheetPlatform comparison chart with features & pricingResources: Free: MailerLite (up to 1,000 subscribers)Free: Substack (with newsletter hosting)Free: BookFunnel for reader magnet deliveryFree templates: Newsletter swipe file (examples from successful authors)Tutorial: Setting up your first campaign (step-by-step guide)*Join us by Zoom! Always the same link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81913659127?pwd=a1hTQWl1WVphTUxBOWdVWE9oV2ljQT09 Meeting ID: 819 1365 9127 Passcode: 119030

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The City of Gainesville's Cultural Advisory Board and The Historic Thomas Center are co-hosting the Alachua County Arts Council's 5th Annual Artists Conference on Friday, April 24, 2026, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in the Spanish Court. The Writers Alliance of Gainesville (WAG) will be featured in Session 10 in the afternoon. Between 3:05 pm and 3:45 pm, WAG President Debbie Miller will introduce seven WAG authors who will present original short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry inspired by the theme "Where Nature and Culture Meet." The works by Susie Baxter, Jenifer Dearinger, Debbie Miller, Mallory M. O'Connor, Rob Rogers, Allen Stewart, and Wendy Thornton will reflect on landscapes, lived experience, and cultural identity, illuminating the deep connections between us and the natural world. Other conference topics will include topics such as Legal Protections for Artistic Creations, Arts Engagement as a Health Behavior: Framework, Emerging Evidence and Insights, Hacking into Your Value Story, and Creating and Implementing a Successful Festival. Interactive arts activities will be on hand. For the full program, go to https://tinyurl.com/Arts-Council-AC and scroll down to: Artists Conference2026 Artists Confer​ence ​- Registration Form​​2026 ​Artists Conference Schedule​Complimentary breakfast and lunch will be provided in The Thomas Center's beautiful gardens, but reservations are needed. To register, sign up here: https://alachuacountybocc.jotform.com/form/artists-conference-register-2026        

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This program is being held on the FIRST Sunday in May since Mother's Day falls on the second Sunday.  Come join us on May 3, at the Millhopper Library when author Benjamin Coward will share strategies for drafting, writing, and fully developing environmental scenes. Drawing on his background in Environmental Science, he has interwoven environmental issues throughout his published books. And he has much to share concerning the importance of environmental scenes whether in fiction, memoir, or other nonfiction books. He will reveal how we writers can use environmental scenes to enhance the story line, plot, and character movement. He will share his scene-writing tips that will help engage readers and draw them deeper into the story, thereby helping them better understand the world around them. Coward earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science from the Southern New Hampshire University. He is originally from the Saint Louis area in Missouri. He moved to Florida in the spring of 2013 to further his education. He still lives in Gainesville with his wife, Julia, and two-year-old daughter. Like all of WAG's Sunday programs, this one is free and open to the public.  

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Get your toddler excited about science and natural history! Join Florida Museum nature ambassadors for an exciting and interactive nature walk. While our exhibits building is closed, we will still be exploring the natural world at the University of Florida Natural Area Teaching Lab and sharing Museum treasures. This program promotes child-focused sensory experiences, investigation and exploration with a focus on science. Each Tuesday we talk about a different topic. Instead of meeting at the Museum, we will meet at the UF NATL Natural Park Entrance. View all upcoming topics Today's topicFishes Free day!In order to make Tot Trots more accessible to our community, the program on this date is FREE! What to expectAge: Recommended for children ages 2-5 years old (child must be accompanied by an adult chaperone) Tour: Nature Walk in UF's Natural Area Teaching Laboratory Location: Please arrive at 9 a.m. to check in. Meet at the UF NATL Natural Park Entrance located on the corner of Natural Area drive. Download our map for sign in location and construction zones. Full info including fees, times, tips and weather warnings: More Tot Trots info

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Few people reach adulthood without experiencing some painful, emotional, and traumatic events.Yet, for us authors, those trying events can become a treasure of knowledge and understanding that we can use in our writing. Come join us at the Millhopper Library at 2:30 p.m. on the second Sunday in June for a second look this year at using trauma as a resource in your writing. WAG member Kathy Connor Dobronyi will share her personal stories of trauma and the stories of her characters to help you write about trauma. Trauma is a word we often hear, yet its true nature is frequently misunderstood and underestimated. There are three levels of trauma: acute, chronic, and complex, a combination of the aforementioned. There is no single definition of trauma it can be different things to different people. Kathy has lived with complex trauma from a childhood of abuse and war. In her writing, she uses the memory of her time in Saigon, where she experienced terrorist bombings at an American theater and other facilities where Americans congregated. She also witnessed human immolation and heard the bombs and gunfire during the overthrow of the South Vietnamese President on November 1, 1963. Kathy is not a therapist or a clinician. She is a retired high school teacher, a storyteller, and a writer. Using stories from her life and the lives of her characters, she shares the different facets of trauma and healing. Although she wrote articles for trade journals and developed lesson plans used by the Folgers Institute, she never considered herself an author until she was asked by a local newspaper editor to write her story: Under the Wings of a Good Luck Phoenix: Memoir of an American Girl in Saigon, June 1963 to March 1964.          

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AI won't take your job. But someone who knows how to prompt it will. In her book, The Writer and the Machine, Jaime Engle shows novelists, screenwriters, and entrepreneurs how to stay relevant and in demand by collaborating with AI—without losing their voice. Instead of fearing the future, she teaches how to prompt AI with story-first strategy to build intellectual property (IP) that sells. With her proven creative framework, you'll learn to write faster, pitch smarter, and build IP that lasts—just like thousands of other creatives she has helped. To get a preview of her talk, check out the Q&A sheet, AI and Copyright that she has prepared. Jaimie Engle built the Engleverse stories in books, film, and TV. She wrote, sold, and produced Just Jake (2023), sold and developed a story with DreamWorks Animation Studios (2025), and was hired to write an audibook for Fresh Produce Media (2025). She founded Chapter Drops™ to help people with stories write and publish books, offering a Pitch Drop service for authors to connect with producers. She has written and published 25+ books, earning awards such as Kirkus Choice Book of the Year (2020), Pulisher's Book Life Prize (Fiction and Non-Fiction 2020), and the Writers of the Future Award (2016). For a deep dive into AI, check out her book, The Writer and the Machine, which will be available for purchase following her talk. This program is free and open to the public.

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