Come join us for a brief but inspirational set of writing exercises and solo writing time. Let’s face it, you have a story to tell, you just need to make time for it!
A Bit More about Dennis Fowler’s Most Recent Book
In 1972 Dennis Fowler was out of work, and, with a pregnant wife and a fierce need for money, began to write. With wife Peggy at his side, he launched a writing career that has lasted more than forty years, utilizing several pseudonyms and jumping through the genres. His earliest works paid him between $500 and $750, and though it might not sound like much today, it kept the family fed. He wrote a Gothic for Berkeley and romances for Jove. Suffering from writer’s block he jumped genres and wrote articles for Computer Shopper and other magazines–some paying a dollar a word, and it, as Dennis puts it, “feathered our nest nicely.”
The shifting markets focused more on technology and webpages and, now retired, says, “I still write. If I’m not writing I’m not breathing. But I have no illusions of making a living at it. I’m living off our IRAs. My most recent effort is Earth’s Song, self-published through Lulu, 90,000 words, available at The Green Toad in downtown Oneonta, as well as online from the printer, Lulu, as well as Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, etc. A sequel is planned.”
Dennis also suggests, having seen the changes in the writing marketplace, “If you want to be a writer today, don’t quit your day job.”
Dennis Fowler will be one of three local authors on our Author Panel on November 16th. Earth’s Song is his debut young adult novel. The panel will include time to ask authors questions, and opportunities to buy their books and have them signed.
Writers Write!
Come join us for a brief but inspirational set of writing exercises and solo writing time. Let’s face it, you have a story to tell, you just need to make time for it!
Author Dennis Fowler to Attend 11/16 Author Panel!
Also joining our panel of authors on Saturday, November 16 will be Dennis Fowler!
A freelance writer for over 40 years, Dennis Fowler has written novels for adults and numerous articles for computer publications and short fiction on the Internet under various pen names. Earth’s Song is his debut young adult novel.
From the book:
I’ve seen the shapes of endless space,
The boundless curves of midnight lace
That cradle stars in soft embrace,
That guide the spheres and set their pace.
I’ve danced the Milky Way’s bright path,
In time with Terpsichore’s math,
I’ve braved the comets’ baleful wrath,
Climbed the joyous spectral lath.
To save civilizations a girl with an angelic voice learns to fly faster than light.
The panel will run from 1pm-3pm on Saturday the 16th and there will be time for you to buy books that interest you and have them signed by the authors–a great opportunity to support local talent! If you’d like to check out Earth’s Song fore the event, pop over to this link:
Earth’s Song
Author Alice Lichtenstein is Coming to the 11/16 Author Panel!
We are very pleased to announce that author Alice Lichtenstein will be attending our Author Panel on Saturday November 16!
Alice Lichtenstein graduated from Brown University and received her MFA from Boston University where she was named the BU Fellow in Fiction. She has received a New York Foundation of the Arts Grant in Fiction and has twice been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony.
Her first novel, The Genius of the World (Zoland Books, 2000), a Booksense 76 selection in paperback fiction, received favorable reviews, most notably in The New York Times Book Review and on National Public Radio. Lost (Scribner, 2010) received rave reviews, including: The Boston Globe, The St.-Louis Dispatch, The Buffalo News and Good Housekeeping. People Magazine touted Lost as a “Great Read”; Alan Cheuse, reviewing for NPR’s “All Things Considered,” called Lost, “a novel that delivers much reading pleasure.” 
Lost appeared in audio-book and e-book formats and was translated into Chinese among several other languages. In 2011, Lost was a long-list Finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
The Crime of Being, Alice’s third novel, is forthcoming from Upper Hand Press in November, 2019. Pre-publication reviews have called The Crime of Being, “a story for our divided times.”
In 2012, Lichtenstein received the Barbara Deming Memorial Grant Award for Fiction based on a submission from The Crime of Being.
Additionally, Lichtenstein’s short stories have appeared in several literary journals, including: Revision (Narrative Magazine Winter 2018 Story Finalist and “Story of the Week”); Dead Friends, Post Road (Winter, 2010) and White Ladies, Short Story (Spring, 2010). The above stories were nominated for Pushcart Prize Awards.
Alice lives in Oneonta, New York, where she teaches fiction-writing at Hartwick College, and in Surry, Maine.
The panel on the 16th will run from 1-3pm and will include a book sale and book signing, so you can do some holiday shopping that supports our local artists!
If you’d like to look at (or order) one (or all) of Alice’s books, here are the links for you to investigate!
The Genius of the World
Lost
The Crime of Being
“Everything Here is Beautiful” Book Club Meeting
If you’ve read Mira T. Lee’s book “Everything Here is Beautiful” and let the library staff know you’ll be attending (988-6661), you are certainly invited to join in on a discussion of the book and have some food that’s related to the story. Come join us for book discussions that never fail to be interesting!
Writing Club: Write-In
This week join our writing club to sit quietly and work on your writing in a location free of the distractions you usually deal with at home.
Writing Wednesday
November is NaNoWriMo, would-be writers! Every Wednesday this month you’re invited to come to the library from 4-5:30 for special writing time including vague prompts and word sprints to help kick your story forward so you can meet your goal!
Writing Wednesday
November is NaNoWriMo, would-be writers! Every Wednesday this month you’re invited to come to the library from 4-5:30 for special writing time including vague prompts and word sprints to help kick your story forward so you can meet your goal!
Writing Wednesday
November is NaNoWriMo, would-be writers! Every Wednesday this month you’re invited to come to the library from 4-5:30 for special writing time including vague prompts and word sprints to help kick your story forward so you can meet your goal!