COUNTY LIFE
Writers workshop this Saturday at Bowie Public Library
The Bowie Public Library welcomes Texas Writes, a statewide program founded and administered by the Writers’ League of Texas that brings accomplished authors to rural libraries for a half day of workshops and panel discussions on July 25.
This free event is open to the public. It will feature novelists Polly Holyoke, who writes for both adults and children, and Ann Fields, widely recognized for her romance and paranormal books.
The July 25 Texas Writes program will be from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Bowie Public Library, 301 Walnut Street, Bowie.
Advance registration is encouraged and can be made through the library at 940-872-2681. Refreshments will be provided.
Holyoke, an award-nominee for her children’s novel, “The Neptune Project,” notes, “Whether you long to write fantasy, science fiction, time travel or historical novels, you have to get the simplest details right from the characters’ names to the food they eat.”
During Texas Writes, she will talk about “World Building 101: How to Create Vivid New Realities.”
Fields will discuss “Editing Made Less Hard.” She explains, “To write is to edit and yet editing seems to be the more ignored of the two. Probably because editing is, well, hard and not nearly as fun as writing. However, since editing is a necessary evil, writers should invest as much knowledge in it as in writing.”
This weekend find the deals in the City of Bowie Community-wide garage sales April 26-27.
See the map of a garage sale locations in Bowie in the mid-week Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
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The big take-away from Tuesday’s Bowie Business Boost was time: “It only takes six seconds to make an impression in life.”
Lorie Vincent, certified economic developer, professional trainer and writer, was speaker for program number three of Bowie Boost with a focus on “Memorable Marketing in a Post-Pandemic Era.”
She opened about how she had started her business, ‘Acceleration by Design,’ and things were “rocking,” when 2020 came and things changed with the worldwide pandemic. As things began to reopen it appeared there were more opportunities but also more challenges.
Vincent laughed as she showed a Richard Simmons “Sweating to the Oldies,” infomercial that became one of the most popular and still running ads.
“Can you believe back then we would call a 1-800 number and give someone our credit card? That is crazy. They used big music, big voices and big adjectives,” exclaimed Vincent.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
(Top photo) Lorie Vincent, Acceleration by Design, discussed how marketing has flipped upside-down in this post-pandemic era. She spoke at the Bowie Business Boost part 3. (Photo by Barbara Green)
Enjoy an all-you-can-eat breakfast and support the Bowie Senior Citizens Meals on Wheels program on April 27.
Serving will be 7:30 to 10 a.m. in the center at 501 Pelham. For $10 feast on biscuits and gravy, bacon, sausage, pancakes, scrambled eggs and hash browns, plus coffee, tea and orange juice.
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