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Indie Author Day 2025 In-Person
If you're an aspiring writer or an author hoping to be published, then you won't want to miss this free speaker event! Three experienced authors will present and share practical advice from their own writing and publishing journeys. Meet fiction, nonfiction, and children’s authors plus a local publisher at exhibit tables and browse their books. Refreshments will be available.
Reserve a seat to receive an email reminder, but drop-ins welcome.
Sponsored by Friends of the Boca Raton Public Library.
Speakers schedule:
1:30-2:15pm
Why Write? Haunting Thoughts from a Ghostwriter and Editor
Caren S. Neile, PhD., Author, storyteller, former Florida Atlantic University instructor
2:30-3:15pm
AI and Beyond: From Idea to Self-Published Book
Neil Plakcy, Author, ret. Broward College professor, Mystery Writers of America Florida Chapter national board member
3:30-4:15pm
From Spark to Story to Sold! Writing for Toddlers, Teens, and In-Between
Dorian Cirrone, Author, Florida Book Awards Gold Medal Winner
Author and Publisher Tables Meet & Greet Schedule:
1:00-5:00pm
1. Shelly Cameron, Your Career: Ditch It, Switch It, etc.(non-fiction)
2. Dorian Cirrone, The First Last Day, etc. (children’s)
3. Rosemary Cole, Please Orate Enlightened Me, etc. (poetry, etc.)
4. Susan Goldfein, Laughing My Way Through the Third Stage, etc. (humor)
5. Yakov Grinshpun, A Man of Two Superpowers (memoir)
6. Oshada Jagodzinski, My Life Among the Spirits (memoir)
7. Penelope Love, Founder, Citrine Publishing, author, Wake Up in Love (publisher and memoir)
8. GMoss: The Chronicles of Ann & Lo™, etc. (graphic novels)
9. Dr. Caren Neile, Only in Florida, etc. (non-fiction)
10. Neil Plakcy, Mahu Investigations Series, etc. (mystery, etc.)
- Date:
- Saturday, January 18, 2025
- Time:
- 1:00pm - 5:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Community Room (Map )
- Library Branch:
- Downtown Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Author Talk Event Reading & Literacy Writing Event Lecture Program