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Welcome to the Florida Region

Welcome to the Florida Region

Free Virtual Meetings

 

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March Virtual Meeting with Kerry Cerra
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When: March 11, 2023, 2:00-3:30 PM
Where: Zoom (see zoom link below)
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Creating Superhero-Worthy Main Characters
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This interactive presentation will help you dig deep to create a fully-developed and well-rounded main character. During the workshop, you’ll have the opportunity to devise a brand new character or use the workshop tools as a checklist for a current character in your WIP. We’ll analyze everything from flaws to physical attributes to a character’s deepest inner desire. Be sure to have a notebook ready! There will be lots of brainstorming. I’ll pull examples from the following books, so it’s helpful if you’ve read at least one of them in advance: (PB/Illustrations) Be a Friend by Salina Yoon, (MG) Hear Me by Kerry O’Malley Cerra, and (YA) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Illustrators: I’ll use Be a Friend for your point of reference throughout the workshop. 
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BIO:
Kerry O’Malley Cerra is an award-winning author of middle grade books. Her first novel, Just a Drop of Water, landed on five state reading lists, won the Crystal Kite Award, a Florida Book Award, and was named to VOYA’s Top Shelf Fiction list for 2014. Her second novel, Hear Me, published this past September. Stay tuned for her forthcoming book, Make a Little Wave, pubbing in August 2024 with Carolrhoda Books (Lerner Publishing). Kerry’s work has received praise from The New York Times, Kirkus, School Library Journal, Booklist, VOYA, and the Horn Book Guide calling her stories moving, perceptive, well-developed, and woven with an expert hand. Kerry, who also works as a high school media specialist, lives in South Florida with her family and two poorly behaved rescue-dogs.

Recording will be available until April 11, 2023

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February—LIVE!
March—VIRTUAL!
April—LIVE!
June—LIVE! 
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FACE-TO-FACE LOCATIONS
Jacksonville Area—Facilitator: Eileen Meyer
Orlando/Mid-state Area—Facilitator: Jill Kassander
South Florida Area—Facilitator: Mindy Alyse Weiss
Tampa Bay Area—Facilitators: Julie Rand & Nancy Stewart

 

 

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