{"id":520,"date":"2018-10-24T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/?p=520"},"modified":"2025-05-20T20:51:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T20:51:45","slug":"upper-shore-literacy-chapter-presentation-calling-all-aspiring-writers-tools-of-the-trade-from-a-local-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/?p=520","title":{"rendered":"Upper Shore Literacy Chapter Presentation: \u201cCalling All Aspiring Writers: Tools of the Trade from a Local Author\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I had the pleasure of being the dinner speaker at the first meeting of the year of the Upper Shore Literacy Chapter. The title of the talk was<strong> \u201cCalling All Aspiring Writers: Tools of the Trade from a Local Author.\u201d<\/strong> Attendees at this gathering included classroom teachers, reading specialists, classroom teachers, administrators, college professors, teaching assistants, parents and retired educators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/upper-shore-literacy-chapter-31-800x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/upper-shore-literacy-chapter-31-800x1024.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/upper-shore-literacy-chapter-31-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/upper-shore-literacy-chapter-31-768x983.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/upper-shore-literacy-chapter-31-1201x1536.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/upper-shore-literacy-chapter-31-1601x2048.jpg 1601w, https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/upper-shore-literacy-chapter-31-scaled.jpg 2001w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"609\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/upper-shore-literacy-chapter-1-609x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/upper-shore-literacy-chapter-1-609x1024.jpg 609w, https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/upper-shore-literacy-chapter-1-178x300.jpg 178w, https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/upper-shore-literacy-chapter-1-768x1291.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/upper-shore-literacy-chapter-1-913x1536.jpg 913w, https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/upper-shore-literacy-chapter-1-1218x2048.jpg 1218w, https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/upper-shore-literacy-chapter-1-scaled.jpg 1522w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At this meeting, I had the opportunity to share with the audience my journey as a children\u2019s book author. We circled back to how my experience can help inspire students and adults to embrace the writing process and if desired, publish their work. We reviewed the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/?p=161\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"161\">Dr. Toughlove\u2019s Tips for Young Writers<\/a><\/strong> that can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/?page_id=999\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"999\"><strong>Resources for Kids<\/strong><\/a> page on this website. A lively question and answer period followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mary Lou Nelson invited me to speak and I\u2019d like to thank her, Co-chairs Lisa Herckner and Jennifer Osborne, and all of the participants for an invigorating session. I hope you will <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somla.online\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.somla.online\/\">consider joining this group<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had the pleasure of being the dinner speaker at the first meeting of the year of the Upper Shore Literacy Chapter. 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