First Friday will meet the First Friday of September

I owe the group an apology for not meeting this summer. I had a book accepted for publication, and the book needed work to be finalized.  I can't do that kind of the extensive, in-depth editing in the school year and had to drop everything and get it done.  Is it done?  Not quite, but close enough.  So we're on for Friday, September 5, same time (6:30), same batcave (Woolson House on the Rollins campus).  It'll be like old home week, that is if you're still speaking to me.

First Friday Not Possible May 17 -- Stay Tuned

Great Caesar's Ghost.  We can't meet May 17.  Sorry, stay tuned.

First Friday will be the Third Friday of May

Owing to the amount of activity in Woolson House during the many close-of-semester activities, it has been difficult to reserve at our usual time.  It should relent by the Third Friday, so ink us in.

Also, Kelly Luce, former Kerouac House fellow, will read her work on May 7 at 7:00 o'clock, in a room on the third floor of the Winter Park Library.  Kelly is one of the most popular of the Kerouac visiting writers, and wanted to come back to our friendly town and read from her new novel.  It should be a wonderful event, and I hope First Friday will be well-represented.

No First Friday in April unless you wanna have a guest moderator

Gang, it's the end of the semester, and pooh is hitting the fan from all sides.  I can arrange an FF for the group but wouldn't be able to be there.  Email me at my dan81446@gmail.com address if you want to have a meeting.  It would be the second Friday.

No First Friday in March

Sorry to post so late.  No First Friday in March.  See you the first FF in April.

First Friday Will Meet on Jan. 10

Good afternoon.  This is to let you know First Friday will meet on January 10.  Woolson House on the Rollins campus.  6:30 PM until who knows when.  Happy New Year.

Meantime, take a look at my blog, and if you have a blog, email me the link at dan81446@gmail.com so I can post the link on this FF site.

https://www.longpinelimited.blogspot.com

No First Friday Tonight, Jan. 3

We will have First Friday on January 10, same time, same place.  Apologies for notifying people so late.  I didn't know it couldn't happen until just now.  See you next week.

No First Friday in December

With regrets I must announce no First Friday this month.  Spread the word!  See you January.

First Friday will meet Nov. 1

Hurray, FF will convene at 6:30 on Friday Nov. 1 in Woolson House on the campus of lovely Rollins College.  Maybe you drop by?

First Friday on second Friday? Yesssss.

See you 6:30 this coming Friday, Oct. 11.  Woolson House on the campus of lovely Rollins College.  Where else??

No First Friday Tonight (Oct. 4)

With regrets, especially for cancelling so very late, I have to announce no First Friday this evening, Oct. 4.  I will set it up for next Friday, the second Friday of October.  Again apologies for the late notice.  Spread the word.  Philip

First Friday is a go for Sept. 6

Greetings all.

Please plan to join us First Friday on the first Friday of September.  6:30, same bat cave. See you then.  I keep meaning to tell you all how much I appreciate you.  You keep writing in your life.  You read smartly.  You've been attending this group, many of you, for a decade or more.  The work being shared at First Friday has never been better than it is now.  Okay, we miss Calypso but she'll come back some day, I'm sure of it. We're sorry Mark got hurt in a bike wreck.  He'll be back full speed very soon, we're sure.  Tom's gonna join us with new work.  A big toast your way, FF.  I look forward to seeing you tomorrow evening.

First Friday, Same Time, Same Place, Aug. 9 ---- Yes!

Greetings all, and please spread the word.  We will meet for First Friday tomorrow, August 9, in Woolson House at 6:30 rain or shine.  You have the choice, if you want to share you work, to bring copies for about 15, or fewer and we can share, or if you don't have copies, we'll just listen and comment.  Remember however that your allotted block of time under normal circumstances (if there are more than 15 or so in the room)  is ten minutes, and if you read ten minutes, there won't be time to discuss the work in the group.  Sometimes that's okay -- you may not want discussion, may just want to hear your piece read aloud so you can get some perspective.  Sometimes we go beyond ten minutes (when attendance is down and we have the luxury of time per person).  First Friday is getting very good now -- you might have noticed, and so we will have to have a discussion one of these nights about publication, about self-publication, and about marketing the work which you'll have to do in either case.  It's always good to think about it from the other end, too.  If you want peeps to buy your book, you should be buy the books of others, too.  Every book by a friend we read improves our own writing.  See you tomorrow night.  -- Phil

No First Friday on July 5

There will be no First Friday on July 5.  Sorry to advise you late.  I did tell the group this last meeting.  We are headed to Ireland.  We may meet the Second Friday of August, but certainly not the first Friday of August, for those who are planning ahead.

First Friday This Month Will Once Again be on the SECOND Friday, June 14, Same Time, Same Place

Due to the workshop I'm involved in at Florida Tech, beginning Wed., June 5, ending on Sunday June 9, First Friday is postponed by .  See you June 14, Woolson House on the Rollins Campus, at 6:30 PM.

First Friday will be the second Friday of May (May 10)

First Friday this month will meet on the second Friday, May 10, starting at 6:30 in wonderful Woolson House on the campus of Rollins College.  Spread the word!

First Friday will meet April 5, same time, same bat cave

Greetings all.  First Friday will meet this coming Friday in Woolson House.  We start at 6:30 and work ourselves to exhaustion.  Just kidding.  We start at 6:30 and have been known to go until 11, but usually it's a little after 10 when we break.  Of course, you can come and go whenever you want, though if you bring something to share with us it's polite to hang around a while and participate in discussions with some other people's work.  Safe to say attendance averages 12 to 15 people, though we have a total membership (I use the word loosely) of upwards of 40.  It is optional, but do consider bringing copies (15 is a safe number) because some people need to see the words on the page (writers, you know) while others prefer to hear the music of the words spoken by the author.  Anyway, see you soon.

Philip

No First Friday in March

With regrets, I announce there will be no First Friday in March.  See you the first Friday of April.  Maybe Spring will have sprung by then.  Keep writing!  Philip

First Friday is happening Feb. 1

This is to send out the word, First Friday will happen February First at Woolson House, 6:30 - 10:00 (roughly).  Bring twelve or copies of the stuff you wish to share, or it's okay if you don't and just want to read something to us.  It's local writers from all over the city, prose and poetry alike.  It's a community, gentle, and you're welcome.

No First Friday in December; FF in Jan. will be the Second Friday

Hey all, happy holidays, Thanksgiving and Christmas.  It has become clear that there is no way I can be at FF on December's First Friday, and it gets worse the second Friday of December, so December is out for FF.  January you can consider it firm that we'll meet the second Friday.