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DESCRIPTION:One of the most effective ways to sell books is face-to-face. 
 Learn from Colleen Winter how to find events\, optimize your set up\, enga
 ge readers\, and sell books!.\nhttps://barrielibrary.libnet.info/event/723
 5929
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Register to Attend</strong> - Clic
 k on Register Button.<span style="background-color: #ffff00\;"><strong></s
 trong> </span></p>\n<p><strong>Missed it?</strong> Watch the recording on 
 our&nbsp\;<a href="https://my.nicheacademy.com/barrie/course/29434/sequenc
 e/29060">Program Portal</a>.</p>\n<hr />\n<p><em>As part of November's wri
 ter's month Colleen Winter guides us next steps to success after writing y
 our book. </em></p>\n<hr />\n<p><img src="https://barrielibrary.libnet.inf
 o/frontend-images/editor/barrielibrary/ColleenWinter.jpg" alt="" style="fl
 oat: left\; margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px\;" width="350" height="413" /><stron
 g>Colleen Winter</strong>&nbsp\;was born and raised in the mining town of 
 Sudbury\, in Northern Ontario\, Canada. The city&rsquo\;s claim to fame in
 cludes being the sight of a meteor impact 1.8 billion years ago but also\,
  and more importantly\, includes 52 freshwater lakes within its boundaries
 .</p>\n<p>Colleen Winter spent the first part of her working life as an el
 ectrical engineer and the second as a freelance journalist. Easily bored\,
  she has moved onto a third career\, where she combines the two through he
 r own communications consulting business.</p>\n<p>Throughout each stage of
  her working life\, she has been fascinated by power and energy. It underp
 ins our lives and the hidden influence it exerts over us informs her specu
 lative fiction. Particularly\, The Gatherer (2019)\, a near future thrille
 r which was called &lsquo\;menacing and memorable&rsquo\; and &lsquo\;an e
 loquently written dystopian debut\,&rsquo\; and the follow-up novel\, The 
 Disruptors\, (2021) called &lsquo\;intense and riveting&rsquo\; and &lsquo
 \;fans of Blake Crouch should read this book.&rsquo\; The final book in th
 e trilogy is coming in April 2023.</p>\n<p>When she isn&rsquo\;t working o
 r writing\, Colleen can be found hiking or climbing the beautiful places o
 f the world or sneaking out for early morning swims in whatever freshwater
  lake is nearby. She reads to get inspired by Martha Wells\, Veronica Roth
 \, Blake Crouch\, Andy Weir\, and Matt Haig. She is a member of Science Fi
 ction Writers of America\, The Writers&rsquo\; Union of Canada\, and Inter
 national Thriller Writers.</p>\n<p>Colleen lives in Ontario with her husba
 nd Ron in their empty nest with their loveable\, psychotic\, reactive dog 
 Kira. &nbsp\;</p>\n<hr />\n<p><strong>Simcoe NaNoWriMo</strong>: Join 8 Si
 mcoe County libraries as they celebrate National Novel Writing Month (NaNo
 WriMo) and support writers on their journey to write a novel in one month 
 with space to write\, access to wifi\, computers\, resources and virtual s
 ocials/write-ins and events. Participating Libraries include\; Barrie\, Es
 sa\, Innisfil\, Orillia\, New Tecumseth\, Tay\, Clearview and Severn.</p>\
 n<hr />\n<p>The health and safety of our participants and staff is our top
  priority\, please review our&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.barrielibrary.ca/
 about-bpl/stay-safe-guidelines">Stay Safe Guidelines</a>.</p>\n<p>If you a
 re unable to attend\, we ask that you cancel your registration or email&nb
 sp\;<a href="mailto:askus@barrielibrary.ca">askus@barrielibrary.ca</a>&nbs
 p\;</p>\n<p>Questions? Please call&nbsp\;705-728-1010&nbsp\;or email&nbsp\
 ;<a href="mailto:askus@barrielibrary.ca">askus@barrielibrary.ca</a></p>\n<
 hr />\n<p><strong>We want to improve\, to serve you better. Please take a 
 moment and fill out our <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQL
 Sdl5sFSqFnk7zdwmY2Sc-OvGx14O6iy4pFMK6M2daiZpuu3eg/viewform?usp=sf_link">Si
 mcoe NaNoWriMo survey</a> &amp\; BPL's <a href="https://www.barrielibrary.
 ca/about-bpl/kudos-and-concerns">Program Evaluation Form</a>.</strong></p>
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