Write On! Writers Share Their Work

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On Wednesday, October 28th at 5:30pm, members of Jesup Memorial Library's weekly online writers’ group will read and talk about their writing, how the group works, and how you can become a member. Featured writers will include Michelle Bates, Joan FitzGerald, Stephanie Lyn, Andrew McQuinn, Steven Roiphe, and Carol Woolman. Michelle Bates graduated with a degree in Psychology from University of Maine at Farmington. She lives in Surry Maine. Currently, she works as a janitor for Meadow View Apartments in Ellsworth. She writes lyrics, short stories, and novels. Her motivation for writing is to educate her daughters when they are older about adult topics to keep them well informed. Also, she writes comedic stories to entertain friends and family. She is currently editing her novel I’ll be there, a story about a People's Temple member falling in love with an outsider. Joan FitzGerald was an award-winning financial journalist for several print publications before she escaped copy editors to face child-rearing. But something of those days took. Between family meals and school lice checks she began writing stories. Years later, children with their own, she has drawers of short stories, poetry, and the source materials and drafts of two odd novels. At present she is working on re-imagining three fairy tales that have haunted her life for years. In hosting the Write On! group, the Jesup Memorial Library and its staff have proven to be an important source of inspiration and ongoing support to her for which she is very grateful. Stephanie Lyn recently relocated to the Blue Hill peninsula from Los Angeles, amidst protests that she’ll never be able to survive winter or the loss of easy access to Whole Foods. She fully expects her love for the area to carry her through. A writer of poetry and fiction, her most recent works focus on her fascination with nature and spooky happenings at a northeastern boarding school. Andrew McQuinn has a degree in video production from the New…

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