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\"OLYMPUS<\/a>…this Saturday, Feb. 2nd from 9AM to 2PM, the Writers League of The Villages is holding its’ BookLovers’ Showcase at the\u00a0Lake Miona Recreation Center.\u00a0 Attendees will have the opportunity to meet published Authors of all types of books for all different ages, children through adult.\u00a0 Several years ago I stumbled upon their showcase when I was a Marketing Representative for the Properties of The Villages. I happened to be showing prospective buyers the different amenities that are available to them.\u00a0 When I pulled into the parking lot at the Lake Miona Recreation Center, it was almost full and I was delighted.\u00a0 It was always fun to tour clients through\u00a0recreation centers,\u00a0when activities and\/or functions were in progress, as it gave them a real feel as to what it is like to\u00a0live in The Villages.\u00a0 \u00a0As\u00a0we weaved through the crowd of people, we were really curious as to what was going on. \u00a0 When I got to the rooms that were filled to\u00a0capacity I realized it was a Booklovers’ Showcase,\u00a0with \u00a0all the authors\u00a0seated at tables with their books, showing and selling them, if one wished.\u00a0 I really lost my reason for being there and joined in the line\u00a0snaking around the tables, just as my clients did.\u00a0 Fortunately for me, they were as excited as I was, and finally half-way\u00a0around the room, our eyes met, we laughed and left.\u00a0 They did wind up buying a home later that day, and I’m not sure if the Showcase helped in their decision making, but\u00a0since retiring I have never missed attending a Showcase.\u00a0 I, also,\u00a0always look around to see if I see my past clients, as I know they found\u00a0the Authors and books as interesting as I did.\u00a0\u00a0 Don’t miss it, there’s books for everyone.\u00a0 Another great project the Writers League is about to launch is\u00a0the “Author’s Beat”, which is\u00a0 an internet radio program, Saturday afternoons at \u00a0 www.blogtalkradio.com<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 You can listen to author discussions\u00a0on\u00a0your\u00a0computer or your\u00a0smartphone. All shows are archived with repeats available when you want them.\u00a0 This is a first of a kind radio program in The Villages. Not surprising that this is just another first for The Villages.\u00a0 I don’t think we will ever run out of\u00a0 them. Thank goodness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…this Saturday, Feb. 2nd from 9AM to 2PM, the Writers League of The Villages is holding its’ BookLovers’ Showcase at the\u00a0Lake Miona Recreation Center.\u00a0 Attendees will have the opportunity to meet published Authors of all types of books for all different ages, children through adult.\u00a0 Several years ago I stumbled upon their showcase when I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1111"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1116,"href":"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111\/revisions\/1116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}