Page A-26 - Mason County Journal- Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014
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Susan Fletcher, author
of the series "The Dragon
Chronicles," will offer three
writing workshops starting
at 3:30 p.m. today
at the North Ma-
son Timberland
Library.
The work-
shops will help
writers of all ages
learn how to de-
velop ideas, hone
writing skills
and, as she states
in her program
description, "understand
the price of magic in fan-
tasy writing."
Fletcher
Fletcher will guide par-
ticipants through writing
exercises, discuss how to
get a novel published and
answer questions. The
schedule is:
• 3:30 p.m. to
4:15 p.m. - teens
• 4:30 p.m. to
5:15 p.m. -
grades two to five
• 6:30 p.m. to
7:30 p.m. - adults
Fletcher said
her life in recent
years has been
adventurous.
"I've ridden
in a glider, on a
camel, on a donkey, and in
the locomotive of a train,"
she said on her website.
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"I've poked around in a
lava tube, in a sea cave
... rve chopped up food
for falcons, been slimed
by a slug, and traveled
across the desert in Iran."
But the author insists the
most interesting thing
about her is "what's hap-
pening in my imagination.
"I've heard there is an
old Chinese curse that
goes like this: 2Vlay you
live in interesting times.'
The reason it's a curse is
that it's truly not such a
bad thing to have a boring
life. Boring on the outside,
that is. For writers -- and
readers, too -- there's al-
ways something interest-
ing going on inside."
A former server, dish-
washer, bookstore clerk,
advertising "traffic coor-
dinator" and copywriter,
the British-born Fletcher
has lived in several of the
United States and cur-
rently calls Oregon home.
For a time, she taught
at Vermont College's
MFA in Writing for Chil-
dren program. Fletcher
was born in Birmingham,
England, and studied at
the University of York
and the University of East
Auglia.
All programs at Tim-
berland Regional Librar-
ies are free and open to
the public.
STORM BREWING iN TAHUYA
Herald photo by Gordon Weeks
A storm cloud floats last month across Oak Patch Lake in Tahuya State
Forest. The clouds started dropping hail about 15 minutes later.
The Herald of Record is produced
using 911 call information the
Mason County Emergency Com-
munications and the Mason County
Sheriff's Office provide.
OCT. 28
Burglary- At 12:12 p.m., a burglary
was reported on East Royce Road
in Grapeview. The 911 caller re-
ported tools and building supplies
were taken.
Stray animal -- At 2:35 p.m., a
caller reported a stray horse in NOV. 2
his or her yard in the 300 block of Explosion -- At 12:31 a.m., a caller
Northeast Sides Way in Belfair. reported hearing an explosion and
seeing flames in the 18000 block of
Civil dispute -- At 6:13 p.m., a repos- East state Route 106 in Belfair. The
session agent called 911 to report a caller said he or she could hear a
person pulled a gun on her in the 100 woman screaming that someone
block of East Country Lane in Allyn. was burned. According to the
Sheriff's Office, one person was
Mason County Sheriff's Office dep- injured after pouring gasoline on a
uties responded and found that the campfire.
parties had resolved their dispute.
The repossession agent declined • Compi/ed by reporter Nata/ie
to press charges. Johnson
WEDNESDAY
The Mason County
Democrats will meet at
6 p.m. at the North Ma- fair. Free and open to the • To submit a calendar
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