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Follow on Google News | Free Writing Workshop Offered As Part Of Read Local Program in Bettendorf, IowaBy: Author Jodie Toohey Toohey and Hedy Hustedde of BPL came up with the idea to try something different for the April 8th Read Local edition. Toohey said, “I couldn’t imagine someone attending just to hear me read from a book, so I thought it would be fun to offer something else to the audience. I was inspired by Joan Mauch’s (Read Local’s February author) statement about the relationship of talent and discipline to being an author. I truly believe if someone has the desire and discipline, they can tell their stories well. I’m hoping to offer some insight into the process and hopefully inspire people to write.” Toohey will be available to answer questions after her presentation, as well as sell and sign her books. Though Toohey enjoys working at home and organizing her life around her writing today, she did complete two books while working full-time, Crush and Other Love Poems for Girls (2008, 2nd ed 2015) and Melody Madson – May It Please the Court? (2014). She has an additional published poetry collection, Other Side of Crazy (2013, 918studio) and a novel, Missing Emily: Croatian Life Letters (2012). Her next novel, Taming the Twisted, which tells the story of a girl who is faced with raising her siblings, a lost romance, a murder, and a new romance after a tornado destroys her town is planned for release this summer. When she isn’t writing fiction or poetry, Toohey helps people say what they want to say for themselves or their businesses through her Wordsy Woman company. She serves on the executive board, volunteers, and performs contract marketing work for the Midwest Writing Center. She lives in Davenport with her husband, daughter, son, and beagle, Maizey. Learn more at www.jodietoohey.com. End
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