{"id":3879,"date":"2011-11-10T04:37:38","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T04:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/?p=3879"},"modified":"2011-11-10T04:37:38","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T04:37:38","slug":"first-public-readingbook-signing-of-the-casa-marina-writers-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/?p=3879","title":{"rendered":"First public reading\/book signing of the Casa Marina Writers Group at the Cork &#038; Stogie"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3880\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3880\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0747.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3880\" title=\"IMG_0747\" src=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0747-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dahlia, Michael Haskins, Jessica Argyle, Mike Dennis &amp; Jonathan Woods holding their books<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Earlier this evening Leslie &amp; Dave Bevens of the Cork &amp; Stogie hosted the first Crime Night public reading of the Casa Marina Writers Group. Four of the six members read from recently published works to an appreciative\u00a0 audience in a warm and cozy setting.<\/p>\n<p>Our erudite hostess, Dahlia Woods, introduced us, opening with quotes from Mae West &#8211; herself an early bodacious noirette.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_07521.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3891\" title=\"IMG_0752\" src=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_07521-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Great snacks, desserts, complimentary wine tastings, but look what was really on the menu:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0767.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3894\" title=\"IMG_0767\" src=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0767-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy listeners including Ms Yleana, Mike Dennis&#8217; girlfriend, AKA &#8220;The Hot Tamale.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0783.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3895\" title=\"IMG_0783\" src=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0783-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0749.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3885\" title=\"IMG_0749\" src=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0749-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>OMG could these be the literary ladies of the Big Pine Key writers group? I recognize Susannah, Joan and Linda who came to hear us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0756.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3886\" title=\"IMG_0756\" src=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0756-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Michael Haskins spoke about industry changes in publishing- finding his lost manuscript and then read from &#8220;Revenge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0762.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3887\" title=\"IMG_0762\" src=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0762-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jonathan was next, with tales you would most certainly never hear from your mama. Jonathan &amp; Dahlia have recently moved to our fair isle and we are thrilled to have them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0770.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3892\" title=\"IMG_0770\" src=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0770-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I was next &#8211; &#8220;It was a dark &amp; stormy night . . &#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0782.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3893\" title=\"IMG_0782\" src=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0782-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mike made up the fourth, opening with a gripping diatribe on his obsession with &#8220;noir.&#8221; Then the opening pages of his latest novel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0787.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3898\" title=\"IMG_0787\" src=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0787-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Signings. Thank you to everyone who came, everyone who bought our books, everyone who thought about buying our books.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0746.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3903\" title=\"IMG_0746\" src=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0746-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you to my sweetheart, Sean, who is not in these pictures because he took them all. He will be doing stand up at The Hog&#8217;s Breath this Saturday, November 12th along with 6 or 7 others.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0046.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3907\" title=\"IMG_0046\" src=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0046-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you Cork &amp; Stogie for your gracious hospitality!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0793.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3900\" title=\"IMG_0793\" src=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_0793-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this evening Leslie &amp; Dave Bevens of the Cork &amp; Stogie hosted the first Crime Night public reading of the Casa Marina Writers Group&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,20,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fiction","category-key-west-eventsfestivals","category-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}