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What Can One Person Do? Reflecting on Katherine Stewart's Money, Lies, and God Reading Katherine Stewart's Money, Lies, and God left JoAnn unsettled and searching for answers. What can one person do in the face of an antidemocratic movement? Stewart's answer: get to work now.

What Can One Person Do? Reflecting on Katherine Stewart's Money Lies and God #BookSky #FloridaAuthors #DifficultTimesTips joannlordahl.com/what-can-one...

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Kindness Looks Different You know you’re 92, right?

But the lesson was loud and clear: Kindness looks different to different people.
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Bringing Readers & Writers Together | Sunshine State Book Festival Join us at Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall on January 24, 2026, for the 7th Sunshine State Book Festival, supporting local & national authors.

FL friends, the #SunshineStateBookFestival starts tomorrow and is open to the public! Find new books, meet with authors, and join panel discussions. Learn more➡️ sunshinestatebookfestival.com

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Sunshine State Book Festival 2026 Welcomes Author Jan Yager  #bookfestival
Sunshine State Book Festival 2026 Welcomes Author Jan Yager #bookfestival Jan Yager is an award-winning author of 67 books – 23 by commercial publishers and 44 self-published through Hannacroix Creek Books, Inc. – with one or more titles translated into 36 languages. Her…

Jan Yager is an award-winning author with one or more titles translated into 36 languages. Join us for a day of pirates & adventure! @SantaFeCollege, Gainesville, FL | Jan 24, 2026 | 10 AM – 4 PM #SSBF2026 #visitgainesville #whyilovegnv #FloridaAuthors
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Sunshine State Book Festival 2026 Welcomes Author Lynn Weshtoff  #bookfestival
Sunshine State Book Festival 2026 Welcomes Author Lynn Weshtoff #bookfestival Lynn Westhoff survived ICU shifts, the military, and Florida humidity—now she channels that grit into dragons, rebels, and time-bending chaos in her award-winning, Amazon Best Selling series,…

Lynn Westhoff survived ICU shifts, the military, and Florida humidity—now she channels that grit into dragons, rebels, and time-bending chaos. Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL | Jan 24, 2026 | 10 AM – 4 PM #SSBF2026 #visitgainesville #whyilovegnv #FloridaAuthors
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Sunshine State Book Festival 2026 Author Thomas G Tillison  #bookfestival
Sunshine State Book Festival 2026 Author Thomas G Tillison #bookfestival Thomas G Tillson was born with a severe facial deformity in June 1951. His life was a mess until February 1973. On the verge of suicide, God’s intervention saved him and gave him peace. His memoir is…

Thomas G Tillson was born with a severe facial deformity in June 1951. His life was a mess until February 1973. Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL | Jan 24, 2026 #SSBF2026 #WhatsGoodAlachuaCounty #visitgainesville #whyilovegnv #FloridaAuthors #BookTok
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Sunshine State Book Festival 2026 Author Wendy Thornton  #bookfestival
Sunshine State Book Festival 2026 Author Wendy Thornton #bookfestival Wendy Thornton was published in Riverteeth, Epiphany, MacGuffin, and other literary journals and books. She writes memoir, short stories, poetry, and a mystery series, Bear-Trapped. She’s fiction…

Wendy Thornton was published in Riverteeth, Epiphany, MacGuffin, and other literary journals and books. Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL | Jan 24, 2026 | 10 AM – 4 PM #SSBF2026 #WhatsGoodAlachuaCounty #visitgainesville #whyilovegnv #FloridaAuthors
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Sunshine State Book Festival 2026 Welcomes Author Rachel C Thompson  #bookfestival
Sunshine State Book Festival 2026 Welcomes Author Rachel C Thompson #bookfestival Before #RVLiving exploded, Rachel C Thompson and Lisa Cross left their apartment, purchased a motorhome and set out to travel the nation, both for the experience and to find their next home. Rachel…

Before #RVLiving exploded, Rachel C Thompson and Lisa Cross left their apartment, purchased a motorhome and set out to travel the nation, @SantaFeCollege, Gainesville, FL | 📅 Jan 24, 2026 | 10 AM – 4 PM #SSBF2026 #visitgainesville #whyilovegnv #FloridaAuthors #BookTok
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Sunshine State Book Festival 2026 Welcomes Author Gail Rose Thompson  #bookfestival
Sunshine State Book Festival 2026 Welcomes Author Gail Rose Thompson #bookfestival Gail Rose Thompson grew up in Canada, becoming a horse trainer at a young age. She graduated from college and taught school before travelling to Iran where she became trainer of the Shah’s horses…

Gail Rose Thompson grew up in Canada, becoming a horse trainer at a young age. She graduated from college and taught school Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL | Jan 24, 2026 #SSBF2026 #visitgainesville #whyilovegnv #FloridaAuthors
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The Sunshine State Book Festival is coming to Gainesville!
Saturday, January 24, 2026
Santa Fe College
Free & open to the public
Meet 100+ Florida authors, browse new books, buy signed copies, and talk directly with the writers
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Good Enough? Reimagining success

At one time, not very long ago, I would have berated myself for either not planning the workout properly or not going fast enough to complete all ten rounds.
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Sarah Bewley - Writing Procedural Mysteries Set in North Florida Crafting Procedural Mysteries Where Place Becomes Character

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Sunshine State Book Festival 2026 Welcomes Author Deana Plaskon  #bookfestival
Sunshine State Book Festival 2026 Welcomes Author Deana Plaskon #bookfestival Deana Plaskon is a mom, educator, licensed therapist and author of the Bella and Bird the Emotion Explorers series. Her books help children understand and manage emotions. Inspired by her therapy…

Deana Plaskon is a mom, educator, licensed therapist and author of the Bella and Bird the Emotion Explorers series. Her books help children understand and manage emotions. and practical tools for kids ages 5–10. #SSBF2026#visitgainesville #whyilovegnv #FloridaAuthors

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Sunshine State Book Festival Welcomes Author Mallory OConnor at the  #bookfestival
Sunshine State Book Festival Welcomes Author Mallory OConnor at the #bookfestival Mallory M. O’Connor is the author of six novels—the American River Trilogy and Epiphany’s Gift, Key to Eternity, and Xanadu’s Cavern—as well as two non-fiction books. Her most recent book, The…

Mallory M. O’Connor is the author of six novels—the American River Trilogy and Epiphany’s Gift, Key to Eternity, and Xanadu’s Cavern—as well as two non-fiction books. #SSBF2026 #WhatsGoodAlachuaCounty #visitgainesville #whyilovegnv #FloridaAuthors #BookTok

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Sunshine State Book Festival 2026 Welcomes Author Rich O'Brien to the  #bookfestival
Sunshine State Book Festival 2026 Welcomes Author Rich O'Brien to the #bookfestival After a forty-year legal career, Rich O’Brien completed Moody Theological Seminary’s Master of Arts in Biblical Studies Program. At Moody’s graduation ceremony he received the Faculty Award-Biblical…

After a forty-year legal career, Rich O’Brien completed Moody Theological Seminary’s Master of Arts in Biblical Studies Program..#SSBF2026 #FaithBooks #ChristianNonfiction #AtHomeSeminary #FloridaAuthors #visitgainesville #whyilovegnv #FromPiratesToThePresent

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Sunshine State Book Festival 2026 Welcomes Author Susan Ward Mickelberry  #bookfestival
Sunshine State Book Festival 2026 Welcomes Author Susan Ward Mickelberry #bookfestival Susan Ward Mickelberry is a writer, editor, poet, and Formal Poetry Editor for Bacopa Literary Review 2025. Her poetry collection And Blackberries Grew Wild was published by Roadside Press in 2024.…

Susan Ward Mickelberry is a writer, editor, poet, and Formal Poetry Editor for Bacopa Literary Review 2025. Her poetry collection And Blackberries Grew Wild was published by Roadside Press in 2024. #SSBF2026 #visitgainesville #whyilovegnv #FloridaAuthors #BookTok youtube.com/shorts/zMtbN...

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Sunshine State Book Festival Welcomes Author Ken MacKennick  #bookfestival
Sunshine State Book Festival Welcomes Author Ken MacKennick #bookfestival Ken MacKennick, Florida novelist and retired educator, crafts bold, humorous tales shaped by a wild life in Wacahoota, his love of storytelling, and a career reaching hundreds of thousands of young…

Ken MacKennick, Florida novelist and retired educator, crafts bold, humorous tales shaped by a wild life in Wacahoota, his love of storytelling, #SSBF2026 #SuspenseThriller #FloridaAuthors #RandomPatterns #visitgainesville #whyilovegnv #FromPiratesToThePresent
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Sunshine State Book Festival Author Sue Lloyd-Davies  #bookfestival
Sunshine State Book Festival Author Sue Lloyd-Davies #bookfestival Sue Lloyd-Davies writes in a quirky Florida village where her fuzzy cat loafs next to her keyboard and types spaces into her stories. Caring for her mother, whose life drifted into dementia, became…

Sue Lloyd-Davies writes in a quirky Florida village where her fuzzy cat loafs next to her keyboard and types spaces into her stories. #SSBF2026 #MiddleGradeFiction #ChildrensFantasy #FloridaAuthors #PinkiesTurnabout #visitgainesville#FromPiratesToThePresent

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Sunshine State Book Festival 2025 Mystery Author Kassandra Lamb  #bookfestival
Sunshine State Book Festival 2025 Mystery Author Kassandra Lamb #bookfestival Meet Kassandra Lamb, author of the Kate Huntington Mysteries and the Marcia Banks P.I. Mysteries. Website: https://kassandralamb.com/ Fun fact: Kassandra is a retired psychotherapist who brings real…

Meet Kassandra Lamb, author of the Kate Huntington Mysteries and the Marcia Banks P.I. Mysteries. Santa Fe College #SSBF2026 #MysteryBooks #CozyMystery #FloridaAuthors #BookTok #WhatsGoodAlachuaCounty #visitgainesville #whyilovegnv #FromPiratesToThePresent

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Sunshine State Book Festival 2026 Fiction Author Siri Hutton  #bookfestival
Sunshine State Book Festival 2026 Fiction Author Siri Hutton #bookfestival Meet Siri Hutton — author of contemporary fiction rooted in personal growth, resilience, and the ties that hold communities together. Her stories offer reflection, connection, and real emotional…

Meet Siri Hutton — author of contemporary fiction rooted in personal growth, resilience, and the ties that hold communities together.#SSBF2026 #ContemporaryFiction #FloridaAuthors #ReadersOfYouTube #VisitGainesville #WhyILoveGNV #FromPiratesToThePresent

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Sunshine State Book Festival 2025 Inspirational Author Constance Hastings  #bookfestival
Sunshine State Book Festival 2025 Inspirational Author Constance Hastings #bookfestival Meet Constance Hastings, author and counselor whose work explores faith, identity, and self-discovery. Her unique background as the granddaughter of Italian immigrants and Georgia sharecroppers…

Meet Constance Hastings, author and counselor whose work explores faith, identity, and self-discovery.#SSBF2026 #FictionBooks #FloridaAuthors #WhatsGoodAlachuaCounty #visitgainesville

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Meet D.T. Henderson — author of bold speculative fiction that blends adventure, imagination, immersive world-building. #SSBF2026 #SpeculativeFiction #AdventureReads #FloridaAuthors #BookTok #WhatsGoodAlachuaCounty #VisitGainesville #WhyILoveGNV #FromPiratesToThePresent

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Sunshine State Book Festival 2026 Author Linda Hansen  #bookfestival
Sunshine State Book Festival 2026 Author Linda Hansen #bookfestival Meet Linda Hansen, children's nonfiction author. Visit her Website: https://www.lindahansenauthor.com/ Fun fact: Linda’s books share uplifting stories of animals in her area. Catch her at #ssbf2026 …

Meet Linda Hansen, inspirational and nonfiction author. Fun fact: Linda’s books share uplifting stories of animals in her area. 📚 Catch her at Santa Fe College, Jan 24, 2026 | 10–4 #SSBF2026 #FloridaAuthors #BookTok #WhatsGoodAlachuaCounty #FromPiratesToThePresent

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Sunshine State Book Festival 2026  Come and Meet Author Mark Joseph Good
Sunshine State Book Festival 2026 Come and Meet Author Mark Joseph Good Meet Mark Joseph Good, contemporary fiction author. Follow the Author on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/screamingraptor59/ Fun fact: Mark is a newbie to the book scene but has three books…

Meet Mark Joseph Good, contemporary fiction author. Fun fact: Mark is a newbie to the book scene but has three books published so far. 📚 See him at #SSBF2026 #ContemporaryFiction #FloridaAuthors #WhatsGoodAlachuaCounty #visitgainesville #FromPiratesToThePresent

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Meet J. Elliott, author of contemporary and thought-provoking fiction. Fun fact: Elliott’s stories explores quaint small town quirky characters and ghostly thrillers too. #SSBF2026 #FloridaAuthors #BookTok #WhatsGoodAlachuaCounty #visitgainesville #whyilovegnv #FromPiratesToThePresent

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Meet Ivette N. Diaz, author of inspirational nonfiction. Website: ivettendiaz.com Fun fact: Ivette’s gift of storytelling, hopes to show that every person has a unique purpose for their life. #SSBF2026 #FloridaAuthors #WhatsGoodAlachuaCounty #visitgainesville #whyilovegnv #FromPiratesToThePresent

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Meet Richard Gartee, author of historical fiction and local Florida stories. Fun fact: Richard’s novels bring to life vivid characters and overlooked history. Santa Fe College, Jan 24th | 10–4 #SSBF2026 #FloridaAuthors #WhatsGoodAlachuaCounty #visitgainesville #whyilovegnv #FromPiratesToThePresent

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Meet Jimmy Deas, storyteller of Southern fiction. Fun fact: Jimmy brings Florida life and culture to vivid storytelling. 📚 Catch him at SSBF 2026! #SSBF2026 #SouthernFiction #FloridaAuthors #BookTok #WhatsGoodAlachuaCounty #visitgainesville #whyilovegnv #FromPiratesToThePresent

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Meet Jaimie Engle, award-winning author of YA fantasy and sci-fi. Website: jaimieengle.com Fun fact: Jaimie was an alien on Seaquest. 📚 Join her at SSBF 2026! #SSBF2026 #YAFantasy #SciFiBooks #FloridaAuthors #BookTok #WhatsGoodAlachuaCounty #visitgainesville #whyilovegnv #FromPiratesToThePresent

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Meet Sugar Daniels, author of bold contemporary stories. Fun fact: Sugar’s books celebrate individuality and empowerment. Catch her at #SSBF2026 at Santa Fe College, Gainesville | Jan 24, 2026 #FloridaAuthors #BookSky #WhatsGoodAlachuaCounty #visitgainesville #whyilovegnv #FromPiratesToThePresent

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