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This Thursday, don't miss True Stories' Goodbye show

Published about 1 year ago • 1 min read

Hello, storytellers! And goodbyes...

Our final True Stories show will be Feb 29, 7-9PM at GreenLight Cinema.

I'm putting the live show on hiatus while I focus on other projects.

And while the show may be ending, our stories live on.

Join me on Sunday, March 10, from 10am to noon, at downtown St. Pete's Book+Bottle for a session that will help you turn your story into a book! Everyone has a story, but the secret to memoir is to craft yours in a way that compels readers.

And there's still time to get in on this... bonus chapters, giveaway opps and more!

FLORIDA GIRLS: When 18-year-old Thelma Miles arrives in St. Petersburg, broke and orphaned near the close of WWII, she joins a troupe of touring swimsuit models in an attempt to flee her criminal past, only to find she's stepped into a mafia lair. When the head of the Florida underworld offers her everything she never knew she wanted, she must decide if she will forge a new future or return to the life she knows. Florida Girls is the first novel in The Queenpin Chronicles, which follows the Thelma Miles's coming-of-age journey at a pivotal time for women's rights. Get your free audio sample of me reading the prologue by clicking here! Available everywhere May 28, 2024!

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I started running storytelling shows in New York City in 2011, The Next Chapter at Greenwich Village's Le Poisson Rouge. When I went to Pittsburgh for my mom's final stage of life in 2014, I started The Story Syndicate at Cannon Coffee. And though I didn't plan on staying in Florida either, I started a show here — True Stories. I'll post some wayback pics to the Facebook page here.

The past eight years have been a labor of love it's been a privilege to share with you. Story or no, please come and say goodbye! We have some epic prizes for EVERYONE.

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L.L. Kirchner

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