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Yesterday's AGM of the Gold Coast Writers' Association was a bit disappointing in that so many members failed to appear - perhaps thinking they might get roped in to being on the committee. However I enjoyed my three minutes of fame giving a short reading from "The Election" which seemed to be positively received. I also managed to get myself roped in to the committee and I'm looking forward to having a say in the running of the association.

Listening to the other readers I had to agree with our president when she commented that when you hear so many members providing a sample of their work you realise just how diverse our membership is and what creative talent we have around us.

I didn't manage a sale to such a small audience but what the heck. I had a great time.

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I attended the 20th anniversary lunch of the Gold Coast Writers' Association today. It was well attended and a great success. Particularly impressive was the guest speaker David Leser one of Australia's leading journalists. When I returned home I read a few of his articles online including one he wrote on Jerusalem. It was a fascinating read and I can't wait to get there on my trip to Israel next year.

A copy of my book "The Election" was one of the door prizes and it was won by Julie. I signed it for her. Hope she likes it.

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I've another positive review for "The Election" and it has been added to my website www.darrylgreer.com.

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I've been invited to give a talk on "The Election" at the Gold Coast's Helensvale Library at 10:00 am on Friday 03 December 2010. I'm really looking forward to that. It's always nice to know some people are interested in what motivates me to write and what the story is about.

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It is interesting to see the different places "The Election" turns up for sale. Just yesterday I stumbled upon it listed with The Book Depository - http://www.thebookdepository.co.uk - a UK site I hadn't known about. It can now be purchased from various sites in Australia, the US and the UK.

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It was another great meeting at the Gold Coast Writers' Association yesterday with a very interesting talk by Andrew McDermott (author of 'The Tiger Chase') and others. Andy has a new company called Publicious which provides assistance to authors who wish to self-publish and his talk was about worldwide distribution.

Today I gave a talk at a book club lunch which I thoroughly enjoyed. All present seemed to love "The Election." One lady obtained a copy from the Helensvale Library so I now know of quite a few people who have taken the trouble to borrow the book from various Gold Coast libraries.

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Of course it may lead nowhere but an Emmy-award-nominated film producer has requested copies of "The Election" to read. He came across my website www.darrylgreer.com and was intrigued by what he read. He is passing a copy to a script writer to get his views as well.

All very exciting stuff.