BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Conversation with Timothy Jay Smith | Fire on the Island BEGIN:VEVENT UID:58592020-10-27 DTSTART:20201027T170000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20201027T040000Z LOCATION:111 Adams Avenue\nLewes DE 19958 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=111 Adams Avenue\nLewes DE 19958;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=111 Adams Avenue:geo:38.767533,-75.141688 GEO:38.767533;-75.141688 SUMMARY:Conversation with Timothy Jay Smith | Fire on the Island CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Be part of a live\, interactive conversation with award-winning \nnovelist and screenwriter\, Timothy Jay Smith\, about his latest novel\, \nFire on the Island\, set on the Greek island of Lesvos. Publishers\nWeek ly calls it a “perfect blend of intrigue\, romance\, and\ntravelogue.” The novel is a playful romantic thriller with a gay\nGreek-American FBI a gent\, who is undercover on the island to\ninvestigate a series of mysteri ous fires. Set against the very real\nrefugee crisis on the beautiful\, su n-drenched Greek islands\, Smith\npaints a loving portrait of a community in crisis. As the island\nresidents grapple with declining tourism\, pover ty\, refugees\, family\nfeuds\, and a perilously damaged church\, an arson ist invades their\nmidst. A long time devotee of the Greek islands\, Smith paints the\nsetting with gorgeous color and empathy\, and all the charm o f Zorba\nthe Greek  while shedding bright light on the very real challeng es of\nlife in contemporary Greece. Tim was a frequent visitor to Rehoboth \nBeach from 1980 until he moved here full-time in 1997. In 2005\, he and\ nhis partner relocated to France. His bio and information on his\nwriting can be found here. Smith is willing to discuss aspects of his\nwriting pro cess and share secrets about how he managed to succeed in a\nsecond career that is elusive to so many aspiring authors. He welcomes\nquestions on th e craft of writing itself: finding a story\, developing\ncharacters\, adap ting real people and places to the page\, and the\nchallenges and unexpect ed benefits of having gay protagonists in his\nmysteries and thrillers\, b oth genres relatively underpopulated by\nLGBTQ people. You can email quest ions to at\ntimothysmith.paris@gmail.com. Tim will be interviewed by Fay J acobs\, a\nnative New Yorker\, who has had a 35-year career in journalism\ , public\nrelations & theater. This event is co-sponsored by CAMP Rehoboth . We\ninvite you to support the author and by purchasing a copy of the boo k\nfrom one of our local independent bookstore\, Browseabout Books\, by\nc licking HERE. Call-in orders are accepted or you can stop by the\nstore to purchase a copy. For store hours\, please visit their website.\nEach copy purchased comes with a signed archival bookplate. NOTE: this\nmeeting is being conducted through Zoom. You MUST REGISTER to receive\ninstructions f or joining the meeting. If you have need assistance with\nregistration or getting your Zoom invitation\, please email us. Basic\nwritten instruction s for using Zoom may be found here and a brief\nvideo tutorial may be foun d here. Venue: Lewes Public Library. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Be part of a live\, interactive conversation w ith award-winning novelist and screenwriter\, Timothy Jay Smith\, about hi s latest novel\, Fire on the Island\, set on the Greek island of Lesvos. P ublishers Weekly calls it a &ldquo\;perfect blend of intrigue\, romance\, and travelogue.&rdquo\; The novel is a playful romantic thriller with a ga y Greek-American FBI agent\, who is undercover on the island to investigat e a series of mysterious fires. Set against the very real refugee crisis o n the beautiful\, sun-drenched Greek islands\, Smith paints a loving portr ait of a community in crisis. As the island residents grapple with declini ng tourism\, poverty\, refugees\, family feuds\, and a perilously damaged church\, an arsonist invades their midst. A long time devotee of the Greek islands\, Smith paints the setting with gorgeous color and empathy\, and all the charm of Zorba the Greek \; while shedding bright light on the very real challenges of life in contemporary Greece. Tim was a frequent v isitor to Rehoboth Beach from 1980 until he moved here full-time in 1997. In 2005\, he and his partner relocated to France. His bio and information on his writing can be found here. Smith is willing to discuss aspects of h is writing process and share secrets about how he managed to succeed in a second career that is elusive to so many aspiring authors. He welcomes que stions on the craft of writing itself: finding a story\, developing charac ters\, adapting real people and places to the page\, and the challenges an d unexpected benefits of having gay protagonists in his mysteries and thri llers\, both genres relatively underpopulated by LGBTQ people. You can ema il questions to at timothysmith.paris@gmail.com. Tim will be interviewed b y Fay Jacobs\, a native New Yorker\, who has had a 35-year career in journ alism\, public relations &\; theater. This event is co-sponsored by CAM P Rehoboth. We invite you to support the author and by purchasing a copy o f the book from one of our local independent bookstore\, Browseabout Books \, by clicking HERE. Call-in orders are accepted or you can stop by the st ore to purchase a copy. For store hours\, please visit their website. Each copy purchased comes with a signed archival bookplate. NOTE: this meeting is being conducted through Zoom. You MUST REGISTER to receive instruction s for joining the meeting. If you have need assistance with registration o r getting your Zoom invitation\, please email us. Basic written instructio ns for using Zoom may be found here and a brief video tutorial may be foun d here. Venue: Lewes Public Library. DTSTAMP:20261028T090657Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR