The Sarasota Fiction Writers will kick off 2018 with a bang, as its members tackle one of the thorniest issues in the English language: the use of the comma. According to award-winning Sarasota author and editor Liz Coursen, “Commas are, hands down, the most abused mark of punctuation — bar none.” Coursen, author of 10 books about American English punctuation and grammar, will present an hour-long comma workshop, “Comma Common Sense,” on Jan. 2 at 6 p.m. at Selby Library. “Th

On Sunday, December 2, the members of the Sarasota Fiction Writers group gathered for a festive holiday dinner featuring the announcement of our short story contest winners. Following the dinner, for which members brought a variety of offerings, the group played a book exchange game before raffling off special prizes (including a book found in a wedding display, the aptly shelved "Beers of the World"). The short story contest winners were then announced: 1st Place - Robin Hug