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Author to Speak at New Port Richey Library
Courtesy of Gary Williams
HISTORY AND MYSTERY is what Gary Williams incorporates into his four novels. He will present a workshop on writer's block to the Pasco-New Port Richey Writers Group at its Sept. 8 meeting.
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Published: September 5, 2007
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. - NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. - The Pasco-New Port Richey Writers Group will feature supernatural thriller author Gary Williams at its next meeting.
The Sept. 8 meeting, which is open to the public, will be at the New Port Richey Library, 5939 Main St, in Meeting Room 1, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Williams will hold an interactive presentation on writer's block to the group and will be available to sign books after the workshop.
The Jacksonville native is the author of a trilogy "The Gods Tools," "Fish of Souls," and "Groundswell."
His fourth novel titled, "Half-Red Skull," will be released this fall. All of his books are set in Florida and are linked to something in Florida history, he says. His main characters are "real everyday people thrown into extraordinary situations," Williams said.
"Half-Red Skull" is no exception, set on Amelia Island in the Northeast corner of the state where a serial killer whose victims come from different ethnic origins, socio-economic backgrounds, and religious affiliations are left with their faces painted red, striking terror in the citizens of Northeast Florida.
It will take the intuition and persistence of a female reporter to unravel the clues and understand the bizarre link between the severed skull of Seminole Chief Osceola, the modern-day murders and a legendary treasure. But in doing so, her own life will be placed in deadly peril.
Williams, 47, says he was a business and marketing major in college but did not take any writing courses. He didn't start writing novels until age 40.
"I just enjoyed coming up with a good story," he said recently. "I just went straight to my first novel, never even wrote a short story."
Through his work, he tries to emulate different styles and writers, he explains. He admires the penmanship of the duo, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, who wrote "Relic," which was made into a major motion picture.
When he isn't writing, Williams works for a Fortune 500 company as a senior manager and spends time with his wife and children in Jacksonville.
For more information on the meeting, contact Dahris Clair at 727-847-2023 or for more on Williams, visit Williams' Web site.
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