LAKE COUNTY- "Lake Squibbie's"
Group Leader:
Claudia Caporale
Meeting Info: meet the 2nd & 4th
Tuesday from 7-9 PM at the the Simpson Historic House
operated by the Mount Dora Library on Limit and N.
Donnelly, Mount Dora, FL 32757
Members in Group: 6 all SCBWI members
Open to New Members? Yes, but only if
serious about writing up go 8 members
Focus:To inspire and assist. To
encourage creativity and growth.
To reach our goals and dreams – Publish!

Children's Authors Team (CAT) of The Villages
Group Leader:
Mark H. Newhouse
(Top Cat) Mary Lois Sanders (Catnip)
Meeting Info: This group meets second
Tuesday monthly at
Laurel Manor Rec Center, Rt466 The Villages, FL 32162
Members in Group: 45 (20 active), some
published SCBWI and non-SCBWI
Open to New Members? OPEN to Villages
residents
Focus: to help each other become better
writers and get published as well as promoting local
authors and illustrators writing for children.

LADY LAKE (Central Florida)
Group Leader:
Shiela O'Brien
Meeting Info: meets monthly, private home
Members in Group: 8-10, 50% published, SCBWI and
non-SCBWI
Open to New Members? Yes, but only if serious
about writing
Focus: to help each other to get published or to
be published more frequently, novels, PB, articles,
writing for children only, business advice on editors,
publishers, websites, etc.