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Florida Air Museum At Sun N Fun Receives Grant For Restoration/Preservation Activities

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A lot has happened in the last few weeks.
My family and I attended the Florida Outdoor Writers Assoc. conference in Ocala August 26-29.
There I received and Excellence in Craft Award for my book, When Steamboats reigned in Florida. I was a great honor to win. I was also elected as 1st VP of FOWA and will be president next year. Another great honor.
My granddaughter Corrie Jones and her husband Tony came for a couple of days and we had our usual good time laughing, eating, shopping and everything else we do when we get together.
I came home with a new trolling motor for my boat and a new rod Tony bought me at a place called Gander Mountain.
All in all the conference was wonderful as it always is. I enjoy the chance to see other writers and friends from years past. I have been in FOWA for over 15 years and have learned a lot about the craft of writing as well as having met some special people, friends.

It has been a long time, but I am finally back on my blog. My intention is to update regularly.
A lot has happened since my last post. My book When Steamboats Reigned in Florida was published by the University Press in Gaines ville, Fl and I won and Excellence in Craft award at our Florida Outdoor Writers Conference in Ocala on August 28. I was also elected 1st Vice President of FOWA and will be President in 2010. The award and election was a great honor for me.
I wrote another book in 2009. It is called Stories From Fantastic Florida. It is a short story book of articles I have written through the years and is available from Booklocker.com or Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other booksellers or you can order one from me. Visit my web site: Southernfreestyle.com for more information.
I am now posting some of my photographs on Alamy.com. Alamay is a stock photo company that sells photos all over the world. You can view my photographs by logging on to Alamy and putting Bob Bass in the search box. Please visit. You may see something you like.
Meanwhile my new puppy Mitzi and my grandson Justin are about to start fishing on our new pontoon boat. We have the boat at Lake Hatchineha in central Florida.
That's all for now, but please stay tuned for later.

Editors can select clips from a list I have on my web site @southernfreestyle.com There is also a little of how I got started writing and two pages of images to look at. Copys of my clips can be had by emailing me at sfbass@netzero.com and letting me know what you want.

I will use this blogspot to showcase my writing and will include my published clips. I started writing in 1993 after a career in the military that included 13 years active duty with the Air Force a short time in the Naval Reserve and the rest of my time with the Florida National Guard as a part time soldier and later as a full time active duty soldier. I retired from the military in 1993. The highest rank I obtained was Warrant Officer.
Here is a list of my published articles:
Clubbed To Death Lost Treasure Magazine 1994
Treasure in a Bottle Pt I Lost Treasure Magazine 1994
treasures in a Bottle Pt II Lost Treasure Magazine 1994
prescription for a Successful Hunt Lost Treasure Magazine 1994
Find Your Way and Save The Day Lost Treasure Magazine 1994
Ralph Tanner and Lulu Lost Treasure Magazine 1995
Th'ing Survival, Firecraft Lost Treasure Magazine 1995
How to Enjoy and Display Your Treasure Lost Treasure Magazine 1995
Doy Copeland Lost Treasure Magazine 1995
Old American Cookware Lost Treasure Magazine 1995
Toys an Overlooked Treasure Lost Treasure Magazine 1995
Treasure in a Handtool Lost Treasure Magazine 1995
Treasure in the News Lost Treasure Magazine 1995
Sheriff Thomas A. Bass Polk County Historical Quarterly 1995
Kicco Adventure Polk County Historical Quarterly 1995
Telephone Tokens Lost Treasure Magazine 1995
Backyard Treasure Hunt Boys' Life Magazine 1996
Tokens, Micro Money Lost Treasure Magazine 1996
A New Partner Mature Living Magazine 1996
Britain's-a Treasure in Toy Soldiers Lost Treasure Magazine 1996
Avon Collecting Antique Trader Weekly 1996
Save The Day and Find Your Way Lost Treasure Magazine 1997
The Care and Feeding of Your Treasure Gold & Treasure Hunter Magazine 1997
Beach Bums in Paradise Gold & Treasure Hunter Magazine 1997
The 12th Annual Convention of the FMDAC Treasure Facts 1997
Florida Cowhunters Gold Treasure Cache 1997
Take Care of Your Treasure Western & Eastern Treasure 1998
Tresure of the 1733 Fleet Treasure Cache 2000
Treasure at Rattlesnake Hammock Treasure Cache 2000
Saved by the Tail of a Cat Florida Wildlife 1998
Ten Thousand Golden Islands Treasure Cache 1998
Civil War Buttons Lost Treasure 2003
Wreck of the Galga Lost Treasure 2000
Programs that Get Kids Flying Model Aviation 2006
The South East Electric Flight Festival RC Report 2006

I have self published two books: On the way to Elmira and A Treasure Hunters Guide to Polk County Florida

My book: When Steamboats Reigned in Florida is to be published by University Press of Gainesville Florida in 2007.

Now that I have sold my business: Second Hand Rose Inc, Lakeland, Florida, I can again concentrate on my writing.

Come back again and if you are interested in any of my writing, you can contact me at: SFBass@aol.com