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Author James Pressler to sign books at Crest Hill’s Book Market

Former career analyst now writes short stories, character sketches

WriteOn Joliet member James Pressler will chat and sign books from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, October 24, 2020 at The Book Market bookstore, 2365 Plainfield Road in Crest Hill

The event is free and open to the public.

Pressler is career analyst who has lived a double life for the past two decades as a creative

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writer, exploring the world beyond facts and figures.

His writing comes from a personal passion for storytelling, for offering new perspectives to

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familiar themes, with moods ranging from friendly humor to serious observations on the darker

aspects of life.

Short stories and character sketches have been a compulsion for several years, and several stories

have since been published. His first published novel was “The Book of Cain” with two other manuscripts now being shopped.

Pressler also contributed, compiled, and designed the covers for three anthologies by the New

Lenox Writers Group, to which he belongs.

WriteOn Joliet is a welcoming, diverse group of writers of varied skills, interests, and experience. The group includes professional journalists, fiction novelists, bloggers, screenwriters, musicians, and poets.

The group provides a safe, comfortable, and supportive atmosphere for Joliet-area writers to share their work, and constructive feedback so that everyone can benefit from its members’ shared knowledge.

WriteOn Joliet is a proud partner of the Joliet Public Library and The Book Market Sales and Trading Center in Crest Hill.

For more information about Pressler visit www.writingandtheprocess.com.

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