As It Was In the Beginning—
PRESENTER: VIN DACQUINO
Have you ever read the first page or paragraph of a novel or short story and refused to
continue reading? What stopped you? How do good writers hold their readers beyond the
first page? In this workshop we will rate various beginnings of great and not so great stories,
discuss techniques to capture readers, and then write some beginnings of our own with the
help of 5 of the most basic tools of writing.
Vin Dacquino hosts his own television show called “One On One with Vin Dacquino,” aired
on Comcast’s Channel 21, Mondays from 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM and has released a new
book with The History Press, April 1, 2019: Patriot Hero of the Hudson Valley. Mr. Dacquino
has made numerous appearances at schools and historical sites based on his adult
biography, Sybil Ludington: The Call to Arms and the student version of this book. He has
written several novels for children and young adults and has addressed English teachers at
annual conferences at the county, state, and national levels. He has presented at the PNW
BOCES Young Adult Conferences for over twenty-five years. He retired as the director of
the BEPT Teacher Center to dedicate more time to his writing and lecturing after teaching in
Westchester County for over 35 years.

V.T. Dacquino to add Mt. Kisco, New York, to his “Haunted Highway Book Tour.” Join him on Saturday, October 28 from 1 pm to 2 pm as he discusses three of his popular Halloween favorites:

Hauntings of the Hudson River Valley

Flowers by the Roadside

Emails to a Paranormal

The event will be held at:

The CURIO ROOM

141 E. Main Street

Mount Kisco, NY

917-522-1888

Call for reservations. Free admission

curioroom@gmail.com

Vin Dacquino, author of Flowers by the Roadside and Emails to a Paranormal, will do a book talk and signing at the Alice Desmond Center for Community Enrichment on Oct 17 from 10:30 to noon. Call to make your reservation.

Alice Desmond Center for Community Enrichment

Town of Newburgh

Recreation Department

6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh

desmond-info@townofnewburgh.org

sbrandman@townofnewburgh.org

845-565-1326

I am proud to say that I have sponsored and assisted Courtney Diesman in creating a SYBIL LUDINGTON INFORMATION STATION as part of her Girl Scout SILVER AWARD Project.

On Tuesday, April 11 at 11 am, Vin Dacquino will address patrons of the Reed Memorial Library in Carmel, NY to discuss the history of Sybil Ludington. Dacquino is the author of several books on the Revolutionary war hero.

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