{"id":507,"date":"2016-11-13T14:12:33","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T19:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/?p=507"},"modified":"2017-11-01T13:58:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T17:58:43","slug":"great-event-to-support-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durkota.net\/?p=507","title":{"rendered":"Great Event to Support Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was honored to participate in a public reading yesterday with\u00a0Ryne Tobar, a fellow veteran and an excellent writer. The event was held at Norwin Public Library and was organized by Ashley Kunsa and Brad Coffield of <a href=\"http:\/\/vetswrite.com\/index.html\">VetsWrite<\/a>; the festivities included refreshments and a Q&amp;A with the audience.\u00a0 We had a great turnout and participation. I signed a few books at the end and raised almost $100 for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.operationhomefront.net\/\">Operation Homefront<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a shot of me trying not to let the nerves show:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota1b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-515 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota1b-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"vetswrite-durkota1b\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota1b-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota1b-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota1b-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota1b-676x380.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the Q&amp;A with Ryne:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota2b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-516 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota2b-300x123.jpg\" alt=\"vetswrite-durkota2b\" width=\"300\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota2b-300x123.jpg 300w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota2b-768x315.jpg 768w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota2b-1024x421.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota2b-676x278.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the team celebrating the success (Ryne, me, Ashley, and Brad):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota4b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-514 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota4b-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"vetswrite-durkota4b\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota4b-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota4b-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota4b-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota4b-676x540.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s me getting ready to sign some books and raise some money for Operation Homefront:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota3b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-517 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota3b-300x258.jpg\" alt=\"vetswrite-durkota3b\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota3b-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota3b-768x661.jpg 768w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota3b-1024x881.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/VetsWrite-durkota3b-676x582.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=durk13\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was honored to participate in a public reading yesterday with\u00a0Ryne Tobar, a fellow veteran and an excellent writer. 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