Credit: HACHETTE BOOK GROUP

Credit: HACHETTE BOOK GROUP

Roy Peter Clark—a Bay area writer, editor, and teacher—is a favorite of journalists across the country, and he’s compiled “gentle writing advice from Aristotle to Zinsser” in a new book about writing called “Murder Your Darlings,” which promises to distill volumes of writing books into 100 of the best tips we can all use right now. Join Clark at local bookseller Tombolo Books for this workshop and book signing, and then go kill it on your next assignment.

Wed. Feb. 20, 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. Free and open to the public. Tombolo Books, 2153 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. INFO.

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