Dream to Reality

Multi-award-winning author Marie Wells Coutu finds beauty in surprising places, like undiscovered treasures, old houses, and gnarly trees. After a career writing for newspapers, magazines, state and local governments, and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, she returned to her first love: writing fiction. All three books in her Mended Vessels series, contemporary stories based on the lives of biblical women, have won awards in multiple contests. Her historical short story, All That Glitters, is included in the 2023 Saturday Evening Post Great American Fiction collection. Turning dreams to reality is possible, but it wont happen by accident. Marie Wells Coutu, award-winning author and Clear Lake resident, accomplished her lifelong dream of becoming a published novelist in her sixties. She will share about her journey to publication as well as specific steps you can take to accomplish your dream whether you want to be a writer or have some other goal in mind.