This Black Tie Charity Gala features readings, dinner, live entertainment, dancing, Red Carpet and more! A portion of the proceeds will support The Writers Ball Grant Program, created to bridge the gap between the financial reality and artistic creation by providing funding assistance for individuals with projects in artistic disciplines, including writing, performing or publishing original works. Writers, Novelists,  Authors, Fiction Writers,, Non-Fiction Writers, Playwrights, Screenwriters, Editors, Literary Agents, Publishers, Actors, Proofreaders, Teachers, Producers, Directors, Filmmakers, Ghostwriters, Graphic Artists, Illustrators, Poets, Artists, Scripters, Wordsmiths, Poets, Journalists, Contributors, Essayists, Academic Writers, Songwriters, Biographers, Dramatists, Persons of Letters, Literary Critics, Students, Supporters, General Public.

When: Thursday, April 7, 2016 from 3:00 PM to 10:00 PM (EDT)

Where: Crowne Plaza Atlanta Perimeter at Ravinia - 4355 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, GA 30346 

To learn more, please visit: The Writers Ball Event.

It is hard. It's hard changing your life. It's hard picking up the pieces and starting all over again. It's hard getting your mind together after you have gone through a life shaking experience (being a primary caregiver for someone; hearing a diagnosis you didn't want; starting over again from a loss of any kind; being alone in a new place; wanting a friend.) But you can do hard. You can weather the storm. You will come through this.

Affirm to yourself every day ~ several times a day. No matter how hard it gets...I am going to make it!! Stand up and look yourself in the eyes..and say "I can do hard!!" Exercise, pray, seek solitude, allow for periods of sadness...but know that you will get through this. Keep the faith; continue to work; and expect to make it through. You may not be able to change your circumstances or situation...but you can change yourself! Hold on..You can do hard! You have GREATNESS within you!!

- - Les Brown

Be bold! In order to receive much you must risk much. Do not worry about what your critics say. Most of them wish they were you anyway. Think “bigger.” Be unreasonable! Abandon logic. Forget about being rational! If your dream is unrealistic, go for it! We all know today, anything is possible.

Success is a journey of the bold and courageous! You deserve to be successful. You work hard and you know that a big dream requires a big sacrifice. Finish what you start. Completion is success.

Confront your doubts as they arise! Doubts are limiting decisions and unconscious beliefs that you formed long ago. Your unconscious mind uses them to keep you safe, but those thoughts no longer serve you. What is your truth today? You have more skill, you have more experience and you have more guts than ever before. That is your truth today. Toss those doubts in the air and smash ‘em over the net! Game. Set. Match.

- - Les Brown