CR-RWA Meetings are held the second Saturday of the month, unless otherwise noted, at the East Greenbush Library (http://www.eastgreenbushlibrary.org). Meetings are open to people 18 years and over.
Noon to 1:00 PM – Brainstorming/Critique Session – This is an informal gathering of members to discuss and get feedback regarding their work in progress. This hour is unstructured and completely voluntary.
1:00 to 2:00 PM – Business/Membership Meeting – This hour is to discuss the business of the chapter, hear reports from various board and committee members and to share Member news.
2:00 to 3:30 PM – Program – This hour and a half is set aside to learn more about the craft and business of romantic fiction writing. Topics are generated from the membership. Presenters who are published authors are welcome and encouraged to bring their books for sale/signing.
MONTHLY PROGRAM SCHEDULE JANUARY
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January 8, 2011
2:00 to 3:30
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Revisions Boot Camp
Chris D'Allaird
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FEBRUARY
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February 12, 2011
2:00 to
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TBA
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MARCH
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March 12, 2010
2:00 to 3:30 PM
TBA
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APRIL
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April 9, 2010
2:00 to 3:30 PM
QnA with an agent from Spencerhill Assoc.
Jennifer Schober
Jennifer Schober will be doing a Question and Answer program on being an agent and what an agent looks for in a manuscript.
A little bit about Jennifer:
Prior to joining Spencerhill in 2006, Jennifer received a B.A. in Religious Studies from Ithaca College and an M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Lesley University. Trained as a psychotherapist, Jennifer enjoys using her clinical skills as an agent, coaching clients on issues surrounding increasing creativity and balancing the demands of work and life. Actively acquiring since 2006, Jennifer has sold more than 100 books with recent sales to Mills & Boon, Harlequin, Kensington, Dorchester, Sourcebooks, HarperCollins and Ballantine. She is looking for books with an emotional hook, fantastic storytelling and dynamic characters that leap off the page. She is accepting submissions from published and unpublished authors in women's fiction including literary fiction, category, contemporary, historical, historical romance, erotic and paranormal romance, romantic suspense, as well as urban fantasy. She is accepting YA but does not accept Children's work or Sci Fi at this time.
Jennifer often marvels at how all her many jobs and degrees once felt at odds with each other until she became an agent—when all her experience seemed to converge perfectly. Jennifer lives on a working farm in upstate NY and when she doesn't have her head in a book, she can be found hiking the hills with her Pitbull Maude or weeding her vegetable garden.
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MAY
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May 8, 2010
2:00 to 3:30 PM
Preparing the Perfect Pitch
Linda Bleser
Linda will help us learn how to condense 100,000 great words down to a dozen perfect ones.
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JUNE
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June 12, 2010
8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Annual Full Day Workshop
Jenna Petersen & Caridad Pineiro
Jenna will present "Write Like You Mean It" and "So I Wrote This Book . . . Now What?". Caridad will present "He Said/She Said" and "World Building 101." Friday night bonus session: Agent/Editor Panel.
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SEPTEMBER
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September 11, 2010
2:00 to 3:30 PM
Author Appreciation Event
CR-RWA
What better way to say "CONGRATULATIONS" to the chapter's published authors than with cake and flowers?
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OCTOBER
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October 9, 2010
2:00 to 3:30 PM
Character Driven Conflict Part II
K.A. Mitchell |
NOVEMBER
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November 13, 2010
2:00 to 3:30 PM
WIP Workshop and Brainstorming Sessions
CR-RWA
Are you stuck at a certain point in your work in progress? Are you looking for some immediate feedback? Here's your chance to have your work reviewed.
Bring sample pages, either from your manuscript or your synopsis.
* Keep in short - no more than 2 type-written pages
* Bring enough - make copies for the chapter
* Have your questions ready to go
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DECEMBER
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December 11,2010
2:00 to 3:30 PM
The 60 Minute Synopsis
Jean Gordon
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