Special congratulation to CR-RWA member Rebecca Grace Allen, who sold her first novella to Samhain Publishing last month! All of our members have had an amazing year — whether they published books, landed agents, finished manuscripts, or just continued in that daunting task of following their dreams by writing, writing, …
Please join us on February 8, 2014, when Jennifer Kettell will present an informative workshop on Scrivener. Scrivener is a powerful content-generation tool for writers that allows you to concentrate on composing and structuring long and difficult documents. While it gives you complete control of the formatting, its focus is on helping …
Our members had another great month in January! K.A. Mitchell sold her eighteenth book to Samhain Publishing. The book is Bad Behavior, and it will be part five in her Bad in Baltimore series. Autumn Jones Lake sold the third book in her Catnip and Cauldrons series to Breathless Press, …
Happy New Year, everyone! Please join us on Saturday, January 11, 2014 at 1 p.m. for a great presentation by our own K.A. Mitchell on overcoming writer’s block. We’re also excited to welcome our new Executive Board. President: Christine Dreidel Vice President: Kate Lago Secretary: Jeanette Grey Treasurer: Jean C. Gordon Thank you so …
Please join us in celebrating our members’ achievements this month: Jeanette Grey’s new novella, When It’s Right, was published on 12/3/13 by Samhain. In addition, her book, Take What You Want, was named one of Library Journal’s Best Books of 2013 in the category of Romance E-books. Marie Lark’s novel, …
Just a quick reminder that our December meeting will take place on the first Saturday of the month, not the second! We hope to see you this Saturday, December 7, at 1 p.m. at the East Greenbush library for a lively discussion of the business and craft of writing, as …
Congratulations to our members on all of their achievements in the past month! K.A. Mitchell presented the keynote address at the Writer’s Workshop at the GayRomLit Retreat in Atlanta. The cover for Bad Influence is now available, and the book releases on June 17, 2014. K.A. also signed with agent …
Special thanks to our member K.A. Mitchell for hunting up some great writing resources to share. Plot Generators http://www.wherethemapends.com/writerstools/writers_tools_pages/randomizer.htm http://rangen.co.uk/writing/plotgen.php Title Generators http://mdbenoit.com/rtg.htm http://www.noemata.net/pa/titlegen/ Character Generators Description: http://rangen.co.uk/chars/appgen.php Motive: http://rangen.co.uk/chars/motivegen.php Quirks: http://www.nicholasmcrae.com/CharacterQuirks.html Fake names / even car brands / zip codes / passwords: http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/order.php Writer’s cheat sheet http://www.writerscheatsheet.com/writing/cheatsheet.pdf Worksheets http://iconoclasticwriter.com/nanowrimo-prep-plot-development-and-profile-worksheets-visualizing-collage-and-more/ Writers Helping Writers http://writershelpingwriters.net/writing-tools/
Congratulations to our members on all of their achievements in the past month! Jean Gordon’s release date for Small-Town Midwife is March 2014. Bebe Knight’s first release, An Element of Time, was published 9/24/13 through Solstice Publishing. Jeanette Grey has joined RWA’s Professional Author’s Network (PAN). Cara Connelly’s novella, The Wedding …
Please join us this Saturday, October 12, at the East Greenbush Library. Our business meeting will take place at 1 PM, followed by time for networking. Starting at 2 PM, author Jeannie Moon will speak about Different Roads to Publication, drawing on her own experience selling two books on proposal to …