At our March meeting, we took time out to celebrate our authors’ achievements. In the past year alone, of our 30 members: 13 completed a manuscript 10 sold a manuscript 4 joined RWA’s PRO community 2 joined RWA’s PAN community 2 self-published books 3 contracted with an agent 7 received requests …
Our March meeting is just around the corner! We have lots of exciting things planned: Noon to 1:00 pm: Our new critique group will meet. Anyone interested in being matched with a critique partner is encouraged to attend 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.: Business meeting 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.: Celebration to …
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 …
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