Contest
The New Jersey Romance Writers 2010 Put Your Heart in a Book Contest will
be accepting entries beginning June 1, 2010 and ending at June 15, 2010. Categories are as follows: Short Contemporary Category length (<80,000 words) romances and romantic
suspense set in the present day. Single Title Contemporary Romances set in present day, 80,000 words minimum. Historical Category and Single Title length romances set before 1945, includes Regency romances. The Paranormal Fantasy, futuristic, paranormal and FFP romantic suspense will be in the category. The final category is Romantic Elements Women’s fiction, mysteries, and suspense. Prizes Awarded in each category will be 1st Place: $50 + plaque, 2nd Place: $35 + certificate, 3rd Place: $25 + certificate. All final round entries will be judged by an agent, editor and multi-published author. The entry fee is $20 ~ NJRW members, $35 for all others. For more information please contact Jessica Dickstein, 2010 PYHIAB Contest Chair atromancebyjessicalauren. Please put PYHIAB Contest – Your Submission Category in the subject line of your email.
Time is running out to enter your manuscript in Georgia Romance Writer’s prestigious Maggie Awards of Excellence for Unpublished Romance Novelists. Appropriate fees, entries and completed entry forms must be received by June 5, 2010, 10 p.m. What’s New about the Maggies? For the first time, the Maggies have gone electronic. Entry rules and entry forms are posted on the GRW Web site at http://www.georgiaromancewriters.org/the-maggies/ or e-mail the Maggie Chair at pjmantovani or call 770-313-5781 with any questions. What’s Great about the Maggies? For one thing, the judges. Two published authors will judge each entry. It is worth entering for the feedback alone. If you are a final, your entry will be judged by:
Single Title: LaToya Smith, Grand Central Publishing
Paranormal/Fantasy: Esi Sogah, Avon
Historical, Danielle Poiesz, Pocket Books
Contemporary Series Romance: Kathryn Lye, Harlequin
Inspirational: David Long, Bethany House
You can feature that accomplishment in your query letters. Also you can win Jewelry! If you’re fortunate enough to win a Maggie Medallion, publication is not guaranteed, but you’ll be recognized throughout the country. And it will look great around your neck. So go to the GRW Web site www.georgiaromancewriters.org and enter before you miss the deadline. http://www.georgiaromancewriters.org/the-maggies/.
Workshops
Northeast Ohio RWA is pleased to announce it’s June online workshop, DEATH
SCENE INVESTIGATION with instructor, Phyllis Middleton will begin June 7 and end on June 25 From the Coroner’s Investigator point of view the instructor will give an interactive
workshop on what to expect from the scene and how to handle it – from
working with the police, family and pathologists. How do a Medical
Examiner / Coroner handle the body at the scene? Find out in this fun and
sometimes ‘gross’ workshop! This is a normally a full month class, but is
shortened for this class, so therefore will be power packed! The instructor is Phyllis Middleton. While employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation at nineteen years old,
Phyllis Middleton was trained in the Science of Fingerprints. This training
included the classification, comparison and search methods used by FBI and
known throughout the USA. To learn more
about Phyllis check out her website at
http://www.phyllismiddleton.com. Cost for the workshop is $15 for NEORWA members, $20 for all others. You do not have to be an RWA member to take our workshops! To register go to http://www.neorwa.com/index.php/Workshops/WorkshopRegistration.The registration deadline is the day before the workshop starts. Once registered, you will be subscribed to the workshop loop prior to and for the
duration of the class.
Dunes & Dreams RWA Chapter 215 (from Eastern Long Island) present their June
2010 Online Workshop, Basics Boot Camp With Gina Ardito beginning on June 1 and ending on June 28. Deciding to write is the easy part. But without the proper training, a new
recruit can soon find him/herself in the weeds. “Ten-hut! Fall in, cadets, for Basics Boot Camp!”
Over four weeks, they’ll strengthen your writing skills so you can safely
maneuver the obstacle course of romance writing. Master the rules and hone
your writing chops so your story can be all that it can be. Week I, will focus on the strategies of GMC, POV, and characterization. Week II, they’ll flex your grammar, spelling, and punctuation muscles. By Week III, They’ll commence plotting, research, and back story. Finally in Week IV, you’ll be tough enough to show off your new writing guns. Each registrant will have the opportunity to receive an in-depth personalized critique of one writing submission (maximum: 15 page length with standard formatting.) The cost is $10 D&D members, $25 all others. Registration form and more information Http://www.dunesanddreams.org/writing-workshops or
email the coordinators at workshops.ddrwa. Gina Ardito is multi-published in hardcover, paperback, and electronic formats. She has more than ten years experience in writing,
mentoring, and critiquing. Known by some associates as the “contest judge
slut,” Gina has judged the RITAs, the Golden Heart, and too many local RWA
chapter contests to list. A co-founder of Dunes & Dreams RWA, she currently
serves as chapter President and General Whip-Wielder.
“The Lessons of FIREFLY: Learning from the Works of Joss Whedon”
with Jacqui Jacob will run from June 14 to July 10, 2010. Although Joss Whedon’s television show FIREFLY only aired through the fall months of 2002, it has continued to generate followers through word of mouth, DVD sales and an inexhaustible amount of discussion both at conferences and online in writing loops. FIREFLY, created by the Rod Serling of our generation, was a masterpiece of writing. Each of its thirteen episodes taught character development,
dialogue and plotting techniques. Its motion picture sequel, SERENITY, not only
touched on these subjects but added relationships, loyalties and loss to
its repertoire. In this workshop, Ms. Jacoby will reveal the lessons of FIREFLY. By using
class participation and examples from the episodes, she will translate with
words what Mr. Whedon was teaching us on screen. Joss Whedon has reviewed this workshop and has given his permission for it to be offered to The Romance Writers of America
Enrollment Information at _http://www.occrwa.org/onlineclassJune10.html_
(http://www.occrwa.org/onlineclassJune10.html). Cost is $20 for OCC members, $30 for non-members. If you have specific questions, email _occrwaonlineclass.
The Passionate Ink Chapter of RWA Presents Designed to Sell How to Enhance Your Writings Curb Appeal presented by the Grammar Divas will begin June 7, 2010 and on June 27, 2010.
In today’s buyers’ market, anything you can do to enhance
your manuscript appeal puts you one step ahead of everyone else
trying to sell. By taking a look at your writing with a fresh eye,
you may discover ways to make the most of your writing’s appearance, readability, and impact.
The Grammar Divas (an English teacher and a professional copywriter)
share episodes of popular writing improvement shows such as Dream Words,
This Old Sentence, Extreme Makeover: Paragraph Edition, Trading Spaces,
Fun Shui, and Designed to Sell. You leave the workshop with decorating
ideas, remodeling projects, and prose improvements that can make your
manuscript appealing to a potential buyer or an editor!
The cost is $15 for Passionate Ink Members, $20 for non-members. To register of for questions please email workshopchair.
Firefly is one of the TV Series that was created by Joss Whedon. I love Firefly so much but it does not have Season 2.~`”
Joss Whedon is a great director, most of the science fiction series that i love are created by him.,,-
i wish that Joss Whedon could also make a sequel to FireFly and Serenity,;`