Below you will find the PayPal options to register for the 2012 Mini Conference in Anaheim. NOTE: Due to space considerations, conference enrollment is limited to 150 attendees. If you wish to join the RWA Women’s Fiction special interest chapter and pay the members’ rate for the conference please go to the JOIN [...]
Welcome to Romance Writers of America’s Women’s Fiction Chapter! I hope you take some time to wander around the website, and find the great information we’ve complied for you here. Then please take a moment to introduce yourself on our Yahoo loop. We hope you’ll find the chapter as inspiring and helpful as I have. [...]
Getting Respect One of the things that always strikes me when talking to writers groups is the Rodney Dangerfield-ism of “I don’t get no respect.” The unpublished feel dissed by the published. E-writers feel dissed by print. Those in the romance genre think they’re looked down on by women’s fiction. Mystery authors argue they get [...]
The SpacecoasT Authors of Romance (Florida STARs) are very excited to announce the opening of The 2010 Launching A Star Contest on July 1st! With both great editors and super agents signed up as final judges, they expect to have another successful run. Last year, 28 full manuscripts and 4 partials were requested. To date, [...]
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, [...]
Calling For: Workshop Proposal’s Sought by the Lowcountry RWA. The Lowcountry Romance Writer’s is currently seeking instructors for our 2011 online workshops. We are looking for instructors who have fresh, invigorating workshops that think “outside the box.” You can find out more about the topic titles and the Lowcountry Chapter by visiting http://lowcountryrwa.com Workshops From [...]
The Carolina Romance Writers Chapter of RWA is pleased to announce the June Online Workshop: Everything You Wanted To Know About Writing Contests But Were Afraid To ask by Amy Atwell. Overwhelmed by the number of writing contests out there? Unsure whether to enter? Unclear about why you should enter? This class is geared for [...]
Workshops Snakebite Scenes and Hollywood Plots: Enhancing Action and Emotion in Romance, sponsored by the Heart of Dixie Chapter. May 3 – 17, 2010. Carrie Lofty, author of sexy, adventurous historical romances for Kensington, will demonstrate how action can make your novel more exciting and more emotional. Questions and registration at Heart of Dixie. Dunes [...]
The Lowcountry Romance Writer’s chapter is currently seeking instructors for their 2011 online workshops. “We are looking for instructors who have fresh invigorating workshops that think “outside the box”, that approach new ways to present old topics of editing, GMC, POV, Query Letters, Synopsis, Brainstorming, Contests and all other writing related topics.” You can find [...]
Calling For Calling for Online Workshop Presenters by a special interest Chapter of the Romance Writers of America, Outreach International Romance Writers (OIRW). This chapter is seeking proposals from interested workshop presenters for their 2010 and 2011 Educational Programs. The chapter is interested in fresh and interactive online classes on subjects ranging from the craft [...]