WisRWA Calendar
Meeting Times
2017
11:30 - 3:00; 1951 West Restaurant,1951 Bond St, Green Bay
Covers and Conference Review, by Lily Silver: A book cover is the first thing your reader sees. It makes them either pick up your book to read more or pass it by for another. Lily will share design insights on what works and what doesn’t work on book covers. Challenge for those attending: bring an example of a book cover you absolutely hate!
2017
10:00-12:30; 29 Pines at Sleep Inn & Suites, Eau Claire
The Cure for Writers' Block: It’s something we all suffer with from time to time. Writer’s block! And we all have our own way of overcoming it, or maybe some of us don’t yet. So join us on the 10th and share your method for beating that bully, or learn a new one from someone else!
2017
9:00 - 12:00; Terrace Room at the Jefferson Street Inn, 201 Jefferson Street, Wausau
Exploring the Creative Process. Guest speaker Roxanne Rustand will share her routine of creating a story in an interactive program that will give each author a chance to explore and perhaps expand and enrich their own Creative Process.
2017
9:00-11:30 am at Mayfair Mall (Garden Suites Community Room, Lower Level)
Book Launch Parties and Other Marketing Roll Out Tips: Barbara Britton and Mia Jo Celeste have both launched books this year. They will share what they have learned about events both virtual and actual.
2017
11:30 - 3:00; 1951 West Restaurant,1951 Bond St, Green Bay
Stacey Joy Netzel will walk members through creating a rough outline for a book before starting the first draft using the craft book Romancing the Beat, Story Structure for Romance Novels, by Gwen Hayes. She will use one of her recent books as an example, and give members time to create an outline for their own book.
2017
10:00-12:30; 29 Pines at Sleep Inn & Suites, Eau Claire
Brainstorming: Have you ever sat at your computer and stared at the blank screen (or blank paper, if you’re old school), your head empty of any kind of idea of what to write next? Of course you have, we all have! Come join us as we brainstorm how best to brainstorm.
2017
10:00-12:30; Please contact area contact, Jane Yunker (jane.yunker@gmail.com) for the location
Join the Chippewa Falls WisRWA group for our annual potluck meeting when we plan our 2017-2018 schedule and celebrate all-around fun. Let us know if you plan on joining us so we can get a head-count on food. Bring a dish to pass, ideas for the coming year, and a desire to have a good time.
WisRWA Newsletter
Welcome
Founded in 1984, WisRWA is the Wisconsin chapter of the Romance Writers of America. We are a professional organization of romance authors, supporting both published and aspiring writers. Learn more…
2016 WisRWA Chapter Service Award Recipients
The WisRWA Chapter Service Award is an award that WisRWA gives out to members who have shown exemplary service to our organization often going above and beyond the call of duty for WisRWA. Members are nominated and sent to the Chapter Service Award chair or chairs who will read through the nominations and choose the winning recipient or recipients. The committee received many nominations and were quite pleased to see all the ways our members are serving the chapter.
To serve is to give above and beyond what is expected. This year, we are fortunate to who have two members whose service stood out to the committee. The women who earned the 2016 Chapter Service Award have certainly done that for the many years they have been members of WisRWA. They were both nominated by multiple members, which made the decision of who to vote for so very easy. Congratulations to Gini Athey and Virginia McCullough.
Book Launch Parties: The Hows and Whys
WisRWA members, Mia Jo Celeste, author of Other Than, and Barbara M. Britton, author of Providence and Building Benjamin, will be talking about book launch parties (both actual and virtual) at the June WisRWA meeting in Milwaukee. Jennifer Rupp asked them a few questions about their first year as published authors.
WisRWA Goes to UntitledTown!
Yes, you heard correctly, WisRWA had the privilege to participate in UntitledTown‘s first ever Book and Author Festival. The festival was held in Green Bay, Wisconsin from April 28th through the 30th.
New Release Tuesday – May Edition
Each month, WisRWA will announce the new books our members have published. We call it New Release Tuesday.
Congratulations to the following WisRWA members on their new releases this month.
Congratulations to Melonie Johnson, Golden Heart Finalist!
WisRWA would like to offer their congratulations to member, Melonie Johnson, for finaling in RWA’s contest for unpublished writers, the Golden Heart Contest. We chatting with Melonie about her manuscript, Sometimes You Need a Sexy Scot, and what it’s like to be a finalist. Our fingers will be crossed for her in July when the winners are announced.