WisRWA Calendar
2018
Mark your calendars for the 2018 Fall Workshop on October 5-6, 2018 at the Grand Lodge Waterpark Resort, Rothschild, WI. Registration is now OPEN! For more information, click the Events tab and choose Workshop.
2019
Mark your calendars for the 2019 Write Touch Conference April 5-7, 2019 at the Milwaukee Hyatt in beautiful downtown Milwaukee. The conference will feature Maya Rodale as keynote speaker, and Lisa Cron as one of the headliners. More details to follow!
Meeting Times
2018
10-12 at the Wausau Downtown Branch of the Marathon County Library (Upstairs Meeting Room)
Creating Great Characters
Join Kathryn Springer as she speaks about creating great characters in our books.
2018
10-12:30 at Deb's Café 1120 122nd Street, Chippewa Falls
Dialogue
Writing natural sounded dialogue can be hard! Bring in some examples of good and bad dialogue and we'll discuss what works, what doesn't, and how to master writing dialogue.
2018
11-2 at the Mayfair Mall (Garden Suites Community Room, lower level), Wauwatosa
Advanced Techniques to Create Stories that Resonate, and World Building
Multi-award winning author Bradley P. Beaulieu will share his techniques for how to create a story that resonates with readers. He will also share his tips and tricks for world building. A light luncheon will be served. RSVP Requested! Please email info@wisrwa.org.
2018
11:30-3 at 1951 West 1951 Bond Street, Green Bay
GGBA Has Talent
Bring the first page of your work in progress and join us as our narrator reads each page aloud and the group gives feedback to the anonymous author!
2018
10-12:30 at Deb's Café 1120 122nd Street, Chippewa Falls
It's All About Balance
2018
9am-11:30 at the Mayfair Mall (Garden Suites Community Room, lower level), Wauwatosa
Time for a Write-In!
We're getting together to WRITE! Bring your Work In Progress and join us your fellow authors as we get some writing accomplished.
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January, 2016
Love Between the Covers
Calling all readers and writers – Coming soon to Milwaukee and Green Bay – Love Between the Covers!
Yes, you read it correctly. The feature-length documentary film about the awesome community of women who read and write romance novels will be showing at two locations. WisRWA is sponsoring both showings!
Where and when can you go to see this lovely, heartfelt film?
February 20th from 1:00 to 5:00
West Allis Public Library
Constitution Room
7421 W. National Ave.
West Allis, WI 53214
414-302-8503
February 27th from 1:00 to 4:30
Brown County Library – Kress Family Branch
333 N Broadway
De Pere, WI 54115
(920) 448-4407
***Not only can you view this great film at the Kress Family Branch of the Brown County Library you can participate in a Reader and Author Q&A! But wait, there’s more, many of Wisconsin’s finest romance authors will be holding a book signing after the film showing! Hang around after the show and visit with the authors!***
Film synopsis:
Love stories are universal. Love stories are powerful. And so are the women who write them. For three years, the filmmakers followed the lives of five published romance authors and one unpublished newbie as they build their businesses, find and lose loved ones, cope with a tsunami of change in publishing, and earn a living doing what they love—while empowering others to do the same. Romance is the behemoth of the publishing industry; it outsells mystery, sci-fi, and fantasy combined. Yet no filmmaker has ever taken an honest look at the amazing global community that romance writers and readers have built. Until now.
Check out the trailer: https://vimeo.com/user7053188/lbtctrailer
Here’s some more clips: http://www.lovebetweenthecovers.com/full-film-clips/
How about some pictures: http://www.lovebetweenthecovers.com/press-kit
Meet the main characters: http://www.lovebetweenthecovers.com/main-characters/
***All WisRWA authors are invited to participate in either or both events. Contact Valerie Clarizio at valclarizio@yahoo.com if you’d like to participate at the Green Bay event or Maureen Welli if you’d like to participate at the West Allis event.***
Speak up:
commentFab Five 25 – Surprise #2
The Fabulous Five Contest is almost open for entries! We’re so excited about it that we just had to announce our last surprise!
Every entry entered in the contest will be put into a drawing for a critique by an industry professional of their Fab Five entry (whether they final or not). Each industry professional will critique one entry.
We are honored to have the following industry professionals offering their time and talent for this drawing:
- Meredith Rich, an editor at Bloomsbury Spark
- Carly Silver, an editor at Harlequin
- Mallory Brown, an agent at Triada US Literary Agency
Winners of the critiques will be announced on April 16, 2016 at which time their Fab Five entries will be sent to one of the industry professionals. Should they wish to see more of the entry they critique, they will ask for it in their critique. Critiques will be returned to the winners by late May.
We are hoping to add to the list above so watch this space for more news. For any questions about the Fab Five contest or any of our 25th anniversary surprises, please email the Fab Five contest coordinator, Molly Maka (fabfivecontest@gmail.com).
Lastly, if you are entering the contest, don’t forget to let us know by using the hash tag #FabFive25 on Facebook and Twitter. Thank you for helping us celebrate!