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 What: FCRW holds our monthly meetings on the 2nd Saturday of each month.
Where: Meetings
are held at the West Regional Library:
1425 Chaffee Road, Jacksonville, FL.
May 10, 2008 "GMC" (Goal/Motivation/Conflict) - ELIZABETH SINCLAIR/ MARGE SMITH ELIZABETH SINCLAIR has been a member of RWA since 1988 as well as the Author’s Guild. This multi-published, award-winning, best-selling author’s books have sold in seventeen countries and have been translated into seven foreign languages. She is a founding member of FIRST COAST ROMANCE WRITERS and the Ancient City Romance Writers. Next to writing, teaching is the thing Elizabeth loves most and has given countless seminars and workshops locally and nationally on the craft of writing for over twelve years. Elizabeth writes for Silhouette Romantic Suspense and Medallion Press. The final book in the F.I.S.T. series, “Bound by Fire” will be released by Silhouette in September 2008. “Into The Mist,” a paranormal from Medallion is a March 2008 release. Elizabeth is also the author of the widely acclaimed instructional books, THE DREADED SYNOPSIS and FIRST CHAPTERS – Book #1 in the Building a Novel Series.
June 14, 2008 THE BIKE'S NAMED RALPH? TALES OF MISPLACED MODIFIERS AND OTHER GRAMMAR GOOFS - Cheryl Norman Cheryl Norman grew up in Louisville, Kentucky. At the age of 13, she wrote her first mystery, inspired by Trixie Belden stories, in #2 pencil. Although life sidetracked her writing ambitions, she eventually returned to fiction writing and won the 2003 EPPIE award for her contemporary romance, Last Resort. Her debut with Medallion, Restore My Heart, earned her a mention in Publisher's Weekly as one of ten new romance authors to watch. In addition to romantic mysteries, Cheryl has combined her passion for writing and healthful cooking by publishing two cookbooks. Her favorite activities—jogging, hiking, sewing, cooking, reading, classic car exhibits, and motor home travel—figure prominently in her stories. Cheryl is also President of Ancient City Romance Writers.
JULY 14, 2008
A Method for Plotting Madness
with Tracy Montoya Tracy Montoya is the alter-ego of Tracy Fernandez Rysavy, who writes romantic suspense novels for Harlequin Intrigue and, by day, telecommutes from Orange Park as Editor for a crunchy nonprofit in Washington, DC. Her books have won the Daphne du Maurier award, the Beacon Award, and the Golden Quill award for romantic suspense. A member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and the Society of Environmental Journalists, Tracy has written about everything from Booker Prize-winning poet Martín Espada to socially responsible mutual funds to soap opera summits. Her articles have appeared in a variety of publications, including Hope, Utne Reader, Satya, YES!, Natural Home, and the National Green Pages. She also writes a syndicated column for Martha Stewart's Body + Soul magazine, which will debut this fall. Prior to launching her journalism career, she taught in an underresourced school in Louisiana through the AmeriCorps Teach for America program.Tracy holds a Master’s degree with distinction in English literature from Boston College and a B.A. in the same from St. Mary’s University. Tracy’s April 2008 release from Harlequin Intrigue is “I’ll be Watching You.”
AUGUST 9, 2008 MY PATH TO SELF-PUBLISHING - DAVE MADDEN Dave Madden is the comedian and actor best known as Reuben Kincaid on televisions classic 70’s series, “The Partridge Family.” He also was a first season regular on “Laugh-In” and for seven years played the continuing role of Earl Hicks in “Alice.” In addition to his many TV guest roles, Dave also was a featured actor in theatre, a voice over actor and after twenty-five years is still recording the radio program “Adventures in Odyssey” as Bernard Walton. As a stand-up comic, Dave wrote his own material - but a book? Dave will discuss what led him to write REUBEN ON WRY – a friend came up with a great title! Why he decided to self-publish – and who else is doing it. He’ll discuss the choices of self-pub houses, internet marketing and his experiences at the May 2008 Book Expo America held in Los Angeles. If it happens - Dave will answer questions about David Cassidy.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2008 LENA AUSTIN WILL PRESENT “SCENE AND SEQUEL” Lee Plumb joined RWA in 2003 and is the author of over 30 titles writing as Lena Austin. She has been a licensed minister, hairdresser, realtor, radio DJ, exotic dancer and investment property manager –not necessarily in that order. Visit Lee at www.lenaaustin.com SCENE & SEQUEL Have you ever wondered how to write a scene with no stress? To know exactly how to place each setting description, emotion, and action so you never get the dreaded POV shift? Lena Austin teaches a simple “paint by numbers” method to do just that! By integrating stated character conflicts and using a psychological approach, each scene is laid out step-by-step, repeating as needed until the final hook makes the reader keep turning the pages. Lena asks that all participants be prepared with 2-3 colored pens and plenty of paper. There will be exercises to ensure everyone understands the system. Please feel free to bring your best unpublished scene if you wish. We will deconstruct the scene and rebuild it using the techniques taught to both increase depth and word count.
OCTOBER 11, 2008 COLD READS FCWR’S Published authors will critique the first page of anonymous submissions.
NOVEMBER 8, 2008 MARCIA KING-GAMBLE WILL PRESENT MARKETING SECRETS FOR SALES SUCCESS Nationally best-selling Harlequin/Kimani author, Marcia King Gamble was born on the island of St. Vincent in the sunny Caribbean. An ex-travel industry executive, Marcia is a multi-published author whose current release is “The Way He Moves,” from the Harlequin Mediterranean Nights continuity series. Marcia is known for her creative marketing. Find her at www.lovemarcia.com
**Workshops and presenters subject to change
Location 11:00am - 12:30 12:30 - 1:30pm 1:30pm - 2:30pm 2:30pm - 4:00pm
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