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  2008 Officers:
 
President                   Lorraine Beatty*    
 
President-Elect:        Rickey Mallory*
  Secretary:              
     Gay Simpson
  Treasurer:                  
Penny Boswell*

  Past President/
  Contest Coord
:      
   Melanie Noto
  Web Design/
 
Webmaster/ 
  Historian:                   Rickey Mallory*
  Board Member at

  Large:                         Melanie Noto

  Newsletter Editor     Vanessa Barlow

Other Charter Members:
                                      Sherrilyn Kenyon*
                                      Debbie Minyard*

* Charter Member

 

 

Magnolia State Romance Writers
is Mississippi's Official Chapter of
Romance Writers of America

Click here for printable
RWA membership form


REGULAR MONTHLY MEETINGS
are held at
CHASTAIN FLYNT MEMORIAL LIBRARY
103 Winners Circle, Flowood,  MS
(intersection of Old Fannin Road and Winners Circle, 5 miles from Lakeland Drive)


10:00 - 10:30 am ----- Business Meeting
10:30 - 11:30 am ----- Program                 
Check ahead of time to be sure when the meeting is scheduled! Sometimes we do
something different! You may bring coffee, soft drinks and/or snacks to the meeting.

MEETINGS SCHEDULED:
 

Date Program
January 17, 2009

Program: Writing Exercises to Fuel
Our Imagination

February 21, 2009 "War Stories" Author Panel
Published authors answer your questions about publishers, editors, agents and the business of writing.
March 21, 2009 Marketing Short Fiction
John Floyd,  Mississippi Author
April 18, 2009 NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
SPECIAL PROGRAM

Open to the Public (Coffee and light snacks)

An Editor's Perspective on Writing

Aaron McCarver Editor,
Barbour Publishing

& Diane Ashley
May 16, 2009 "Regional Anthologies: from Concept to Completion"
Lottie Boggan and Judy Tucker
June 20, 2009 High Concept!
or
"Think of My Book as Terminator Meets Psychic Soccer Mom"
Mallory Kane Harlequin Intrigue Author
July 18, 2009 Plotting Your Book Using the Hero's Journey
Lorraine Beatty
August 15, 2009 Recap of RWA National Convention
Washington DC
for more information about the conference click
here
September 19, 2009 Critique Session
(Bring the first 10 pages of your new or reworked
manuscript (as many copies as you want to bring)
for a friendly critique and discussion session.
October 17, 2009 Writing Christian Suspense
Terri Blackstock
Bestselling Author
+
Recap of the ACFW National Conference
Denver, CO
for more information about the conference click here
November 21, 2009 Small Press Publishing, From the Ground Up.
(Hear from a small publisher about how he markets
and promotes his authors.)
Joe Lee
Publisher and Owner of Dogwood Press

 

December 5, 2009 Annual MSRW
Christmas luncheon
11:00 am
Corner Bakery and Deli (Tent.)
Please note. This event is open to MSRW members only.
APRIL 10 2010 Mississippi Writes
Bringing together readers and writers
of fiction in Mississippi

see www.mississippiwrites.com
for more information


 

 

 

 

 JOINING MSRW:

  MSRW is a Chapter of Romance
  Writers of America
. Members
  must belong to the national chapter
  to qualify for membership in our
  local chapter.  More information
  can be found at the RWA website.

  Note: Anyone interested in
  writing is welcome to visit a monthly
  meeting.

For more information, EMail an
officer or member of the board.

meeting

 

 

 

Original Web Design: Jane Harrison

MSRW is a chapter of Romance Writers of America. Members of MSRW must belong to RWA 

 

updated: 11/05/09