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embers of MSRW must belong to RWA

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  2008 Officers:
 
President/
  
Newsletter Editor
:    Vanessa Barlow    
 
President-Elect:        Katharine Stokes
  Secretary:              
     June Love
  Treasurer:                  
Penny Boswell*

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

  Large:                         Lorraine Beatty*

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
)

unless otherwise stated on the calendar


Regular meetings are held at 10:00 am on the third Saturday of each month.
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
America's Favorite 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 Writing Christian Suspense
Terri Blackstock
Bestselling Author
October 17, 2009 Recap of the ACFW National Conference
Denver, CO
for more information about the conference click here
November 21, 2009 TBA
December 19, 2009 Annual MSRW
Christmas luncheon
Place TBD


 

 

 

 

 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.

 

 

 

 

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updated: 5/23/09