Prior Years' Meeting Topics and Presenters
2024 meeting topics/presenters:
Date | Topic |
January | How To Write Media Tie-ins with Mari Mancusi |
February | Making Silence BOOM! with Margie Lawson |
March | In My Cinnamon Roll Era with Teri Wilson |
April | 6 Techniques for More Compelling Plots with Shirley Jump |
May | Feeling Extra Crispy? When Writers Burn Out with Liz Lincoln |
June | How and Where to Use Goal, Motivation, and Conflict with Bonnie Edwards |
July | No meeting |
August | No meeting |
September | AI Presentation with by Neil Plakcy |
October | Transforming Your Website from Blah to Boss with Nate Hoffhelder |
November | No speaker |
December | No meeting |
2022 meeting topics/presenters:
Date | Topic |
January | Writing The Diaspora: Create Diverse Characters with History and Depth with Adriana Herrera |
February | Story Structure Influenced by TV with Ines Johnson |
March | Adding Tension to Your Romance with Victorine Lieske |
April | All Things Book Marketing with Pamela Kelley |
May | Meeting canceled |
June | Banking On Your Backlist with Elana Johnson |
July | No meeting |
August | |
September | Tips and Strategies to Sell Your Books: Amazon Ads with Deb Zeb |
October | Finding Success with Standalones with Kiersten Modglin |
November | Writing a Breakout Book with Alana Quintana Albertson |
December | No meeting |
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2023 meeting topics/presenters:
Date | Topic |
January | Facebook Ads with Mal Cooper |
February | Book Done 101 with Patty Larsen |
March | It's the Little Things with Tracy Brogan |
April | Story Structure with Barbara Wallace |
May | Write Way Better Scenes with Anne Hawley and Rachelle Ramirez |
June | Romance Tropes and the Shifting Sands of Time with Kathryn LeVeque |
July | No meeting |
August | No meeting |
September | How to Make Sure Your Book Has Butter and Doesn't Suck with Theodora Taylor |
October | The Craft of the Short Story with Anthea Sharp |
November | Storytelling Secrets of East Asian Narratives and Kishōtenketsu for Modern Romance Writers with A. M. Lau |
December | No meeting |
2022 meeting topics/presenters:
Date | Topic |
January | Writing The Diaspora: Create Diverse Characters with History and Depth with Adriana Herrera |
February | Story Structure Influenced by TV with Ines Johnson |
March | Adding Tension to Your Romance with Victorine Lieske |
April | All Things Book Marketing with Pamela Kelley |
May | Meeting canceled |
June | Banking On Your Backlist with Elana Johnson |
July | No meeting |
August | |
September | Tips and Strategies to Sell Your Books: Amazon Ads with Deb Zeb |
October | Finding Success with Standalones with Kiersten Modglin |
November | Writing a Breakout Book with Alana Quintana Albertson |
December | No meeting |
2021 meeting topics/presenters:
2020 meeting topics/presenters:
2019 meeting topics/presenters: