Eastlake, CO 80614-0448
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P.O. Box 448 Eastlake, CO 80614-0448 |
CRW meets the second Saturday of every month
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January 12, 2008 -- Roger WilliamsRoger Williams, President of Specialty Firearms Training, LLC, speaking on firearms and weapons. Specialty Firearms Training, LLC is a consultant in the areas of firearm deployment, special use weapons systems in both lethal and non-lethal systems for law enforcement, personal protection services and firearms competition. SFT is involved in weapon systems training and instruction including familiarization, marksmanship, safety, and intermediate and advanced tactical handgun and rifle for both the civilian security industry and law enforcement communities.February 9, 2008-- CRITIQUE WORKSHOP!Don't have a critique group yet? Need some fresh feedback on your current work in progress? Just want to try out some new material? Join us in February for a Round Robin Critiquing Session!Bring 6 copies of 5 pages of your current WIP (or any WIP you want feedback on) to our meeting. The pages should be consecutive pages but can be from anywhere in your story. We'll organize into tables of no more than 6 people based on the category of your story [will translate to twenty minute sessions per person--we'll have a timer!]. March 8, 2008 -- Shanna Michaels Denver Police DepartmentEver wonder what it would be like to be an undercover police officer? Wonder what it takes to break-up a prostitution ring or catch a serial sex assailant or rub elbows with drug lords? Come listen to Shanna Michaels talk about her adventures in the Denver Police Department!APRIL 12 -- Jeanne SteinUrban Fantasy is a new tag for a genre that combines romance, mystery and the paranormal. It's been defined as "gritty," "contemporary" and without the "happily ever after" associated with straight romance. For a writer, the possibilities are endless! Join Jeanne Stein, author of the bestselling Anna Strong Chronicles, for a look at this popular new genre and how it's expanding the realm of the modern day romance.MAY 10, 2008 -- CRW May Workshop and Awards LuncheonWhen: MAY 10, 2008 from 9AM till 5PM Why: CRW May Workshop and Awards Luncheon ANGELA KNIGHT Where: DoubleTree Hotel, 8773 Yates Dr., Westminster, CO 80030-3678 Registration costs: $60.00 - CRW and sister chapter members (HOD & PPRW) $75.00 - non-member Angela Knight will be giving us two workshops. The first workshop will be on hostage negotiation and police procedures, where she will be joined by her husband, Michael. Michael is a polygraph examiner and hostage negotiator with the Sheriff’s department in South Carolina where they live. This is the same workshop that was a hit at RWA national. The second workshop will be Mild or Wild - Love Scenes that Sizzle. Angela will present a special workshop on creating love scenes that are anything but ho-hum. Whether you're writing for mild or wild, you're probably going to need to write at least one love scene. She'll talk about ways to blend the love scene seamlessly into the plot so it doesn't read like a porn break in the story. She'll also discuss how to incorporate character and conflict into the love scene so that it contributes to advancing the story rather than stopping it in its tracks. At the same time, she'll give tips on how to up the heat factor to create a scene that makes the reader sit up and take notice. Arrangements have been made for a block of rooms at a reduced rate, for those of you who wish to stay at the DoubleTree. The rate is $99.00 per night plus tax. More information will be posted as we get closer to May. As always the registration fee will include the workshop and the awards luncheon. In the meantime, if you need any more information contact Cindy Woolf or Michele Chambers for more information. Angela Knight is the USA Today bestselling author of books for Berkley, Red Sage, Changeling Press, and Loose Id. She has won multiple critics choice awards from Romantic Times, and was nominated this year for a Romantic Times career achievement award. Her first book was written in pencil and illustrated in crayon; she was nine years old at the time. A few years later, she read The Wolf and the Dove and fell in love with romance. Besides her fiction work, Angela’s publishing career includes a stint as a comic book writer and ten years as a newspaper reporter. Several of her stories won South Carolina Press Association awards under her real name. In 1996, she discovered the small press publisher Red Sage, and realized her dream of romance publication in the company's Secrets 2 anthology. She went on to publish several more novellas in Secrets before editor Cindy Hwang discovered her work there and asked her if she'd be interested in writing for Berkley. Not being an idiot, Angela said yes. Angela lives in South Carolina with her husband, Michael, a polygraph examiner and hostage negotiator for the county's Sheriff's Office. The couple has a grown son, Anthony. June 14, 2008 -- Self-Promotion WorkshopEver wonder, as an unpublished writer actively seeking publication, when and how you should start promoting yourself? How about what the differences are between promotional campaigns for e-pubbed writters vs. small press vs. large houses? What do publishers do to promote your work and what should you be doing?Please join us as a two of CRW's published authors--Lizzie T. Leaf and Melissa Mayhue--will be onsite to give us their unique perspectives on everything they've learned about making self promotion work, no matter where you are in your writing career! BOOK TALK: Melissa Mayhue discusses her latest release, Soul of a Highlander (Daughters of the Glen Series) JULY 12, 2008 -- Sara Megibow from NELSON LITERARY AGENCY. LLCTired of getting rejection letters on just your query? Want agents begging to read sample pages of your work? Then this is a workshop you must attend. Sara Megibow, from Nelson Literary Agency, will discuss writing successful email queries.Get the inside scoop on how to perfect your novel query pitch to get those much desired requests for partials or your full manuscript. Learn how to make your email query stand out from the hundreds agents receive. Learn what email-specific pitfalls to avoid and most important, get some hands on practice writing your own queries with Sara in the room! AugustSeptemberOctober 11, 2008 -- CRW's 20th Anniversary & Published Author LuncheonBOOK TALK: Lynda Hilburn discusses her latest release, Dark Harvest (this tentative...the format for this meeting is not yet confirmed)November 8, 2008 -- Amanda Harte, Butterflies in Formation: Techniques to Tame the Fear of Public SpeakingIf you view public speaking with less enthusiasm than you’d approach surgery without anesthesia, this workshop is for you. Amanda Harte will show you how the Three Cs (confidence, content and composure) can help make everything from book signings to formal presentations more enjoyable … and more effective.BOOK TALK: Amanda Harte discusses her 2 2008 releases, Stargazer (April) and the Golden Thread (June) December -- Christmas PartyBOOK TALK: Leslee Breene will be on site to discuss her latest release, Hearts on the Wind |
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