FWA River City Writers Group
(Jacksonville)

Our speaker for our May 12 is award-winning author Cynthia Enuton. She pens the Angel in a Fur Coat series and is a marketing guru. Cynthia will clue us in on unique and innovative ways to market our books.  


 

The Rivercity Writers of FWA welcome author Robyn Goiaia to speak at our August 12, 2014 meeting at 7pm at the SE Library. She will speak on the importance of accurate and thorough research for both fiction and nonfiction books. Robyn is the award winning author of America's REAL First Thanksgiving.

Our speaker for October is author Jaimie Engle.  Jaimie recenlty launched her debut novel - Clifford Chase and the Arrow of Light.  Jamie is an experienced writer who  honed her craft with over 20 publishing
credits.

She will be speaking on her writing process and how she is currently marketing her novel. 

As usual you are welcome to bring in any two pages of any work-in-progress for the group to critique.

Happy writing Gregg

April 9, 2013 SE Library 7 pm

On April 9, 2013, our speaker will be Author Linda Schilling Mitchell (Dear Miss Schneider, Please Excuse Walter) presents “Getting the Gigs.” How to land interviews, articles, book signings, and speaking engagements, as you promote your book. Linda spent 30 years in the hospitality/hotel industry, as catering director, director of sales & marketing, and general manager. She uses this wealth of experience to increase her book sales, expand her network, and support our community of writers along the way.


· Generating leads. Whom to target for your specific book.

· Tools and resources available to promote your book.

· How to make a good presentation at a book signing or event.

When considering how to market your book, “think outside the box,” says Linda. “Try everything and anything. If they say ‘No,’ you haven’t lost anything. You’ve gained the experience of rejection. You can then move forward, more educated, to the next opportunity.”

As usual you are also welcome to bringin two pages of any work-in-progress for group critiques.


Happy Writing


Gregg

At our meeting next week on Tuesday March 12, I will bring all the news from the SCBWI Conference in Miami. I had the opportunity to attend a great novelintensive with Michael Kearns, Bruce Coville, and Liz Law. Ellen Hopkins wowed the crowd with her talk on Crank, and I had an awesome critique from Nancy Sisco!

Bring a notepad and a pen - I filled almost a full notebook of copious notes and have so much 411 to share.

Of course you are also welcome to bring 2 pages of any work-in-progress for the group to critique.

This month  we will be in Room E for Excellent meeting!!

We are meeting on Tuesday February 12, 2013 at the SE Library at 7 pm. in Room D. Award Winning Author Vic Degenti will be speaking on:


“Heroes, Mentors & Shapeshifters: Character Archetypes & the Writer’s Journey”









Gregg Golson