We meet the third Tuesday of each month from 6:30-8:30 pm at Northwest Recreation Center. Monthly meetings are part of our membership benefits. Non-members may attend two meetings before joining. Hope you can make it!
Ilona Andrews October 17, 2017 Topic TBD “Ilona Andrews” is the pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing team. Ilona is a native-born Russian and Gordon is a former communications sergeant in the U.S. Army. Contrary to popular belief, Gordon was never an intelligence officer with a license to kill, and Ilona was never the mysterious Russian spy …
Lane Heymont The Benefits of Agent Representation August 15, 2017 Lane Heymont is co-founder and a senior agent at The Tobias Literary Agency. He has judged writing contests across the country and served as a faculty member at a wide range of conferences. As Literary Assistant at the Seymour Agency, Lane led the marketing efforts for their authors and …
Cathy Maxwell The Three Things Men Want and the Four Things Women Need: Biological, or is it? June 20, 2017 Cathy Maxwell’s enthusiasm for life graces the pages of her books and are the topic of the talks she gives to readers and writers groups about her chosen career. She is no stranger to the …
Michael Noll How to Write Suspenseful Openings January 17, 2017 Michael Noll is the Program Director for the Writers’ League of Texas and editor of the craft-of-writing blog Read to Write Stories. His book, In the Beginning, Middle, and End: A Field Guide to Writing Fiction, will be published by A Strange Object in 2017. His stories have …
Candace Havens Writing and Finishing Your Rough Draft February 21, 2017 Bestselling author Candace Havens has published more than 25 books. Her novels have received nominations for the RITA’s, Holt Medallion, Write Touch Reader Awards and National Readers Choice Awards. She is a Barbara Wilson Award winner. She is the author of the biography “Joss …
Jessie Edwards Question and Answer Session March 21, 2017 Jessie is a Senior Publicist for Avon/Harper Voyager/Harper Collins. Hailing from Atlanta (in the way that all people hail from Atlanta—i.e., from a small suburb half an hour away), Jessie Edwards made her way to New York City in 2010 with a small savings account and …
Meg Gardiner Taking Scenes to the Next Level April 18, 2017 Edgar-winning novelist Meg Gardiner writes thrillers. Fast-paced and full of twists, her books have been called “Hitchcockian” (USA Today) and “nailbiting and moving” (Guardian). They have been bestsellers in the U.S. and internationally and have been translated into more than 20 languages. The Evan …
Mark Pryor A Day in the Life of an Assistant District Attorney May 16, 2017 Mark grew up in Hertfordshire, England, and now lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and three young children. Over the years, he has been many things: ski instructor, journalist, personal trainer, and bra folder (he lasted one day: fired for …
Lisa Cron Wired for Story September 19, 2017 Lisa Cron is a story coach and the author of Wired for Story: The Writer’s Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers From the Very First Sentence and Story Genius: How To Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You …
