Mike Clifton, an award-winning author, gave a presentation on what to look for in a publisher and some warning signs of unscrupulous companies. He showed that these fly-by-night operations and bilk authors out of thousands of dollars. He talked about publishing–traditional, indie and hybrid. For more information: visit Michael’s official website at www.michaelscottclifton.com or google…

Carolyn Dean writes cozy mysteries, romances and other fictional writings. She has over 1 million books in print and we were privileged to hear her speak at our regular Monday night meeting. She used an excellent outline full of good advice so I have listed below the order of the presentation through her Power Point…

On February 13th, 2023, Jayne Morrow challenged us with how she writes novels using a beat sheet. A fascinating demonstration of the do’s and don’ts of writing fiction of any kind which needs a ‘brick by ‘brick’ or scene by scene construction of the book until the novel is complete. Jayna’s books have spent time…

Mike presented a great discussion of world building. He discussed how language, culture, religion, morals, climate, weather and even architecture affects world building and how that sets up the scenes in a story and enriches and colors the entire backdrop.   Here is Mike receiving a Certificate of Appreciation for all he has done for…

Patty has returned and gave us good advice about setting magic, characters that come alive and good plotting. We also discussed our surveys and attempts to reach out to more people and age groups. Lisa Holcomb (the 3rd picture below) moderated our discussion. .

Please come tonight to hear author Janice Conlee. The meeting will begin promptly at 6:30. Thanks and hope to see you there.