Featured Author of the Month: Meriam Wilhelm
August 14, 2018 by Meriam Wilhelm in category Featured Author of the Month tagged as August, Featured Author of the Month, Meriam Wilhelm, Witches of New Moon Beach
Featured Author of the Month: Meriam Wilhelm
For thirty-five years, Meriam Wilhelm worked in education. From high school teacher to college dean to her favorite job of elementary school principal, she took an excitingly non-traditional pathway, always passionate about shaping young minds.
When she retired, something magical happened. Wilhelm was bitten by the writing bug and her chosen genre was paranormal romance – specifically of the witchy persuasion. Now, six books into The Witches of New Moon Beach series, she is bringing her passion for learning to her new profession.
A world traveler, Wilhelm has researched the history and culture of witchcraft and found inspiration as far away as Bergen, Norway and as close as her home town. A Redondo Beach resident, she decided there was no better location for her family of witches to reside than the beaches outside her own front door. “I think there is magic in everyone you meet,” Wilhelm says. “You just have to look for it.”
In her case, you also must write about that magic. Currently, Wilhelm is working on book seven, The Witch of Bergen. She is the recipient of the Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewers Choice Award. She is married and the mother of three grown children and a brand-new grandma. When not writing or traveling, Meriam Wilhelm can be found at her sewing machine, at yoga class or, of course, reading.
Congratulations to the 2018 Silver Falchion Finalists
August 8, 2018 by marianne h donley in category Apples & Oranges by Marianne H. Donley tagged as Carol L. Wright, Death In Glenville Falls, Killer Nashville, Silver Falchion Award
Congratulations to all the 2018 Silver Falchion finalists, but especially Carol L. Wright. The winners of this contest will be announced at the Killer Nashville’s 13th Annual Writers’ Conference. Carol’s novel, Death In Glenville Falls has also been nominated for the Silver Falchion Reader’s Choice Award as has the anthology Day of the Dark in which Carol has a short story. Anyone may vote for the Silver Falchion Reader’s Choice Awards by following the link here.
Carol has been a guest author on A Slice of Orange. You can read An Interview with Carol L. Wright by Jann Ryan or her column Judging a Book by Its Cover. And you will find her books in our Book Store. Click on the book covers for more infomation.
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Meriam Wilhelm: Featured Author of the Month
August 7, 2018 by Meriam Wilhelm in category Featured Author of the Month tagged as Featured author, Meriam Wilhelm, Witches of New Moon Beach
Meriam Wilhelm: Featured Author of the Month
For thirty-five years, Meriam Wilhelm worked in education. From high school teacher to college dean to her favorite job of elementary school principal, she took an excitingly non-traditional pathway, always passionate about shaping young minds.
When she retired, something magical happened. Wilhelm was bitten by the writing bug and her chosen genre was paranormal romance – specifically of the witchy persuasion. Now, six books into The Witches of New Moon Beach series, she is bringing her passion for learning to her new profession.
A world traveler, Wilhelm has researched the history and culture of witchcraft and found inspiration as far away as Bergen, Norway and as close as her home town. A Redondo Beach resident, she decided there was no better location for her family of witches to reside than the beaches outside her own front door. “I think there is magic in everyone you meet,” Wilhelm says. “You just have to look for it.”
In her case, you also must write about that magic. Currently, Wilhelm is working on book seven, The Witch of Bergen. She is the recipient of the Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewers Choice Award. She is married and the mother of three grown children and a brand-new grandma. When not writing or traveling, Meriam Wilhelm can be found at her sewing machine, at yoga class or, of course, reading.
A Day with Damon Suede
August 4, 2018 by H. O. Charles in category Apples & Oranges by Marianne H. Donley, Events tagged as Damon Suede, Music City Romance Writers, Special Events, writing
Music City Romance Writers
September 2018 Event
A Day with Damon Suede
Registration now open for our MCRW September Event featuring Damon Suede!
When: Saturday, September 15, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. with optional evening session and Sunday morning breakfast (additional fees required).
Where: Four Points by Sheraton, 760 Old Hickory Blvd., Brentwood, TN 37027.
Registration link
Who: Damon Suede grew up out-n-proud in right-wing America, and escaped as soon as it was legal. He has earned his crust as a model, a messenger, a promoter, a programmer, a sculptor, a singer, a stripper, a bookkeeper, a bartender, a techie, a teacher, a director… but writing has ever been his bread and butter. Though new to romance fiction, Damon has been a full-time writer for print, stage, and screen for almost three decades. He has won some awards, but counts his blessings more often: his amazing friends, his demented family, his beautiful husband, his loyal fans, and his silly, stern, seductive Muse who keeps whispering in his ear, year after year.
Schedule:
| Saturday, September 15 | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
CHARACTER BUILDING: Action Figures Bestsellers start with fascinating people. Boost your writing process and anchor your career at any stage with a new characterization method that jumpstarts drafting, crafting, revision, and pitching. Go beyond looks, persona, and boilerplate traits so you can bust your ruts and build the perfect cast to dazzle your readers. This session includes: · skill-builders to intensify language, stakes, and emotion for your readers. · battle-tested solutions for common traps, crutches, and habits. · a dynamic story-planning strategy effective for plotters and pantsers. · exercises to help you upgrade stories in any genre. In this deep-dive morning session, we’ll take your fictional folks to the next level with a simple, powerful technique that will strengthen your people, your plots, your hooks, and your voice. Whether you like to wing it or bring it, you’ll leave this workshop with a new set of practical, language-based tools to populate your pages and lay the foundations of unforgettable genre fiction. |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch (included with registration fee) |
| 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
FIND YOUR GAME FACE This hands-on workshop on presence and platform will teach you how to identify a personal archetype to embody your brand and launch your projects in the genre marketplace. In this session you’ll learn to: · evoke story patterns that protect and project your professionalism. · harness the power of personal goals and a public platform, on- and offline. · tailor your message to open doors and attract the right kind of attention. · cultivate a healthy A-gang to minimize headaches and boost promo. A strategic authorial presence can be a game changer for your career. This class will show you how to groom and broadcast your unique appeal, so you become your own best advertisement |
| 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. |
SELLING STORIES (Optional Evening Session – additional fee required) Does your marketing copy earn its keep? This session tackles the wild, woolly world of blurbs and explore the way a high concept premise can anchor a project before and during the writing process. We’ll drill down into the challenges of summarizing your story’s strongest selling point. We’ll unpack the knack of crafting a clear hook, a free prize, and boiling a project into a logline that closes the sale, before and after publication. |
| Sunday, September 16 | |
| Time TBD |
SMALL GROUP BREAKFAST (Optional Morning Session – additional fee required) Get all of your marketing questions answered in this small group breakfast discussion with Damon. Space is very limited for this option, and will be filled on a first come, first served basis. The cost of breakfast at the Four Points by Sheraton on-site restaurant is not included with the registration fee. |
Cost:
| Register between
July 1 – July 31 |
Register between
August 1- September 7 |
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| MCRW Members: | $65.00 | MCRW Members: | $75.00 |
| Non-Members: | $75.00 | Non-Members: | $85.00 |
| Optional Evening Session: Selling Stories | $20.00 | Optional Evening Session: Selling Stories | $20.00 |
| Optional Sunday Breakfast (cost of food not included): | $20.00 | Optional Sunday Breakfast (cost of food not included): | $20.00 |
| Registration closes for members and non-members on September 8, 2018 | |||
Guest rooms are $129.00 plus applicable state and local taxes.
Click here to reserve your room or call 615-964-5500 and ask for the Music City Romance Writers group rate. Our discounted rate is only available until August 14, 2018.
For more information about becoming a MCRW member, click here.
To Register for A Day with Damon Suede: CLICK HERE
Refund Policy: Due to our timeline for securing meals and materials, we are not able to offer refunds after August 15.
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Featured Author Jina Bacarr
July 28, 2018 by Jina Bacarr in category Featured Author of the Month tagged as contemporary romance, Featured Author of the Month, Jina Bacarr, YA
Jina Bacarr : July Featured Author
Jina Bacarr discovered early on that she inherited the gift of the gab from her large Irish family when she penned a story about a princess who ran away to Paris with her pet turtle Lulu. She was twelve. She grew up listening to their wild, outlandish tales, and it was those early years of storytelling that led to her love of history and traveling.
She enjoys writing to classical music with a hot cup of java by her side. She adores dark chocolate truffles, vintage anything, the smell of bread baking and rainy days in museums. She has always loved walking through history—from Pompeii to Verdun to Old Paris.
The voices of the past speak to her through carriages with cracked leather seats, stiff ivory-colored crinolines, and worn satin slippers. She has always wondered what it was like to walk in those slippers when they were new.
Featured Books
APPLE, TABLE, PENNY . . . MURDER
How can you explain a disappearance when everyone denies it happened?
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COLTON FIRST RESPONDER (The Coltons of Mustang Valley)
When disaster strikes
A Colton comes to the rescue
MARRYING MR. GIBSON
She won't be forced into marriage to a nobleman's by-blow. He won't be trapped into marriage by a father he's never known.
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