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The Second Half of the Year Has Begun–Already!

July 6, 2023 by Linda O. Johnston in category Pets, Romance & Lots of Suspense by Linda O. Johnston tagged as articles, Bouchercon, humorous, National RWA Conference, Ruff Drafts

I’ve had a fun few weeks–including my usual writing.

Plus, I heard that the Dog Writers Association of America, of which I’m a member, was looking for humorous articles for their upcoming issue of RUFF DRAFTS, their publication, so I of course had to submit a short article about how my puppy keeps me from concentrating on my writing by insisting that I play fetch with her while I’m sitting at the computer. Humorous? Yes, and they published it. Plus, when I posted my excitement at my Facebook page, I was requested to submit an article to Mystery Writers Journal for their upcoming animal issue.

The Fourth of July has come and gone, and now the two writers’ conferences I’m looking forward to this year are closer: the Romance Writers of America National Conference, and Bouchercon. I’ll be on panels at both.

Hope you all enjoy the last half of 2023. I intend to!

Some of Linda’s Books

UNDERCOVER COWBOY DEFENDER

SHIELDING COLTON’S WITNESS

HOUNDS ABOUND

THE MORE THE TERRIER

BEAGLEMANIA

GUARDIAN K-9 ON CALL

BEAR WITNESS

UNDERCOVERING COLTON’S FAMILY SECRETS

HER UNDERCOVER REFUGE

COLTON FIRST RESPONDER (The Coltons of Mustang Valley)

THE SOLDIER’S K-9 MISSION

COLTON 911: CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE

FOR A GOOD PAWS

VISIONARY WOLF (Alpha Force)

TRAINED TO PROTECT

PROTECTOR WOLF

BAD TO THE BONE

COVERT ALLIANCE

TO CATCH A TREAT

PICK AND CHEWS

UNLUCKY CHARMS

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Loving Multiple Genres

May 6, 2015 by Linda O. Johnston in category Pets, Romance & Lots of Suspense by Linda O. Johnston tagged as cozy mysteries, Linda O. Johnston, Malice Domestic, National RWA Conference, Paranormal Romance, romantic suspense

Those of you who know me also know that I write in multiple genres, which currently include paranormal romance, romantic suspense and cozy mysteries. And I’m not the only one!

Last weekend I attended Malice Domestic, an annual conference held in Bethesda, Maryland, for readers and writers of cozy mysteries. It was delightful, as always. I was on a panel about pets in mysteries, and also participated in Malice Go Round, where readers sit at tables while authors, two at a time, sit down with them and get to talk about their work for two minutes apiece. Exhausting, but fun! That was in addition to parties and hanging around at the reception area talking with people and more.

One of the fun things I also got to do was to meet with several of the people who will be fellow panelists with me at July’s RWA National Conference! Yes, we’re all attending both kinds of conferences this year. Our RWA panel topic will be From White Collar to Red Herring, and we’ll be talking about our non-writing professional experiences not only for plotting, but also for managing our writing careers.

Come see us if you’re at RWA National this year!

Linda

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www.LindaOJohnston.comBITE THE BISCUIT, A Barkery & Biscuits Mystery

May 2015

LOST UNDER A LADDER, a Superstition Mystery

LOYAL WOLF, an Alpha Force Harlequin Nocturne

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Catering to Special Interests

March 5, 2012 by A Slice of Orange in category Archives tagged as National RWA Conference, Special Interest Chapters

As weâ€™re gearing up for RWA Nationals locally in Anaheim, I wanted to share some information about â€œspecial interestâ€ chapters that are online. Some may not know of the opportunities. In addition to OCC/RWA, Iâ€™m also a member of a number of Online chapters. One is Passionate Ink, which is for erotic romance writers (http://www.passionateink.org/).

Every year at Nationals, most of these chapters host a party (because they don’t get to meet in person during the year!). Passionate Ink recently announced that their party will be on Thursday, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The theme is â€œDungeon,â€ and the guest speaker is Sascha Illyvich, who taught the â€œWriting from a Manâ€™s POVâ€ course for OCC in 2010. Last year, it was â€œBurlesque,â€ and it cost $25 to attend for nice appetizers and two drink tickets (plus the â€œshowâ€).

Anyway, to join that chapter it costs $25.

Other special interest chapters include :

ChickLit Writers of the World — Self-explanatory

http://chicklitwriters.com/

Faith, Hope and Love â€“ Inspirational

http://faithhopelove-rwa.org/

FF&P — Future, Fantasy & Paranormal — Another great party, and I know we have a lot of members in there.

http://www.romance-ffp.com/

Hearts Through History

http://www.heartsthroughhistory.com/

Kiss of Death â€“ Mystery/Suspense

http://www.rwamysterysuspense.org/

Rainbow Romance Writers

http://www.rainbowromancewriters.com/

Those that write same-sex romance, and we have a good half-dozen OCC members in there.

Womenâ€™s Fiction Chapter

http://www.rwa-wf.com/

YARWA — Young Adult RWA

http://yarwa.com/

Iâ€™m a special interest junkie! I belong to five other chapters. So if you have a special genre, see whatâ€™s out there, and look into joining before it gets too close. This way, youâ€™ll have the info on the parties at National! (The YARWA event sells out every year.)

Hope to see you there!

Louisa Bacio

Love Knows No Bounds

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Orlando! by Linda O. Johnston

August 6, 2010 by Linda O. Johnston in category Pets, Romance & Lots of Suspense by Linda O. Johnston, Writing Conferences tagged as Berkley Prime Crime, Harlequin Nocturne, Linda O. Johnston, National RWA Conference, OCCRWA

A couple of months ago, my blog on A Slice of Orange discussed my angst about whether I really wanted to go to the Romance Writers of America Conference in Orlando. I wound up going. Am I glad? Yes!

I didnâ€™t stay for the entire conference, which I regret now. But I accomplished most of what I wanted to–saw nearly all the people I hoped to see, attended most of the sessions Iâ€™d planned to, and learned about new resources and other information about publishing and promoting.

I met a number of people Iâ€™d never anticipated seeing, too. Networked and schmoozed and partied and had a great time.

I admit that the Orlando weather didnâ€™t wow me. I have lived in L.A. long enough to be really spoiled about the minimal humidity on most hot days. Just walking between the two hotels at the Disney Swan and Dolphin Resort wilted me.
But the steaming up of my sunglasses didnâ€™t deter me. The brief walk was worth it, plus the view was really nice, including the waterway between the two facilities.

By the way, as I mentioned in my blog last month, if youâ€™re interested in hearing some of the things I learned at National, Iâ€™ll be sharing them at the OCC meeting on August 14. Come and ask questions–and Iâ€™ll answer whatever I can.

Linda O. Johnston
http://www.lindaojohnston.com/
http://www.killerhobbies.blogspot.com/

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Writer on the Verge

August 18, 2008 by A Slice of Orange in category Writer on the Verge by Kate Carlisle tagged as Kate Carlisle, National RWA Conference, Romance Bandits, Writer on the Verge

More Conference Talk!

Everyone’s been sharing their conference and post-conference experiences, so I thought I’d join the crowd. And I brought photos–mostly of me, I’ll admit. But ya know, it’s my camera. 🙂

For me, this year’s conference was all about networking with fellow writers and I think I succeeded. Well, I partied a lot, anyway.

I was thrilled to finally get a chance to visit and party with my fabulous blogging group, Romance Bandits, and even had a few chance encounters with the Golden Rooster. (A long story, but visit the blog a few times and you’ll catch on!) Here’s a picture of the Cheeky Chook with Romance Bandit and Kensington debut author Jeanne Adams. Don’t they make a cute couple?

Here’s a shot of me with another Bandita and double Rita finalist, the lovely and talented Avon historical author, Anna Campbell.

Here are a few familiar OCC faces. This was taken the night of the Rita awards. It’s me, with Jennifer Apodaca and Michele Cwiertny. Don’t we all look fabulous?

And here I am with yet another Bandita, Sourcebooks Casablanca author Loucinda McGary. Her first book, The Wild Sight, is out in October and she’s already starting to garner wonderful reviews! We’re showing off our first sale ribbons!

I’ve got lots more photos but an alarming number of friends have threatened me with death if I post them here. I won’t mention any names … but some people are so touchy!

Hope your conference experience was wonderful!