Welcome to the
North Texas Romance Writers of America Web Site
Chapter #33, Region 5 of the Romance Writers of America® was organized in March 1983 and offers educational programs, an informative monthly newsletter, a friendly atmosphere for networking, and access to the latest information on agents, editors and publishers of romantic fiction. NTRWA's mission is to educate, support, and mentor published and unpublished members in the profession of romance writing. Our membership includes writers, published and unpublished, representing a wide variety of fiction genres, including traditional romance, women's fiction, suspense, and young adult fiction--as well as published authors of non-fiction (books, newspaper, and magazine articles).
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Join us on February 20, 2010 for NT's own
Misa Ramirez and Nikki Duncan.
Misa and Nikki will be presenting "The Differences between Marketing and Promotion, Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone, and Managing Your Time."
It’s never too early to begin marketing yourself and promoting your stories, but knowing how and where to begin can be tough. In this workshop, Nikki and Misa will discuss the differences between marketing and promotion and share tips that they’ve learned along their paths to publication and things they’ve picked up since their first sales. Tips will include marketing ideas for print books and ebooks, for online and on paper, as well as when to know you are doing all that you can.
About NIKKI: Nikki Duncan is the author of the Sensory Ops series: Sounds To Die By (available now), Scent of Persuasion (slated for May), a third (planned for November 2010), as well as a spin off title (planned for August of 2010) from Samhain Publishing.
A former gymnast and competitor in Hunter Pleasure with Arabian horses, Nikki uses the focus and discipline she learned competing to efficiently (most of the time) divide her time between duties as mom, administration manager for an area franchisee, and a writer.
Nikki is currently writing the third Sensory Ops book and recently published a series of articles in Romantic Times Magazine on the agent search (January, February, and March.) Nikki is also working on a romantic suspense series targeted for Silhouette, as well as a children’s story series with her oldest daughter.
About MISA: Misa Ramirez is the author of the Lola Cruz mystery series: Living the Vida Lola (January ’09) and Hasta la Vista, Lola! (February 2, 2010) from St. Martin’s Press Minotaur.
A former middle- and high school teacher and current CEO and CFO for La Familia Ramirez, this blonde-haired, green-eyed, proud-to-be-Latina-by-marriage girl loves following Lola on her many adventures. Whether it’s contemplating belly button piercings or visiting nudist resorts, she’s always up for the challenge.
Misa is hard at work on a new women’s fiction novel, is published in Woman’s World Magazine and Romance Writers Report, and has a children’s book published.
Doors open at 10:30.
North Texas Two Step featuring Michael Hague and his Story Mastery
During this special, all-day seminar, Hollywood script and story consultant Michael Hauge, best-selling author of Writing Screenplays That Sell and Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds: The Guaranteed Way to Get Your Screenplay or Novel Read, will present his unique approach to creating compelling fiction, and to eliciting emotion in your readers. Using clips from recent blockbuster love stories and romantic comedies, along with hands on exercises, Michael will help you strengthen your story concepts, plot structure, love stories, character development and themes.
As an added bonus, on Sunday morning Michael will do an in depth analysis of the film LARS AND THE REAL GIRL, using it to illustrate the essential principles of story structure, character arc, love stories and romantic comedies.
Topics covered will include:
- The primary goal of all story
- The power of desire, need, longing and destiny
- The essential conflict all characters must face
- Turning plot structure from a complicated concept into a simple, powerful tool you can easily apply to every story
- The single key to creating character arc and theme
- Creating unique, believable and fulfilling love stories
- The unique rules of romantic comedy: fantasy, duality, deceit
- Adapting your novel to film
If you want to elevate your fiction writing to the highest possible level, this event is a must.
Please visit our Two Step page for more information about Michael, his program, and our editors and agent.
The 2010 Great Expectations Contest...
Info about the 2010 GE contest now available. If you have any questions about the contest, contact the contest coordinators: Angi Platt.