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MEETINGS 2010 - View Our Calendar Map Our Location - Second Saturday of each month at 10:00 a.m. Portland Community College - Sylvania Campus - Room - TCB 218 RCRW meets the second Saturday of each month at 10:00 a.m. at Portland Community College - Sylvania Campus, room TCB 218 unless stated differently on the homepage of the RCRW website. Each meeting begins with a brief business meeting and is followed by a guest speaker. Author booksignings are often scheduled after the meeting. Check the Home Page for current speaker and meeting information.
A detailed PCC-Sylvania campus map may help you to locate the building. If you're interested in joining us as a guest and would like more information, please e-mail our V. P. of Membership, Jessie Smith. As membership chair, Jessie can also provide information on how to become a member. Please check out our Membership page for a list of benefits that come with joining the chapter. All programs and speakers are arranged by our V.P. of Programs. The V.P. of Programs plan programs from March-March each year. If you have any comments or suggestions for future speakers, please e-mail Sue Liwanag. Are you considering joinging Rose City Romance Writers? To get an idea of the wonderful slate of meeting speakers we are able to get each year take a look at our scheduled line-up. 2010 is already shaping up to be a great year! Mark your calendars now!! 2012 Speakers Most of Our Meetings Will Follow This Time Line Chapter Business Meeting: 10:00 - 10:30
Workshop: 10:30 to 11:30
Chapter Fun Stuff: 11:30 to 12:15
Social/Booksignings: 12:15 to 1:00 JAN 14th, 2012 Judith Ashley Simple Ways to Identify and Increase Character Conflict This workshop will be 1.5 hours Do you feel overwhelmed with character interviews; the idea of writing ten - twenty page biographies about each of your main characters? Does your mind balk and your fingers freeze on the keyboard at the idea of writing a thirty page outline on the main turning points and main conflict(s) in your story? Do you struggle to find ways to increase realistic internal and external conflict in your characters? In this workshop, we will discuss the concept of ‘conflict’, learn five basic universal needs; develop ‘needs profiles’ for your main characters; and use these profiles to increase character conflict. ABOUT THE PRESENTER Judith Ashley, a pre-published author, is on the senior teaching faculty for The William Glasser Institute. She presents workshops on Dr. Glasser’s concepts in the United States and Internationally. She uses her thirty-plus years of experience using Dr. Glasser Five Basic Needs to support her writing life, develop her characters’ personalities, as well as create conflicts between them. Judith has three completed manuscripts and is actively seeking publication. Visit Judith at www.judithashleyromance.com FEB 11th, 2012 Tawna Fenske *Twitter 101* MAR 10th, 2012 April Eberhardt joined the literary world after 25 years as a corporate strategist and management consultant. April founded her own agency in order to assist and advise authors as they navigate the increasingly complex world of publishing. As readers and publishers choose among the many ways literature is being delivered in the new millennium, authors need a literary agent who understands both the traditional and electronic marketplaces, along with the evolving role of self-publishing, done right. April holds an MBA from Boston University in Marketing and Finance, a BA from Hamilton (Kirkland) College in Anthropology and French, and a CPLF degree from the University of Paris. She divides her time between San Francisco, New York and Paris. APR 14th, 2012 MAY 12th, 2012 Ann Charles & Jacquie Rogers Growing Your Audience: For Published, Unpublished & Under-published Authors The publishing industry is morphing every day, and the internet brings a new dimension to the concept of audience. The shotgun approach worked for decades, but this technique becomes more expensive and less viable every month. Today's bad news: no one will find your readers for you. Today's good news: you have more options than ever in history to build your own fan base. Finding those readers lets you tailor your marketing and promotion without wasting time and money. Topics we'll discuss in this workshop: The instructors are award-winning co-authors of "Growing Your Audience: Workbook for Published, Unpublished, and Under-published Writers," and "Nail It!: The Secret to Building an Effective Fiction Platform, Level 1: Laying the Foundation" (the first of five books). Ann Charles is the author of the Deadwood Mystery series. Jacquie Rogers is author of the Much Ado series. Ann Charles: http://www.anncharles.com Jacquie Rogers is a former software designer, campaign manager, deli clerk, cow milker, but always a bookworm. She writes western historical romance and fantasy romance, always with a touch of humor. Her current releases are Much Ado About Marshals (first book in the Much Ado series) and Faery Merry Christmas. Previously released and still available are Faery Special Romances, Down Home Ever Lovin' Mule Blues. Her stories have won the P.E.A.R.L. Award for Best Short Story, and the NOR Award for Best Print Sci-Fi/Fantasy Romance novel. She's a former Golden Heart finalist, co-creator of 1st Turning Point with Ann Charles, and a frequent speaker and workshop instructor, both in person and online. Visit her website at
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