All Monthly Meetings are Virtual until further notice.
Members can find the programming meeting links on the RCRW’s forum and on the private Facebook page.
Guests may attend two meetings to help make their decision to join. Some meetings are exclusive to RCRW members only, such as the December holiday workshop. Please contact [email protected] at least 72 hours in advance for a link to access the remote meeting. We use the Zoom software.
Meetings and Programs are live and are not recorded.
We ask Guests who attend their second Virtual Programming Workshop to please consider helping us continue bringing excellent programming content by donating to RCRW.
Please note that the meeting platform has changed to Zoom. Please contact [email protected] for the correct monthly link.
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Virtual Meeting Schedule
Rose City Romance Writers (RCRW) meets the second Saturday of each month.
Meeting are at no-cost for RCRW Members. People are welcome to attend our meetings, up to two times, before they are required to become RCRW chapter members.
10-11(ish): Chapter business meeting
11-12:30(ish): Workshop/presentation
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April 11, 2026 Programming Announcement
Genre-Specific Author Branding (With or Without a Book)
This session shows authors how to create genre-aligned branding with Book Brush—whether you’ve already published books or you’re still building your author platform. We’ll have some fun exploring how colors, fonts, imagery, and layout work together to instantly signal genre, tone, and reader expectations. You’ll see examples using book covers and brand-forward graphics that don’t require a finished book.
Published authors will pick up easy ways to refresh and strengthen their existing brand across promos and social media. Aspiring authors will learn how to start building a recognizable author look now—so when that first book launches, their visuals are already working for them.
Presenter Bio:
Kathleen Sweeney is the Chief Operating Officer at Book Brush, where she combines her love of technology and storytelling to help authors with book marketing. She has presented to over 350 author groups and thrives on making design and promotion easier (and more fun!) for writers of all genres. She lives in central Illinois with her husband, three active boys and the two most handsome cats on the planet. Her hobbies include eating tacos and turning socks right side out.