The majority of our meetings are held at the
Symmes Township branch of The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton
County.
Our chapter meetings start at 12:00 noon and last about one
hour. A two-hour program follows the chapter meeting.
For additional information on Ohio Valley Romance Writers
of America, please contact chapter president, Jenn Stark
or call at 513.256.7358. If you're ready to join us, simply complete our online
Membership Form.
5/10/2008 |
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Jenny Crusie |
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Motif/Theme/Unity |
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This is a set of exercises on character arc, relationships,
communities, etc. Please bring a work in progess to this meeting.
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Jenny Crusie has written over 15 books. Her work has earned a place on many bestseller lists including the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal, Bookscan, Barnes & Noble and Waldens.
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6/14/2008 |
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Elizabeth Bemis |
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Dr. Goodweb |
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Dr. Goodweb or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Site
Does your website need a trip to the ER? Dr. Goodweb's on call! In this information-packed seminar, you'll learn what you should consider before hiring a designer or designing your site yourself, how to bring back visitors time after time, and how to showcase yourself and your work to maximum advantage. With detailed explanations and before-and-after examples, you'll see successful web techniques in action--and learn how to incorporate them in your own website. For anyone who currently has a website or is planning one, this is one seminar you need to get to--STAT!
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Liz Bemis is the Owner and Creative Director of Bemis promotions, a full-service design and promotions firm specializing in websites for authors. Her current client roster includes more than twenty authors and small businesses.
A 2004 and 2005 Golden Heart Finalist, Liz has also won the prestigious Maggie, Laurie and Dixie contests, and has placed in numerous other contests of regional and national fame. Her most recent work, "CHARADE" represents her fifteenth completed novel. When she's not writing romance and designing author sites, Liz serves as a freelance developer and techwriter for a software company in Cincinnati and fights for control of her office with her dog, Elvis, and cat, Fritz. Sadly, they usually win.
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7/12/2008 |
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Gia Dawn |
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Editing your manuscript from rough draft to editor suggestions |
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This workshop, editing your manuscript from the very beginning through publication, will give tips on self-editing and revision before submission,following through with how to handle revisions and edits when finally working with a real life editor. Gia will discuss her own experience with an editor/author relationship, as well as those of other published authors.
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Gia Dawn is a multi-published author who writes fun, fantasy romance with the heat turned up! She lives in Southern Indiana with her wonderful husband and sons, loves geeky sci-fi television shows and is eagerly awaiting the release of her next book, Dunmore Rising, coming June 24th, 2008 from Samhain Publishing.
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Gia Dawn
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8/9/2008 |
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9/13/2008 |
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Kay Lockner, MBA |
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Power House Marketing - Creating Your Custom Market Plan |
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Do you throw marketing money out the window doing what other people say works without measuring the results you get in return? In addition to being expensive, that strategy also makes it difficult to know what's working for you (and worth investing in the next time!) and what can be scrapped in lieu of a new approach. It can also mean adding unnecessary headaches and time sucks to your already hectic writing career. Who has time for that? If you want to save yourself time, money, and frustration when marketing your books (and yourself!), the single best thing you can do for your career is create a simple, well-rounded marketing plan that's perfectly tailored for your goals, personality, and lifestyle. One that puts you firmly in the driver's
seat and lets you measure how you're doing every step of the way. This hands-on, condensed workshop of the popular POWERHOUSE MARKETING Step-by-Step Training Guide will cover critical planning topics such as:
- defining specific marketing goals for every area of your career
- articulating your financial, time, and lifestyle constraints to set yourself up for success from the get-go
- identifying your strengths, weaknesses, personality traits, and work style to tailor your marketing plan specifically for you
- branding your marketing efforts for maximum impact
- incorporating simple strategies for measuring the success of your marketing efforts so every penny (and minute of your time!) count
Join us for a hands-on start to creating the perfect marketing plan for you!
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Kay Lockner, M.B.A., is a former corporate educator and leadership development specialist who has trained hundreds of professionals on business, career, and personal development topics. A graduate of the Goizueta Business School at Emory University - one of the nation's top 20 business schools - she enjoys the challenge of taking high-powered business concepts, stripping away the jargon and double talk, and making them simple, practical, and easy for writers to use. The founder of AuthorMBA, Kay is a strong believer in using humor and real-life examples (often one and the same) to create hands-on, entertaining, motivating workshops and challenges that help writers take their careers to the next level.
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10/11/2008 |
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Heather Grothaus and Rosemary Laurey |
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People and Places: Writing in and out of our time |
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Two multi-published authors talk about the importance of characters-including setting as character, and the challenges or writing in past and future times.
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12/13/2008 |
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OVRWA Holiday Party |
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For OVRWA members only. Details, directions and map are available in the Members Only area of the website.
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