FTHRW Event Pictures ~ RWA Conference

Here's a few pics from our fabulous FTHRW Meet n Greet at the RWA National Conference in San Francisco.

Pictured first is speaker, Scott Eagan of the Greyhaus Literary Agency http://scotteagan.blogspot.com/, and member, Arwen who is one half of the Marilu Mann writing team http://www.greatmta.com/





We always have the best get-togethers with terrific guest speakers, yummy food, and lots of give-a-ways.

FTHRW is truly an awesome chapter to belong to. Don't believe me? Check it out for yourself at http://www.FTHRW.com - you'll be amazed by all the benefits of belonging to this fab group.






In the group of five pictured above, the two on the left are Secretary, Shoshana Brown and Newsletter Editor, Laurie Darcey. (If you know the names of the other members pictured, please let me know- it's tough to remember who all I met that night!)

In the picture of three (from left to right,) is Critique Loop Co-Chair, Helen Scott Taylor, http://helenscotttaylor.com/ (also a Golden Heart Finalist!) Helen's husband, and member, Lynn Goodale.

The gal in the polkadot dress is me (I love FTHRW so much that I'm the president this year and last.)

I was honored to introduce Denise Pattison (pictured next to me) who is the '07 FTHRW Cyber Rose recipient. The Cyber Rose Award is given in recognition of extraordinary service to the chapter.

Looking on, near the window, is our vice president, Marie Benesh. (Couldn't have done this without you, Marie! And wouldn't want to!)

Members Tawny Weber (on right) http://www.tawnyweber.com/ and Beth Burgoon (w/a Beth Andrews) http://bethandrews.net/ are all smiles...

...as were we all :) What a great time!

Thanks to everyone who helped make it happen!

RWA Conference '08 Tidbits

Today, we interrupt the San Fran pics for some tidbits of important writer information for our viewing audience...

Author, Debby Giusti created a beautiful writer's prayer that she distributed at the conference. If you haven't had the pleasure of reading it, jump on Debby's website and click on the "Writer's Prayer" sidebar link. A fabulous bit of inspiration to print out and peg by your desk.

While standing in line to register, a top name editor at Kensington mentioned that they are seeking quality Historical Westerns. If you write in this genre, you might want to investigate.

Break Into Fiction will be hosting Plotting Retreats throughout the remainder of this year and into 2009 in Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Los Angeles, St. Louis, and Denver. For new writers and published authors, this amazing retreat will help push your writing to the next level.

Ninth Moon is now offering scene cards for sale. These well-designed 3 x 5's are a handy tool for planning, editing, plotting, and simply keeping everything in your novel on task. You'll find this nifty product here: http://www.ninthmoon.com/detail.aspx?ID=368

Want to win a $1500 check to defray your costs at the 2009 RWA National Conference to be held in Washington, DC? Valley Forge Romance Writers is hosting a 2nd annual VFRW Writer's Rafflemania! For more information, visit http://www.vfrw.com

Agent, Scott Eagan of the Greyhaus Literary Agency spoke to our FTHRW in depth about what he's looking for right now... and guess what, he's listed it all on his blog too. Check it out at http://scotteagan.blogspot.com/2008/08/thoughts-on-conference.html


Stay tuned this week for more tips, notes from workshops and the PAN Retreat, and of course, more fun pics!

Also be sure to visit www.MOMdotCOM.net for freebies, contests, and more conference notes.

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FTHRW Meet n Greet At Nationals

FTHRW is my favorite RWA group and online family, so much so... that I've served in a number of positions over the past four years now, this year as Pres. :-)


Here's a few pics from our FTHRW meeting in the sky! (Thanks to our fab Treasurer, Kristi, we had the Lookout room in the Reunion tower- gorgeous!



FTHRW Board Members (from right to left) Helen, Marie, Janice, Marlene, Cathy, Denise, Shoshana, Nikki, and Mona.








Me, applauding Cathy who is one of the recepients of our 2007 FTHRW Cyber Rose Awards for her excellence in service to the chapter.










Our PAN Liason, Janice, presents corsages to our FTHRW Golden Heart and RITA finalists.

















Our VP, Marie, presents a gift bag to one of our raffle winners. Thanks to very generous donations from our authors, nearly everyone at the party won a gift!





Our excellent guest speaker (thanks Marie!) Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency, spoke about the romance market and answered group questions. She graciously accepted our invite, in spite of the fact that it was her birthday! Deidre, we think you totally rock!!



The famous (or is that infamous LOL) Playground group snaps a pose!

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