North Texas RWA

Meetings Join Us

North Texas RWA

Meetings Join Us

Meetings

We meet the third Saturday of every month at La Hacienda Ranch restaurant in Grapevine (Hwy 121 between Hall-Johnson and Glade). Doors open at 10, plan to stay for lunch!

Get Published!

Our GetPublished! initiative was designed to assist and support our not-yet-published authors get published. We offer short craft and skills workshops at 10 am prior to each meeting, keep a "toolbox" full of useful info, and encourage each author to FINISH THE MANUSCRIPT. If you sign up for the Get Published! program and complete your manuscript, you'll be invited to a special luncheon.

Texas Two-Step 2019

NTRWA and DARA (the Dallas Area Romance Authors) are joining to bring Damon Suede to town to talk about Characterization and Dialogue -- the first time he's presenting these topics in the Southwest! Join us April 6, 2019.

March 14, 2019

2019 Great Expectations Finalists

North Texas Romance Writers of America
is proud to announce the
2019 Great Expectations Finalists

Congratulations to all who entered and put your work in the hands of strangers. Best of Luck to the finalists as they submit their work to our final round editors.
*denotes double finalist ~~ Listed in alphabetical order by title

CONTEMPORARY SERIES
Final Round Editor: Brittany Lavery ~ Assistant Editor, HQN

Debauchery by Kristine Charles
Love by the Numbers by Lucy Lanier
Love on the Books by Betsy Gray
Teach Me by Kat Turner

FANTASY, FUTURISTIC & PARANORMAL
(Alternate Earth, Dystopian, Fantasy, Futuristic, Paranormal, Time Travel)
Final Round Editor: Kristine Swartz ~ Associate Editor, Berkley Publishing Group

2033: Ancestor Resurrection by Deborah DeHaemer
Deal With The Devil by Melissa Shirley
Suspended in Silk by Kyra Dusk
Tremors by Anastasia Abboud

HISTORICAL
Final Round Editor: Elle Keck ~ Assistant Editor, Avon Books

A Wild and Wooly Texan by Katie Barrett
Fallen For The Earl by Amy Mackey
How to Steal a Kilt by Gina Conkle
The King’s Secret by Blake Ferre
The Sapphire by Courtney Scalo

INSPIRATIONAL
Final Round Editor: Raela Schoenherr ~ Acquisitions Editor, Bethany House Publishers

A Singular Truth by Loraine Nunley
Abounding Hope by Cindy Stewart
Remember Not by Barbara Ellin Fox
Upon a Hearth of Steel by Amy Grochowski

MAINSTREAM with ROMANTIC ELEMENTS
Final Round Editor: Cat Clyne ~ Editor, Sourcebooks

Crocodile Tears by Kilby Blades*
False News by Zara West
The Guardian’s Mark by Victoria Mencio
Stand-Up Guy by Miranda Darrow

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
Final Round Editor: Lexi Smail ~ Associate Editor, Grand Central Publishing

Deadly Aim by Tracy Brody
Hardwired by R.R. Taylor
Spy Vs. Spy by P.A. DePaul
We Can’t Be Friends by Eliza Fyre

SINGLE TITLE
Final Round Editor: Gabi Kelly ~ Editorial Assistant, Forever and Forever Yours / Grand Central Publishing

Love In An Elevator by Kilby Blades*
Opposites Attract by Jacqueline Lee*
Played by Melanie Bruce
Under the Ice by Katherine A. Olson

YOUNG ADULT
Final Round Editor: Alice Jerman ~ Associate Editor, Forever / Grand Central Publishing

Attractive Forces by Jackie Rutherford*
The Other Brother by Jackie Rutherford*
Periodic Attraction by Lana Pattinson
Types of Triangles by Jackie Rutherford*
When I Found Her by Allison Marlo Hay

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL GREAT EXPECTATIONS FINALISTS!

~Angi Morgan & Fenley Grant
2019 Great Expectations Co-Chairs
GECoordinator@NTRWA.org

February 25, 2019

Getting Emotion “Write”

Join us March 16 for Kathleen Baldwin sharing the tips and tricks for getting emotion “write”.

Bestselling Fiction is all about Emotion.

Give your readers a good cry. Sock them in their emotional gut! Elicit a satisfied sigh.

Readers crave vicarious emotional experience. Explore emotional devices and techniques used by bestselling authors, techniques that will aid you in setting up your scenes to mimic true to life emotional experiences.

Crack the Emotional Code

Kathleen Baldwin will open her Writing Toolbox and illustrate the use of several effective emotional devices, in particular the one she calls The Emotional Code. This is a game-changing tool, one you don’t want to miss. Kat will draw examples from authors you know and love.

If you want to sell – Learn how to convey Emotion

Award-Winning Amazon-Bestselling author, Kathleen Baldwin, will use vivid examples from successful authors to illustrate several powerful techniques. Come prepared to participate in hands on exercises as you learn how to catapult your writing from good to unforgettable!

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About Kathleen

Kathleen Baldwin loves adventure in books AND in real life. She taught rock climbing in the Rockies, survival camped in the desert, was stalked by a mountain lion, lost an argument with a rattlesnake, spent way too long in college, fell in love a dozen times and finally married her very own hero. They’ve raised four free-spirited children.

She’s written several Amazon bestselling, award-winning Traditional Regency Romances. Her alternate history for teens, A SCHOOL FOR UNUSUAL GIRLS, was a Junior Library Guild selection. New York Times Sunday Review called it “enticing from the first sentence.” Texas library Association awarded Kathleen the 2016 Spirit of Texas for middle school reading programs. Kansas State NEA Reading Circle gave her a starred review in their “Best of the Best” for High Schools. REFUGE FOR MASTERMINDS won a 2018 Booksellers’ Best award. Scholastic licensed her series for school book fairs. Ian Bryce, producer of Spiderman, Transformers, Saving Private Ryan, and other blockbuster films, optioned her series for film.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot calls Kathleen’s romantic Regency adventure series, “completely original and totally engrossing.”

February 25, 2019

Upcoming Programs Include:

Mar — Kathleen Baldwin

April — TBA

May — Tex Thompson

June — TBA

July — TBA

August — Carolyn Williamson

February 25, 2019

Texas Two Step

Join us April 6 9am to 4pm for

Damon Suede.

Workshops include Characterization and Dialogue.

Click here for more information and registration.

January 21, 2019

GetPublished!

Upcoming Programs

Mar 2019: Susie Sheehey, how to keep writing despite working and/or dealing with life’s challenges

Apr 2019: C.A. Szarek, book signings and conferences, should I stay (home) or should I go now?

May 2019: Audra Lewandowski, business plans

Jun 2019: Jen Geigle Johnson, blogging and newsletters

Jul 2019: Carolyn Williamson, time management

Stay tuned for more programs. Suggestions wanted and welcome!! Email getpublished @ ntrwa . org (minus the spaces).

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Previous 2019 topics

Jan 2019: Clover Autrey, taking advantage of drive time–dictating in your car

Feb 2019: Regina Richards, a quick tutorial on the craft of dictation

January 15, 2019

Free Anthology — Lone Star Love

Welcome to Dew Drop, Texas, the iced tea capital of Texas.

This year’s Iced Tea Festival is chock full of love.

To celebrate the chapter’s 35th anniversary, NT authors came together to write a Continuity — all stories take place in fictional Dew Drop, Texas, during the annual Iced Tea Festival. While each story focuses on different main characters, you might see familiar faces and places show up in each!

Visit the anthology page to see all three books.