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Romance Writers of America is a non-profit organization for those interested in writing Romance fiction. Our purpose is to promote excellence in Romance fiction; to support and encourage our unpublished members in their efforts to become published; and to support, encourage, and promote the works and careers of our members published in Romance fiction.

 

OK-RWA meets monthly in the Oklahoma City area. At our meetings we share news about our writing and the latest happenings in the publishing world, and we have a program focused on one of the many aspects of writing Romance novels.

 
 

Summer Heat Mini-Conference

(SHMC)

 

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OKRWA Outlaws with Charles Griemsman and Lucienne Diver

     

Come join us for the Summer Heat Mini Conference, sponsored by the Finally A Bride contest, the weekend of June 4-5, 2010.

 

Once you register for the conference you will be invited to a special loop designed for questions and comments leading up to the date.

 

Please join us in meeting and welcoming:

 

Editor Charles Griemsman with Silhouette/MIRA/HQN

E-harlequin Blog Interview with Charles, March 2010

 

Agent Lucienne Diver with the Knight Agency

Lucienne Diver joined The Knight Agency in 2008, after spending fifteen years at New York City’s prestigious Spectrum Literary Agency. Over the course of her dynamic career she has sold over six hundred titles to every major publisher, and has built a client list of more than forty authors spanning the commercial fiction genres, primarily in the areas of fantasy, romance, mystery, suspense and erotica. Her authors have been honored with the RITA, National Readers' Choice Award, the Golden Heart, and the Romantic Times Reader’s Choice, and have appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. 

  

Cost:

 

OKRWA members: $16.00

Non-OKRWA members: $40.00

 

NOTE: The registration fee includes a continental breakfast and a deli lunch buffet. If you wish to join OKRWA, the $40 fee will cover one year’s membership dues and the cost of the conference. (You must already be a member of the national organization, RWA, in order to join OKRWA. For details on joining RWA, please go to: RWAnational.org)

 

Your registration fee is payable by check to OKRWA or through Paypal, 

 

Parking is free for attendees at the host hotel.

 

VERY IMPORTANT - Registration Instructions:

 

  1. Register by mailing a check to Peggy Beaty at
     

    OKRWA

    PO Box 272014

    Oklahoma City, OK 73137-2014
     

    or by paying online through Paypal @ Treasurer@OKRWA.com
     

  2. In the subject line of paypal or in the check memo, please use: SHMC
     

  3. After you register, send an email with the subject line: SHMC to: AliciaMDean@aol.com and kathy@klwheeler.com - In the body of the email, please fill out the following info: (cut and paste the below into your email and fill it out)

  • Name:

  • I want an appointment with: Editor, Agent, both, none

  • I would like to submit the following question(s) to: (Please indicate if it is for the editor, agent, or both)

 

NOTE:

  • Everyone who registers will be able to get an appointment with the editor and agent, if they wish.
     

  • The Friday event is for OKRWA members only.

 

 Program details (all times approximate):

 

Friday, June 4, Time: 6:30 pm:

·Meet and greet with editor and agent***MEMBERS ONLY

 

Saturday, June 5

·Location: Courtyard Marriott in Oklahoma City, 2 West Reno, in the Eufaula room. 1-800-217-9905

·Time: 8:00 to 9:00 am:  Continental breakfast

·Time: 9 am to 12:30 pm: Presentation by Charles Griemsman and Lucienne Diver.

·12:30 to 1:30:  lunch at the hotel. A deli sandwich and salad buffet.

·1:30 to 4:30: - Scheduled pitches

 

Afternoon session presentations during your wait for agent/editor pitch include:

·Merline Lovelace “Broadening Your Audience”

·Margaret Daley “Constructing A Novel”

 

Sunday, June 6

(Open to everyone, even those not attending conference)

Book signing featuring:

 

Lucienne Diver

Silver James

Amanda McCabe

Alicia Dean

 

·Location: Barnes and Noble, 6100 North May Ave Oklahoma City, OK 73112 405-843-9300

·Time: 1:00 to 3:00 pm:   

 

Attendees can opt to pitch to only the editor, only the agent, or both.

 

Above All, Have Fun & Keep Writing 

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