Joanne Liggan: Heir of Deception - 3rd Edition; released May 1, 2019

Natalina Reis:  Fictional-ish; release date May 11, 2019

Susan Schwartz:  Haunted Charlottesville and Surrounding Counties; Schiffer Publishing

Clifford Garstang:  The Shaman of Turtle Valley; Braddock Avenue Books; release date May 14, 2019

Diane Fanning:  Death on the River; St. Martin's Press; released April 30, 2019

The information for the 2019 Scholarship has been posted. Click on the tab on the left of the screen to learn more about how to qualify.

Write by the Rails (WbtR), the Prince William Chapter of the Virginia Writers Club, has released its anthology of Twitter-friendly writings entitled #BackOnTrackNow: A Write by the Rails Anthology and Social Media Initiative. The works of 22 authors were chosen for inclusion in the unique book, the result of a three-month campaign designed to bring creativity to social media.

Find out more by visiting the following website:

https://princewilliamliving.com/write-by-the-rails-wbtr-announces-release-of-backontracknow/ 

The Virginia Writers Club has put out a call for workshop presenters for its 2019 Navigating Your Writing Life Symposium to be held August 3, 2019 in Charlottesville, Virginia. 

This year's theme is "From Pondering to Publishing to Promoting."

Come share your expertise on the writing craft and post-writing processes! Mingle and network with other writers and publishing professionals!

As a VWC symposium presenter, you will receive:

• Free conference registration ($90 value)

• Lunch and refreshments ($20 value)

• The opportunity to market yourself and your body of work during the workshop

• Your workshop handout with your author information in the Symposium book handed out to all participants.

• The opportunity to have your books sold during the symposium. (You must bring your books, but we will have a local vendor handle sales for a commission on the cost of the books.)

WORKSHOP NEEDS

The 2019 VWC Navigating Your Writing Life Symposium will have a total of 16 workshops (4 sessions of 4 workshops).

We're looking for specific, niched topics over generic subjects. For example, "Using Facebook Ads to Drive Sales" instead of "Marketing Your Book."

Possible (But Not Exhaustive) List of Categories:

- Non-fiction writing

- Writing for magazines

- Writing memoirs

- Creating at book launch plan

- Virtual book tours

- Marketing plans

- Writing for children and/or teens

- Legal issues in writing

- Genre specific writing (romance, mystery, fantasy, horror, sci-fi, etc)

- Poetry

- Specific promotion topics (i.e. Facebook Ads, street teams, etc)

- Getting an agent or publisher

- Craft of writing topics such as dialogue, point of view, etc.

- Specific self-publishing topics such as how to get a book ready for publishing, formatting, cover design, etc.

- Engaging customers at signings

Speaker selection will be made by April 5, 2019.

To be considered, please fill in the form below or here.

Pamela K. Kinney: "Last Chance" in Fae Thee Well anthology

Kari Kilgore: Terminalia from Spiral Publishing, Ltd.

Jenna Harte: Death of a Debtor: A Sophie Parker Coupon Mystery, Camel Press

Mary Montague Sikes: Hearts Across Forever from High Tide Publications

Jeanne Larsen: What Penelope Chooses, winner of the Cider Press Review book award and due out March 20, 2019.

 #BackOnTrackNow: A Write by the Rails Anthology and Social Media Initiative Write by The Rails Anthology. 

Authors who've contributed to this anthology include: Anonymous, Arlene Banfield, Rebecca Barnes, Terressa Boykin, Sima Button, Carol Covin, Tony Daly, John Dutton, Kathleen Ellis, Sydney Everson, Jane Fullerton Lemons, Susan Beth Furst, Leigh Giza, David Gotthardt, Katherine Gotthardt, P.M. Hernandez, David Holloway, Tim Horn, Traci Carrano Jones, Ann Lemons, Lisa Marino, Alexandra Mooney, Erika Mooney, Jan Rayl, Natalina Reis, Victor Rook, Tamela Ritter, Cathy Ryan, Jeremy Sams, Michelle Santos, Amy Taylor, George Waldrop, Henry Wallace, and Nancy Wyatt.

FEB 16, 2019

POETRY READING – “POETRY AS A PERSONAL ODYSSEY” – WRITER HOUSE

BILL GLOSE – FREE NOON READING 

1 – 4 PM WORKSHOP SOLD OUT

AWARD-WINNING WRITER– F SCOTT FITZGERALD SHORT STORY AWARD, VA PRESS ASSOC, MISSOURI HUMANITIES COUNCIL, GARRISON KEILLOR ON WRITER’S ALMANAC

FOUR POETRY BOOKS, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR WITH VIRGINIA LIVING, REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR TO OTHER MAGAZINES, FREQUENT LITERARY SPEAKER AND JUDGE, NUMEROUS OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Submitted by Patricia Asuncion

If you are looking for a local book festival or writing conference, VWC chapter, Write by the Rails, has launched a new events calendar for authors. The calendar covers all author events from Richmond to Baltimore and Roanoke to Norfolk.

https://wbtr.org/events/list/

The calendar is maintained by member Nate Hoffelder of The Digital Reader under his official duties as Keeper of the Calendar. If you would like to add your event to the calendar, you can contact Nate by email. (nate@the-digital-reader.com) 

Search your hard drive for that work-in-progress or completed piece and join us February 23 for a moderated critique roundtable session. Each writer will have 5-10 minutes (depending on number of critiques) to read their work and ask the audience specific questions about it. Please be prepared to ask specific questions about your writing – asking “what do you think” usually does NOT get you the answers you need or want.

Saturday, February 23

1:00 –3:00 p.m.

Faith Lutheran Church Conference

3313 Arlington

Arlington, VA 22201

Note: Please park in the rear parking lot and enter via the ramp, both on Jackson Street. Ring local doorbell if door is locked.

On 2/9/19, Susan Schwartz will be speaking at the Riverside Writers meeting from 1 to 3 at the Salem Church Library in Room A.

On 2/16/19, the Richmond Chapter hosts Pamela K Kinney who will speak about her writing journey and publishing her work. We meet from 11:30 to 1:30 at the Publix on John Rolfe Parkway in Glen Allen.