This is a gathering for members of the VWC - one of many enjoyable perks of being a member of the Virginia Writers Club.

The June GATHERING OF AUTHORS will be on Tuesday evening, June 17, beginning at 7:30 PM. These last until 9:00 PM. Information to join in will be emailed to all members before the event. 

As a reminder, you do NOT have to arrive at 7:30 to take part in the Gathering. Also, you are not "required" to remain until the end. This is like a cocktail party of sorts, where you can "drop in" when it suits you and leave when you want. You can even leave and come back if something comes up.

Members attend for free. Nonmembers can attend their first Gathering for free but must join VWC to attend a second one, so you are invited - no, urged - to pass this on to someone you feel would enjoy the time with other authors. This is not formal in any way. It's really more like an online party without the dancing. (Well, if you want to dance, you certainly may, but that would be out-of-the-ordinary.)

We look forward to seeing you at the June GATHERING OF AUTHORS! An RSVP is NOT necessary. Just show up, or don't. Your choice.

Sharon Pajka will be running FREE Transformative Language Arts Writing and Reflection Workshops at Hollywood Cemetery this summer! 

https://www.hollywoodcemetery.org/visit/events

Serafina Finnegan:  Her picture book manuscript, The Storyteller, was shortlisted for Searchlight Awards Best Picture Book Text of 2024!

Congratulations, Serafina!

Jennifer Artley:  Improvising in Italian is scheduled for release on March 8, 2025, by Koehler Books.

Miranda Faye Dillon:  The Unshatterables was released on April 16, 2024, by Koehler Books.

J T Hine:  Black Amazon, Roads to Rome, and As Our Mothers Made Us were all scheduled for release on January 17, 2025, by Scriptor Services LLC.

Mark Bailey:  Unknowable Minds:  Philosophical Insights on AI and Autonomous Weapons is scheduled for publication on February 4, 2025, by Academic Imprint. 

Tina Wortman:  The Ascendants Rebirth Series: ANGEL Book 1 is scheduled for release on March 29, 2025, by Milton & Hugo.

Bruce Wetterau:  What My Refrigerator Said to Me - Misadventures in the Digital Age was released November 26, 2024, by Amazon.

Mary Donna Hankle:  Ask! Seek! Knock! was released on November 29, 2024.  (self-published) and can be purchased at Amazon.

J Thomas Brown:  "Dr. William Ferguson Reid: A Legacy" was included in the literary journal, Virginia Writers Project Winter 2024: Volume 2, Number 3, published December 15, 2024, and is available at Amazon. 

Richard Rose read from his collections of poetry and stories at the Retro Reads Bookstore at 7:00 pm on October 10, 2024. retroreadsbookstore.com

Join the Book Launch Celebration with the LGBTQ+ community and allies of Living Into the Truth: A Daughter's Journey of Discovery, a memoir by Annette Marquis exploring family secrets and the search for identity. At the Iridian Gallery at Diversity Richmond on December 8, 2024. All are welcome!  https://www.eventbee.com/v/book-launch-reading-with-the-lgbtq-community-allies/event?eid=211622904#/tickets

Acclaimed author and poet Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt has released her 13th book, The World Has Changed from When I Last Was Here (ATW Publishing), a collection of award-winning and new poems centered around adversity, the strength and resilience required to overcome it, and a movement toward peace. A statement of the times exploring late-stage capitalism's impact on individuals--especially those who have been marginalized--the pieces touch on socioeconomic instability, homelessness, injustice, and other underlying factors contributing to a global deterioration in mental health. But it is also a statement of what is needed to create a better world, a healthier world, according to Gotthardt. Read more at Prince William Living.  https://princewilliamliving.com/katherine-gotthardts-newest-book-takes-on-global-topics-paths-to-healing/

T. H. Henning:  Serenade of Rhymes for Better Times was released on August 20, 2024, by Eber & Wein Publishing

Kat Caldwell:  Bended Loyalty was released on September 23, 2024

Pamela K. Kinney:  Demon Memories was released on October 15, 2024, by Dreampunk Press

Annette Marquis:  Living Into the Truth: A Daughter's Journey of Discovery was released on November 1, 2024, by WordsWomen Press

David Anthony Sam:  Geographies of the Dead: Elegies and Meditations was released on October 25, 2024, by Kelsay Books

Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt:  The World Has Changed from When I Last Was Here was released on November 15, 2024, by ATW Publishing

Ray Collins:  Setup was released on November 26, 2024, by Koehler Books 

Tracie Adams:  Tracie has been busy!

• Her nonfiction piece "New Moon" was published on May 1, 2024, in the Sheepshead Review journal. 
• Her nonfiction piece "Charles My Hero, I Hope I Never See Your Face Again" was published on May 19, 2024, in the Raven'sPerch.com Literary Magazine. 
• Her nonfiction "Long Road Home" was published on June 5, 2024, in Bright Flash Literary Review.
• And "I Guess We'll Never Know" was published in The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature.

Brent A. Bohn:  Hands Faster Than Lightning - The Badge was published by Amazon on July 17, 2024.

Christine Gunderson:  Friends with Secrets was published by Lake Union on August 1, 2024.

Ray Collins:  Setup is scheduled for publication on November 26, 2024, by Koehler Books.

Abbey Pachter (Hampton Roads Chapter) is running a promo for "A Monarch in Winter: Biography of a Butterfly" from August 21-24. The e-book will be free during those days.

Links:  

          abbeypachterauthor.com 

https://www.amazon.com/Monarch-Winter-Biography-Butterfly-ebook/dp/B0CM46CGYH

Ray Collins: Motive for Murder received 2023 Indies Honorable Mention; published by Koehler Books on December 29, 2023.

Christine Gunderson:  Friends with Secrets, Gunderson's debut novel, was selected as an Amazon First Reads pick for the month of July, 2024.

Mark Fryburg:  Won 4/21/2024 Poetry Society of Virginia Contest in the "Sense of Place" category and an Honorable Mention on 5/31/2024 for "Claudia" in the Passager 2024 Poetry Contest (national).