The next Board of Governors meeting will be held Thursday, September 7, at 7:00 PM. It should last around 90 minutes or so. If you would like to attend this meeting on Zoom, please email Chuck Tabb. He will send you the information to allow you to join in. If you are already a member of the Board of Governors, you do NOT need to ask for the information to join the meeting on Zoom. That email was sent on August 16, and the information will be sent again prior to the meeting date.

It is very important that at least one person from each chapter try to attend to help disseminate information to the members of the chapters. Each chapter is a part of The Virginia Writers Club, even if all the chapter members are not members of the state organization. Representation at Board meetings is, therefore, important. Attendance also helps us create a quorum to allow for voting on issues that arise during the meetings.

Anne Marie Wells:  Survived By: A Memoir in Verse & Other Poems was released 4/30/2023 by Curious Corvid Publishing.

Yocasta Bianconi:  Solo Para Enfeermeros y Cuidadores: 7 Claves para mantener tu energia y pacientes mas felices is scheduled for release on 8/28/2023 by Instituto de Autores.

Sharon Pajka:  The Souls Close to Edgar Allan Poe: Graves of His Family, Friends, and Foes is scheduled for release on 8/21/2023 by The History Press.

DM Frech:  Quiet Tree is scheduled for release on 9/22/2023 by Finishing Line Press.

Keith 'K.A.' Kenny:  The Starflower is scheduled for release on 8/18/2023 by Austin Macauley Publishers.

John J. Musgrove:  Mary's Grace is scheduled for release on 9/19/2023 by Dementi Milestone Publishing.

Jennifer Randall Hotz:  Her poem, "That Spring, Dear Daughter," was published in Naugatuck River Review released on 8/2/2023.

Pamela K. Kinney:  Pamela's poem, "Dementia", will be included in the Lovecraftian horror poetry anthology, The Terror at Miskatonic Falls, which is now available for preorder. The anthology releases January 2024 from Cemetary Dance Publications.

John J. Musgrove:  Henrico Author Showcase - Live Presentation for Public - September 25, 2023 - https://henricolibrary-va.libcal.com/event/10885423

For your copy of the 2023 Symposium Booklet, click below:

SHARING THE DREAM!

G.M. Malliet:  Death in Print to be released August 1, 2023, by Severn House

P.M.H. Atwater:  Edge Walker: The Many Lives and Deaths of PMH Atwater was released May 31, 2023, by Rainbow Ridge Books

Debbie Gail Zane:  Finding Peace and Purpose Amidst the Tears was released May 9, 2023, by Balboa Press

Patrice Wilkerson:  My Favorite Season is Spring was released May 1, 2023, by Skippy Creek 

Paula T. Weiss:  The Deplorable Underground was released June 8, 2023, by KDP/Braeburn Road Books LLC

Heather Cole:  Virginia's Presidents: A History and Guide was released January 30, 2023, by The History Press

Susan Schwartz:  Haunted Inns and Hotels in Virginia is scheduled for release on August 21, 2023, by The History Press/Haunted America

 Madelyn Rohrer:  Children of the Edict - Survival, Scars, and a New Generation is to be published July 18, 2023, by Koehler Books.

Ray Collins:  The General's Briefcase was scheduled to be published June 13, 2023, by Koehler Books.

T.D. King:  Fractured, Not Broken was released on May 8, 2023, by KDP and IngramSpark, and is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Apple Books.

Katherine Cobb:  Little Wife Lies was released on June 1, 2023, by Bandito Publishing.

Sharon Lyon:  Sharon Lyon's novel, Fossil Woman, has won the IBPA Benjamin Franklin silver award for Best Audiobook: Fiction for 2023. https://www.ibpabenjaminfranklinaward.com/winners-audiobook-fiction 

Pamela K. Kinney:  Pamela K. Kinney will be participating in the Lancaster Community Library's Author Expo from 1-4pm on July 8th at the Lancaster Community Library in Kilmarnock, Virginia.  http://lancasterlibrary.org/events-and-activities1/authors-expo-2023

Pamela K. Kinney will be moderating a panel on horror fiction, Scary is the New Hot Item, 3:15-4:05pm on July 22, 2023, at Fantasci, the Chesapeake Central Library's mini science fiction/fantasy/horror convention, 298 Cedar Rd., Chesapeake, VA. (The con is all day from 10am to 5pm and is free and open to the public.

Joanne Liggan, Cecelia Thomas, Harry Heckel, and Chuck Tabb will also be participating in the Lancaster Community Library's Author Expo in Kilmarnock, Virginia. 

http://lancasterlibrary.org/events-and-activities1/authors-expo-2023 

Tim Simpson:  The Shadow Man: Of Cash Hollow Rd. was released 1/26/2023 by Amazon.

D.M. Frech:  "Appointment" was among the stories included in The Journal by The Writers Guild of Virginia which was released on 1/31/2023.

Ricky Ginsburg:  Putting a Ghost to Rest was released 2/23/2023 by Amazon.

Ray Collins:  The General's Briefcase is scheduled to be released 6/13/2023 by Koehler Books.

Joseph Seechack:  A Love to Die For, Seechack's debut novel, is scheduled for release on 12/29/2023 by Koehler Books.

The Short Mystery Fiction Society has announced the nominees for the prestigious 2023 Derringer, to be awarded at Bouchercon in San Diego this year. G.M. Malliet is on the list in the long form category for Something Blue. Congratulations G.M. Malliet!

https://www.gmmalliet.com/blog/2023-derringer-nominees-for-best-short-story-announced

David Anthony Sam:  Stone Bird: Poems of Exile is scheduled for release on March 1, 2023, by San Francisco Bay Press.

Jenna Harte:  Drawn to Her (audio release) is scheduled to be released on February 21, 2023, by Tantor Media.

Jenna Harte:  Death of a Coupon Queen: A Sophie Parker Coupon Mystery is scheduled to be released on February 21, 2023, by Harlequin Worldwide Mystery (subrights edition).