Sharon Pajka will be the featured author at the Books in Bloom Special Edition:  Celebrating Women's History Month event on March 23, 2023. (See the Facebook link below for more details.

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David W. Perkins is now entering full retirement after working out of state since September 2021. He is looking forward to working on several writing projects and reengaging with the Blue Ridge writers and events of the VWC. Welcome back, David!

Thomas Henning:  A Serenade of Rhymes for Better Times is to be released on January 15, 2023, by Amazon Publishing.

 Marjorie Gowdy:  Inflorescence: The Pasture at Rest is to be   released on March 31, 2023, by Finishing Line Press.

 Cass Morris:   The Bloodstained Shade is to be released on   January 31, 2023.

Victoria Fletcher:  Easter A to Z was released on December 23, 2022, by Hoot Books Publishing. 

Susan Williamson:  Glimpses of a Public Ivy: Fifty Years at William & Mary by David L. Holmes, and edited by Susan Williamson, was released on December 8, 2022, by Schiffer Publishing.

Pam Webber:  Pam's latest novel, Life Dust, has been named Editor's Choice by the Historical Novel Society. Her previous two novels, The Wiregrass and Moon Water, also received this designation.

            

Jeff Schnader:  Schnader's short story, "The Champion," which won 1st prize in the 2020 Quills Contest for Short Fiction, has been published in the Arlington Literary Journal (ArLiJo) by the Gival Press in its October 2022, Issue #165.

Charles Tabb:  Sales of Tabb's debut novel, Floating Twigs, published in 2018 and recently translated into Russian by AST publishers in Moscow, recently topped 75,000 in total book sales. Sales continue to do well.

Betty Jamerson Reed:  Reed had a successful year: "School Tales Propel a Career Change," in the Nobody's Home anthology; "Love Blooms, School Dies" and "Coming Home" in Virginia Writers Anthology; "Requiem" and "Woodland Glory" in Whispering Willow, Tree Poems, as well as "The Masterpiece." She has been informed her work will be included in the 2022 eno Magazine. 

Betty J. Reed:  Reed's article "School Tales Propel a Career Change" was published in a Foster Dickson on-line anthology on August 24, 2022.  "The Masterpiece" was published on October 25, 2022 by the Georgia Poetry Society.

Pamela K. Kinney:  Kinney's short story "Pumpkin Hollow" was published by Dreampunk Press in their Halloween horror anthology, Blame It on the Pumpkin, on October 25, 2022.

Karen Jones:  The Summer of Grace was published on November 2, 2022, by Brother Mockingbird Publishing.

Ellen Butler:  Operation Blackbird: A Cold War Spy Novel was published on November 2, 2022, by Power to the Pen.

Tim Simpson:  Manny: A Prequel will be re-released on November 30, 2022 and will be available at Amazon.com.

Announcing the  winners of 2022's Golden Nib!

Poetry

First Place:

Devin Reese, "Small Pandemic Joys"

Second Place:

Third Place

C.L. Bledsoe, "Barley and Vegetable Soup"

Nonfiction

First Place:

John Dutton, III, "The Season of the Lost Summer"

Second Place:

Cecilia Thomas, "Nina"

Third Place:

Fiction

First Place:

David Barudin, "Berka Menakhemovich"

Second Place:

Alyce Rita Campbell, "Death on National Paperclip Day"

Third Place:

Deidra Lovegren:  The Medicine Girl was released August 9, 2022 by Blue Marble Publishing

David Cariens: The Murder of Angela Dales was released August 9, 2022, by High Tide Publications. 

Charles Tabb:  Gathering Twigs was released July 1, 2022, by Gifted Time Books.

Jenna Harte:  Death of a Miser was released August 9, 2022, by Camel Press.

James Tobin:  was interviewed on Steve Ludwig's Classic Pop Culture podcast on YouTube on July 1, 2022. It was a discussion about his recent novel, When We Were Wolves. You can listen to the podcast at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnqKpMYZOts 

James Tobin also had a book signing at Williamsburg's Barnes and Noble on July 9, 2022. 

August 3, 2022, 1 PM - Book Brush

Join Kathleen Sweeney from Book Brush for a fun live walk-through of the Book Brush tools. We'll share easy ways to create social media graphics, Book Covers, Book Trailers and share some of the newest features including Animated Mockups, Amazon A+ Content and Animated Email Signatures. Kathleen will share handy tips & tricks along the way and have time for Q & A, too. 

This workshop is free and will be recorded but you need to register. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpcu2orDwiGddIUvX7fc6dBGA_th_0Q7Ne

August 10, 2022, 6 PM - AutoCrit

Presentation of Autocrit, an editing software built to match the genuine demands of publishing professionals and discerning readers by adding a technological edge to your creativity.  AutoCrit gives you step-by-step recommendations for improving your manuscript based on what real readers want to see. It compares your MS to top selling books, has a robust community of writers, offers courses, and more.

This workshop is free and will be recorded, but you need to register. 

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAucOCqqDwpG91jFq-Q3XF9PRmAh_fZhG1F