Upcoming Events Calendar of Interest to Area Writers: Journalists, Novelists and Poets

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11am» Rappatomac Writers Critique - Lancaster
6:30pm» Writers on Writing
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Book Signing
11am» Poetry Readings - Williamsburg Branch Library - Norge

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1pm» CBW Williamsburg Critique
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10am» Book Signing: Catherine C. Brooks
11:30am» CBW & VWC Luncheon Meeting-Williamsburg

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8:10am» CBW Second Monday Talk Radio
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7pm» Poetry Open Mic at the Crossing in Williamsburg
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10am» Mathews Critique Group
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1pm» CBW Williamsburg Critique
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8am» Hampton Roads Writers Conference-VA Beach
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Keating signing of Love's Enduring Bond
8am» Hampton Roads Writers Conference-VA Beach
7pm» Gloucester Owls - Evening Critique Group

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Time:

11:00am - 1:00pm

Location:

NetCruisers Cafe, Lancaster Courthouse

Description:

Do you want folks to get excited
about what you write, hang on
every word? Come, join the
Rappatomac Writers Critique Group,
which meets twice a month at two
locations and two dates each
month. Meetings are the first
Thursday of each month from 11 a.m to 1 p.m. in Lancaster CH at the NetCruisers Cafe, Route 3 across from Lancaster High School. Join us for lunch and share your creativity.

The Rappatomac Writers—where the
science of writing meets the art
of persuasion—is part of the
Chesapeake Bay Writers, a chapter
of the Virginia Writers Club.
The meetings are free, priceless.
E-mail chestyle@hughes.net for
information.

Time:

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Location:

Phoebus Branch of Hampton Public Library

Description:

Local authors talk about how & what they write, and what inspires them. Meets on every first Thursday. December program features Elizabeth McElrath & CBW Member, Jennifer Busskohl (J.B. Kohl). Hope to see you at 6:30 PM here at the library.

Anita Harrell
Phoebus Branch Librarian
Hampton Public Library
1 South Mallory Street
Hampton, VA 23663
757-727-1149

Location:

Manteo Booksellers, Manteo, NC

Description:

North Carolina release of Love's Enduring Bond will be signing at Manteo Booksellers, Manteo NC from 11-2 on Saturday, September 4, 2010

Time:

11:00am - 1:00pm

Description:

poetry at 11:00am, on in the 1st Saturday at the James County Regional Library. Hosted by
Poetry Society of Virginia. 7770
Croaker Rd in Norge between I-64 exit
231 and Richmond Rd a little ways
north of Williamsburg. It isn't far, but I
wouldn't walk it barefoot.
The Saturday Poetry Series continues its tenth year of monthly poetry programs on October 3, 2009, in the Kitzinger Community Room of the Regional Library at Norge.

Five poets from the Richmond area will present their work in the one-hour program beginning at 11:00am. They are:

Helen Eano
Joan Mazza
Norma Richardson
Evelyn Ritchie Tower
Patsy Anne Bickerstaff.

All are welcome; admission is free.

Time:

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Location:

6244 N. Mayfair Circle, Williamsburg

Description:

Meets at Rick Bailey's home. Wish to attend? Then Contact him for details at 757-564-7118.

Time:

10:00am - 3:00pm

Location:

Mathews Memorial Library, Main St.

Description:

Catherine C. Brooks
War Brought Trials and Anxieties ....
Other books available

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Time:

11:30am - 3:00pm

Location:

Williamsburg Landing-5700 Williamsburg Landing Drive

Description:

VWC Board of Governors meeting in Studio 200: 10:30AM to 12:30

CBW Registration and cash bar Social 11:30-12:30 CBW Luncheon: 12:30-1:30 or 1:45PM ($23/person)

CBW Program: 1:30-3PM (all in meeting room)
TOPIC: Publishing: Fiction .vs Nonfiction
Speakers:

Brad Parks, author of "Faces of the Gone", a Carter Ross Mystery
http://www.bradparksbooks.com/books.php

Karen Jones, Author of "Death for Beginners", a nonfiction how to plan for the inevitable book.
http://deathforbeginners.com/

Get Directions:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&q=williamsburg+landing+retirement+community&fb=1&gl=us&hq=landing+retirement+community&hnear=Williamsburg,+VA&view=map&f=d&daddr=5700+Williamsburg+Landing+Drive,+Williamsburg,+VA+23185-3779&geocode=CWI7kuJ3pAyLFXpVOAId1Ftt-yHBpFS1PmlgqA&ved=0CBIQ_wY&sa=X&ei=4YhdTNfVBYf2zQShpoS_BA

Time:

8:10am - 8:20am

Location:

99.1FM XTRA in Gloucester

Description:

Tune in to XTRA 99.1FM for
CBW's Second Monday, a Monthly
Talk-Radio broadcast in which
a CBW or VWC Member/Author is
interviewed by host emcee,
Neal Steele. For past Member
interviews and guidelines for
members wishing to sign up for
future interviews, and for who
is up this month, go to http://www.chesapeakebaywriters.org/radio_interviews.html .

Authors Scheduled:

September 13: Kathleen Mix, Deadly Paradise

October 11: Dorothy Alves Holmes, Poetry

November 8th: Pamela Kinney, "Haunted Virginia: Legends, Myths and True Tales"

December 13: Greg Lilly, "Scalping the Red Rocks" – A Derek Mason Mystery

January 10, 2011: Jean Keating, "Love's Enduring Bond" - historical romance

February 14, 2011: John Atkinson "Timekeeper II" Literary fiction

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Time:

7:00pm - 8:30pm

Location:

Williamsburg Crossing Shopping Center at the intersection of Highways 5 and 199.

Description:

Come listen to our local poets and/or come read your latest creation. To
insure a place on the list of readers, please sign-up by calling or texting Mary Haines at 757-254-7366 or emailing at isalei68@yahoo.com. We'd like The Coffeehouse to become the gathering place where "the arts and the community connect over a cup of coffee."
in The Coffeehouse at Williamsburg Crossing Shopping Center at the intersection of Highways 5 and 199.

Time:

10:00am

Location:

Mathews County Library

Description:

Normally meets from 10 A.M.
to Noon at the Mathews County
Public Library on the
fourth Wednesday
of each month. If you seek critique, contact Group
Coordinator Paul Stimson at 804-725-0707
as the group does not meet if there are no writers indicating interest in any given month.

Time:

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Location:

6244 N. Mayfair Circle, Williamsburg

Description:

Meets at Rick Bailey's home. Wish to attend? Then Contact him for details at 757-564-7118.

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Time:

8:00am - 4:00pm

Location:

Doubletree Hotel, 1900 Pavillion Drive, Virginia Beach

Description:

We have an exciting line-up of presenters headlined by two keynote speakers, novelist, writing professor, and award-winning author, Jill McCorkle, on Friday, September 24th , and author, grammarian and Virginia Beach native, Benjamin Herson, on Saturday, September 25th. McCorkle’s writings have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post and Real Simple. Herson’s book (co-authored with Jeff Deck), The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time, will be published August 3, 2010.

Be seduced by romance writer, Judi McCoy. Learn the legalities of writing and how to sell your manuscript with agent, Jeff Kleinman, or allow poet, Nathan Richardson, to enlighten you on the poetic process. Plot a mystery with mystery writer, Jennifer (J.B.) Stanley, or have fun with children's writer, Kim Norman, as she appeals to the kid in you.

Writers anxious to publish have five minutes to impress Katharine Sands of Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency or June Clark of Fine Print Literary Agency during the One-on-One Literary Agent Pitch Sessions.

This year, Hampton Roads Writers is offering four FREE writing contests. Submissions are being accepted in fiction, juvenile fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Deadline to receive your contest entries is July 23, 2010. WRITING CONTEST GUIDELINES

If you would like an oral critique of your novel’s first pages, you can participate in our First-Pages Critique Sessions. Panelists will toast or roast your work. Deadline to receive your first pages is August 20, 2010.

ALL of this is included with your early-bird registration of $90.

For an extra $40, submit 10-pages of your work for a 15-Minute, One-on-One Manuscript Evaluation with professional editor Marcela Landres. All work to be considered for evaluation must be in our office by July 23, 2010.

Lunch is provided for an additional cost of $10 per day. Please note that NO outside food is allowed on the premises.
We have an exciting line-up of presenters headlined by two keynote speakers, novelist, writing professor, and award-winning author, Jill McCorkle, on Friday, September 24th , and author, grammarian and Virginia Beach native, Benjamin Herson, on Saturday, September 25th. McCorkle’s writings have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post and Real Simple. Herson’s book (co-authored with Jeff Deck), The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time, will be published August 3, 2010.

Be seduced by romance writer, Judi McCoy. Learn the legalities of writing and how to sell your manuscript with agent, Jeff Kleinman, or allow poet, Nathan Richardson, to enlighten you on the poetic process. Plot a mystery with mystery writer, Jennifer (J.B.) Stanley, or have fun with children's writer, Kim Norman, as she appeals to the kid in you.

Writers anxious to publish have five minutes to impress Katharine Sands of Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency or June Clark of Fine Print Literary Agency during the One-on-One Literary Agent Pitch Sessions.

This year, Hampton Roads Writers is offering four FREE writing contests. Submissions are being accepted in fiction, juvenile fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Deadline to receive your contest entries is July 23, 2010. WRITING CONTEST GUIDELINES

If you would like an oral critique of your novel’s first pages, you can participate in our First-Pages Critique Sessions. Panelists will toast or roast your work. Deadline to receive your first pages is August 20, 2010.

ALL of this is included with your early-bird registration of $90.

For an extra $40, submit 10-pages of your work for a 15-Minute, One-on-One Manuscript Evaluation with professional editor Marcela Landres. All work to be considered for evaluation must be in our office by July 23, 2010.

Lunch is provided for an additional cost of $10 per day. Please note that NO outside food is allowed on the premises.
We have an exciting line-up of presenters headlined by two keynote speakers, novelist, writing professor, and award-winning author, Jill McCorkle, on Friday, September 24th , and author, grammarian and Virginia Beach native, Benjamin Herson, on Saturday, September 25th. McCorkle’s writings have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post and Real Simple. Herson’s book (co-authored with Jeff Deck), The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time, will be published August 3, 2010.

Be seduced by romance writer, Judi McCoy. Learn the legalities of writing and how to sell your manuscript with agent, Jeff Kleinman, or allow poet, Nathan Richardson, to enlighten you on the poetic process. Plot a mystery with mystery writer, Jennifer (J.B.) Stanley, or have fun with children's writer, Kim Norman, as she appeals to the kid in you.

Writers anxious to publish have five minutes to impress Katharine Sands of Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency or June Clark of Fine Print Literary Agency during the One-on-One Literary Agent Pitch Sessions.

This year, Hampton Roads Writers is offering four FREE writing contests. Submissions are being accepted in fiction, juvenile fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Deadline to receive your contest entries is July 23, 2010. WRITING CONTEST GUIDELINES

If you would like an oral critique of your novel’s first pages, you can participate in our First-Pages Critique Sessions. Panelists will toast or roast your work. Deadline to receive your first pages is August 20, 2010.

ALL of this is included with your early-bird registration of $90.

For an extra $40, submit 10-pages of your work for a 15-Minute, One-on-One Manuscript Evaluation with professional editor Marcela Landres. All work to be considered for evaluation must be in our office by July 23, 2010.

Lunch is provided for an additional cost of $10 per day. Please note that NO outside food is allowed on the premises.

Location:

Warrenton, VA Courthouse

Description:

All day appearance of Jean Keating signing Love's Enduring Bond at Warrenton Virginia Historical Day celebration, 9 - 4 pm

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Time:

8:00am - 4:00pm

Location:

Doubletree Hotel, 1900 Pavillion Drive, Virginia Beach

Description:

We have an exciting line-up of presenters headlined by two keynote speakers, novelist, writing professor, and award-winning author, Jill McCorkle, on Friday, September 24th , and author, grammarian and Virginia Beach native, Benjamin Herson, on Saturday, September 25th. McCorkle’s writings have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post and Real Simple. Herson’s book (co-authored with Jeff Deck), The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time, will be published August 3, 2010.

Be seduced by romance writer, Judi McCoy. Learn the legalities of writing and how to sell your manuscript with agent, Jeff Kleinman, or allow poet, Nathan Richardson, to enlighten you on the poetic process. Plot a mystery with mystery writer, Jennifer (J.B.) Stanley, or have fun with children's writer, Kim Norman, as she appeals to the kid in you.

Writers anxious to publish have five minutes to impress Katharine Sands of Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency or June Clark of Fine Print Literary Agency during the One-on-One Literary Agent Pitch Sessions.

This year, Hampton Roads Writers is offering four FREE writing contests. Submissions are being accepted in fiction, juvenile fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Deadline to receive your contest entries is July 23, 2010. WRITING CONTEST GUIDELINES

If you would like an oral critique of your novel’s first pages, you can participate in our First-Pages Critique Sessions. Panelists will toast or roast your work. Deadline to receive your first pages is August 20, 2010.

ALL of this is included with your early-bird registration of $90.

For an extra $40, submit 10-pages of your work for a 15-Minute, One-on-One Manuscript Evaluation with professional editor Marcela Landres. All work to be considered for evaluation must be in our office by July 23, 2010.

Lunch is provided for an additional cost of $10 per day. Please note that NO outside food is allowed on the premises.
We have an exciting line-up of presenters headlined by two keynote speakers, novelist, writing professor, and award-winning author, Jill McCorkle, on Friday, September 24th , and author, grammarian and Virginia Beach native, Benjamin Herson, on Saturday, September 25th. McCorkle’s writings have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post and Real Simple. Herson’s book (co-authored with Jeff Deck), The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time, will be published August 3, 2010.

Be seduced by romance writer, Judi McCoy. Learn the legalities of writing and how to sell your manuscript with agent, Jeff Kleinman, or allow poet, Nathan Richardson, to enlighten you on the poetic process. Plot a mystery with mystery writer, Jennifer (J.B.) Stanley, or have fun with children's writer, Kim Norman, as she appeals to the kid in you.

Writers anxious to publish have five minutes to impress Katharine Sands of Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency or June Clark of Fine Print Literary Agency during the One-on-One Literary Agent Pitch Sessions.

This year, Hampton Roads Writers is offering four FREE writing contests. Submissions are being accepted in fiction, juvenile fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Deadline to receive your contest entries is July 23, 2010. WRITING CONTEST GUIDELINES

If you would like an oral critique of your novel’s first pages, you can participate in our First-Pages Critique Sessions. Panelists will toast or roast your work. Deadline to receive your first pages is August 20, 2010.

ALL of this is included with your early-bird registration of $90.

For an extra $40, submit 10-pages of your work for a 15-Minute, One-on-One Manuscript Evaluation with professional editor Marcela Landres. All work to be considered for evaluation must be in our office by July 23, 2010.

Lunch is provided for an additional cost of $10 per day. Please note that NO outside food is allowed on the premises.
We have an exciting line-up of presenters headlined by two keynote speakers, novelist, writing professor, and award-winning author, Jill McCorkle, on Friday, September 24th , and author, grammarian and Virginia Beach native, Benjamin Herson, on Saturday, September 25th. McCorkle’s writings have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post and Real Simple. Herson’s book (co-authored with Jeff Deck), The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time, will be published August 3, 2010.

Be seduced by romance writer, Judi McCoy. Learn the legalities of writing and how to sell your manuscript with agent, Jeff Kleinman, or allow poet, Nathan Richardson, to enlighten you on the poetic process. Plot a mystery with mystery writer, Jennifer (J.B.) Stanley, or have fun with children's writer, Kim Norman, as she appeals to the kid in you.

Writers anxious to publish have five minutes to impress Katharine Sands of Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency or June Clark of Fine Print Literary Agency during the One-on-One Literary Agent Pitch Sessions.

This year, Hampton Roads Writers is offering four FREE writing contests. Submissions are being accepted in fiction, juvenile fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Deadline to receive your contest entries is July 23, 2010. WRITING CONTEST GUIDELINES

If you would like an oral critique of your novel’s first pages, you can participate in our First-Pages Critique Sessions. Panelists will toast or roast your work. Deadline to receive your first pages is August 20, 2010.

ALL of this is included with your early-bird registration of $90.

For an extra $40, submit 10-pages of your work for a 15-Minute, One-on-One Manuscript Evaluation with professional editor Marcela Landres. All work to be considered for evaluation must be in our office by July 23, 2010.

Lunch is provided for an additional cost of $10 per day. Please note that NO outside food is allowed on the premises.

Time:

7:00pm - 9:00pm

Location:

Gloucester

Description:

The Gloucester Owls meet at Jersey's
Cards & Comics at White Marsh
shopping center. Have you wanted
to attend a writers group, but
none matched your busy schedule?
Prose or poetry, novels or plays,
come share them all. We welcome
all genres. The Gloucester Owls
Critique group is part of the
Chesapeake Bay Writers, a chapter
of the Virginia Writers Club.
The meetings are free, priceless.
Normally, the group meets the last
Saturday of each month at 7PM.
Walk-ins are welcome. Anyone with questions can reach me at (804) 694-5646, but they'll have to speak clearly for the answering machine.