09/04/24 Kathleen Toomy Jabs Luncheon - Writing Military in Fiction kjabs@aol.com
06-27-24 Sonja McGiboney on creating websites using Wix. Zoom Presentation
06-25-24 Board Meeting - Zoom
06/05/24 Leslie Eva Tayloe Luncheon - What I Learned from Marketing My Books. https://leslieevatayloe.com/contact/
05-07-24 Board Meeting - Zoom
04/03/24 Paul Aron Luncheon - Creative Non-Fiction: Tips and Techniques paron@cwf.org
03-12-24 Board Meeting - Zoom
03/08/24 Mary Shipko Open Mike shipkom@msn.com
02/28/24 Roger Connor Smithsonian Exhibits: Interpretive Writing smcgphoto@gmail.com
02/24/24 Williamsburg Book Festival https://www.williamsburgbookfestival.org/contact
02/07/24 Chuck Tabb Harry Heckel Making the Nib Truly Golden smcgphoto@gmail.com
01/23/24 Board Meeting - Zoom
01/11/24 Janis Robinson Daly The Unlocked Path https://janisrdaly.com/
CBW Year 2023
12/05/23 Board Meeting
11/15/23 members All Stars Contest
11/08/23 Malcom Massey Writing the Killer Plot malcom@malcommassey.com
10/10/23 Board Meeting smcgphoto@gmail.com
10/07/23 Mary Shipko Open Mike shipkom@msn.com
08/08/23 Board Board Meeting smcgphoto@gmail.com
07/16/23 Mary Shipko Open Mike shipkom@msn.com
6/7/2023 Patti Gaustad Procopi Writing Your Story patti.pro@cox.net
5/16/2023 Board Board Meeting smcgphoto@gmail.com
05/07/23 Sally Stiles How to Effectively Critique a Manuscript writethestiles@cox.net
04/30/23 Sally Honenberger Newspaper Sparks - Creative Writing editmore2@hotmail.com
04/01/23 Kristen Overman Story Endings kristen@goodstoryediting.com
03/21/23 Board Board Meeting smcgphoto@gmail.com
03/19/23 Mary Shipko Open Mike shipkom@msn.com
02/21/23 Board Board Meeting smcgphoto@gmail.com
02/04/23 members Williamsburg Book Festival members
02/01/23 Scott Ellis Audio Format for Books scott@scottellisreads.com
01/17/23 Board Board Meeting smcgphoto@gmail.com
CBW Year 2022
12/06/22 Board Board Meeting smcgphoto@gmail.com
11/16/22 members All Stars Contest
10/20/22 Stephen McGuire Author Interview http://www.stephenmcguireauthor.com/
10/18/22 Board Board Meeting smcgphoto@gmail.com
10/16/22 Robin T Williams Coloring Outside the Lines-Character and Dialog robinwilliamsbooks@gmail.com
06/15/22 Board Board Meeting smcgphoto@gmail.com
09/14/22 Lauran Strait Creating characters. lauran@hamptonroadswriters.org
09/10/22 Ted Hale CBW table at Buckroe Beach Festival ted@tedbhale.com
08/23/22 Board Board Meeting smcgphoto@gmail.com
08/06/22 Symposium - Several of our writers presented
07/06/22 Bradley Harper Experience at Napier University in Edinburgh, Scotland. BHarper1888@gmail.com
06/23/22 Board Board Meeting smcgphoto@gmail.com
06/11/22 Adam Alexander Haviaras Online Marketing Consulting@eaglesanddragonspublishing.com
06/08/22 Dr. Jason Ray Carney The Theme of Forms and the Form of Themes jrcarney52@gmail.com
05/14/22 Nathan Richardson Poetry - Ekphrastic writing poetnathan1960@gmail.com
05/13/22 Board Board Meeting smcgphoto@gmail.com
04/28/22 Mary Shipko Open Mike shipkom@msn.com
04/20/22 Nathan Richardson Poetry Sessions poetnathan1960@gmail.com
03/26/22 Book Parade- writers set up tables and shared.
03/11/22 Board Board Meeting smcgphoto@gmail.com
02/16/22 Sonja McGiboney Self Publishing smcgphoto@gmail.com
CBW Year 2021
10/02/21 members Williamsburg Book Festival members
09/18/21 Connie Lapallo Path from Page to Screen http://www.connielapallo.com/mailinglist1.htm
06/16/21 Cliff Garstang Citizen of the Literary World info@CliffordGarstang.com
06/11/21 Board Board Meeting
05/07/21 Board Board Meeting
01/27/21 Bradley Harper It's Never Too Late to Write BHarper1888@gmail.com
CBW Year 2020
10/30/20 Board Board Meeting
09/25/20 Board Board Meeting
06/12/20 Board Board Meeting
04/15/20 Malcom Massey Writing the Killer Plot
04/04/20 Board Board Meeting
03/02/20 Board Board Meeting
02/19/20 Peter Stipe Writing with both parts of your brain
01/13/20 Board Board Meeting
CBW Year 2019
11/06/19 members All Stars Contest
09/18/19 Nikki Terpilowski -Literary agents? https://hollowayliterary.com/nikki-terpilowski/
06/19/19 Abigail Putnam Flash Fiction little story big impact aputnam@odu.edu
04/02/19 Sally Stiles "Aha!" Moments: Inspiration through Haiku writethestiles@cox.net
02/13/19 Tim Holland Literary Art or Commercial Product thbooks@outlook.com
CBW Year 2018
11/28/18 members All Stars Contest
11/03/18 members 100 Year Celebration
10/27/18 Frank Milligan How to "Get Started as a Writer
10/06/18 members Williamsburg Book Festival
10/01/18 Board meeting
09/18/18 Lauran Strait The Fictional Dream
09/13/18 members Hampton Roads Writers
09/01/18 VWC VWC Board of Gov's meeting
08/06/18 Board meeting
07/18/18 members meeting
07/07/18 members Author's Expo, Hight Tide Publications/ free table for CBW
06/20/18 Alice Osborn How to be a Rock Star at PR https://aliceosborn.com/contact-3/
05/07/18 Board meeting
05/05/18 VWC VWC Board of Gov's meeting
05/04/18 members Christopher Newport Univ
04/18/18 Ann Eichenmuller Five Steps to Getting Published https://anneichenmuller.org/contact-us/
03/05/18 members meeting
02/14/18 Dan Duke from Virginia Pilot Fake News and Non-Fiction
01/15/18 members meeting
CBW Year 2017
11/15/17 members All Stars Contest
09/20/17 Eric Carlson on screenwriting CANCELLED Frank Milligan Life Priorities for writers
06/21/17 Michael Khandelwal Creative Power of Revision (self-editing--prose)
04/19/17 Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda The Revision Process of Poetry
02/15/17 Harold Busbee Taxes for Writers
CBW Year 2016
11/16/16 members All Stars Contest
09/16/16 Daisy Howard Douglas Experiences in Writing African-American History
06/15/16 Jeanne Johansen & Greg Lilly Writer's Craft & Publishing-Can't have one without the other
05/18/16 Feather Foster CANCELLED
04/23/16 Dawn Brotherton publishing process workshop
02/01/16 Ran Walker Short Story Writing
CBW Year 2015
11/18/15 members All Stars Contest
09/16/15 Neal Steele Preparing for a Radio Interview
08/31/15 Frank Milligan
06/17/15 Ran Walker cancellation emergency Frank Milligan ??
05/20/15 Joslyn Robinson A Jungian Approach to Working with Myths and Fairy Tales
04/15/15 Elizabeth Seydel Morgan Creative Writing and Poetry
02/18/15 Neal Steele snow cancellation Greg Lilly & Jeanne Johannsen Publishing
CBW Year 2014
11/19/14 members All Stars Contest
10/06/14 Frank Milligan
09/17/14 Dillon Tripp Creative Nonfiction
06/18/14 Ivor Van Heerden what every writer needs to know before publishing on a controversial topic.
04/2014 Reeve Lindbergh My writing process, the writing industry, and how it has changed over the years.
03/19/14 Frank Milligan
02/19/14 Will McIntosh Misadventures on the way to becoming a full time writer
CBW Year 2013
11/13/13 members All Stars Contest
09/18/13 Sofia Starnes Mood: From Creative Writing to Vessel for Meaning
06/19/13 John Gilsrap Dare to Dream
04/17/13 Greg Lily The Novel Idea- Before & After
02/20/13 Ethel Sternberg Child Survivor of the Holocaust
CBW Year 2012
11/13/12 members All Stars Contest
09/12/12 Shondra Buchanan Landscape & Language
06/10/12 Ran Walker The Future of Publishing: Writing in a Digital Age
04/25/12 Beth Groundwater Series Writing for the Organizationally Challenged
02/15/12 Kathleen Toomey Jabs Enriching Your Novel with personal experience
CBW Year 2011
11/16/11 members All Stars Contest
09/14/11 Sarah Collins Honenberger Writing Contests and Winning Strategies for Winning
July Brad Parks
July Karen Jones
June Greg Lilly
06/15/11 John Shulson Writers and the Arts Scene in Hampton Roads
04/20/11 Tom Crockett How to Save Time & frustration Using Createspace
02/16/11 Sarah McCollum Publishing Today
CBW Year 2010
11/10/10 members All Stars Contest
10/01/10 Bernie Ghiselin
09/11/10 Brad Parks & Karen Jones Publishing: Fiction vs. Non-fiction
06/16/10 WILFORD KALE
06/15/10 John Shulson Writers and the Greater Arts Scene in Hampton Roads ??
04/14/10 Dr. Wesley C. Wilson How to Research Your Writing
02/16/10 Election of Officers Discussion Groups of Members
CBW Year 2009
11/11/09 members All Stars Contest
09/16/09 Sofia Starnes Process of Editing
06/17/09 Jill Winkowski Your Inner Rhetoric
04/15/09 Ann Shalasky What Judges Look for in Contest Entries
02/18/09 John Conlee ??
CBW Year 2008
11/12/08 members All Stars Contest
09/06/08 John Conlee
06/18/08 Dorothy Anderson Things You Don't Get in Creative Writing Courses
04/16/08 Neal Steele How to Make Use of Radio to Market Yourself and Your Writing
02/06/08 members Elections/Business meeting
01/11/08 Barbara Shine
CBW Year 2007
11/14/07 members All Stars Contest
11/05/07 BARBARA SHINE
09/19/07 Eunice Hyer
06/20/07 Edward Cline Lacunae and Artistic License. Being True to the Historical Record when there is a Record
04/18/07 Gail Kenna Inventing Trust: The Memoria as a Literary From
2/21/2007 Paul Fleisher Getting Published
CBW Year 2006
11/14/2006 members All Stars Contest
6/20/2006 Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda Poetry from Inspiration to Product
6/21/2006 Karla Kraynak Bruno Flaying, Flogging & Flirting: What Happened at Jamestown with John Smith.
04/19/06 Lindsay Gibson What Makes Writers Click
02/15/06 members Election & Business Meeting
CBW Year 2005
11/16/05 members All Stars Contest
09/21/05 Linda Rae Johnson Techniques to Develop Your voice
06/15/05 Becky Mushco Character Development Performed in Character
04/20/05 Coach Tom Holiday The Art of Writing Comedy for Performance