2018

January 2018 – Kristin – KNowing when to quit your goals

February 2018 – Mary

March 2018 – Kim — Series

April 2018 – Ann – After the first draft, what next?

May 2018– Frank – Building our base (fans)

June 2018 – Sean – Getting the word out

July 2018 – Dave – Raising the stakes

August 2018 – Jo – Lines drawn in fiction. Do you cross them or not?

September 2018 –

October 2018 –

November 2018 –

December 2018 –

2017

January 2017 – Sean Golden – New Beginnings

February 2017 – Jo Schneider – Conflict and Tension

March 2017 – David Heyman – Friendships in Fiction

April 2017 –  Frog – April of Fooling People

May 2017– Frank – Special Sauce

June 2017 – Colette : Small Publishers

July 2017 – Greg – Setting

August 2017 – Jace: Building/Maintaining Momentum and whatever that means to you.

September 2017 – Scott Eder –

October 2017 – Nathan – Prewriting — Getting Your NaNoWriMo Game Face On

November 2017 – Guy – NaNoWriMo and More — Productivity Under Fire

December 2017 – Kevin Ikenberry – Year Wrap Up (lessons learned, etc)

2016

January 2016 – Guy Anthony DiMarco – Making the new year a success

February 2016 – Kristin Luna – Writing from experience or not

March 2016 – Nathan Barra – Work/Life/Writing balance

April 2016 – Ann – Memorable Characters

May 2016– Jace – Using an example of a Movie, what makes it a great story

June 2016 -Emily- Common Misconceptions: Tell me about what people often write wrong in Fiction

July 2016 – Kristin Luna – Double Nickles Month

September 2016 – Mary Pletsch – Damage Control

October 2016 – Guy Anthony De Maco – Dark Elements in Writing

November 2016 –Greg Little – Adaptations

December 2016 – Kevin Ikenberry – 2016 in Review

2015

January 2015 – Jace – characters 101

February 2015 – Kristin Luna – the ins and outs of love and unconventional love in books

March 2015 – Greg Little: Rules you break in writing

April 2015 – Coordinator:  Mary – Conflict in Fiction

May 2015– Coordinator:  Frank – Software and Writing Tools for Writers

June 2015 –  Colette Black – Standing out as a writer

July 2015 – Nathan Barra – Finding Inspiration in the writing life

September 2015 – Scott Eder – Conventions

October 2015 – Guy Anthony Di Marco – Writing Dark Fiction

November 2015 – Ann- Writing non-fiction

December 2015 – Frank Morin – Important writing resources

2014

January 2014 – what’s important for you in 2014?

February 2014 – Love and Murder

March 2014 – legal issues

April 2014 – perspective (narrative, character, business and behind the scenes)

May 2014 – the best books you’ve never heard of

June 2014 –  This month, we’re looking at ways to meet goals, manage time and distractions, stay on task and stay sane during the crazy summer months.

July 2014 – Coordinator: Nathan – Telling Our Own Stories: Moments Made You Love Being a Writer

September 2014 – Coordinator  Nancy – Theme TBA

October 2014 – Coordinator: Leigh – Fear and Loathing in the Writing Life

November 2014 – Coordinator: Ann – the best and the worst writing you have read and what makes it so.

December 2014 – Quincy Allen – Did January’s Goals Bear Fruit?

2013

January 2013 – conventions, conferences, workshops, and seminars

February 2013 – creating a complete characters, the “good” bad guy, and believable character interactions

March 2013 – genre month

April 2013 – the business of being a writer

May 2013 – our beginnings as writers

June 2013 – Myth & Legend

July 2013 – movies, favorites

September 2013 – breaking into the next level of craft

October 2013 – promotion month

November 2013 – taking care of business

December 2013 – the greatest gifts we’ve received as writers

 

2012

January 2012 –

February 2012 –

March 2012 –

April 2012 –

May 2012 –

June 2012 –

July 2012 –

September 2012 –

October 2012 –

November 2012 – NaNoWriMo/ pushing for success

December 2012 – reaching goals/ how you keep the momentum going