*Please note that the meeting room has changed. We will meet in the East Bank Regional Library’s upstairs A/V room at 10:00 AM.
SOLA Membership Dues:
SOLA will be collecting dues via a secure PayPal link through our website. The membership fee is $40.00 and is due by the end of February. Please remember that you must be a member of good standing with RWA in order to be a member of SOLA.
*Please attend this Saturday’s meeting to discuss the future of SOLA. All members past and present are encouraged to come.
The business meeting will begin at 12:15.
The East Bank Regional Library
will also be presenting two lecturers:
9:30 a.m. The Art of the Audiobook
with Michael Ziants
11:00 a.m. Creating Characters With Depth
with Stephen Rea
For more information, see the library’s calendar.
SOLA will host the annual Christmas party at the East Bank Regional Library on December 14th from 10:00am-12:00pm.
*Special Notes:
1. We will begin with a short business meeting to introduce the new board and discuss ideas for the new year.
2. Please bring a small Christmas ornament (no more than $10) for the traditional Sadistic Santa gift exchange!
3. Food and drinks will be provided. Come join the fun!
*Please note that a brief SOLA meeting will be held to elect the 2020-2021 board. Cast your vote!
Come join other writers this Saturday for two exciting lectures presented by the East Bank Regional Library:
9:30-11:00 The Ghost Rider Creative Writing Experience
with Steve Scaffidi
11:15-12:30 The Power of Story
with Laura Anne Ewald
For more information, see the library’s calendar.
Due to elections on Saturday, November 16th, the library meeting rooms will be closed. SOLA’s November meeting will be postponed.
Further details to come. Thank you for your patience.
The above events will be sponsored by SOLA. But to check out more writing events in the area all month, login to NaNoWriMo’s website and check out this link.
From Brainstorm to Book
Traci Andrighetti will teach you how to create a book project template to organize and track your manuscripts from inception to publication—and beyond.
Bio:
Traci Andrighetti is the USA TODAY bestselling author of the Franki Amato Mysteries and the Danger Cove Hair Salon Mysteries. In her previous life, she was an award-winning literary translator and a Lecturer of Italian at the University of Texas in Austin, where she earned a PhD in Applied Linguistics. But then she got wise and ditched that academic stuff for a life of crime—writing, that is. Her latest capers are teaching mystery for Savvy Authors and taking authors on writing retreats to Italy with LemonLit.
Traditional Publishing: It’s Alive and Well: Is It for You?
Panel presented by Pamela Ahearn, C.S. Harris, and Farrah Rochon
Pamela Ahearn
Literary Agent Pamela Ahearn worked at Bantam Books, Dell Books and Richard Curtis Agency before moving to New Orleans, where she was with Southern Writers Agency for eight years. In l992, she founded The Ahearn Agency, Inc., which currently represents between 30-35 authors working in romance and suspense. She has represented several New York Times, USA-Today and Walden’s Bestselling authors as well as RITA, Anthony and Agatha Award winners/nominees.
C. S. Harris
C.S. Harris is the USA Today Bestselling, award-winning author of more than two dozen novels including the Sebastian St. Cyr historical mystery series, the C.S. Graham thriller series co-written with retired intelligence officer Steve Harris, and seven historical romances written under her own name, Candice Proctor. A two-time RITA® Award finalist, her books have been translated into over twenty languages.
A former academic with a PhD in European history, Candice loves to travel and has spent much of her life abroad, living in Spain, Greece, England, France, Jordan, and Australia. She now makes her home in New Orleans.
Farrah Rochon
At the next meeting, SOLA will be hosting a Q & A panel on traditional publishing. In order for the panel to prepare and deliver the most benefit, SOLA is requesting that members submit their questions about traditional publishing ahead of time. Any and all questions are encouraged!
Please send your questions to Vicky McHenry at vicky.mchenry@gmail.com.
From now on, SOLA’s meetings will begin at 11:00 am due to a prior writing event called “Saturday Writers’ Clinic,” which is scheduled for 9:15 am every third Saturday at the East Bank Regional Library. SOLA members are encouraged to attend.
