To get ready for our fabulous conference, ORACON, on September 17, we will not have a monthly meeting in September. See you at ORACON!
Monthly Meeting - Saturday, August 6
Join us on August 6 at the Midtown Carnegie Branch Library for Ozark's Romance Authors' Monthly Meeting. It's time to nominate board members for 2016-17, plus we have a lot to discuss about the direction ORA will be taking. Do we want to change some of the board positions and/or add new positions? Do we want to hire someone to handle some tasks? Do we want to continue holding our annual writing contest? What about our conference? These are only some of the BIG decisions we need to make. Come help shape ORA's future!
ORA meets in the basement of the Midtown Carnegie Branch Library in Springfield, MO at 11:30 a.m.
Join our critique group at 10 a.m - 11:30 a.m. Want your work reviewed by talented writers and published authors? Bring twenty copies of up to five pages of your work to share for critique or just listen and offer advice.
NEW! ORA Critique Groups
Hello ORA members!
Based on membership feedback, the ORA board has been working on building the foundation for critique groups within our membership. We are excited to introduce our new writers’ critique groups at the August meeting.
Kayla Griffith has volunteered to be the coordinator of the groups and will explain more about them at the meeting. She has ten years of experience at creating online critique partnerships and is delighted to fill this role for ORA.
While there are many types of critique groups, our first set will be the type often referred to as “Concept to Completion.” Basically, each author will bring a new or newly begun story to their group and write it over the next few months with help and input from their critique group members. Getting weekly feedback from fellow writers is one of the best ways to improve writing, and we hope our members can use this powerful tool to become stronger and more prolific writers.
Once the first critique groups are up and running, Kayla can help facilitate others with a more specialized focus. Come to the meeting to find out how to get signed up for this amazing writing tool and find out what other options might be available in the future.
ORA Writers' Retreat - July 8-10
There will be NO MONTHLY MEETING IN JULY. Instead we're hosting our first ORA Writers' Retreat July 8-10. Contact ozarksromanceauthors.com to join us for part or all of the weekend. Writing time, critiques and fun getting to know fellow authors--don't miss out!