Critique Time
Luck has nothing to do with it! Writers work hard to get their thoughts on paper. Bring an excerpt and questions you have about your current or future writing projects and members can critique and offer each other help with writing projects.
Guest speakers are Jeeah Kim and Sariah Waller. Birmingham Police Chaplain, Marvin
A. Neal, will make a visit to collect much needed school supplies for the Birmingham
City Schools.
The authors:
Jeeah Kim is a Korean-American poet from Prattville, Alabama. She is a lifelong learner with a passion for equity in education, literacy and public speaking. The author of Asynchoritos (2022) and everything I couldn’t tell you (2023), she writes about everything from the fantastical, the day-to-day, and the experiences of Asian-American diasporas.
Sariah Waller is a published writer, a senior at Oak Mountain High School who just completed the Ava Long Creative Writing Workshop at UAB. She published her very first book, “The Healing Heart” on Amazon in April of 2022 while in eighth grade. It’s a love story about two different people from two different backgrounds whose hearts become one. She is currently working on a new book called “The Red Dagger.”
We’ll view a video about “How to Upload a Book to Amazon in 2025.” Please attend even if you know how. Maybe there will be tidbits you were unaware of or you can help explain anything the presenter didn’t make clear.
Coming in June: USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon Charts bestselling author Lauren K Denton talking about her publishing path.
Bio Per Laura Denton: I have a BS degree from the University of Tennessee, Secondary Education, History and Political Science.I enjoy the study of Military History of the United States, and focus my writing on that subject. I have published two books and am now working on my third. I am an avid amateur genealogist and have spent 25 years studying both my family’s history and my husband’s. I have two grown children and two grandchildren. I enjoy travel and reading and a little gardening in my spare time.
Presenter: Author Sarah Stilwell will be our guest speaker—she has a PowerPoint presentation on Author branding and book covers.
Future presentations:
June: LAUREN K. DENTON is the author of USA TODAY bestselling novels The Hideaway and Hurricane Season. She was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama, and now lives with her husband and two daughters in Homewood, just outside Birmingham. Though her husband tries valiantly to turn her into a mountain girl, she’d still rather be at the beach. Website: LaurenKDenton.com; Instagram: LaurenKDentonBooks; Facebook: LaurenKDentonAuthor; Twitter: @LaurenKDenton.
NYT Best selling author Linda Howard will present 12 Steps to Intimacy.
You don’t want to miss this!
Presentation: Jo Chambliss
May – Jo Chambliss
June – NYT bestselling author Linda Howard presents 12 Steps To Intimacy
PROGRAM: Lynn Raye Harris to speak to the chapter via Zoom about sustaining indie publishing.
From her website: (https://lynnrayeharris.com/about/)
Lynn Raye Harris is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the HOSTILE OPERATIONS TEAM SERIES of military romances as well as 20 books for Harlequin Presents. A former finalist for the Romance Writers of America’s Golden Heart Award and the National Readers Choice Award, Lynn lives in Alabama with her handsome former-military husband, two crazy cats, and one spoiled American Saddlebred horse. Lynn’s books have been called “exceptional and emotional,” “intense,” and “sizzling.” Lynn’s books have sold over 3 million copies worldwide.
If you wish to attend via Zoom, please check the Facebook group page for the link. If you’re not a member, please contact the President. Click here and fill out the form at the bottom of the page.
RWA Chapter 178 