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2008 Program Schedule

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Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are at Belle Isle Library at 1:00 pm

January:	Undercover Cop Q&A Speaker: Kyle Sweet, former lawyer and narcotics officer Early Bird Workshop with Donnell Epperson After Meeting: OKRWA Board Meeting Noon: Booksigning at Barnes & Noble (6100 N. May - down the street from Belle Isle)
February:	Pitching Lessons to prepare for the Agent/Editor Mini-Conference Speakers: Jill Monroe Christine Rimmer Terri Schaefer
March:	FAB conference with HQN Editor Margo Lipschultz and Agent Miriam Kriss (Irene Goodman Literary Agency) MEMBERS ONLY Info on Time, Location, and Making Appointments with Editor/Agent
April:	Michael Hague’s DVD “Writing the Romantic Comedy” Highly recommended for writers at all levels
May:	E-publishing Speakers: Alicia M. Dean and Jodi O’Shea
June:	Historical Author Panel Speakers: Merline Lovelace Amanda McCabe Sharon Sala
July:	Young Adult Fiction Speaker: Brooke Taylor Meeting is 2 weeks before National RWA Conference
August:	RWA NATIONAL CONFERENCE RECAP Multiple presentations
September:	Retreat Speaker: TBD Location: TBD MEMBERS ONLY
October:	Worldbuilding Speaker: Gena Showalter Note: Participants please bring your most helpful worldbuilding books – anything that helps define or puts you in the mood to create new worlds or discover a past setting
November:	Keeping Readers on the Edge of Their Seats Speaker: Jordan Dane
December:	Annual Christmas Party Details to Follow Members Only

Romance Writers of America is a non-profit organization for those interested in writing Romance fiction. Our purpose is to promote excellence in Romance fiction; to support and encourage our unpublished members in their efforts to become published; and to support, encourage, and promote the works and careers of our members published in Romance fiction.

OK-RWA meets monthly in the Oklahoma City area. At our meetings we share news about our writing and the latest happenings in the publishing world, and we have a program focused on one of the many aspects of writing Romance novels.