Imagine a scene, any scene, ordinary or extraordinary. Perhaps it is a quiet moment at the local supermarket when a toddler in a shopping cart grabs a glass ketchup bottle while the parents aren’t watching. The bottle smashes to the floor and the child begins to cry and the parents…
Two of our favorite local mystery authors help you solve your writing challenges!
More of us are traveling more frequently these days, heading to exotic locales and experiencing other countries and cultures, often in surprising and unplanned ways. Those adventures are ripe for use in freelance travel articles and other stories. Long-time D.C. journalist, author, and freelance writer L. Peat O’Neil joins MWAA…
Austin Camacho gave a talk entitled “Writing Exercises”. Since there were some dead times when everyone was writing, I edited those parts out. part 1 part 2
MWA Annapolis is thrilled to welcome the always-engaging Austin Camacho to our monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 18 at 6:30 pm. Austin plans to help us with some writing exercises, as he explains: Every writer needs a little inspiration now and then, but how do we jumpstart our imaginations? I…
“Turn WordPress Into a Powerful Publishing Platform” Photo from right before the talk:
On May 20th, 2015, Paul Lagasse and Gary Lester will jointly give a presentation titled “Turn WordPress Into a Powerful Publishing Platform”. When most people think of WordPress, they think “blog.” But WordPress is much more than that. It is a powerful tool for easily managing web content — not just…
Here are the videos of Yvonne Medley’s very insightful talk. Some messages from her talk: “Don’t edit yourself before anyone sees it. Your writing has to be as big as your story.” “Just because the road is hard doesn’t mean your writing it’s worth it.” See the videos for more!…
Local author and journalist Yvonne Medley has agreed to speak at the Maryland Writers Association Annapolis Chapter meeting on Wednesday May 21, 2014. She will speak on how to create the voice and vibe of your characters as well as the pros and cons of traditional publishing vs. self-publishing, her…
For members who would like to do plan out their schedule, this is a list of the speakers we have lined up: January 15, 2014 – Denise Camacho, announcement February 19, 2014 – Randy Baker, announcement in the works March 19, 2014 – Stephen Phillips, announcement in the works April…
