August at MWAA: Working with a Publicist
Learn the ins and outs of what a publicist can do for you, and what you need to do to make the relationship work. Continue reading ...
July at MWAA: The Interrupted Writer
Navigate your writing through life's busyness with award-winning author Ellen Prentiss Campbell. Continue reading ...
June at MWAA: Be a Social Media Superstar!
Amy Mascott unravels the mystery of social media at the June MWAA meeting! Continue reading ...
Also in June: MWA Annapolis 2017-2018 Chapter Elections
MWAA will hold its annual elections during the June meeting on 6/21. Continue reading ...
May at MWAA: Put Your Traveling Pen to Paper
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... Continue reading ...
April at MWAA: Is YA Fiction Your Genre?
Young adult (YA) fiction is one of the hottest segments of the publishing market these days, but writing effectively for this audience demands an approach that in many ways makes writing YA more challenging that writing for either adults or children. Join us on Wednesday, April 19th to learn more... Continue reading ...
March at MWAA: Inside a Book Review Site
What does it take to get a review from a well-respected review site? How do you get that killer blurb for your bookcover? Join us March 15th when Senior Editor of the Washington Independent Review of Books (WIRoB) Carrie Callahan joins MWAA to give us the skinny on how the... Continue reading ...
February at MWAA: In the Recording Studio (your prep needed!)
We don’t normally ask that people tell us ahead of time whether they plan to come to a meeting, but this one is special, because on 15 February 2017, we’ll be recording! “Your Words, Your Voice”: In the Recording Studio with Izolda Trakhtenberg You asked for it, and we’re making... Continue reading ...
January at MWAA: The Art of Memoir
Because we know your resolution for 2017 is to write more, you’ll absolutely want to join us on 18 January for this inspirational discussion with award-winning writer Barbara Morrison, a pillar of the Baltimore writing community. Memoir is perhaps the most popular genre for emerging writers, and many of our... Continue reading ...
Video of Rafael Alvarez’ October 2016 talk
Rafael Alvarez gave a great talk. Here it is. Enjoy! Rafael Alvarez – MWA Annapolis from fablestofilm on Vimeo. Continue reading ...
October at MWAA: Hometown Boy Rafael Alvarez Talks About His Writing Life
MWAA is proud to welcome Rafael Alvarez on Wednesday, October 19th at 6:30 p.m. Journalist, author, screenwriter, member of the Seafarers International Union of North America: Rafael Alvarez has done it all, and he’ll be sharing some of those experiences with us. Alvarez is a tireless chronicler of the under-represented,... Continue reading ...
September at MWAA: The Energy of Poetry with Grace Cavalieri
NOTE: The September 21st meeting will be held in Room 308 of the Maryland Hall. As the host of radio’s “The Poet and the Poem” for the last 39 years, poet and playwright Grace Cavalieri has the distinction of having interviewed the largest number of sitting poets laureate. MWA Annapolis... Continue reading ...
Videos for Lauren Silberman’s talk, 2016-08-17
These videos are of of Lauren Silberman’s MWA Annapolis talk. For more details, please see annapolismwa.wordpress.com/2016/07/31/august-at-mwaa-bringing-local-history-to-life-with-lauren-silberman/ Continue reading ...
August at MWAA: Bringing Local History to Life with Lauren Silberman
Join us on Wednesday, 17 August 2016 as local author Lauren Silberman takes us on a journey through her work to capture the quirky stories of local Maryland history. Lauren plans to share the research methods she uses, such as networking/crowdsourcing, databases, primary vs. secondary sources, bibliographies, googling, interviews, how... Continue reading ...
July Chapter Meeting: Writers Wanted for “Destination” Websites
Looking for opportunities to grow your social media network and expand your portfolio of published works? Of course you are! Then you need to come to our July chapter meeting to hear our speaker, Tony Russo, who is looking for writers to contribute on a regular basis to a set... Continue reading ...
Your State and Chapter Officers
The new state board was elected on 11 June and began its two-year term on 1 July. We are thrilled to have a well-rounded slate of officers at the state level, and here they are: President: Eileen Haavik Mcintire Vice President: Janet Ruck Secretary: Chip Trimmier Treasurer: Kimberly Goon Communications... Continue reading ...
June 2016 at MWAA: Speak Your Words! + Chapter Elections
Be sure to join us on June 15th, when we’ll be holding chapter elections for the upcoming year; members must be present at the meeting to vote. But the real draw is that popular workshop leader Izolda Trakhtenberg joins us again, this time to help us improve in reading our... Continue reading ...
Videos for Austin Camacho’s talk, 2016-05-18
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 Continue reading ...
MWAA Welcomes Austin Camacho in May
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... Continue reading ...