Meetings


New England Romance Writers meets the third Sunday of the month (except as noted) from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM. There is no meeting in December.

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, ALL MEETINGS WILL BE VIRTUAL ONLY, VIA ZOOM.

Please Join Us At Our Next Meeting:

June 25, 2023 Meeting – Romance Tropes and the Shifting Sands of Time with Kathryn Le Veque

Our March 19, 2023 monthly meeting will start at 1:00 P.M. with a workshop on outlining titled “Romance Tropes and the Shifting Sands of Time” presented by USA Today best-selling, award-winning author and publisher Kathryn Le Veque, which will be followed by our monthly business and social meeting. Not a NERW member but want to attend the workshop? Join NERW now and receive access to our monthly workshops, private email forum, and Facebook group!

Headshot of author Kathryn Le VequeWorkshop Description: USA Today best-selling, award-winning author Kathryn Le Veque will be discussing the different tropes of romance novels – past and present. What may have worked even twenty years ago has evolved as readers’ tastes change. We’ll talk about what works today, what doesn’t, what can be tweaked and twisted, and what can’t be. We’ll talk about what’s popular by genre (Historical Romance in this case, but this can be expanded into Contemporary and beyond) but also what tends to be universally popular. We’re going to talk about the fun part of tropes – making them our own, as an author, and how the reader looks for the author’s unique touch on a common trope. We’ll talk about how tropes work for ALL romance – because love is love. We’ll also talk about No-No tropes and how to avoid them. Trope’s the word!

Bio: Kathryn Le Veque is a critically acclaimed, USA Today Bestselling author (having hit the list 30 times), an Indie Reader bestseller, a charter Amazon All-Star author, and a #1 bestselling, award-winning, multi-published author in Medieval Historical Romance with over 140 published novels. Kathryn is also the CEO of Dragonblade Publishing, Amazon’s #1 small press for Historical Romance ebooks.

2023 Meetings

Jan 22, 2023*
(4th Sunday)
Facebook Ads with Mal Cooper

Feb 26, 2023*
(4th Sunday)
Book Done 101 with Patti Larsen

Apr 23, 2023*
(4th Sunday)
Story Structure with Barbara Wallace

May 21, 2023
TBD

Jun 25, 2023*
(4th Sunday)
Romance Tropes and the Shifting Sands of Time with Kathryn Le Veque

Jul 2023
No meeting

Aug 2023
No meeting

Sep 17, 2023
TBD

Oct 15, 2023
TBD

Nov 19, 2023
TBD

Dec 2023
No meeting