Meetings
New England Romance Writers meets the third Sunday of the month (except as noted) from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM. There are no meetings in July and December.
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, ALL MEETINGS WILL BE VIRTUAL ONLY, VIA ZOOM.
Please Join Us At Our Next Meeting:
April 25, 2021 Meeting – Breaking Ground on Your Manuscript: The Editing Phase(s) with D. Ann Williams
Workshop Description: You’ve written the novel, sent it to beta readers and critique partners, and now you’re in editing mode. Revising is hard work and can take multiple passes, but editors are here to help. In this workshop, we’re going to review the different levels of editing, common issues found during edits, finding and working with an editor, and strategies to incorporate developmental edit notes.
Bio: D. Ann Williams (she/her) is a queer Black American, editor, diversity consultant, and writing coach. She started editing at UCLA as the editor-in-chief of two academic journals. For the past ten years, she has edited business and academic writing before expanding into fiction editing. She provides a variety of services (from developmental editing to sensitivity reading to formatting) through Edits By D and Tessera Editorial and is a writing coach for We Need Diverse Books’ Black Creatives Revision Workshop. Her editing clients have included Big 5 publishers, indie publishers, and many authors. She loves to read and edit romance, kidlit (all ages), thrillers, and science fiction/fantasy.
2021 Meetings
Jan 17, 2021
"Town Hall" re: State of the Organization
Feb 21, 2021
Making Feedback Work with KD Fisher
Mar 21, 2021
Overcoming Writer's Block with Meryl Wilsner
Apr 25, 2021*
(4th Sunday)
Breaking Ground on Your Manuscript: The Editing Phase(s) with D. Ann Williams
May 16, 2021
TBD
Jun 13, 2021*
(2nd Sunday)
TBD
Jul 18, 2021
TBD
Aug 15, 2021
TBD
Sep 19, 2021
TBD
Oct 17, 2021
TBD
Nov 21, 2021
TBD with Nisha Sharma
Dec 2021
No meeting