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Los Angeles Romance Authors (LARA) provides educational and motivational
support for published and aspiring romance writers. LARA is affiliated
with the Romance Writers of America®. Both the LARA Chapter
and RWA are Nonprofit Organizations.
For information about our upcoming programs, our published authors,
or our organization, please feel free to check out our web pages
and links.
The LARA Confidential is our award winning newsletter.
For submission information, contact the editors.
Please submit material by the 24th of each month.
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Watch for updates of our authors Milestones.
To view previous News check out the archives.
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~ IMPORTANT
Notice ~
Members are asked to prepare for a vote to be taken during
the March 18th, 2012 LARA meeting
in regards to adding a new position to the board. The position
of liaison for the new office of SPA, Self
Published Authors, as brought up by our President, Erica
Barton at the January 15th, 2012 meeting, will be the SPAL, Self
Published Authors Liaison. In order for it to pass, a quorum must
be reached by attending members.
Look for more information on this subject in the February
2012 newsletter.
Our Next Meeting -
Sunday February 19, 2012
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
February's Speakers:
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Charlotte Carter - Inspirational
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Lauren Strasnick - Young Adult
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Rochelle Staab - Cozy Mystery
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present
"Offshoots of Romance"
Fantasy
Writing: Making Your Fantasy Fiction a Reality
a Three-Week Online
Class
Instructor: Dawn Carrington, mutli-published
author
Dates: February 5 - February 25, 2012
$15 per member; $20 non-member
Don't miss the February
Passion and Prose Canference
Saturday February 25, 2012
8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Westin Hotel
333 East OceanBlvd,
Long Beach, CA
$125/person
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The first annual Passion and Prose Conference will bring
500 romance readers and 50 of their most beloved romance writers
together for a fabulous day of conversation and fun.
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Join Terry Gilman is welcoming bestselling authors Meg Cabot,
Christina Dodd, Gail Carriger, and 50 other fabulous romance
authors for the first Passion & Prose one-day conference event
for romance readers, and the writers who love them. This project
has been Terry's pet project for three years and now it's
a reality.
Your $125 ticket includes a breakfast buffet and chat, special
lunch presentations by Meg, Christina, and Gail, an opportunity
drawing to benefit WriteGirl, a non-profit organization that
empowers disadvantaged girls through the creativity and self-expression
of writing, multiple book buying and autographing opportunities,
'speed dating' with the authors, goodie bags filled with fun
giveaways, an opportunity to connect with other romance readers,
and much more...
We are also sending out a call for SWAG! Because RWA has
been so gracious with their support, we want to offer an opportunity
to any Los Angeles based RWA author to insert any items they
wish (no bigger than a paperback) into the free goodie bags
we will be giving out to every single attendee.
This is a fantastic opportunity to meet your reader's, hear
what they like about Romance and what they are looking forward
to in the future.
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Are you a member that has a Milestone to share?
If you recently:
- complete a manuscript
- receive a rejection or revision letter
- receive a request for your MS
- final in or won a contest
- make a submission to any publisher or agent
- make a sale
- sign with an agent
We'd love to hear about it! If you have any other
milestones that don’t 'fit' in here, send an email to Casey
Wheitman.
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