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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:

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

Sorry; SOLD OUT

Thank you for your interest

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.