Misti Moyer

Are you tired of winter? Could you use a weekend away to write and be with other writers in a beautiful setting this spring? Come to the Retreat From Harsh Reality! Hurry, the registration deadline is March 24th. The Mid-Michigan RWA’s Retreat from Harsh Reality is Friday, April 27th to Sunday, April 29th at the Bay Pointe Inn on Gun Lake in Shelbyville, Michigan which is centrally located midway between Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, and an easy drive from Chicago and Detroit. This lakeside resort is an ideal locale for a writing retreat. It's the perfect chance to get away, relax, and rejuvenate your creative muse with other writers. Our guest speaker, Jennifer Probst will present two workshops. The Write Path: The Top Seven Tasks to Achieve A Successful Writing Career and Write Big, Write Smart, and Write Naked, when she will cover chapters from her book, Write Naked - A Bestseller’s Secrets to Writing Romance & Navigating the Path to Success. The retreat costs $230 for the full weekend package (includes 5 meals) and $140 for the Saturday only package (includes 3 meals). Lodging is separate, but there is a block of rooms discounted for the retreat. (Room block expires March 24th.) Registration ends Saturday, March 24th – for more information visit the website: www.retreatfromharshreality.com or email the Retreat Chair at annieowrites@gmail.com

**PERMISSION TO FORWARD GRANTED, ENCOURAGED, AND APPRECIATED** The New Jersey Romance Writers are proud to announce the 2018 Put Your Heart in a Book Conference. Once again we’ll have two days of workshops, editor/agent appointments, and networking all geared to furthering your writing career. DATES: October 19-20, 2018 LOCATION: Renaissance Woodbridge Hotel 515 Route 1 South Iselin, NJ 08830 FEATURED SPEAKERS: Breakfast Keynote – Virginia Kantra Special Presentation – Hope Ramsay (ticket required – first 100 registrants) Luncheon Keynote – Jane Porter Pre-Conference Workshop – Melinda Leigh PUB Retreat Kick-Off – Rebecca Zanetti As we have in the past, our conference will feature: Workshops Editor/Agent Pitch Sessions Published Author Retreat PRO Member Retreat Anonymous Author Kick-Off Party Networking Session Book Fair and Author Signing (Back by popular demand!) The link to submit a workshop proposal is now open through April 15, 2018. The link to access the workshop submissions page is: https://www.rwa.org/e/sx/tk/eid=782 Please direct any questions you may have to Conference Chair Lena Pinto atconfchair@njromancewriters.org or Assistant Conference Chair Leigh Raffaele at leighraff@aol.com. More information regarding registration and Editor/Agents is forthcoming shortly. In the meantime, be sure to submit your workshop proposal. Help us to make the 2018 PYHIAB conference the best ever. Lena Pinto 2018 Conference Chair Leigh Raffaele 2018 Assistant Conference Chair Visit NJRW at www.njromancewriters.org Contact NJRomanceWriters-owner@yahoogroups.com with questions.