by Nova Writers Club | Jan 12, 2023 | Meetings
January 28th, 2023 is our annual meeting. We will elect new officers, and solicit ideas and requests for programming through the year. All positions are open (since terms only last one year), though all current officers are running again. We’re also looking for...
by Nova Writers Club | Nov 8, 2022 | Meetings
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by Nova Writers Club | Oct 10, 2022 | Meetings
Members, please review for approval at November meeting. Northern Virginia Writers Club September 2022 Meeting Minutes 9/17/2022 1:00 PM Call to order by Jason Maddux, VP. (Pres. Michelle McBeth had to be absent for this meeting). Roll call Names and types of...
by Nova Writers Club | Sep 13, 2022 | Meetings
Members, please review for approval at September meeting. Northern Virginia Writers Club August 2022 Meeting Minutes 8/2022 1:00 PM Call to order by Michelle McBeth, president. Roll call Names and types of writing (length and genre) Michelle McBeth, Darius...
by Nova Writers Club | Sep 13, 2022 | Meetings
Art Taylor will talk on scene building, from 1-3pm, virtually on Zoom. Zoom links are sent to subscribers. “Show, Don’t Tell” is a common mantra in creative writing workshops—but perhaps an oversimplification of what should be a more nuanced approach to crafting...
by Michelle McBeth | Aug 19, 2022 | Meetings
Members, please review for approval at August meeting. Northern Virginia Writers Club July 2022 Meeting Minutes 7/16/22 1:00 PM Call to order by Michelle McBeth, president. Roll call Names and types of writing (length and genre) Michelle McBeth, Jason Maddux,...
by Linda Ensign | Jul 31, 2022 | Meetings
Tara Campbell will talk on how to write for Social Justice, from 1-3pm, virtually on Zoom. Zoom links are sent to subscribers. What gives you hope when you look out into the world? What inspires you? Likewise, what angers you, or leads you closer to despair? Writers...
by Michelle McBeth | Jul 16, 2022 | Meetings
Members, please review for approval at July meeting. Northern Virginia Writers Club June 2022 Meeting Agenda 6/25/22 1:00 PM Call to order by Michelle McBeth, president. Roll call Writers attending (in person or online) included: Michelle McBeth, Jason...
by Linda Ensign | Jul 4, 2022 | Meetings
Vee James will lead us in a virtual talk and workshop on the Chiastic Story Structure, and how we can use it our advantage. Join our mailing list to get zoom link… Hi, Vee James here. Excited to announce my first foray into Junior Fiction, “The...
by Michelle McBeth | Jun 10, 2022 | Meetings
This meeting will be hybrid. Join the mailing list for location information and Zoom link. Robin Sullivan has been an expert on the business side of publishing for over 15 years. Over that time she has owned and operated a small-press publishing company, written...
by Michelle McBeth | May 13, 2022 | Meetings
In lieu of our regular monthly meeting, please join us at the Sterling Library for our Meet the Author Panel event. Get to know some of our members and come with your own questions about writing and publishing.
by Michelle McBeth | May 9, 2022 | Meetings
Members, please review the meeting minutes from April. Northern Virginia Writers Club April 2022 Meeting Agenda 4/23/22 1:00 PM Call to order by Michelle McBeth, President. Roll call Writers attending onsite included: Kevin Connor, Jason Maddux, Lori...
by Michelle McBeth | Apr 23, 2022 | Meetings
Members, please review the minutes from the March meeting. Northern Virginia Writers Club March 2022 Meeting Minutes 3/26/22 1:00 PM Call to order. President Michelle McBeth called the meeting to order at 1:03p. Roll call Names and types of writing (length and genre)...
by Michelle McBeth | Apr 8, 2022 | Meetings
Join us at 1pm on Saturday, April 23rd for Scott Ellis’s talk on audiobooks: Every Fourth Reader is Listening – Getting Your Book Into Their Ears. This meeting will be hybrid format -Zoom and location meeting details will be sent to members and subscribers. A...
by Michelle McBeth | Mar 18, 2022 | Meetings
Members: Please review the minutes from our February meeting for approval at the March meeting. Northern Virginia Writers Club Feb. 2022 Meeting Minutes 2/26/22 1:00 PM I. Call to order II. Roll call a) Names and types of writing (length and genre)...
by Michelle McBeth | Mar 10, 2022 | Meetings
Join us at 1pm on Saturday, March 19th for Robert Cantrell’s talk on screenplays: Bridging Between Film and Book. Zoom meeting details will be sent to members and subscribers. Robert Cantrell is both a military veteran and a shark diver. He writes about both....
by Michelle McBeth | Feb 13, 2022 | Meetings
Our next meeting is the ever-popular Roundtable Critique. Anyone who wishes will have 5-10 minutes (depending on number of interested parties) to read a piece of their work, then listen to member feedback. We have found you will get the most valuable feedback if you...
by Michelle McBeth | Feb 5, 2022 | Announcments
Congratulations to our new officers: President: Michelle McBeth; michellemcbeth.com Vice President: Jason Maddux; jasonemaddux.com Treasurer: A.J. George; technology averse Secretary: Darius Jones; dariusjoneswriter.com We look forward to their leadership during an...
by Nova Writers Club | Jan 1, 2022 | Meetings
Happy New Year, NVWC! I hope you found writing success in 2021 and will find even more in 2022. The club’s next (and annual) meeting will be January 22 from 1-3p. We’ll elect the club’s officers for 2022 and discuss what programming the club should...
by Nova Writers Club | Dec 11, 2021 | Meetings
The club will try this whole in person thing again by meeting at Rocklands BBQ in Arlington for our annual holiday gathering. Bring some cookies to share, and share how the club did this year. Meeting details are below. Meeting Details Saturday, December 11 12:00 –...
by Nova Writers Club | Oct 31, 2021 | Meetings
It’s that most wonderful time of the year. No, not Halloween. No, not Thanksgiving. No, not even the winter holidays. It’s National Novel Writing Month! Grab your reed stylus and a clay tablet and join us at our November meeting. We’ll get the...
by Nova Writers Club | Sep 27, 2021 | Meetings
For the club’s October meeting, one of our founding members, Austin Camacho, is joining us to talk about writing diverse characters. Below is a blurb on the session and Austin’s bio. The meeting link will be emailed to members with the October...
by Nova Writers Club | Sep 10, 2021 | Meetings
Continuing an unfortunate trend this year, we are having a hard time nailing down our September speaker. The plan is to push the meeting a week later than usual and play this one by ear. If one of the two speakers we have offers out to confirms, they will speak on a...
by Nova Writers Club | Jul 7, 2021 | Meetings
We have a great workshop on tap this month. Fellow Virginia Writers Club member Janell Robisch will discuss cover design from the perspective of the self-published author. She’ll examine the most important cover elements that authors should consider as well as...
by Nova Writers Club | Jun 14, 2021 | Meetings
Apologies for the late notice. We had a great speaker and a great topic lined up, but you know what they say the about best laid plans. Instead, we will switch things up and hold our July coffee social in June. Below are full details. Note the atypical time and...
by Nova Writers Club | Jun 5, 2021 | Meetings
We had a great topic and speaker lined up for our June 19th meeting but are experiencing a little technical difficulty with reaching the speaker. We hope to have that resolved soon. If not, we may be switching our June and July activities. (In July, we were...
by Nova Writers Club | May 19, 2021 | Meetings
The 2021 Virginia Writers Club Golden Nib Writing Contest is now open. The contest rules require submission and judging at our chapter level first. Full details can be found on our website here. The contest rules and formatting requirements have been tweaked this...
by Nova Writers Club | May 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
It is with great sadness I share that Linda Ensign, a past president of the Northern Virginia Writers Club, passed away yesterday. She fought a long, hard battle with cancer and must have decided it was time to put the pencil down. Please keep her and her family in...
by Nova Writers Club | May 3, 2021 | Meetings
For the club’s May workshop, you’ll learn how social media can be a powerful component in your marketing strategy, what to consider when selecting the best platform for your brand, and how to create content to engage and grow your audience. Jane Fenton, a...
by Nova Writers Club | Apr 6, 2021 | Meetings
Are you interested in publishing your writing in journals and magazines? Have you considered it, but don’t know where to start? Do you wonder if your work is even good enough for publication? Join us at the club’s April meeting when TJ Butler will present...
by Nova Writers Club | Feb 27, 2021 | Meetings
The club’s March 20 meeting will feature the always popular moderated critique roundtable. Do you have a work-in-progress or completed piece that needs a little help? What about a book cover (we’ve done that!), back cover material, or query letter? Each...
by Nova Writers Club | Jan 31, 2021 | Meetings
The club’s website is in need of a facelift. We’ll be brainstorming revisions, including developing a tagline and summary. Come help put a fresh face on the club’s web presence. Meeting DetailsSaturday, February 201:00 – 3:00 p.m.Online – details...
by Jason Maddux | Jul 4, 2020 | Meetings
Just like any other piece of the writing process, editing is a craft to be learned. So often the best of stories are held back not by the author’s creativity but by common typos, cliché phrasings, and vague descriptions that don’t hook the reader as much as they...
