Saturday, February 11, 2012
*** Please note the new location. ***
Location: Vienna Volunteer Fire Department
400 Center Street South
Vienna, VA 22180
Query Letters and Synopses with M.L. Gamble (Marsha Nuccio) and Mindy Klasky
9:30-10:00 – Meet and Greet
10:00-10:15 – Announcements and Introductions
10:15-12:00 – How to Research Your Way to the Right Agent with M. L. Gamble (WRW Member Marsha Nuccio)
Marsha’s workshop on querying is aimed at those writers currently looking for agents. It is titled “How To Research Your Way to the Right Agent.” If attendees would like to submit a one page query letter to be shared at the workshop, Marsha requests they be sent to her at by January 25, 2012.
12:00-1:45 – Lunch with your WRW compatriots.
2:00-4:00 – The “S” Word (you know: Synopsis) with WRW member Mindy Klasky
“Send me your synopsis, and I’ll take a look.”
Great words to hear from an agent or editor. Or are they? Do you find it easier to write an entire novel than to summarize that novel in a synopsis? Do your palms grow clammy as you try to interpret professionals’ requests, try to parse precisely what they mean by that feared three-syllable word?
Mindy Klasky will shed some light on the dread synopsis, helping you to find a path through the publishing woods. This interactive program will focus on what, exactly, a synopsis is, how one can best be written, and why you should always have a synopsis in your back pocket—even after you’ve sold your novel.
If you would like to receive direct feedback on your synopsis (from Mindy and from program attendees), be one of the first ten writers to send your synopsis (from 25 - 1500 words) to by no later than January 31.
Marsha Nuccio, writing as M.L. Gamble, was multi-published by Harlequin Intrigue. After a five year break from writing, she returned to the field in 2003 determined to write single titles. In the last eight years she has completed four full length main stream books, none of which have yet been sold. She has worked with three different agents in the twenty plus years she’s been writing and is currently searching for new representation.
Mindy Klasky is the author of 15 novels, including several single title and category romances. Her work has been published by Red Dress Ink and Mira (Harlequin), Roc (PenguinPutnam), and Simon & Schuster. She has also published one novel independently. Mindy originally juggled her writing career with practicing law at a large Washington, D.C. firm; she later became a law librarian. Mindy now writes full time. In her spare time, Mindy knits, reads, quilts, reads, cooks, reads, wrangles cats, and reads.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Please hold March 24, 2012 on your calendars for our March meeting. Details to come soon!
Friday–Sunday, April 27-29, 2012
See you at the retreat in our new location!
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Please hold May 19, 2012 on your calendars for our May meeting. Details to come soon!
June Date TBD
*** Rescheduled from January ***
Location: TBD
EMMA: WRW’s Fourth Annual “Jane Austen: The Books and the Movies” Day
“A character no one will like but myself,” wrote Jane Austen as she began Emma. Alicia Silverstone was adorable as Cher in Clueless, but what about Gwyneth Paltrow as an archeress? Led by one of our eggheads, Kathleen Gilles Seidel, WRW will spend another glorious day discussing Austen’s most intricate novel and the various adaptations of it. Please read or reread the novel and watch whatever video versions you feel like watching.
Kathy encourages members to come and enjoy this year’s discussion because Mansfield Park will be next. 
9:30-10:00 – Meet and Greet
10:00-10:15 – Announcements and Introductions
10:15-12:15 – Emma, Part One
12:15-2:00 – Lunch with your peers in area restaurants
2:00-4:00 – Emma, Part Two
For more info on meetings or to suggest a topic or a speaker, contact Danielle Meitiv at .
