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Usually... First Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM.

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Next Meeting: Wednesday September 1, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
Speaker: John Taylor
Topic: Mayhem, Murder, or just a bit of Mischief - Let's Write a Thriller
Location: Barnes and Noble in Carrollwood - Map Link

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TWA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2010
President:
  Chris Taylor
Vice President:
   Sandra Kischuk
Secretary:
   Ken Dye
Treasurer:
  Elisabeth Fontugne
Member at Large:
  Jeff Corydon
Past President:
  Michael Darling
APPOINTMENTS:
Write Connections Editor:
   Michael Darling
Contest Coordinator:
   John R. Tate
Publicity:
  Adele Walter
Webmaster:
  Larry Gottschamer
Wordsmith Editor:
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CRITIQUE COORDINATORS Critique:
 Larry Kokko
Poetry:
 Warner Conarton

President Chris Taylor's Monthly communiqué:

Greetings,

We had a different and exciting meeting in August. There was no speaker to thank because our evening was planned with a twist from our norm.  Our meeting called, “A Horse of a Different Color,” spotlighted our widely talented TWA members. Members and guest brought with them some of their works in progress (or completed) and read them to our group. The contest committee was there for a Q&A on the TWA Contest, which is now open to members and non-members. Laptops were set-up for viewing a slide show of our Cassadaga Trip Excursion, and beverages were available for networking time before and after the meeting. I enjoyed hearing what our members were writing and many stayed after the meeting to let me know how much they benefited and enjoyed the sharing time. The evening was a great success with several new authors joining TWA.

A Big ThankYou to our TWA Stars!

September is, “Be kind to Editors and Writers” month.

Whether you are compassionate and caring or malicious with thoughts to your editor, you will want to be considerate to yourself as an author and come to our next meeting.

Mayhem, Murder, or just a bit of Mischief - Let's Write a Thriller.

Date:         Wednesday September 1, 2010

Time:          7pm.

Location:    Barnes and Noble Bookstore (Carrollwood)

                    11802 N. Dale Mabry Hwy.

                    Tampa, Fl. 33618

What is a thriller? What do publishers of mystery/thrillers want? Learn the answers and pick-up tips on how to write intriguing characters, create the proper pace to build the ultimate tension and essential elements of writing thrillers.

Learn about mystery and thriller writing from our September speaker, John Taylor. This dynamite of a presenter and an accomplished author of six novels and recipient of the 2004 Eppie Award for best thriller and First Place for Mystery in the 2007 Royal Palm Literary Award will share his wisdom and experience, so mark your calendars. 

                                                                                                                                                http://johnmtaylor.com   

TWA meetings are open to members and guests.

Got an article about writing? Send it in to the Write Connections editor, Michael Darling. Got a poem you want to share? Attend the TWA Poetry Group with coordinator Warner Conarton. Meetings are held monthly. Got a story you would like to polish up? Attend the TWA Critique Group with coordinator Larry Kokko.

The Tampa Writers Alliance is an organization of writers in the Tampa Bay area covering many genres and levels of experience. The Alliance membership includes published novelists, travel book authors, feature and newspaper journalists, and others who are just beginning to write or just have an interest in the literary world. All enjoy the networking opportunities, programs and peer critiques offered by the various work groups. Membership is open to all adults, and the public is invited to attend all general meetings. The Alliance supports the community as judges for the Hillsborough Teachers of English annual writing contest and through workshops and presentations to schools about writing.

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Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Groups:

TWA Critique Group Coordinator – Larry Kokko

The Tampa Writers Critique Group meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday at 7:00 pm.
NO MEETINGS IN DECEMBER.
Please e-mail submissions to Larry Kokko in the subject line of your e-mail, mention "TWA Critique Group" This group meets the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month from 7-9 PM in the right rear of the Barnes and Noble bookstore at 11802 North Dale Mabry Highway.
Visitors are welcome to attend but only members' works will be discussed, generally 4-5 pieces per session. Works to be critiqued are distributed to TWA members via e-mail approximately two weeks before the next scheduled meeting. The author has a chance to respond after verbal critiques are finished. Emphasis is on "constructive criticism." We're striving to become better writers, not at tearing people up.

If you would like to attend the Critique Group and give it a once-over, it is best to let the coordinator know ahead of time so he can forward you the pieces being critiqued that meeting.  Otherwise, it's sometimes difficult to make complete sense out of what people are saying about the submissions. Such notification, however, is not a requirement. You're always welcome.

TWA Poetry Group Coordinator - Warner Conarton

The Tampa Writers Alliance Poetry Group meets on the 4th Thursday of every month, (excluding December and important holidays,) at the Barnes and Noble Booksellers (North.) That's just south of Stall Road on North Dale Mabry in Tampa. (Fletcher is one traffic light further north than Stall.) We meet at 7 pm. We sit around the table in the back and enjoy each other's poetry. Sometime a dozen of us, sometime twice that. It's not a big, noisy thing, although sometime folks bring songs and an occasional guitar or bong drums. Most stuff goes, unless it is totally gross. It's a membership thing, but anyone's invited a couple of times to check us out. The TWA is a splendid support organization for writers and poets and playwrights. Come by, bring copies of your writing so we can share.

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