Writing Class

Have you ever wondered how a book gets reviewed? We have. Hear how the process goes from book reviewer Jennifer Copeland. She reviews many books she loves to read on her site Jenny's cozy book

Francine Rodriguez, and is an author, but she wasn’t always an author. She grew up in and around downtown Los Angeles. Later, she worked as a Civil Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity Investigator in the Federal sector. Altogether, before becoming Francine Rodriquez, Author, she worked in the fields of law and psychology for over thirty years. It is her experience as a professional in those fi...

George Weinstein is the author of numerous novels in diverse genres, including the sassy Southern mystery Aftermath, his suspense thriller Watch What You Say, modern relationship novel The Caretaker, novel of forgotten US history The Five Destinies of Carlos Moreno, and the Southern Gothic historical novel Hardscrabble Road, a favorite with book clubs. George speaks often at book clubs, conference...

Kathleen M. Rodgers is a novelist whose work has appeared in Family Circle Magazine, Military Times, and in several anthologies. A professional writer for more than forty-five years, her novels have garnered many awards and favorable reviews. She’s been featured in USA Today, The Associated Press

CAROL VAN DEN HENDE is the award-winning author of Goodbye, Orchid which won the American Fiction Award, Pinnacle Achievement Award, IAN for Best First Novel, two Royal Dragonflys, received honorable mention in NY Book Festival and finalist in the Best Book Awards. When she’s not penning stories of resilience and hope, Carol applies her MBA to marketing and strategy (in chocolate, sweet!).

Rebecca Dimyan is an award-winning writer whose nonfiction essays and short fiction have appeared in national and international publications. Rebecca teaches writing and literature at several universities in Connecticut. She is co-founder of the Ridgefield Writers Conference and now leads the Woodhall Press Writers Conference.

D.L. LeGere is a publishing professional with over fourteen years of experience in the US, specializing in the trade nonfiction, fiction, gift, and outdoor markets. He has worked with a vast network of industry professionals and published hundreds of titles,

Through the years, Heather Weidner has been a cop's kid, technical writer, editor, college professor, software tester, and IT manager. Vintage Trailers and Blackmailers is the first in her cozy mystery series, the Jules Keene Glamping Mysteries

Janet Todd is an internationally renowned novelist and academic, best known for her non-fiction feminist works on women writers including Jane Austen, Aphra Behn and Mary Wollenstonecraft. In recent years, she has turned her hand to writing novels, publishing Lady Susan Plays the Game in 2013, A Man of Genius in 2016 and Don’t You Know There’s a War On? in 2020. Her latest book is Jane Austen and...

Lauren has loved books since before she learned to read and she was a lifelong bookworm she has the great privilege of spending her career close to what she love. They have allowed her to explore people, places and ideas she wouldn’t be able to experience without them. As a professional book editor and publishing executive she gets to work with writers and words and ideas all day. She is the autho...

Oksana is the author of the bestselling memoir, American Gypsy (FSG, 2012). Her works have appeared in Rumpus, Slate, and Time magazines, and in a number of literary journals and anthologies. Oksana was the 2013 BMI - Library of Congress Kluge Center Literary Award recipient and the 2020 recipient of the Picador Guest Professorship Award from the University of Leipzig, Germany. In 2018 Oksana foun...

Serena Agusto-Cox, a Suffolk University alum, claims that she writes more vigorously now than she did in her college poetry seminars. Her day job continues to feed the starving artist, and her poems can be read in Dime Show Review, Baseball Bard, Mothers Always Write, Bourgeon, Beginnings Magazine, LYNX, Muse Apprentice Guild, The Harrow, Poems Niederngasse, Avocet, Pedestal Magazine, and other jo...

She attended Knox College for her B.A. in English Creative Writing with a minor in the Pedagogy of Poetry. While there, she worked for the Association for Black Culture Centers (A.B.C.C.) under Dr. Fred Hord and Ms. Terry Duffy. In addition, she was a TRiO Achievement Program scholar, as well as a Ronald E. McNair Fellow. Monica studied abroad in Dakar, Senegal for a semester in 2010, where she wr...

Bianca Marais is the author of the beloved Hum If You Don't Know the Words and If You Want to Make God Laugh. She teaches at the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studies where she was awarded an Excellence in Teaching Award for Creative Writing in 2021. She runs the Eunice Ngogodo Own Voices Initiative to empower young Black women in Africa to write and publish their own stories, and i...

I'm Tonya Nagle, Ph. D. I've been writing a lot longer than I've had those last letters. I started writing over 15 years ago for publication. I have been traditionally and independently published. I work in higher education as a writing coach, an adjunct faculty member, and a curriculum designer.

I am a book coach and freelance editor working with romance authors that want to take their books and their business to the next level. Let's talk about your book or series concept, together we can identify opportunities to engage the reader so they fall in love with your writing.

Bethany, a former youth minister’s wife and high school cheerleading coach turned author, speaker, and business owner. Graduated with a Masters of Fine Arts in Communication, where I concentrated on marketing and public relations. A goal is to take those skills and apply them to writers, authors, and brands.

Karen wrote the first draft of Getting It Right (Akashic Books) on airplanes, in the Delta Sky Club, and in hotel rooms around the country and the world. The book tour was amazing. Friends hosted her in their homes, clubs, events, conferences, and book clubs. Independent and Barnes & Noble bookstores across the country welcomed her.

Kathleen Fair is a former teacher that now writes. She also heads up a chapter of the writing group.

Jan Rosenberg’s plays include What’s Wrong With You, How To Destroy An American Girl Doll, Never Have I Ever, Gusher!, Janie Wants A Dog, A Little Piece Of You, Do Not Leave Unattended, and The Discarded, among others. They have been presented in readings and workshops with Barefoot Theater Company, Vertigo Theater, LAByrinth Theater, ESPA*Drills at Primary Stages, Wide Eyed Productions, NY Madnes...

Jennifer McEwen launched the Town of Hilton Head Island’s first Office of Cultural Affairs and has developed and enacted strategies around using arts to expand the creative economy with a focus on increasing education offerings, improving the quality of life for residents and increasing cultural tourism efforts

Midnight Ace Book Bar created this space to provide a comfortable place where we can enjoy some literary adventures, virtual wine tasting, and pairings, as well as cigar etiquette. Her reviews are not only an avenue for supporting authors but an opportunity to share her thoughts on the titles she read with her fellow readers. She haves the blessing of winning several awards, rendering me the accol...

Kristen Ashley is the New York Times bestselling author of over eighty romance novels including the Rock Chick, Colorado Mountain, Dream Man, Chaos, Unfinished Hero, The ’Burg, Magdalene, Fantasyland, The Three, Ghost and Reincarnation, Moonlight and Motor Oil and Honey series along with several standalone novels. She’s a hybrid author, publishing titles both independently and traditionally, her b...

Lisa is an award-winning author, a speaker, and an advocate for mainstream distribution of fiction featuring multicultural protagonists. An avid reader, the only thing she likes more than curling up with a good book is writing one.