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Interested in joining DARA (Dallas Chapter of RWA – Romance Writers of America)? We’d love to have you. We’re committed to inclusion. We want EVERYONE to feel welcome.
You are welcome to be a visitor twice to our monthly meetings. On your third visit, we ask you to join. Dues for DARA are $45 annually. You must be a member of RWA to be a member of DARA. You can find information to join on the myRWA website. If you are already a member of RWA, you can join our chapter directly. Click here!
Upcoming 2019 Meetings & Workshops
We typically meet the 4th Saturday of each month.
Romance 101 begins at 8:40 am.
Regular meeting begins at 9:30 am.
Collin College Courtyard Campus
4800 Preston Park Blvd, Plano, TX 75093 (Room 214)
September 28, 2019: Tracy Brogan presents Small Moments, Big Ideas
Entertaining fiction is often filled with larger-than-life characters facing extraordinary situations. Ticking time-bombs, a runaway bride, impending tsunamis, boyfriends who shift into wolves – or any combination thereof – are all reliable plot devices used to engage readers and keep a story exciting. But what if your heroine is just a regular gal dealing with an average life? Is that a snooze-fest? Or is there a story there? I say there is! Learn how to create fresh, relatable, and riveting tales by infusing small moments with tension, suspense, humor, and romance without resorting to kidnapping plots and catastrophes. It’s all about timing, word choice, and revealing how the character feels in any given situation. Learn how using small yet significant moments can be woven together to create one big, satisfying story.
Tracy is a Wall Street Journal Best Selling Author of romantic comedies including the award winning Bell Harbor and Trillium Bay series. Visit her website by clicking here.
October 12, 2019: Tami Cowden presents Fallen Heroes: Sixteen Master Villian Archetypes
This workshop has a fee & attendees must be a member of RWA.
A workshop based on Ms. Cowden’s latest book. Sixteen literary villain archetypes are identified and their motivations examined. Reveals and shows what happens when heroes and heroines turn to the dark side.
Tami Cowden lives and writes in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her first novel, Cruising for Love, won a Golden Heart from Romance Writers of America, and was published initially by Avalon. It is now available from Montlake Romance.
Tami is also the coauthor of The Complete Writers Guide to Heroes and Heroines: Sixteen Master Archetypes, a guide to characterization for writers. Tami has presented writing programs on characterization, plotting and scene building at more than 100 writing conferences and retreats, as well as online. Due to popular demand, she also authored a follow up book, Fallen Heroes: Sixteen Villain Archetypes.
A lawyer by day, she is now working on a mystery series about a divorce lawyer who inherits a Las Vegas wedding chapel. Tami lives in Las Vegas with her husband, two basset hounds, and four cats. Visit her website by clicking here.
October 26, 2019: Stay Sweet: A Writer’s Guide to Keeping the Door Closed and the Romance Warm
Piper G Huguley is a two-time Golden Heart ®finalist and is the author of “Migrations of the Heart,” a three-book series of historical romances set in the early 20th century featuring African American characters. Book #1 in the series, A Virtuous Ruby, has won Best Historical in the Swirl Awards. Book #3 in the series, A Treasure of Gold, was named by Romance Novels in Color as a Best Book, received 4 ½ stars from RT Magazine, and won an Emma Award for best historical romance.
Huguley is also the author of the “Home to Milford College” series. The series follows the building of a college from its founding in 1866. Book #1 in the series, The Preacher’s Promise was named a top ten Historical Romance in Publisher’s Weekly by the esteemed historical romance author, Beverly Jenkins and received Honorable Mention in the Writer’s Digest Contest of Self-Published e-books.
She blogs about the history behind her novels at http://piperhuguley.com. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and son.