Doors Open

Ask-an-Author —Laura Drake & Karen Leabo

Do you have a question that a published author can answer? Then plan to come to the meeting a little bit early. Each month one or two published authors host an informal round table discussion group and you are welcome to sit in.

Book-in-a-Year/Craft –To Be Announced

Do you have a craft question? Then plan to come to the meeting a little bit early. Each month one or two of our PRO or PAW members will host an informal round table discussion group. This month’s theme is Brainstorming.

Critique of the Month — Linda Carroll-Bradd

Free for OCC Members Attending the Meeting--Monthly Critique Drawings!  Print out your FIRST chapter and bring it to the monthly meeting! Then add your name to the list of critique hopefuls, located at the membership table.

10:00 a.m.

10:25 a.m.

Meeting begins; Announcements

P.A.W. (Classroom B)

Morning Workshop: Anne Cleeland

“What, Who, Why You, When and Where: Five Things to Ask Yourself before You Query”

Bio:  Anne Cleeland holds a degree in English from UCLA as well as a degree in law from Pepperdine University, and is a member of the California State Bar.
She writes a historical fiction series set in the Regency period as well as a contemporary mystery series set in New Scotland Yard. A member of the Historical Novel Society and Mystery Writers of America, she lives in California and has four children.

Her debut novel, Tainted Angel,  releases June 4, 2013. She will be signing during the lunch break. This is the first novel in a series of Napoleon-era adventures. It offers up a compelling game of cat and mouse, in which no one can be trusted and anyone can be tainted. For more information please go to http://annecleeland.com/historical/

You can find Anne at  http://annecleeland.com/

Lunch Break

To order a delicious box lunch from the Corner Bakery in Brea, Click here.

12:00 p.m.

12:15 p.m.

Booksigning - To Be Announced

Meeting resumes: Chapter Business, etc.

Afternoon Speaker: Elizabeth Boyle

“Moving Out of Your Comfort Zone”

Bio:  Elizabeth Boyle, a former pirate hunter for Bill Gates, started writing what she loved to read:  romance novels.  Since her first book was published in 1996, she’s won the RWA RITA award, two Romantic Times’ Reviewer’s Choice awards and seen her books hit the USA Today and NY Times bestseller lists.  Her 20th book, And The Miss Ran Away with the Rake, will be published in March. She resides in Seattle with her husband and two sons, or “heroes in training” as she likes to call them.  When not writing, Elizabeth loves to cook, knit, read and garden. 

You can find Elizabeth at http://www.elizabethboyle.com

Meeting concludes.