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ORA BLOG
Meetings
The first Saturday of every month.
Where
The Library Station
Frisco Room on
N. Kansas Expressway
Springfield, MO
When
Critique 10:00 a.m.
Lunch 12:00 p.m.
Speaker 1:00 p.m.
Business meeting follows
Bring up to 10 pages to the 10:00am
critique. Visitors Welcome
Please sign our
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Romancing the Ozarks Conference 2010
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We have a wonderful lineup of speakers for our 2010 conference. Our
theme this year is Dancing with Words. How fun is that!? As writers we
try to make our words flow to make an easier read. We want readers to
continue to move through every page with ease. So you see, it is kind of
like dancing with words. This years conference will be Saturday, July.
10th with a dinner held on Friday evening, July 9th.
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Conference in a Glance
Where:
Library Station
Which Room
N. Kansas Expressway
Springfield, MO
When:
July, 9 2
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Speakers
Kimberly Killion
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2009 RITA®
finalist, KIMBERLY KILLION, writes Sexy Medieval Romances
for Kensington Publishing. Her
debut book, HER ONE DESIRE, won the 2009 Booksellers Best
Award for both Long Historical and Best First Book and
received an Award of Merit in the 2009 HOLT Medallion.
She was recognized in the 2009 National Readers’ Choice
Awards, the 2009 Golden Quill Awards, and the 2009
More Than Magic Contest. Kimberly’s second Scottish-set
novel, HIGHLAND DRAGON, released in October 2009. Aside from
writing, Kimberly teaches graphic/web design and lives in
Illinois with her husband and two children. Please visit her
website at
www.kimberlykillion.com.
From the Publisher
Kimberly Killion's gorgeous, dramatic novels have the
sweep and intensity of Hannah Howell's megaselling Scottish
romances.
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Megan Kelly
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RomanticTimes Reviewers’ Choice Award
nominee in 2009, MEGAN KELLY, read her first Harlequin
Romance as a teenager. After years (and years) of writing, she sold to
Harlequin American Romance
in 2007. Her first two books were published the next year,
MARRYING THE BOSS and
THE FAKE FIANCEE. Two
new books will hit the shelves in 2011. She lives in the Midwest with
her husband and two children and is well-known at her local bookstore
and library. Please visit her website at
www.megankellybooks.com |
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Mary-Lane Kamberg
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MARY-LANE
KAMBERG is
a professional writer with more than twenty years’
experience and is the author of seven books. Her articles have appeared
in Better Homes and Gardens, Marriage and Family Living, Christian
Science Monitor, Healthy Kids and many others.
Also a speaker and workshop leader,
Mary-Lane can provide your organization a skilled array of topics and
lessons that are sure to captivate any audience. Over the past few years
she has presented spoke or provided workshops for such organizations
as: (list goes here)
Mary-Lane's poetry, essays and short
stories have also been well received. Her "creative writing" has
appeared in several anthologies and literary journals including: A
Celebration of Women, Beginning from the Middle (anthology); Sacred
Feathers (anthology); The Season of Light (anthology); Kansas City Star,
Late Knocking, Mediphors, Mid-America Poetry Review, Potpourri,
Sunflower Petals, Thirteen and others.
See more about Mary-Lane at
http://kansascitywriters.com/
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