Monthly Meetings
We usually meet the first Saturday of every month, at 10 a.m., at the Parma South Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library, 7335 Ridge Road, Parma, OH 44129.
Visitors may attend two meetings as our guest before deciding to join. You must be a member of RWA to join NEORWA. Upcoming 2010 Meetings
March 6th, 2010
LEGAL ISSUES FOR WRITERS
PRESENTER: Teresa Bodwell
You’re writing the novel of your heart--you don’t have time to worry about legal issues, right? Think again. Author’s contracts put most, if not all, of the burden on the author to assure that the content of that novel doesn’t infringe someone else’s rights. In other words--if someone sues over your story--you will most likely be footing the legal bill. Lawsuits are expensive. Doing what you can to avoid having to sue, or be sued can save you money, energy and time. It is well worth your while to understand your legal rights and potential liability.
This workshop focuses on the major issues every author should know about—copyright basics, trademark use in fiction, defamation and related issues.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
After serving in the U.S. Army, where she helped make the world safe for John Phillip Sousa music, Teresa Bodwell received her B.A. from UCLA and J.D. from The University of Oregon School of Law. In over two decades as an attorney she has prosecuted bid riggers, defended consumer rights and helped clients through the nightmare of divorce. She finds that writing love stories adds balance to her life. Teresa is the author of western historical novels for Kensington. She usually lives with her family in western Montana where she teaches law and writes. This year she is living in Columbus, Ohio while she is learning to cheer for the Buckeyes. Visit her website at: http://www.tbodwell.com
ROCKING YOUR SETTING; OR HOW I MADE PITTSBURGH SEXY
PRESENTER: Gwyn Cready
Gwyn will talk about the importance of setting in her books and how the setting turned out to be a great PR vehicle for her.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Gwyn Cready is an award-winning writer whose novels have redefined the time travel romance genre. Publishers Weekly called her debut, Tumbling Through Time, "a joy" and her, "an author worth watching." Seducing Mr. Darcy, her second novel, was a selection in the Doubleday and Rhapsody Book Clubs and won a RITA® Award, the most prestigious award a romance novel can win, for Best Paranormal Romance of 2009. Cready's third novel, Flirting with Forever, launches March 30 and will be a selection in the Doubleday, Rhapsody and BOMC Book Clubs. Her work has also appeared in Real Simple magazine among others.
Before she became a writer, Cready was a marketing and PR professional with over twenty years experience on such brands as Os-Cal® calcium supplements, Citrucel® fiber supplement and Nico Derm?® stop-smoking patch. While leading strategic innovation for the smoking control category at Glaxo Smith Kline? Consumer Healthcare, she launched Commit® stop-smoking lozenges, a $100 million+ brand, and helped drive a major category repositioning. Later, as head of the company's public health efforts relating to stopping smoking, she created a number of successful initiatives to help promote the benefits of assisted quitting, organized efforts among policy-makers and scientific experts to increase the number of people quitting and oversaw crisis planning in addition to managing several crises situations.
She is extraordinarily happy now putting her marketing expertise to work in support of her favorite brand--Gwyn Cready. http://www.cready.com