Hi all - glad to be a new member of the group! I'm a retired military officer and current university prof with expertise in gender, militarism, and learning. While I still publish academic articles and books, I'm now focusing on fiction. I have a completed short story collection centring on the intersection of women, war, museums, and heritage sites; completed historical fiction about three generations of Acadian women from Prince Edward Island who struggle with preternatural abilities and a phantom ship; and, an in-progress speculative fiction that I'm conceptualizing as "Lost in Space" meets "Stepmom." I'm going to participate in the Autumn Pitchfest for the historical fiction. Looking forward to learning from all of you.

Hello, everyone. I'm happy to be joining this community of writers. Although I've dabbled in different things over the years, now I stick with contemporary YA. I am actively querying one novel and have a couple more I'm currently working on. I'd love to find some friends to critique with, especially anyone else who's working in the contemporary YA space. John Green is my favorite YA author - I haven't read all of his books yet because I save them for when I need something I know I'm going to love.

Hey, All!

I was referred to this group from an author-friend, and am happy to be here!

I live in Tucson, AZ, but have lived in many other states and cities. I think we're done moving (for now?) LOL. I have been writing sporadically while raising my two daughters, one of whom is special needs. I've had a couple of things published by small presses, but those are now self-published on Amazon. I write romance, YA, and have also written some nonfiction. Now that I'm a bit older and a bit freer, I've gone back to writing, and also started up a new endeavor, of learning how to use Adobe Illustrator and making surface pattern designs to go on fabrics, etc.

Looking forward to getting to know all of you!

Charlotte

This is my very first Savvy workshop and I'm very confused about how all of this works. I'm at the day job sitting at my desk and awaiting instruction.

I'm excited to begin ... but how?

thanks!

KLH

We are announcing it this Saturday in the SavvyAuthors weekly news...

Where do I learn more about it?

Debut author with a book ready. Hoping to try PitchFest.

I'm an SFF author now in the query trenches with not one but two novels (adult urban fantasy and science fiction/space opera). I'm currently working up a queer fantasy romance (f/f) to work on during NaNoWriMo. I just entered Pitch Wars and am looking forward to the Pitchfest here.

It's good to meet you all! I'm always happy to find community with other writers and industry pros.

Hello,
I'm an indie published author with 11 books released and 5 for 2021 but needing to up my game and learn more. Looking forward to this community of like minds.
Lucinda Race

Hi! I'm Allison. I've been with Savvy off and on since 2010. I did the Entangled Smackdown in 2013 -- and met some really awesome people. @Lenee Anderson and @JL_G who were on the historical team. We kinda just met through the sprints, and probably me talking smack either on the forums or on Twitter. (I was on Team Bliss, so the sweet contemporary team.)

My current writing projects include a seasoned romance (I reeeeeeeally do hate that term!) that I'll probably be doing for that Get That Book Written workshop; a YA romance/fanfiction thing I started back during July Camp NaNoWriMo (I'm a non-traditional student who finally graduated college in 2019, but college has also put me into a 5+ year bout of writer's block. This fanfiction thing helped me start to breakthrough it); and the never-ending chick lit.

I'm notoriously bad at signing up for workshops and bootcamps, and never seeing them through. I swear and promise that I will not do that with the Get That Book Written workshop! When I had registered for it back... geesh... earlier this year? I had registered for it because it was a free event. Then I was going through my courses today; read the description of it; saw that there was a registration limit of 15 and that it was full, and I was like, "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."

Hello everyone!

I joined a little over a month ago, but the world has been wild, so it's been tricky for me to have free time. My name is Lucas and right now I'm working on a YA SF book called Terra Forma about a boy who gets trapped in a virtual reality video game and if he loses the game he dies. I'm feeling pretty good about it, but was wondering if anyone would be willing to do some copyediting. I'd be willing to help in return.

Thanks and hope everyone is safe,

Lucas

I registered for the Writers Con early . When I registered I didn’t see classes to register for. Looked forward to it all summer considering the kind of year I have had. But due to undergoing medical treatments this past 2 months, I missed out on registering early so I am closed out of all remaining classes today and Sunday. Totally missed Friday. . A bit disappointed that you have a Writers Con and cannot accommodate all of us.
I am hoping recordings are available and it is clear how to access them .

Thanks
Lillian

I can't log on to webinar

Hi from the Atlantean Empire!!

Hello, I'm new and I registered for a mini-intensive. I'm not sure how to participate.
Can someone direct me where to go?
Thanks, Shannon

Hello all attendees!
@RJ Garside @Dawn_McClure and @Walker and I are all here to help! Please feel free to contact us using the contact form at the bottom of the page or send email to [email protected] or post in this feed if you have questions!
We hope you have a great conference!

Hi! New here. Started writing a memoir about a month ago and finding out that sometimes it’s difficult to keep going. Some of what I’m writing about is dredging up difficult stuff. How do you stay the course when you’re running out of steam? Your experienced ideas are welcome! Thanks!

My name is Karen Neary Smithson and I'm the author of the Beth Getty Mystery series published by TouchPoint Press. Writing had never been on my radar. My passion was art--I wanted to be a painter--but not a starving artist. So I experienced a variety of careers such as a child advocate, a human rights commissioner, and an art educator. Somewhere along the line I began writing and found the act of creating my own world magical. I still paint and my work has been exhibited in local galleries and shows. I'm also a numismatic and am crazy about ancient coins of the Hellenistic period and the Roman Empire. I've been known to pop up as an extra in Baltimore based movies and television shows. I love the beach and spend many hours there planning and writing my stories. I live with my husband and three rescued turned show cats in Ellicott City, Maryland. My debut novel, "Death in Disguise" won a first-place 2018 PenCraft award in the Fiction-Mystery- Sleuth category. The sequel is scheduled to be released in Spring 2021.

Over the years I've heard about Savvy Authors. Now I've found you! Looking forward to discovering more. Zoe

Nice to meet you all.

I am brand new to Savvy Authors, set to teach my first class starting August 31st. It's been forever since I participated in forums for anything so there might be rust on my posts for a little bit.

I LOVE teaching and writing and talking about craft and process. The more tools we writers have in our box, the better we are able to navigate this calm and easy world we've chosen to exist in.

Have a great and peaceful week all! Many words to us all.

Hi Everyone!
I'm wondering how I can use this site (I'm a premium member now!) to learn and meet people. Where should I start? What should I do? WHERE AM I ??? hahaha. I am a romance writer, small press and indie published. I did sign up for some of the SavvyWriterCon events, so I'm looking forward to that.
Any advice about how you use this group would be appreciated!
Jess

Hello Savvy Authors!

My name is Jason Wrench and I'm in the process of publishing my first novel. It's slated for publication in November 2021 by Pride Publishing. Right now, I'm already working on the sequel which is due to my editor by the end of 2020. Let's just say that this has already been a whirlwind experience. I originally wrote the first book back in 2010. During this COVID-19 quarantine, I finally dusted it off and set about editing it. I found Pride Publishing and sent it to them just to see what would happen. The next thing I know I was signing a contract and discussing the sequel.

I look forward to "meeting" everyone here and getting to know other authors.

Jason

I always hate these new person intros, but here goes anyway. New author waiting to get my first book back from the editor. Here is the cool part, it is a romance set in the US Navy. Hope others like the idea as much as I did.

Hi all, Just wanted to mention that after a few years I am finally back to writing. Working on a Paranormal romance - not the normal werewoofie/vamp thing, but something I hope is different. I am looking for a few people interested in bouncing ideas and concepts off - and sometime soon some critting. Be glad to reciprocate.

Tom G