Southern Tier Authors of Romance meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, except when a special event is scheduled and during the months of July and August. In person meetings are held Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in the music section of B&N. These are public. Member-only meetings are held on ZOOM. January 10th: Our Read More
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2019 Fall Schedule Update
September 21 STAR Meeting Barnes & Noble Vestal Meeting 10 AM Presentation 10:30-11:30 Fast Drafting Tricks by Zara West October 5th Writing Retreat 8:30 to 4 Members Only Location & directions posted in our Groups.io Listserve October 18-19 New Jersey Put You Heart in a Book Writers Conference STAR delegation. We will be bringing a Read More
2019 STAR Meeting & Event Schedule
STAR Meetings and workshops occur on the third Saturday of the month every month, except as noted. All workshops and events open to the public February 16th Writing & Romance Trivia Location – B&N Vestal, NY Time – 10:30 to 11:30 *STAR meeting 10-10:30 March 23rd The First Page Rhonda Penders, editor of Wild Rose Read More
2018 STAR Chapter Awards
~ STAR Awards ~ Presented at the STAR Annual Holiday Awards Luncheon Membership Awards 20 years Carol Henry, Karen Hendershott, Thea McGinnis Yearly Write Awards STAR Shine award – Most contribution to STAR in a year 2018 – Jen Bokal STAR Attendance Award – Attended the most meetings in a year 2018 Rasha Selim STAR Read More
Report on the New Jersey Romance Writers Conference
~ Put Your Heart in A Book ~ The annual New Jersey Romance Writers Conference took place on October 19 and 20. Three members of STAR drove down to the conference: Jen Bokal, Joan Koster, and Rasha Selim. As always there were wonderful speakers and great workshops. The opportunity to pitch your books to editors Read More
From the Desk of the President: 2018 Schedule
~ What’s Happening in 2018 ~ Hello and welcome to the new year for the Southern Tier Authors of Romance! I’m Jennifer D. Bokal, new president for STAR. For 2018 we are trying something new. Several of our meetings will be open to the public and have a fabulous speaker to help writers at all Read More
Enneagrams for Writers
Do you know what an Enneagram is and how it can help you write better heroes and heroines? If not, come to our September 26 workshop. Presenter: Linda Johansen Time: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Place: Candor Masonic Lodge, Rt 96b Candor Cost: Free for members/ $30 for non-members includes breakfast coffee and lunch Deadline to Read More
Bitter Spirits Book Discussion
Upcoming June STAR Meeting What makes an award-winning book? June 22nd 6:30 PM Tioga County Office Building, Owego Book discussion of the RITA finalist, paranormal romance Bitter Spirits by Jenn Bennett
Getting Published
I wrote a book…now what? “I wrote a book. It sucked. I wrote nine more books. They sucked, too. Meanwhile, I read every single thing I could find on publishing and writing, went to conferences, joined professional organizations, hooked up with fellow writers in critique groups, and didn’t give up. Then I wrote one more Read More
STAR in 2015
Southern Tier Writers of Romance begins its 21st year of existence with enthusiasm for writing romance. This is the best time to be a romance novelist. The romance genre represents 13% of the adult fiction market. 39% of all romance is now published in e-book format. Publishing opportunities abound. If you have been thinking of Read More