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