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The SFWA Romance Steering Committee invites you to join us at our monthly virtual Romancing SFF Meetup. Each month, the Romancing SFF meetup features an expert speaker for thirty minutes of programming followed by opportunities to ask questions and network with the SFWA SFF romance community.

Do you want to write a more diverse world? Learning about what makes for good disability representation (and what to avoid) allows for a wider range of stories, experiences, and opportunities for your world and the people in it. Celia Lake will discuss the diversity of disability experiences, how to avoid common problems, and resources for learning more about specific conditions or experiences. Bring your questions!

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The SFWA Comics Committee invites all members interested in comics to a virtual meetup. The meet-up will include a 30-minute presentation by Ben Wilgus — a freelance editor for First Second Books, as well as a writer of graphic novels such as Grace Needs Space and The Mars Challenge — on the topic of how large traditional publishing houses work with cartoonists and comics writers to bring their books to life. The second 30 minutes is for discussion and to provide our comics writers a chance to get acquainted with colleagues in the field.

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The SFWA Independent Authors Committee invites you to join us at our virtual meetup. Each month, the meetup features an expert speaker for thirty minutes of programming followed by opportunities to ask questions and network with the SFWA indie authors community. In this event, explore the horror of tax season paperwork for U.S.-based indie writers. Featuring such elements as “Where’s my 1099?” “Why is PayPal sending me a 1099?” and other hits. Bring your horror stories, your questions, and any recommendations for tax paperwork handling!

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Narrative Worlds is a monthly discussion between Kate Elliott and a guest, looking into a specific single worldbuilding topic in depth.

Read more about Narrative Worlds (s4) with CHARLIE JANE ANDERS – Establishing an internal monologue (and how it’s different in first and third person) (Webinar)

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The SFWA Independent Authors Committee invites you to join us at our virtual meetup. Each month, the meetup features an expert speaker for thirty minutes of programming followed by opportunities to ask questions and network with the SFWA indie authors community. In this event, Rachel Robinson will talk about different income streams for indie authors.

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The SFWA Independent Authors Committee invites you to join us at our virtual meetup. Each month, the meetup features an expert speaker for thirty minutes of programming followed by opportunities to ask questions and network with the SFWA indie authors community.

This month’s meet-up will feature Tao Wong, who will speak on leveraging Kickstarter for your indie author business.

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Narrative Worlds is a monthly discussion between Kate Elliott and a guest, looking into a specific single worldbuilding topic in depth.

Read more about Narrative Worlds (s4) with DONGWON SONG – Character Arcs: A Deep Dive (Webinar)

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The SFWA Romance Steering Committee invites you to join us at our monthly virtual Romancing SFF Meetup. Each month, the Romancing SFF meetup features an expert speaker for thirty minutes of programming followed by opportunities to ask questions and network with the SFWA SFF romance community.

This month: join New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author Jennifer Estep for a wide-ranging discussion about plotting, pacing, targeting language, and writing a long (and multiple!) series. Jennifer will also talk about writing a vomit draft and share tips on worldbuilding and how to “write your own cake.”

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We invite all SFWA members interested in MG/YA to an online meetup. This meetup is primarily social in nature, to provide our MG/YA writers a chance to get acquainted with colleagues in the field and talk about our common interests in a fun and informal setting.

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The SFWA Romance Steering Committee invites you to join us at our monthly virtual Romancing SFF Meetup. Each month, the Romancing SFF meetup features an expert speaker for thirty minutes of programming followed by opportunities to ask questions and network with the SFWA SFF romance community.

Embracing the intersection of marketing and craft in the age of social media

It’s easy to think of marketing as a big, nebulous to-do list of tasks and campaigns, which many authors understandably find overwhelming. But I’ve found that the most effective marketing can also be the simplest and the most fun — and a lot of it happens when writing and editing, long before you start worrying about PPC ads or Instagram posts. In this session, we’ll discuss how to distill what you love most about your book in the writing and editing stages, and use it as fuel for word-of-mouth marketing in today’s social media landscape.

About Carissa Broadbent
Carissa Broadbent has been concerning teachers and parents with mercilessly grim tales since she was roughly nine years old. Since then, her stories have gotten (slightly) less depressing and (hopefully a lot?) more readable. Today, she is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author of novels that blend epic fantasy plots with a heaping dose of romance. She is best known for the Crowns of Nyaxia series and the War of Lost Hearts trilogy. She lives with her husband, her son, and one perpetually skeptical cat in Rhode Island.

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