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Established in 1987, now with over 170 members, DARA - Chapter 56 of Romance Writers of America® - is a non-profit, voluntary association of writers dedicated to raising and maintaining quality in the romance genre and its sub genres. DARA works to accomplish this through advocating high professional standards and through the dissemination of information on writing and the publishing industry.
PO Box 832445
Richardson, TX 75083-2445
DARA News
Join us Saturday, May 25 at 9:30 A.M. at the Holiday Inn Select; U.S. 75 and Campbell Rd., Richardson, TX. Visitors must be at least 18 years old and may attend up to two meetings before joining DARA. A $5 visitor fee is payable at the door.
For more information visit the DARA Community at myRWA.
| The Spaghetti Bowl of Plotting |
Presented by Cindy Dees
Cindy Dees will join us May 25th to share one of her favorite plotting tools. It''s a method she developed for taking all those characters running around in your head and turning them into plot lines, conflicts, and action sequences for your story. In addition, this method uncovers all those juicy secrets your characters have been keeping from you so you can write richer, more conflicted, more interesting characters. This method works both in the planning stages of a story and in the editing and revision process. Cindy specializes in teaching how-to classes for experienced writers, and this workshop is designed to be useful for both beginners and experienced authors.
The only child of hippies from the 60’s, Cindy Dees is a former member of the U.S. Air Force who broke the sound barrier for the first time on her 21st birthday. Her experiences as the only woman in every squadron she was in led her to write the Medusa series about the first all-female Special Forces team. Her husband of almost 25 years tricked her into trying medieval reenacting with him, and now she is hooked. They owned and ran a chapter of a medieval reenacting game for many years. This took her on the path to co-author an epic fantasy novel, and her new fantasy writing career was born. Cindy is a two-time Rita winner, and author of 41 books.