Orange County Chapter- 32nd Annual Birthday Bash was a Blast!
Heather Bennett of Decadent Publishing was kind enough to invite Heather “Book Savvy” and I as guests to the event held this past Saturday, October 12th in Brea, CA.
If was so nice to meet some of the great Decadent authors:Â Louisa Bacio, Lex Valentine, Skyler Kade, Lelah Baker-Rabe, Layla Chase, Sabrina Sol, Tammy Machicado… As well as countless others who were in attendance.
OCC RWA is a lovely chapter of dedicated and talented Romance Writers, Including Victoria Dahl; who was the morning speaker. She discussed women characters in fiction and the ability to have a negative female protagonist. She also referenced Judy Bloom and being able to relate to character in a novel and authors that go beyond what society expects. If was a wonderful Q & A.
Probably the most ingenious Speaker was Heather Bennett from Decadent Publishing. She incorporated a hunky photo of Julian Christian, cover model, into her presentation of the Anatomy of Writing. The fine points consisted of the following:
Heart: Your writing- Exercising your skills
Legs: Research- You must be accurate in the story, Readers WILL notice
Ears: Listen to what people say about your writing (except family & parents, they will lie to you, lol)
Face: Your writing persona, Who do you want to be?
Sex: Lots!…wait no that not it. Sweet, exotic, x-rated; what is going to be your style? Don’t write a story around the sex, write sex into your story.
Brain: Marketing- Social Media, make it work for you. Connect with your readers and get new ones.
Stomach: Feed your creativity. You need to stay writing. Blog, tweet, post, journal…what ever it takes.
Feet: GET OUT THERE!, Meet your readers.
 Raffle time!
OCCRWA had a huge selection of baskets and prizes they raffled off at the end of the day.
Heather made out and won 2 of the baskets donated by authors and publishers…Can you see the look of glee on her face?
Books do that.
Heather is loving her KMM book
Heather and her book booty
I didn’t walk away empty handed, I too won a basket!
Thanks again to OCCRWA for the invite and Decadent Publishing for asking Got Fiction team to attend the event.
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This looks like it was fun! WTG on your wins!
I can never get enough of reader and writer cons. The creative energy and camaraderie is addicting. Makes me want to rush home and write. Plus I always make lifetime friends there!
So happy you were able to make it, and hope to see you at a meeting again soon. We’re not that far!
I was SO HAPPY to finally meet you in person, Kelly. It’s always fantastic to meet bloggy friends at conferences, but you and Heather were really, really lovely!
I’m glad you enjoyed the speech! You know I wrote most of that in the hotel the night before, right? 😉
Heather
So glad you guys won! (Since, yanno, I didn’t, lol!) Next time we’re at the same event, I’ll make sure to say “hi”. I agree – it was a BLAST!
Thanks for the great blog post! OCC is a great chapter. I’m proud to be a part of it. Was nice to win a basket too! LOL
Nikki Prince
Great post! Thanks for blogging about our birthday bash! The chapter members always have such a great time and it’s really awesome to meet the bloggers, reviewers, publishing staff and others who come as guests!
Fun! And congrats on being so lucky!
So glad you were able to join us! It was a fun event. Come back often. : )