Midwest Romance Writers (MRW) members write in a variety of genres including cozy mysteries, contemporary and historical romance, romantic suspense, paranormal fiction, women’s fiction, and mainstream fiction. We are fortunate to have members who have attained best-seller designations on Amazon, USA Today, and New York Times Lists.
The purpose of our organization is to educate and support fiction writers of all genres at every stage of their writing career. MRW helps authors improve their writing craft and book marketing skills by providing guidance, positive critique, and insight from industry experts.
Our next meeting will be May 9, 2024, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at:
Carrabba’s Italian Grill
10586 Metcalf Ave,
Overland Park, KS 66212
Our May program will be Marketing Sell Sheets for writers, published or not, presented by Nancy Parra.
Nancy Parra AKA Nancy Coco AKA Nell Hampton is the author of over 35 published novels including five mystery series: The Oregon Honeycomb Mystery Series (Kensington), The Candy-Coated Mysteries (Kensington), The Kensington Palace Mystery Series (Crooked Lane), and The Gluten-free Baker’s Treat Mysteries (Berkley Prime Crime), just to name a few. She has over 30 years of experience in marketing for small businesses, including websites, graphics, sell sheets, blogs, advertising tags, and more.
Nancy will show us how to focus our books in one handy reference piece/brochure. This is a workshop so come prepared to write. We'll practice writing, how to write and use an elevator pitch, creating a back cover blurb, an inside cover piece, cover, bio, and QR code to our websites.
Visitors welcome! We have dinner at 6:00 and program begins around 7:00 (ish 😊).