Workshops upcoming


  • Critique Partners Workshop, Sunday; September 8 · 2 – 4pm EDT

    The founders of Team Awesome™, Maggie Wells and Julie Evelyn Joyce, are here to chat about forging a successful partnership. Sunday, September 8 · 2 – 4pm EDT

    Critique Partners Workshop + Q&A with Maggie Wells and Julie Evelyn Joyce

    The Care and Feeding of Your Beloved Critter

    Curious about how to work with a critique partner? The founders of Team Awesome™, Maggie Wells and Julie Evelyn Joyce, are here to chat about forging a successful partnership and keeping things fresh. And they should know–they’ve been crit partners on various projects for more than 15 years and have collaborated on over 50 published works!

    Maggie Wells writes contemporary romance and romantic suspense featuring strong, independent heroines and charming, sexy heroes who endeavour to deserve them. Maggie has written for Turquoise Morning Press, The Wild Rose Press, Carina Press, Harlequin-E, Kensington-Lyrical, Sourcebooks Casablanca, and Harlequin Intrigue. A Publishers Weekly Bestseller, her books have been praised for their witty dialogue, steamy romance, and realistic character development.

    When she’s not writing quirky and compelling romance novels, Julie Evelyn Joyce spends her time moulding young minds, playing sports, singing karaoke, juggling, and dancing like there’s no tomorrow. Sometimes simultaneously. The award-winning author of the Make Me a Match series received the 2019 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Romance for her debut, Steeped in Love.

    Tickets $17.31, Free to ORWA members (only $60 for a year’s membership!) Book On Eventbrite

  • Strengths for Writers Masterclass with Becca Syme, Sunday, November 3 · 2 – 4pm EST

    Strengths for Writers Masterclass with Becca Syme, Sunday, November 3 · 2 – 4pm EST

    Have you ever taken a workshop, and no matter how hard you tried, you couldn’t make the outcomes that the workshop promised happen?

    Strengths for Writers Masterclass with Becca Syme

    Have you ever taken a workshop (marketing, plotting, productivity) and no matter how hard you tried, you couldn’t make the outcomes happen that the workshop promised? Ever wondered why that happens? If you join us for this masterclass in success alignment, you’ll not only learn *why* this happens, but how to maximize your capacity for better success in the future. Anyone can tell you what worked for them, and they can say “it might not work for you,” but they can’t tell you why. I can tell you why. Join me for a session of success alignment, specifically designed for writers, that will unlock many of the answers to “why is this not working” and “how could I do this better” that you’ve been seeking.


    Bio: Becca Syme holds a master’s degree in transformational leadership and has been a success coach (primarily utilizing the Gallup Strengthsfinder) for almost sixteen years. She’s coached 6,000+ individual authors and creatives through her Write Better-Faster and Strengths for Writers classes & coaching cohorts: six- and seven-figure authors, major award winners, midlisters, and new authors alike. Becca is the host of the YouTube QuitCast channel and a mystery author. She lives in the mountains of Montana.

    Tickets $22.63, $11.98 to ORWA members (only $60 for a year’s membership!) Book On Eventbrite