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5/23/2008 6:56 PM  Posted by MSN Nickname§ynergy1
Romance Writing Tips is honored to have been selected by Writers Digest as One of  the 101 Best Websites for Writers 2008!
 
Writer's Digest's 101 Best Sites List

Please remember to nominate our group for next year's list.

Send to:

writersdig@fwpubs.com

with "101 Best Websites" as the subject.

http://groups.msn.com/RomanceWritingTips in the body.

Deadline is January 1, 2009.

Thanks so much for making this one of the best groups on the net.

 
Olivia AKA §ynergy 
Group Manager

1/8/2008 8:26 PM  Posted by MSN Nickname§ynergy1
 
The annual Preditors and Editors vote is taking place. If Romance Writing Tips has been of any help to you please cast a vote,  go to: http://www.critters.org/predpoll/writerinfo.shtml
 
Thank you,
 
Olivia AKA §ynergy
Group Manager

11/20/2007 8:39 PM  Posted by MSN Nickname§ynergy1
How would you like to beat writer's block and have FUN writing again?

Hi,

Let me ask you something. How much time do you spend at the keyboard, staring at a blank screen, playing solitaire, surfing the  internet---doing anything at all but writing the book you want to write? How many times do you sit down and feel the weight of the world land on your shoulders when you open up your document or get out your pen and notepad?  How often does getting the words for your story feel more like having a root canal that pursuing your dream?

What if I told you there was a way to break this painful cycle?  And that  many people break it in an hour? That ideas start flowing almost at once for them, and that they reported having fun, being full of energy, and being excited about writing again? If they can do it, using a new writing course by full-time novelist Holly Lisle, why not you?

Holly has been a successful full-time novelist since 1992, has been regularly published by major publishers in the US and abroad, and continues to write fiction full-time today.  And she has put together a comprehensive audio and written course that will walk you through breaking your writer's block, creating fresh new ideas for your current work or a new one, and learning how to have fun writing all over again.

Holly has been paying forward by teaching writers how to do what she does almost since she went pro. She's taught thousands of writers how to plot, how to create characters, how to build worlds, and more ... and now she's put her effort and experience to work to help writers beat the most aggravating, frustrating, and sometimes ruinous problem they face: Writer's Block.

To your success,
 
Olivia AKA §ynergy 
Group Manager


P.S. You can take the first step toward getting back the fun in your writing, and recapturing your dream, if you click here:


10/15/2007 7:52 PM  Posted by MSN Nickname§ynergy1
 
Dear Members,

If you've enjoyed this group, please take a moment and nominate us for a listing in Writer's Digest's Best 101Web Sites for Writers.

Send the nomination by including in the body of the email our Web name:

Romance Writing Tips

And emailing it to:

writersdig@fwpubs. com

And putting in the subject line:

101 Best Web Sites

Thanks so much,

Olivia, group founder/moderator

9/26/2007 8:37 PM  Posted by MSN Nickname§ynergy1
NO SPAM OF A LITERARY NATURE WITHOUT CONTEXT. If you want to promote something of yours (for example, a speaking appearance, or your new book or web site), you better do so within a natural flow of personal post or be someone with which we have a long-standing relationship. I won't allow someone to join and immediately post promotional material.
 
NO SPAM UNRELATED TO WRITING. If you're a model who needs votes for a bikini contest or a stockbroker selling market tips, take it somewhere else. You have no chance of reaching this message board.
 
Olivia AKA §ynergy 
Group Manager

6/15/2007 1:00 AM  Posted by MSN Nickname§ynergy1
Romance Writing Tips is honored to have been selected by Writers Digest as One of  the 101 Best Websites for Writers 2007!
 
Olivia AKA §ynergy 
Group Manager

6/12/2007 9:35 PM  Posted by MSN Nickname§ynergy1

Any member posting adult material or spam to this group will be banned.

Olivia AKA §ynergy 
Group Manager
 
 

4/20/2007 5:55 PM  Posted by MSN Nickname§ynergy1

For Prospective New Members Only.

This Group Is Public Restricted
Anyone may view this group but needs to be approved by the manager to join.

Thanks for considering applying for membership in Romance Writing Tips. In the past few months, we have had individuals apply whose interests were incompatible with the purpose of Romance Writing Tips. For our members, and in recognition of the goals of our group staying on topic an eliminating spammers, we are now requesting a short note of introduction from anyone that would like to join Romance Writing Tips. I hope you understand this policy and I'm sorry for any inconvenience that this may cause you.

Olivia AKA §ynergy

Group Manager


7/29/2006 9:32 PM  Posted by MSN Nickname§ynergy1
You are invited  to join Romance Writing Tips Critique Group. This is one of many groups to join and share with on Gather.  We now have a critique group, content can be seen by group members only (private).

Join Romance Writing Tips Critique Group here..

Happy writing,
 
Olivia AKA §ynergy 
Group Manager

7/29/2006 3:28 AM  Posted by MSN Nickname§ynergy1
 
As a whole we are a nice quite little group of writers with hopes of some day becoming published authors.  Every so often a "Cancer" sneaks in.  It has been brought to my attention that someone has posted adult material to one of our link section.  I would like to apologize to all the members, the links have been removed.  Whenever, you see such links please inform me immediately.
 
 
Olivia AKA §ynergy 
Group Manager
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