General Meetings are held the second Saturday of the month at the Brea Community Center, 695 E. Madison Way, Brea, CA 92821. For a map and directions, click here. Meeting fees are $10 for Members and $20 for Non-Members.
Meeting Schedule for March 14, 2009:
9:30 am: Doors Open / Ask an Author
10:30 – 10:45 am: Announcements
Morning Speaker: MARK HASKELL SMITH, screenwriter and novelist–“Embracing Probabilityâ€
11:50: Lunch Break (Lunch Orders available)
1:00 – 1:30 pm: General Meeting and Achievements
Afternoon Speaker: New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance, SUSAN ANDERSEN—“Self-Editing for the Most Impactâ€
3:00 pm: Meeting Adjourns
Volunteer Ask an Author for March: Jennifer Apodaca
And for OCC Members Attending the Meeting–Monthly Critique Drawings!
Volunteer Critique Author for March: Debra Mullins
2009 Dates to Remember:
March 14–OCC Monthly Meeting (Brea CC)
March 16–March Online Class: Layering a Story Concept with (For information click HERE)
April 11–26th Annual Orange Rose Contest entries due.
April 11–OCC Monthly Meeting (Brea CC)
April 13–April Online Class: Show & Tell: An Interactive Workshop with Shannon Donnelly (For information click HERE.)
May 9—OCC Monthly Meeting (Brea CC)
May 11—May Online class: Writing the Synopsis with Camy Tang (For information click HERE.)
For current Online Class Schedule and registration information, please visit http://www.occrwa.org/onlineclasses.html.For more chapter meeting information http://occrwa.org/meetings.htm
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