New Jersey authors to speak to writers' meeting group

NEWTON — Three romance novelists discuss how they got published, what kind of marketing they do, how they keep momentum between books, and how they find time to write books while working at a day job at the “Marketing Meeting for Writers” gathering on Tuesday, April 13 at 7 p.m. at the Sussex County Arts and Heritage Council. Lisa Dale, Mickie Flagg, And Sandy Nicks will share their stories with fiction, nonfiction and poetry writers. Dale is a nominee for Best New American Voices and the Pushcart Prize, and her writing has appeared in numerous literary magazines (Flyway, Sou’wester, The MacGuffin, and more.). Her most recently published novels are “It Happened One Night” and “Simple Wishes.” More information on her is available at www.LisaDaleBooks.com. Flagg has served as an adjunct professor at William Paterson University and was named a Distinguished Music Educator at the Yale University Music Symposium 2009. “Retribution!” is the first book of The Champion Chronicles, with “Consequences” and “Inheritance” (in the works) following. Visit www.Mflagg-author.com for more information. Nicks lives at the Jersey shore and edits “Cool Stuff 4 Writers,” named one of the “101 Best Web Sites for Writers” by Writer’s Digest Magazine. Her novels include “Circle of Eternity,” “Crazy Days of Summer” and “Falling for Autumn,” which won first place in the 2008 Celtic Hearts Romance Writers “Golden Claddaugh” contest. Visit www.sandynicks.com for more information. Cost for the meeting is $6 (cash or check; bring exact change). Meetings start promptly at 7 p.m. and end at 9 p.m. For more information, contact Mary Jasch 973-702-8118 or apple5@garden.net; Kathy Ptacek (gilaqueen@att.net), or the SCAHC at 973-383-0027.