2010 OCC Reminders & Deadlines

February 13     OCC Monthly Meeting (Brea CC)
February 15     February Online Class begins
March 13         OCC Monthly Meeting (Brea CC)
March  15         March Online Class begins
April  10         OCC Monthly Meeting (Brea CC)
April  12         April Online Class begins

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OCC News

27th ANNUAL ORANGE ROSE CONTEST IS NOW OPEN!  CLICK HERE.

2010 BOOK BUYER’S BEST CONTEST IS NOW OPEN!
For Contest Information and Entry Form   Click here

Special Notice: BBB (Book Buyers Best Contest) DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL JANUARY 15, 2010

Voting for VOLUNTEER-OF-THE-YEAR 2009 will take place at the January meeting.  Ballots for online voting will be available Monday, January 11, 2010 in the Members Area.

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Meeting Information for February 13, 2010

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 Guests/Non-Members.

Meeting Schedule for Saturday, February 13, 2010

9:30 am: Doors Open / Ask an Author
10:30 - 10:50 am: Announcements
10:50 - 11:50: Morning Workshop Speaker:  Morning Workshop Speaker: Dr. Debra Holland has a master’s degree in Marriage, Family, and Child Therapy and Ph.D in Counseling Psychology from the University of Southern California, and is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.  She is also a corporate crisis counselor and consults with businesses regarding employee matters.  Her first historical romance, Wild Montana Sky, won the 2001 RWA Golden Heart award, and she adapted her book into a screenplay, which was a semi-finalist in the Kairos Prize Competition for spiritually uplifting screenplays .  She has also written a nonfiction self-help book, Back on Track, and a nonfiction book Rules of Engagement:  How to Have Boundary Setting Conversations With Difficult Person.  Debra is going to be speaking at the morning workshop about Achieving Your Goals in Writing and in Life.  Find more info at  www.drdebraholland.com.

11:50: Lunch Break (Lunch Orders available)
12:30 - 1:00 pm: Booksignings
12:45 - 1:00 pm:  New Member Orientation
1:00 - 1:30 pm: General Meeting and Achievements
1:30 - 3:00 pm: Afternoon Session:

Afternoon Speaker: Laura Bradford has 15 years of professional experience as a literary agent, editor, writer and bookseller. She began her career as a literary agent at Manus and Associates Literary Agency and formed Bradford Literary Agency in 2001. Her recent sales include books placed with Berkley, Grand Central, Harlequin/Silhouette, Kensington, Spice Books, Pocket, Virgin Books, Avon, Dorchester, Hyperion, NAL, Eos, Macmillan and Mira Books. She is currently seeking work in the following genres: Romance (historical, romantic suspense, paranormal, category, contemporary, erotic), urban fantasy, women’s fiction, mystery, thrillers and young adult as well as some select non-fiction. She is a member of the Association of Authors’ Representatives (AAR) and Romance Writers of America, and an RWA-recognized agent.

Ask An Author

Do you have a question that a published author can answer? If so, plan to come to the meeting a little bit early.  Each month 1-2 different authors host an informal round table discussion group. Ask An Author meets from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. in the main meeting room.

Ask an Authors for February:  Charlotte Lobb and Diane Pershing

Critique of the Month

Free for OCC Members Attending the Meeting--Monthly Critique Drawings!

Just print out your FIRST chapter and bring it to the monthly meeting! Then add your name to
the list of critique hopefuls, located at the membership table.

Author Critique for February:  Mary Castillo