Put Your Heart In A Book...

Welcome to the New Jersey Romance Writers.  NJRW is chapter 34 of Romance Writers of America.  We are a nonprofit organization, dedicated to providing support, information and resources to both published and unpublished authors.  Our goal is to offer high quality guidance as a means for writers to produce marketable work and to further their writing careers.

Come join us.  Discover the Romance.

Next Meeting:  Saturday, May 17, 2008

Joan Schulhafer

May’s meeting will be a 2-part program presented by publishing and media consultant Joan Schulhafer.

Part 1:  * Reality Check -- what to expect from yourself and your publisher at different stages in your career, author "etiquette," and what seems to sell books/expand recognition and what doesn't.
Part 2:  *When is a Book Just a Book? -- realistic expectations for authors and the bookstore/publisher/media perspective.

Bio:
An industry veteran, Joan Schulhafer has worked at a variety of publishing houses, including Bantam, Avon, Simon and Schuster and Kensington Publishing and for five years led her own promotion, advertising and publicity company before returning to the corporate side. Clients included many of the major U.S. houses, Harlequin, and authors Nora Roberts, Jayne Ann Krentz and Heather Graham, and projects as diverse as the Silhouette Books How to Write a Romance seminars and the launch of Amanda Quick. Throughout the years Joan has enjoyed working within genre (romance, mystery and science fiction and fantasy) as well as general publishing. In the past several years she has also had the opportunity to work with campaigns targeting African American and GLBT marketplaces. In July 2007, she began her new venture, Joan Schulhafer Publishing and Media Consulting, launching with client Lisa Jackson.  One of her goals in this new incarnation is to focus heavily on  projects and authors over the long term, influencing several aspects of their publishing program.

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Directions:

NJRW meets at the Woodbridge Hilton

Woodbridge Hilton
120 Wood Avenue, South
Iselin, NJ 08830
Tel: 732-494-6200

Driving directions are below.

New Jersey Southbound/Northbound
Garden State Parkway to Exit 131A
Hotel is on the right at the exit

Newark Liberty International Airport/New York City New Jersey Turnpike South Exit 11
Garden State Parkway North to Exit 131A
Hotel is on the right at the exit

Staten Island
Outerbridge Crossing to Route 440
Garden State Parkway North to Exit 131A
Hotel is on the right at the exit

Philadephia
New Jersey Turnpike North to Exit 11
Garden State Parkway North to Exit 131A
Hotel is on the right at the exit