Whether you’re trying to sell your first book or your fortieth, the road to publication is never an easy one to navigate. Let Liberty States Fiction Writers guide your way. A multi-genre organization, the Liberty States Fiction Writers is dedicated to the education and support of all fiction writers. We provide workshops, networking events and promotional opportunities to aid both published and yet-to-be-published writers.
Next Meeting is on January 11, 2025
Creating Compelling Dialogue
**Please note this meeting will be taking place at the Clara Barton branch of the library!***
Creating compelling dialogue is a delicate balance of creating the right voice for your characters and moving your story along. Award-winning author Julia Amante will discuss how to develop compelling dialogue and offer hints on how to improve dialogue that isn’t either moving the story along or doesn’t sound authentic for your character.
About the Presenter: Julia Amante is a Women’s Fiction author of multiple novels, the latest being Let Us Begin. Julia Amante writes emotionally rich stories about family, love, and the passion of chasing and achieving one’s goals.
Julia began her writing career in 2000, writing Latina romance under the pseudonym Lara Rios when Kensington Publishing released a new line of Latino romance books. In 2009, Lara Rios became Julia Amante when she changed her writing style to reach a new audience. Amante wanted to expand her writing to include not only romantic relationships but the more complex bonds women have with parents, children, and friends.
In 2020, Julia started Wise Writer Publishing, her own publishing services company, to independently publish her novels and support other writers.
Mark Your Calendar for the
14th Anniversary
Liberty States Fiction
Writers Conference
April 5, 2025
Hilton Garden Inn, Hamilton, NJ
Join us on April 5, 2025, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Hamilton, New Jersey for the 14th Annual Liberty States Fiction Writers Conference. This is a great opportunity for published and aspiring authors to network and learn from a fantastic line-up of industry professionals. The conference will feature a dozen workshops that cover various aspects of writing including craft, business, promotion, and indie-publishing. Don’t miss out on a full day of education and networking!
Please register for the conference at https://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/conference-registration/.
Keynote Presenter
Christine Gunderson
Amazon Bestselling Author
Christine Gunderson grew up on a fourth-generation family farm in rural North Dakota where she read Laura Ingalls Wilder books in her very own little house on the prairie.
She’s a former television anchor and reporter and former Capitol Hill press secretary. She currently lives in the Washington D.C. suburbs with her three children, Star the Wonder Dog, and a very patient husband.
When not writing, she’s sailing the Chesapeake Bay with her family, playing Star Wars monopoly, re-reading Jane Austen novels in the school pick up line or unloading the dishwasher.
Her debut novel, Friends with Secrets was selected as an Amazon First Reads pick. Readers call it “a timeless, beautiful, relevant, laugh-out-loud, funny homage to motherhood.”
Not a Member? Join us!
The Liberty States Fiction Writers welcome pre-published writers at all levels as well as e-published, small press and traditionally published authors.
Yearly dues for new members are $50 and include attendance at monthly workshops, reduced conference rate, access to Members Only section with videos/podcasts of past workshops, monthly newsletters, promotional opportunities and more.
