Writers Breakfast Club ~ Saturday, May 4, 2013

Where the Writers Are!

Local writers are invited to drop by Panera's on Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington, DE this Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 10 a.m. for the Writers Breakfast Club. Meet in the Community Room . Make new writing friends. Network. Share writing events, coffee, and conversation. Relax. Enjoy!

Meet Guild Members Weldon Burge and Liz DeJesus at 3rd Annual Authors & Audiences Event Saturday, April 20, 2013

On Saturday, April 20, 2013 from 1 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. WR Guild members, Weldon Burge and Liz DeJesus will participate in the 3rd Annual "Authors and Audiences" event sponsored by the Kent County Public Library.

Weldon Burge, Executive Editor at Smart Rhino Publications

Weldon is the Executive Editor of Smart Rhino Publications. At Authors and Audiences, Weldon will be introducing readers to Smart Rhino's multiple-author anthologies, Zippered Flesh: Tales of Body Enhancements Gone Bad, Uncommon Assassins, Zippered Flesh 2: More Tales of Body Enhancements Gone Bad, and a collection of his own short stories, Broken: Stories of Damaged Psyches.

Weldon Burge, a native of Delaware, is a full-time editor, freelance writer, and creator of Web content. His fiction has appeared in Suspense Magazine, Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine, Grim Graffiti, The Edge: Tales of Suspense, Alienskin, Glassfire Magazine, and Out & About (a Delaware magazine). His stories have also been adapted for podcast presentation by Drabblecast, and have been accepted for the anthologies Pellucid Lunacy: An Anthology of Psychological Horror, Don't Tread on Me: Tales of Revenge and Retribution, Ghosts and Demons, and Something at the Door: A Haunted Anthology. He has a number of projects underway, including a police procedural novel and an illustrated book for children. He also frequently writes book reviews and interviews for Suspense Magazine.

Liz DeJesus

Liz DeJesus was born on the tiny island of Puerto Rico.  She is a novelist and a poet. She has been writing for as long as she was capable of holding a pen. She is the author of the novel Nina (Blu Phi'er Publishing, October 2007), The Jackets (Arte Publico Press, March 31st 2011) First Frost (Musa Publishing, June 22, 2012) and Glass Frost (Musa Publishing, COMING SOON).

Liz is working on the next novel in her Bianca Frost series.

Authors and Audiences is one of the stops on Liz's 2013 Spring/Summer Delmarva Book Tour. You can see her complete itinerary here.

Other Written Remains Guild members attending the Authors and Audiences event are Guild Director JM Reinbold and Justynn Tyme. You can find them hanging out with Weldon and Liz.

The first Written Remains Anthology Stories from the Inkslingers will be available at Weldon's Smart Rhino Publications table and we will be announcing that Smart Rhino is the new publisher for our second anthology, Someone Wicked.

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"Authors and Audiences" provides a unique opportunity for authors and readers to meet and for authors to network with other local authors. Authors will be selling their books and readers have an opportunity not only to buy books, but to get a signed copy.

Special Event: New York Times Best Selling author, Maria V. Snyder will give a public presentation at 2 p.m.

Authors and Audiences is sponsored by the Friends of the Kent County Public Library and is free and open to the public. The Kent County Public Library is located at 497 South Red Haven Lane just north of the Woodside light in the Longacre shopping center.

Liz DeJesus' 2013 Spring/Summer Book Tour Around DelMarVa

Guild member, Liz DeJesus author of the young adult fantasy novel, First Frost is on tour this spring. Check out where she's going to be in your area and drop by to pick up a signed copy of one her awesome books!

You can also visit Liz's website to learn more about her and her books.

Liz's Book Tour begins Saturday, April 13, 2013!

Liz DeJesus

Acorn Books 
Saturday ~ April 13th
1 p.m. ~ 3 p.m.
1030 Forrest Ave
Suite 114
Dover, DE  19901
302.734.9100

Third Annual Authors and Audiences Event
Saturday ~ April 20th
1 p.m. ~ 3 p.m.
Kent County Public Library 
497 South Red Haven Lane
Dover, DE  19901

Hockessin Book Shelf
Saturday ~ April 27th
1 p.m. ~ 3 p.m.
7179 Lancaster Pike,
Hockessin, DE 19707
302.235.7665

2nd and Charles
Saturday ~ May 4th
12 p.m. ~ 4 p.m.
101 Geoffrey Drive
Newark, DE 19713
302.737.4306

Bethany Beach Books
Sunday, June 23rd
1 p.m.
99 Garfield Parkway
Bethany Beach, DE 19930
302.539.2522

Browseabout Books
Saturday, July 6, 2013
11 a.m.  ~ 4 p.m.
133 Rehoboth Avenue
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
302.226.2665

Baltimore Book Festival 
September 27th and 28th
12 p.m. ~ 8 p.m.
Mount Vernon Place
Baltimore, MD 21201

Writers Breakfast Club ~ Saturday, April 6, 2013

Mark Your Calendars!

Local writers are invited to drop by Panera's on Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington, DE this Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 10 a.m. for the Writers Breakfast Club. Meet in the Community Room . Make new writing friends. Network. Share writing events, coffee, and conversation. Relax. Enjoy!

The Written Remains Writers Guild Welcomes Patrick Derrickson

Patrick Derrickson

The Written Remains Writers Guild is pleased to welcome Patrick Derrickson as its newest member.

Patrick Derrickson has been a fan of speculative fiction from the age of nine when he first read The Stand, by Stephen King.  Since then, he has been the majestic hero of kingdoms, galaxies, and unspoken horrors.  A member of the Written Remains Mixed Genre Critique Group, he has finally found the outlet for the bizarre thoughts chasing each other inside his head.  Patrick is a soccer referee, follows technology obsessively, and listens to too many pod casts   He lives in Bear.

Get Out & Write! ~ Saturday, March 30 2013

Liz DeJesus
Author of the Young Adult Fantasy
First Frost

Our spring Get Out & Write! Community Free Write is Saturday, March 30, 2013 at the Kirkwood Highway Library (6000 Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington, DE 19808) in the Community Room from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m.

Get Out & Write! gatherings are facilitated by a featured author from the Written Remains Writers Guild. In March our featured author is Liz DeJesus. Liz will talk for 30 minutes at the beginning of the program about her young adult fantasy novel, First Frost, as well as discuss the special skills and abilities a writer needs to work in the young adult and fantasy genres. She will also address the specific challenges of these genres and some of the pitfalls a writer might encounter trying to achieve publication.

Liz is an expert in promoting her work through social media, local book signings/tours, and blogging and she will offer tips on how to get started successfully promoting your work and also answer questions you might have.

Find out more about Liz at her website.

The author talk is followed by 1 hour of free writing with guided prompts led by the featured author.

Following the free writing time, there will be an additional 30 minutes of social time for participants to chat with Liz and an opportunity to buy her books.

This event is free and open to the public.

The Written Remains Writers Guild Welcomes Maria Masington

The Written Remains Writers Guild is pleased to welcome Maria Masington as its newest member.


Maria was selected by the Delaware Division of Arts as a poetry fellow in 2012 and participated in the Cape Henlopen Poets & Writers Retreat. She is a regular at the Writers Breakfast Club, and she recently took on the role of Emcee for the Newark Arts Alliance's monthly Open Mic Night. Dedicated to poetry, prose, and performance, Maria is a member of the Wright Touch Writers Group, as well as a regular writing workshop and study group participant. She lives in Wilmington.

Writers Breakfast Club ~ Saturday, March 2, 2013

Mark Your Calendars!

Local writers are invited to drop by Panera's on Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington, DE this Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 10 a.m. for the Writers Breakfast Club. Meet in the Community Room . Make new writing friends. Network. Share writing events, coffee, and conversation. Relax. Enjoy!

Zippered Flesh 2 ~ "Amazing, A Must Read!"

About Zippered Flesh 2
ZIPPERED FLESH 2: More Tales of Body Enhancement Gone Bad recently released by Guild member Weldon Burge's Smart Rhino Publications offers more tales of body enhancements gone horribly wrong! These twenty-three chilling tales BY SOME OF THE BEST HORROR WRITERS TODAY will keep you fearful all night (and maybe even a little skittish during the day).

Click here for the names of all authors, their stories, and links to their web sites.  
Contributor, Jonathan Templar talks extensively about the inspiration for his story BabyDaddy in a recent blog post. Click here to read. (Spoilers!)

Guild Director, JM Reinbold has this to say about her story The Future of Flesh: Mike Gambone thinks he's found the solution to all his problems when he agrees to let a cosmetic surgeon use him to perfect new, highly advanced surgical techniques in exchange for a new face and a new life. "I'm so ugly," Mike says, "what have I got to lose? Nothing. I can only end up looking better. Right?" Think you know where I'm going with this story? No you don't. Read it. See if you're right.

Praise for Zippered Flesh 2
Review of Zippered Flesh 2 (Paperback) On Amazon February 18, 2013
"After reading the first Zippered Flesh collection, I was so excited to hear that another collection by Weldon Burge was being put together. This one is even better than the first, starting with a bang and ending with one too. ... This is a must." --- TLAS

Review of Zippered Flesh 2  On Goodreads February 9, 2013
"... This collection is amazing! There is one great story after another, with very few that miss the mark, if any at all. [The editor, Weldon Burge,] was especially smart with the choosing the first few stories at the beginning, and those that appear at the end because it opens and ends with a bang, like a great book should. ... This book is highly recommended to anyone who likes horror ...." --- Dave Granger

Follow up comment by Dave Granger: It is one of the better themed anthologies I have read in a long time. The scope of the stories is what does it. It's a theme with a wide range of possibilities.

To Our Blog Readers, Friends, and Fans
All the contributors to this collection would greatly appreciate you buying, reading, and commenting on and/or reviewing (Amazon, Goodreads) and/or rating ZF2. We'd love to hear from you!

Click here to buy Zippered Flesh 2 (for Kindle) 

Also available in paperback.

Writers Breakfast Club ~ Saturday, February 2, 2013

Local writers are invited to drop by Panera's on Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington, DE this Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 10 a.m. for the Writers Breakfast Club. Meet in the Community Room . Make new writing friends. Network. Share writing events, coffee, and conversation. Relax. Enjoy!