The Chesapeake Chapter holds a monthly luncheon meeting with a speaker usually on the first Saturday of each month, unless there is a holiday, venue scheduling, or convention conflict. Occasionally, the chapter offers a field trip or special event instead of a luncheon. Upcoming meeting dates are listed below. You will receive an email notice in advance of the meeting, along with a registration form and menu choice (if applicable). To reserve your place at a meeting, follow the directions as stated on the email notice or on the meeting’s announcement on this website. Guests and non-members are welcome to attend (unless otherwise noted).
UPCOMING CHAPTER EVENTS:
Saturday, July 21, 2018
Time: 11:45-4 PM
Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library
4701 Seminary Road
Alexandria VA, 22304
The Business End of Hollywood: Pitching and Writing Screenplays
Panel: Todd Messegee, Lisa Nanni-Messegee, Adam Meyer, Paul Awad, Kathryn O’Sullivan
Five produced screenwriters discuss how to shape a story into a tight synopsis or pitch, adapt a book or manuscript into a screenplay, and tackle the nuts and bolts of screenwriting. Presenters will provide real world insight into the competitive business of selling stories in Hollywood as well as advice on how to perform a pitch under pressure. Q&A to follow.
Presenter biographies
Writing team Todd Messegee and Lisa Nanni-Messegee are published playwrights and produced TV writers who have written five screenplays together. All five have been sold and four have been produced as TV movies. Movie titles include Christmas Homecoming (2017), Romantically Speaking (2015), and The Time Capsule (2018). Christmas Homecoming reached 2.5 million viewers on its premiere on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries. Todd and Lisa are members of the Writers Guild of America West and the Writers Guild of Canada.
Adam Meyer is a screenwriter and novelist whose credits include the TV movies The Monkey’s Paw, My Life As A Dead Girl and The Other Wife. He’s also written series for National Geographic Channel, the History Channel, and Discovery Channel, and is the author of the young adult suspense novel, The Last Domino.
Paul Awad and Kathryn O’Sullivan are the producers and writers of the award-winning online Western series Thurston (Amazon). Their feature thriller, A Savage Nature, won the Hollywood Screenplay Contest Grand Prize Award. Kathryn is also a published playwright and author of the Colleen McCabe mystery series (Foal Play, Murder on the Hoof, Neighing with Fire). Paul is also a film director and licensed private investigator.
Don’t miss this exciting event! It is open to the public as well as chapter members.
- The workshop will start promptly at noon. Please arrive at the library around 11:45 to mingle and get settled.
- Bring a notebook.
- Our venue maven, Lane Stone, is going to research nearby restaurants. We’ll include that information in the reminder message for the event.
Please RSVP by Wednesday, July 18th, by sending a message to our secretary, Robin Templeton–photorobn [at] aol [dot] com so we can be sure the library sets out enough chairs. If you decide at the last minute to attend, we’d love to see you even if you didn’t register.
UPCOMING CHAPTER AUTHORS’ EVENTS
June 28, 2018
Time: 5:30 pm
Northwood Branch Library
4420 Loch Raven Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21218
410-396-6076
Sisters in Crime: Writing a Mystery Series
Cathy Wiley, Marcia Talley, Shawn Reilly Simmons, Eileen McIntire, and Wendy Sand Eckel talk about writing a mystery series.
August 25, 2018
Time: 10:30 am
Lorton Library
9520 Richmond Highway
Lorton, VA 22079
703-339-7385
Chesapeake Crimes: Fur, Feathers, and Felonies
Robin Templeton, Alan Orloff, Josh Pachter, Cathy Wiley, Karen Cantwell, and Donna Andrews talk about the latest SinC Chesapeake Chapter anthology.
September 22, 2018
Time: TBA
Light Street Library
1251 Light Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
410-396-1096
Culinary Cozy Mysteries
Mary Ann Corrigan, Shawn Reilly Simmons, Lisa Schwartz, Wendy Sand Eckel and Cathy Wiley talk about culinary cozy mysteries.
October 18, 2018
Time: 6:30 pm
Walkersville Branch Library
2 South Glade Road
Walkersville, MD 21793
301-600-8200
Writers on Writing & Justice
Recita Clemons, Carla Coupe, Ginny Fite, Ruth Glick, Dee Lawrence and Eileen McIntire talk about why they write mysteries and how they portray the concept of justice in their books.
October 27, 2018
Time: 3:00 pm
Light Street Library
1251 Light Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
410-396-1096
Jack the Ripper
Janis Wilson talks about Jack the Ripper.
