Writers' Group Now Forming!

A new Rochester writers' group is forming, offering serious writers of all genres the opportunity to connect, share knowledge, and inspire each other to success.

Our first informational meeting will be Tuesday, June 19 at 7:00 pm at Barnes & Noble in Pittsford Plaza, 3349 Monroe Avenue in Pittsford, NY.

Whether you write fiction, non-fiction, short stories, columns or magazine articles, you're invited to join us. Each meeting will follow a structured format, beginning with an instructional presentation and/or moderator-directed discussion. After a short break, we'll reconvene for a writing exercise and then discuss individual projects and writing goals.

The purpose of the group is to encourage each other, provide constructive criticisms of on-going work, and to pool resources in order to better promote quality writers in the Rochester area.

The group is hosted by award-winning author Phillip Tomasso III and award-winning freelance writer and columnist Joanne Brokaw.

For more information, please email joanne@joannebrokaw.com.

Your Group Hosts

Phillip Tomasso III is the award-winning author of Adverse Impact, Johnny Blade, Third Ring, Tenth House and Mind Play. He works full time as an employment law paralegal, writes regular book reviews for In the Library Review, and teaches classes at Writers & Books. Tomasso has also written two chapter books using the pen name, Grant R. Philips. Living in Rochester, New York he is currently at work on his next mystery novel. Visit him online at http://www.myspace.com/ptom3.

Award-winning freelance writer and columnist Joanne Brokaw covers entertainment and current issues for dozens of Christian and community publications in the U.S. and Canada. Her humor/slice of life column appears at www.BuddyHollywood.com and in The Desert Voice newspaper; she also writes a slice of life column for the Christian Voice Magazine. Her monthly entertainment column appears in The Christian Examiner Newspapers, The Minnesota Christian Chronicle, and The Ozarks Chrisitan News. Brokaw writes a column on The Writing Life each month for ByLine Magazine, and has sold humorous greeting cards to American Greetings. Visit her online at http://www.joannebrokaw.com/.