This thread is for authors in the Children's Books Genre to be able to meet and discuss topics and issues faced in this genre. If you are in this genre and you do not see your name listed, please comment below and tag me in it. Link to the Children's Books Member Database https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1k0qcsYz2u9B_fEZ2LeIXY3UD8dyc6_yMaygI9EJbD6A/edit?usp=sharing @Lori Allred @Diane Engle @Domingo Castillo @Raymond Dlug @Brian Bennett @Mona Eder @Thais Thais @Holley Doeray @Bobbie Bennett @Paul Ross @John Croxton @Don Buck P Creacy @Peter Keicher @Fabian Foley @Donna Smithley @Tracy Monin @Luke Monin

This thread is for authors in the Young Adult Genre to be able to meet and discuss topics and issues faced in this genre. If you are in this genre and you do not see your name listed, please comment below and tag me in it. Link to the Young Adult Member Database: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_s-vdsakneJmUyRPc_E2CkK5WvAvOO4St1PfboDtgYM/edit?usp=sharing ----------- @Holley Doeray @Peter Ford @Kate Wiseman @Melanie Hodgkiss @Deborah Fox @Scott Billingham @Luke Monin @Tracy Monin @Paul Mahoney

We just had our first coffee Hour Meetup and some fantastic ideas have been spun out of them. The idea I want to work on is this? I would like to start having regional Virtual Coffee Hour Meetups so that the Authors in certain regions of the country can come together and become friends. Every time a new author joins us we can direct them to the regional meetups so they can start building relationships with authors near them. Also regional meetup events can be done by Big Book Love Regional Leaders. The second idea is to start having Virtual Coffee Hour Meetups for Genres that authors write in so that you guys can mastermind together with authors writing what you are writing. Before we can start this, there is some information that we need to get from you guys. 1. What genre is your main genre you write in? 2. Would you be interested in these localized virtual meetups and genre specific meetups? 3. What days and times are best for you to get online for these meetups? 4. Would you be interested in becoming a Virtual Coffee Hour Regional Leader? Regional Leaders would be made into moderators for the community and you would have the ability to host these meetups right here in our live call zoom room. I would train each Regional Leader so that you understand how the software works. Just throwing this idea out there to gauge interest. Comment below your answers so we can begin to figure how to make this work for the most amount of people.+ Paul Roberson Community Executive Director https://www.bigbooklove.com/paul-l-roberson/

Hello, my name is Denise Hill and I just joined this group.I’m located in Indianapolis Indiana. I am a filmmaker, Screenwriter, a cinematographer, and a published author of 15 novels and one writers journal. I have my own film, production team and I love bringing my characters to life through my writing or through film. I have a self publishing business where I help people publish their novels.

My name is Tracy Monin and I live in Greenbrier, Arkansas. Our family published a children's book last summer written by our entire family that is about our dogs. It is considered a memoir as most of our story is true. I'm looking forward to connecting with all of you.