Winner!

LERA is pleased to announce the winner of this year's The Writer contest! Hartley Gray, author of A Simple Plan, was selected by our membership as the 2020 The Writer winner. Hartley was mentored by judge Lauren C. Teffeau. The runners up are (listed alphabetically by last name): "The Lady Detective" by Ava January (mentored by Tamra Baumann & Louise Bergin)"Wildfire in her Blood" by Karen Kincy (mentored by Darynda Jones)"Who Knew the Apocalypse Would be so Boring" by Candace Lucas (mentored by Jordyn Kross)"Captain's Darlin'" by Janice Morgan (mentored by Jeffe Kennedy)"Sophia's Schooling" by Maggie Sims (mentored by Anna Taylor…

Painfree Productivity

Charlotte Black and Jordyn Kross Recently our LERA member, Darynda Jones, was featured on the RWA University podcast talking about productivity. We highly recommend members check it out here: https://rwa-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/productivity10 There were several good notes on being productive, but overall the message was acceptance and finding ways to embrace your creative productivity style. But how do you discover what your productivity style is? And how do you adapt when the holidays, health, family, or the day job interrupt your process—that is, other than self-flagellation, which we writers are notoriously good at. How do you stay on track? Here are 11…