

MID-AMERICA
ROMANCE AUTHORS
Where writers grow and flourish.
At MARA, we believe in advancing the professional interests of career-focused romance writers. If you want to connect to other romance authors, hone your skills as a writer, or learn more about what's happening in this ever-changing genre, we would love for you to visit. We are a Kansas City-based writers group with opportunities for virtual members from anywhere. Join us for a meeting!

MARCH 28th, 2026, 12-3
Prairie Village Police Department
Multi-Purpose Room
Marketing Mayhem
CJ will present findings from five months of intense research and training on marketing books with an emphasis on social media, specifically Instagram. She’ll share her content strategies and ideas for her upcoming series and other real examples from other authors that will help you form your own content beyond what you’ve done so far. She’ll give you a demonstration on making videos – some where you don’t actually have to film anything and how to edit videos, add audio, and use special effects to make them shine.
Finally, she’ll report back after her books come out and let you know what strategies worked and what didn’t.
CJ McCay writes steamy and LOL funny contemporary romance novels. The Bent Creek Series are her first books and will come out in 2026! CJ was born and raised in western Kansas where her imagination was as wild and free as the prairie she grew up on. She loved reading from an early age and enjoyed making up stories, though these were often told in an effort to get out of trouble. But fiction is fiction, right? She began writing her own stories in junior high, which she excelled at. She just didn’t excel at finishing them. Now she writes full time and can’t wait to share her love stories with the world.



FIND US LIVE
7710 Mission Rd
Prairie Village, KS 66208
We meet at the Prairie Village Police Department municipal facility near 75th and Mission from noon to 3pm, or you can join in via Zoom. Check our calendar for upcoming dates!

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