A new FWA Regional Director for Miami-Dade and Broward

The Miami-Dade and Broward counties have a new FWA Regional Director. After seven years, Anne Linne has turned over the mantle of leadership for the Miami-Dade and Broward Regional Director role. She will continue in her role as webmaster and member of the FWA Board of Directors.

I'm taking over for Anne. First, a bit about me: I'm Amelia Waters, and I write and publish under the pseudonym Jade Kerrion.

I graduated from the Johns Hopkins University with an undergraduate degree in Biology and Philosophy, and then went on to get my MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia.

My varied background led me through many careers across many industries, including container shipping, education, and management consulting. In my spare time, I wrote stories – young adult, fantasy, and science fiction – and developed a loyal reader base with my fan fiction series based on the MMORPG Guild Wars. I was accused of keeping my readers up at night, distracting them from work, housework, homework, and (far worse), from actually playing Guild Wars.

And then I wondered why just screw up the time management skills of gamers? Why not aspire to screw everyone else up too? So here I am, writing books that aspire to keep my readers from doing anything else useful with their time.

I live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with my wonderfully supportive husband and my two young sons, Saint and Angel, (no, those aren’t their real names, but they are like saints and angels, except when they’re not.)

I have self-published six books, won nine literary awards and recognitions in the process, and have a toe in the world of traditional publishing as well. McSill Literary Agency represents Portuguese rights for my books in Brazil.

I am a lifetime member of the Florida Writers Association, and an active member of the Attic Girls critique group. I also lead a tween/teen writers group in Plantation.

I'm thrilled to take on a larger leadership role in FWA and look forward to growing the community of writers here in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. I can be contacted via e-mail.