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9-267 CRAFT – H/O
DISCOVERING STORY MAGIC
Part 1 of 2
Robin Perini
In this acclaimed and ever popular two-hour
workshop, a Golden Heart finalist teaches a
three-step technique for developing characters
and braiding conflict with plot to create a
story they can’t refuse while they learn
how to discover the soul of their story. (2
hours).
9-268 CRAFT – H/O
DISCOVERING STORY MAGIC
Part 2 of 2
Robin Perini
In this acclaimed and ever popular two-hour
workshop, a Golden Heart finalist teaches a
three-step technique for developing characters
and braiding conflict with plot to create a
story they can’t refuse while they learn
how to discover the soul of their story. (2
hours).
9-269 RESEARCH – H/O
KNOW YOUR STUFF
Patricia Lynn Crabtree
9-270 THE WRITER’S LIFE – H/O
WHEN REAL LIFE GIVES YOU NIGHTMARES: 6 STEPS
TO ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS
Karen King
The path from wannabe to published is often
perilous. In this workshop, HOLT Medallion finalist
Karen King covers all the practical steps taken
on the road to becoming published, despite life’s
adversities.
9-301 PUBLISHING – H/O
THE SECRET LIFE OF AGENTS
Elaine English, Lucienne Diver, Paige Wheeler,
Michelle Grojkowski
Four busy agents who focus on romance and women’s
fictions speak openly, and frankly about what
it’s like on the inside of a literary
agency, offering tips to authors on what to
expect, including how best to make your submission
stand out from all the rest.
9-302 CAREER – N/A
THE 2000’S WOMAN – WRITING FOR
THE NEW READER
Betina Krahn
New York Times best-selling author Betina Krahn
discusses the 2000’s Woman … she’s
a whole new thing. Her attitudes, expectations,
and tastes in reading have all changed. How?
And are we in romance/women’s fiction
keeping up?
9-303 SPOTLIGHT – N/A
SPOTLIGHT ON DORCHESTER
9-304 CAREER – H/O
CAREER BUILDING: SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED
Stephanie Bond
This RITA award-winning author addresses the
building blocks of a successful writing career,
including writing a business plan, branding
and consistent production, analyzing projects
that come your way and making your own opportunities,
and how to find/work with an agent and editor
to make the biggest strides in the shortest
time possible.
9-305 EXTRA – N/A
THE ART OF WAR: FROM GREEN BERETS TO GUNS AND
ALL THINGS MILITARY
Bob Mayer
An insider’s view into the world of the
military for your writing. Former Green Beret
and military spouse Bob Mayer will describe
the way the military really works and the way
the people inside it truly operate and interact.
A multimedia presentation that shows as well
as tells.
9-306 RESEARCH – H/O
KOD-SPONSORED WORKSHOP. BEYOND THE CRIME SCENE
– IDENTIFYING AND HEALING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL
AND EMOTIONAL CHARACTER WOUNDS
Dianne Holmes Despain and Kate Henry Doran
Two veteran nurses and published romance authors
with years of experience working with police,
private investigators, crisis counselors, and
as victim’s advocates will help you add
realism, depth, and honesty to your stories
and make sure that the only medical mal-practice
committed in your book is by the characters
and not the author.
9-308 THE WRITER’S LIFE – H/O
CRITIQUE AND STUDY GROUPS: PODS OF DESTRUCTION
OR ALLIES FOR SUCCESS?
Kathleen Baldwin and Rosemary Heim
A critique group can be your best friend or
your worst enemy. Two newly published authors
discuss the pros and cons of critique groups,
and examine how studying published works can
help your own writing.
9-309 RWA-PRO – N/A
THE LAST 16 THINGS I LEARNED BEFORE BEING PUBLISHED
Laurie Brown
A published author and two-time Golden Heart
finalist offers a humorous look at the hard
truths the unpublished must face before selling
a manuscript, and provides useful advice on
how to handle the crazy reality of being a writer.
9-310 CRAFT – N/A
BEYOND STEREOTYPES
Felicia Mason
This award-winning author will show you how
to be culturally sensitive while creating memorable
multi-cultural characters.
9-311 CRAFT – N/A
WHOSE HEAD IS THIS ANYWAY?
Linda Goodnight
Do you have difficulty making smooth transitions
from one point-of-view to another? This workshop
will help you recognize the common errors in
viewpoint and their remedies.
9-312 CAREER – H/O
MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM SOLD TO PUBLISHED
Terri Brisbin
A multi-published author and co-founder of
a first-sale networking group describes different
sections of the process, specific market information,
successful networking, promotion, editor/author
relationships, and continued writing.
9-313 PART 1 OF 2 SPOTLIGHT – N/A
SPOTLIGHT ON HARLEQUIN/SILHOUETTE
9-314 PART 2 OF 2 SPOTLIGHT – N/A
SPOTLIGHT ON HARLEQUIN/SILHOUETTE
9-315 RESEARCH – H/O
KICKING ASS: DELIVERING EFFECTIVE ACTION HEROINES
Rob Preece and Lisa Montgomery
Two black belt martial artists will describe
martial arts techniques, the psychology of fighting,
and armed and unarmed combat with an emphasis
on what works in writing and what works for
women battling against larger and stronger men.
9-316 RWA-PRO – N/A
THE WHOLE PACKAGE
Sharon Mignerey
What are the “no-no’s” and
“must haves” for the perfect submission,
whether a completed manuscript, a proposal,
or a query? If you’re sweating bullets
about whether your submission will make the
best possible first impression with an editor
or an agent, this workshop is for you.
9-317 CRAFT – H/O
ROMANTICA: REMEMBERING THE BODY IN ROMANCE
Christine Brashear, Raelene Gorlinsky, Ann Jacobs,
Jennifer Martin, and Cheyenne McCray
Romantica is a blend of romance and erotica.
Authors, an editor, and the publisher from Ellora’s
Cave will talk about what works and what doesn’t
when writing these sexually stimulating romances.
9-318 CRAFT – N/A
SETTING YOUR STORY FREE
Jane Graves, Kristin Gabriel and Liz Jarrett
This panel of three multi-published authors
(one a 2 time RITA winner and another a 3 time
RITA finalist) presents a how-to workshop designed
to help writers deepen their stories by trusting
their instincts and writing by the “seat
of their pants” rather than by the words
in an outline.
9-319 CAREER – H/O
AN AGENT’S HOT TIPS FROM THE FRONT LINES
Irene Goodman
9-320 CAREER – N/A
WRITER’S SURVIVAL GUIDE: PROVEN STRAGIES
FOR CREATING AND SUSTAINING WRITING, SUCCESS
– AND SANITY
Sally Fairchild, Heather Graham, Carla Neggers,
and Fiona Head-Stewart
Four authors at different career levels discuss
the acquired habits and techniques to turn everything
from rejection and crummy numbers into a challenge
– and still have fun and stay sane.
9-321 CRAFT – H/O
DIALOGUE: IT’S MORE THAN WHAT YOU SAY
Julia Quinn
Dialogue affects every aspect of a novel: pacing,
characterization, plot, you name it. Let New
York Times best-selling author Julia Quinn show
you how to use dialogue to deepen your story
and write a richer romance.
9-322 EXTRA – N/A
A BATTLE PLAN FOR LIFE: SPECIAL OPERATION TACTICS
FOR WRITERS
Bob Mayer
An introduction into the tactics and techniques
that make Special Operations Forces the world’s
most elite unit. These techniques can be used
by writers to improve the quality of their writing
and work habits. Focus is on understanding who
a writer is and how you can be the best writer
you are capable of being and how to overcome
fear, a writer’s most deadly enemy.
9-323 THE WRITER’S LIFE – N/A
THE SUBCONSCIOUS WRITER
Catherine Spangler
Have you ever wondered if you’re writing
the wrong way? Or felt that other writers are
doing it better? Come discover what type of
writer you are and find the writing method that
works best for you.
9-324 CRAFT – N/A
WRITING THE SILHOUETTE BOMBSHELL: REDEFINING
CATEGORY NOVELS
Vicki Hinze and Natashya Wilson
The new Silhouette Bombshell line blazes new
trails in category novels. Learn how and where
they’re going form an author and editor
for the line.
9-326 CHAT – N/A
CHAT WITH NORA ROBERTS
9-327 RESEARCH – H/O
DEATH, MOURNING AND FEMININITY IN 19TH CENTURY
BRITAIN
Sandra Martina Schwab
All through the 19th century, the fiction and
reality of death influenced one another, especially
women and the ideals of femininity. Explore
how mourning conventions and the perceptions
of death changed and how fictitious images of
death were projected onto women in real life.
9-328 CAREER – H/O
BOOST YOUR WRITING INCOME BY $1000 A MONTH
Jennifer Crump and Shirley Kawa-Jump
Two successful freelance writers explain how
and who to query about magazine, newspaper,
corporate, and other paying markets that will
pay the bills while your novel is in the works.
9-329 CRAFT – H/O
YES, MA’AM, THEY ARE BIGGER IN TEXAS
Ann Major
This USA Today best-selling Texas author of
49 books for Silhouette and MIRA and co-founder
of RWA will present a hands-on workshop on how
to write the contemporary Western romance for
the mainstream market.
9-330 CRAFT – H/O
MAKE THEM TALK: WRITING GREAT DIALOGUE
Barbara Dawson Smith
Master the key techniques of creating conflict
and emotion through powerful dialogue with this
five-time RITA finalist and 2002 RITA winner.
9-331 PUBLISHING – H/O
BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE: THE WORK YOU
DO AFTER THE SALE
Tanya Michaels, Jane Graves/Jane Sullivan, and
Harlequin Associate Editor Jennifer Green
While many new writers focus on selling as
an end result, this workshop offers a look at
the work both publisher and author must do after
the sale of the book.
9-332 THE WRITER’S LIFE – H/O
YES, YOU DO HAVE TIME TO WRITE: MAKING THE
MOST OF EVERY MINUTE
Trish Milburn and Stephanie Rowe
Busy life? No time to work on that manuscript?
Join Golden Heart winner and Flipside author,
Stephanie Rowe, and two-time Golden Heart finalist,
Trish Milburn, as they offer hands-on tips to
utilize the most of your time.
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