| "H/O" means there is an accompanying
handout. "N/A" means there is no accompanying
handout.
8-053 CRAFT – H/O
BASIC PLOT TWISTING
Linda Conrad, Melissa James, and a Silhouette
editor
A Silhouette editor and two Silhouette authors
will reveal 10 basic romance plots and give
you ways to twist them and your characters into
saleable stories that will catch an editor’s
attention.
8-058 CRAFT – H/O
WHY YOUR MANUSCRIPT GETS REJECTED
Thea Devine
RWA-Pro workshop. Historical author Thea Devine
has a secret life – as the “first
reader” of manuscripts for a major publishing
house. From too many characters to too many
coincidences to too much ribbons and bows, she
explains what first readers want to see –
or don’t – before they pass your
proposal up the line.
8-051 CRAFT – H/O
DANGEROUS WOMEN: HEROINES WITH AN EDGE
Lisa Kleypas, Adele Ashworth, Kathryn Smith
Wimpy women won’t make it anymore –
not in today’s romance novels. Three diverse,
multi-published authors will dazzle you with
how to writer strong and unconventional heroines.
8-065 CAREER – H/O
DON’T BRING A SNOWBALL TO A GUNFIGHT:
TEN THINGS CANNY WRITERS DO TO UP THE ODDS OF
PUBLICATION
Lauren McKenna, Kresley Cole, Beth Killian
Learn how two newbies went from “Hey,
I think I’ll write a romance” to
contracts with Pocket Books and Downtown Press
in under two years – plus practical and
original advice a Pocket editor to help you
get that contract NOW!
8-066 CRAFT – N/A
LEARNING TO LISTEN: RECOGNIZING YOUR OWN VOICE
Barbara Samuel
A Silhouette editor and two Silhouette authors
will reveal 10 basic romance plots and give
you ways to twist them and your characters into
saleable stories that will catch an editor’s
attention.
8-076 CRAFT – N/A
LOVE SCENES WITH EMOTIONAL PUNCH
Shelley Bradley
Love scenes are more than just sex –
they are exchanges of intimacy and emotion.
In this fun, frank discussion, historical author
Shelley Bradley will lead participants in making
a checklist of their own important love scenes
ingredients, and give concrete advice for creating
mood, increasing the stakes, and releasing inhibitions.
8-085 CRAFT – H/O
LAYERING COMPLEXITY, TEXTURE AND THEME, USING
SUBPLOTS, SECONDARY CHARACTERS AND VILLAINS
Robin Perini
A single linear plot usually doesn’t
provide enough depth for an entire book. In
this interactive workshop, a Golden Heart Finalist
and workshop leader will use examples from films
and novels to illustrate layering complexity,
texture, and theme into your work.
8-087 RESEARCH – H/O
UNDERCOVER FBI AGENTS AND SERIAL KILLERS: SECRET
LIVES REVEALED
Alicia Hilton
They both have their secrets – serial
killers an the special agents who search for
them. In this interactive workshop, former FBI
Special Agent Alicia Hilton will explore the
strange world of the undercover agent, and the
weird motivations of serial killers. Attendees
will learn profiling and investigative techniques,
then apply them in writing exercises.
8-088 CRAFT – H/O
HOOKING READERS WITH ONGOING SERIES
Suzanne Brockmann, Virginia Kantra and Josie
Litton
Join contemporary single-title author Suzanne
Brockmann, category author Virginia Kantra and
historical author Josie Litton as they discuss
the pros (and possible cons) of using connected
books to build name recognition and readership.
Other topics will be creating a good series
hook, their personal strategies for planning
a 3, 7, or even 12 book series, and recent innovative
publisher marketing.
8-098 CRAFT – H/O
SHADES OF SUSPENSE: WRITING SUSPENSE WITHOUT
SACRIFICING THE ROMANCE
Melissa Endlich, Gail Fortune, Maggie Price,
Nikita Black, Meg Chittenden
It’s show and tell as three award-sinning
authors of romantic suspense/mysteries show
that it’s more than possible to keep the
romance alive even when the bullets are flying;
and their editors tell how much heat and danger
their respective houses are looking for.
8-104 CRAFT – N/A
CHAT WITH JENNY CRUSIE – THEME AND MOTIF
Join best-selling author Jenny Crusie for an
informal and informative – and entertaining!
– discussion of the use of theme and motif
to create coherent stories.
8-138 CRAFT – N/A
THE WRITER’S TOOL BOX
Judith Ivory
Do you sense something is wrong with your manuscript,
and you don’t know what to do about it?
Join RITA award-winner Judith Ivory for this
revision workshop, which will offer ten concrete
ways to fix the plot, characterization, and
prose of your manuscript.
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