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9-237 CAREER – H/O
SPLIT PERSONALITIES
Carly Phillips, Leslie Kelly, Pamela Britton,
and Brenda Chin
How to write for two genres and/or two publishers
and keep your voice, your writing style and
your sanity. These best-selling authors and
a RITA-winning Harlequin editor share a fun
and enlightening discussion about writers being
true to themselves and the lines they write
for. The topic will also include a discussion
of HQN – what the line has acquired and
what they are looking for in the future.
9-238 CRAFT – H/O
KOD-SPONSORED WORKSHOP. THE SAME, ONLY DIFFERENT:
NOT THE SAME OLD SERIAL KILLER
Adrianne Lee, Lynda Sandoval, Nina Bruhns, and
Harlequin Intrigue Editor Kim Nadelson
Although editor’s ethereal wish for “the
same … only different” can drive
a writer crazy, these multi-published authors
– with the help of an editor – will
share how romantic suspense’s formula
of Love + Danger doesn’t have to equal
the same old book.
9-239 PUBLISHING – N/A
ALL ABOUT ROYALTIES
Ethan Ellenberg
Ethan Ellenberg has worked on contracts from
both sides, as a contract manager for a major
publisher, and now, as a literary agent. Come
with your questions about option clauses, subsidiary
rights, out-of-print definitions, payment schedules,
and other contract issues.
9-240 CRAFT – H/O
AND THE FUN GOES ON: HOW THE EDITORS AND AUTHORS
TALK ROMANTIC COMEDY
Holly Jacobs, Wanda Ottewell, and Kathryn Lye
Harlequin’s comedy line Flipside is heading
for its first anniversary and two Harlequin
editors and an author will discuss the editorial
vision for the future as well as some hints
for writing romantic comedies.
9-241 CRAFT – H/O
SO THEN WHAT HAPPENED?
Jill Marie Landis
RWA Honor Roll author Jill Marie Landis will
show you how to pick up the pace and write a
page turner.
9-242 CRAFT – N/A
DON’T SETTLE FOR SLOPPY SECONDS
Jacquie D’Alessandro
Join USA Today best-selling author Jacquie
D’Alessandro for her take on rounding
out your novel with memorable secondary characters,
as well as developing a secondary plot that
won’t overwhelm your story.
9-243 SPOTLIGHT – N/A
SPOTLIGHT ON MIRA
9-244 SPOTLIGHT – N/A
SPOTLIGHT ON TOR/FORGE
9-245 PUBLISHING – H/O
SO, YOU WANT TO GET PUBLISHED
Jayne Hoogenberk, and Jenny Bullough
Do you want some ideas or feedback on a character
you’re developing? Are you interested
in talking to other writers and their style
or are you interested in reading insightful,
how-to articles written by Harlequin/Silhouette
editors and the authors you most admire? Join
Community Manager Jayne Hoogenbeck and Learn
to Write Producer Jenny Bullough as they take
you on a guided tour or eHarlequin..com’s
aspiring and published author’s favorite
destinations and show you how they can help
you become a published author.
9-246 LIFE/MUSE – H/O
STAYING FOCUSED WHEN LIFE IS OUT OF FOCUS AROUND
YOU
Tara Taylor Quinn
9-247 CRAFT – H/O
KOD-SPONSORED WORKSHOP. AS I LIVE AND BREATHE
Meg Chittenden and Stella Cameron
Forget those flat heroes, dump those too-dumb-to-lie
heroines, and kill off stereotyped villains
once and for all when one multi-published Berkley
author and another best-selling NYT author teach
you to create “characters so real you
can almost hear them breathing.”
9-248 CAREER – H/O
REVEALED AT LAST! THE SECRET AND ACCOMPANYING
HANDSHAKE TO BECOMING A BEST-SELLING CONTEMPORARY
AUTHOR
Christie Ridgway and Elizabeth Bevarly
Two multi-published nationally number-one,
best-selling authors give you the skinny on
muscling in on the fat – and getting fatter
every day – contemporary market.
9-250 CRAFT – N/A
INTENSE AND TIGHT: PACING THE SHORT CONTEMPORARY
Jane Porter
Pacing defines the short contemporary novel.
RITA-nominated Harlequin author of 15 books
claims pacing is the easiest to fix, and in
this workshop, she will discuss pacing problems
and offer tips for solving pacing issues.
9-251 SPOTLIGHT – N/A
SPOTLIGHT ON AVON
9-252 THE WRITER’S LIFE – H/O
DON’T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB!
Debra Lee Brown, Melinda Curtis, and Susan Floyd
We all do it: harbor dreams of quitting our
jobs in the hopes writing can financially support
us. Don’t! In this lively workshop, three
category authors in different stages of their
careers discuss how to meld a writing career
with full-time jobs that pay the bills.
9-253 CRAFT – N/A
FROM BRA-BURNING TO BOMBSHELL
Terese Daly Ramin and Julie Barrett, Silhouette
Bombshell editor
The hero’s journey ain’t just about
the guys anymore. Now we’ve finally got
heroines as heroes. Fictional women kicking
ass, taking names and doing it with inimitable
feminine style. Here’s a little of the
history and how-to’s.
9-254 PUBLISHING – N/A
IS THERE A MARKET FOR MY E-BOOK?
Richard Curtis
Although e-books generate millions of dollars
in revenue annually, the royalties are still
modest and will continue to be until handheld
e-readers become commonplace. But technological
breakthroughs will soon revolutionize the publishing
industry. Will you be ready? What devices are
being developed? What are the economics for
authors? What does an e-book contract look like?
Are romances selling in e-book format? What
are traditional publishers doing about e-books?
Leading literary agent and e-book visionary
Richard Curtis tells all.
9-255 SPOTLIGHT – N/A
SPOTLIGHT ON RED DRESS INK
9-257 CRAFT – H/O
KOD SPONSORED WORKSHOP. KILLED ANYONE LATELY?
– MAKING MURDEROUS IDEAS MARKETABLE ROMANTIC
SUSPENSE
Gayle Wilson, Julie Miller, Mary Buckham, and
HQN Executive Editor Tracy Farrell
Three published authors and a Harlequin editor
present a workshop where you learn how to take
a marvelously murderous idea and turn it into
marketable romantic suspense, the kind that
readers want to read and editors want to buy.
9-258 CRAFT – H/O
USING SENSE-ATIONAL WRITING TO CREATE A REAL
FICTIONAL WORLD
Cheryl St. John
Multi-published NYT author covers using the
tone, word choices, and senses to place the
reader in the story and make them care about
the characters and the outcome. (Covers love
scenes as well.)
9-259 PUBLISHING – N/A
HOW TO MAKE A LIVING WRITING WOMEN’S
FICTION AND WHY THESE NOVELS REALLY MATTER
Natasha Kern
It seems daunting to sell a first novel at
all, but it is just as challenging to establish
and maintain a successful writing career. There
are numerous obstacles on this path. Since writing
women’s fiction is often a case of doing
what you love and the money follows, it is worthwhile
to consider why these novels are important to
the women who write them and the women who read
them. Natasha will talk about how you can write
from your heart and soul while supporting yourself
in pursuing the passion.
9-260 PUBLISHING – N/A
HOT TAMALES, CURANDERAS, AND LATIN LOVERS (OH
MY!): DEFINING AND DISCUSSING LATINA ROMANCE
Avon Editor Selina McLemore and Mary Castillo
Learn the qualities that make Latina romance
an exciting and up-and-coming trend. Plus, editor
Selina McLemore will share with perspective
authors what editors are looking for and how
to submit.
9-261 CAREER – H/O
SO, YOU WANT TO SIGN WITH AN AGENT BEFORE YOU
SELL
Anne DeStefano, Beth Cornelison, and Michelle
Grajkowski
Two Golden Heart winners and their agent, owner
of the Three Seas Literary Agency, discuss the
unpublished author/agent dynamic. What do you
bring to the table? This is always a business.
9-262 PUBLISHING – N/A
REINVENTING YOUR CAREER
Caroline Tolley, Steven Axelrod, and Jayne Ann
Krentz
Is your career stalled? Are you interesting
in changing gears with your writing? Join a
freelance editor, and agent, and best-selling
author Jayne Ann Krentz for a look into the
hows and whys of revamping your career.
9-263 CRAFT – H/O
MAKING A HERO TICK AND A READER SIGH
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Is your hero drab? Join New York Times best-selling
author Sherrilyn Kenyon (also known as Kinley
MacGregor) for a look inside your hero that
will have your readers clamoring for more.
9-264 CRAFT – H/O
IT HAD TO BE YOU: CASTING YOUR CHARACTERS
Virginia Kantra
What characters does your story need? How do
you create the chemistry between them? RITA
finalist and award-winning author Virginia Kantra
discusses how to use the requirements of different
roles to build a strong, appealing cast and
focus your story.
9-265 CRAFT – H/O
LENGTH DOES MATTER
Margaret Moore and Silhouette Associate Editor
Melissa Endich
"Word count" is a term romance writers
are very familiar with, but how does it actually
affect the writing and ending of a book? How
do authors decide what “length”
is right for them? An author and an editor will
address these and other aspects of writing to
a word count.
9-266 RESEARCH – H/O
WRITING NATIVE AMERICAN CHARACTERS –
DEBUNKING THE STEROTYPES
Judie Aitken
Berkley author and HOLT Medallion winner Julie
Aitken will discuss the locations, clothing,
societal practices, and ceremonies of many native
American tribes in both historical and contemporary
settings.
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