| "H/O" means there is an accompanying
handout. "N/A" means there is no accompanying
handout.
9-333 CAREER – N/A
BREAKING OUT IS WHAT TEENAGE SKIN DOES
Judith Arnold
A much loved author of 75 series romances and
five mainstream romances provides a zits-and-all
analysis of what moving from series to single
title entails.
9-334 EXTRA – N/A
THE TICKING TIME BOMB
Part 1 of 2
Hunt County Chief Deputy Robert J. White
What’s more exciting than a ticking time
bomb? The men and women trained to deal with
it. Retired ATF agent and instructor for the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center takes
you inside the investigations and into the lives
of those who face these dangers every day. (2
hours)
9-335 EXTRA – N/A
THE TICKING TIME BOMB
Part 2 of 2
Hunt County Chief Deputy Robert J. White
What’s more exciting than a ticking time
bomb? The men and women trained to deal with
it. Retired ATF agent and instructor for the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center takes
you inside the investigations and into the lives
of those who face these dangers every day. (2
hours)
9-336 SPOTLIGHT – N/A
SPOTLIGHT ON HQN
9-337 RESEARCH – N/A
UH-OH, THEY’RE DEAD OR MAULED MEN, DROWNED
DAMES AND CRISPY CRITTERS: YOU KILLED ‘EM.
NOW WHAT?
Jeanne P. Adams
To get your conflict right, someone’s
gotta die. Then what? Find out everything you
ever wanted to know about what happens to a
body after death and how you can use the legion
of minutiae to tri up, throw together, or drive
apart your characters.
9-338 RWA-PRO – N/A
FIFTEEN THINGS THAT MAKE EDITORS SCREAM
Barbara Dunlop, Colleen Collins, Harlequin Associate
Senior Editor Brenda Chin, and Harlequin Editor
Wanda Ottewell
This workshop takes a lighthearted look at
some of the mistakes aspiring, new, and even
established authors make when communicating
with editors.
9-339 CRAFT – N/A
COLORING OUTSIDE THE LINES
Sharon Sala
Do you need guidance in creating plots and
characters that are memorable and different?
RWA Honor Roll author Sharon Sala presents an
engaging workshop on those important topics.
9-340 CRAFT – H/O
THE SEVEN STAGES OF ROMANTIC GROWTH
Elizabeth Sinclair
This multi-published author teaches how to
identify the seven definite stages of romantic
growth and how to develop them to insure your
romance is natural and believable.
9-341 PUBLISHING – N/A
INSIDE THE EDITOR’S MIND
Leslie Wainger
9-342 PUBLISHING – N/A
MS. MANNERS GUIDE TO EDITOR & AGENT ETIQUETTE
Kathryn Lye, assistant editor at Harlequin;
Kim Whalen, agent with Trident Media Group;
authors Kathleen O’Reilly and Julie Kenner
Join this diverse group, who will explain how
to make a positive impression using proper etiquette
and good manners in a professional environment.
9-343 CRAFT – H/O
THE STORY BETWEEN THE SHEETS: WRITING THE UNSKIPPABLE
LOVE SCENES
Sabrina Jeffries
How do you make love scenes unique? How do
you use them to show character development and
to twist the plot? USA Today best-selling author
Sabrina Jeffries shows you how to make the love
scenes so integral to your plot and characters
that readers won’t skip over them.
9-344 CAREER – H/O
CONTESTS: HOW TO TAKE THEM, JUDGE THEM, USE
THEM
Sue Swift
A RITA finalist and self-proclaimed contest
‘ho explains it all – or at least,
explains all about contests for published and
unpublished writers.
9-345 CRAFT – H/O
SHOW AND TELL: AN INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
Shannon Donnelly
RITA finalist and award-winning author Shannon
Donnelly will present a hands-on workshop to
help writers determine when to show and when
to tell.
9-346 CRAFT – H/O
THE SLUSH-KILLING QUERY LETTER
Liz Maverick
A published author and successful slush-killer
breaks the query down into a template and provides
specific suggestions for each of the five paragraphs
– it’s rule breaker time.
9-347 PUBLISHING – H/O
THE GOLDEN NETWORK PRESENTS: GOLDEN HEART,
GOLDEN CONTRACT!
Virginia Farmer and Dorchester Editor Christopher
Keeslar
Join this author/editor combination for the
exciting buying process of her Golden Heart
manuscript.
9-349 PUBLISHING – H/O
THE CHANGING FACE OF CHICK LIT
Cathy Yardley
Join Red Dress Ink author Cathy Yardley to
find out where you fit in chick lit’s
rapidly evolving landscape and who’s buying
what you write.
9-350 CAREER – H/O
BOTH SIDES OF THE BOOKSHELF
Nancy Berland and Linda Keller
A professional author publicist and a romance
friendly chain bookseller explain what each
of them does in the months prior to a book’s
release, and as it hits the shelves, in order
to maximize sales.
9-351 CRAFT – H/O
EMOTIONAL AND SEXUAL TENSION – MAKE THEY
WANT, MAKE THEM WAIT
Leanne Banks
RITA finalist and USA Today best-selling author
Leanne Banks will discuss the irrevocably entwined
emotional and sexual aspects of romances and
show how to jump up the tension in your story.
9-352 CAREER – H/O
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT, WANNA SEE THE T-SHIRTS?
Joan Hohl, Kasey Michaels
Two RWA Honor Roll, self-proclaimed “old
warhorses” agree to answer any question
about what they’ve learned in a combined
140 books and 50-plus years in the business.
9-353 RWA-PRO – N/A
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING
… A WRITING CAREER
Pattie Steele-Parkins, Deidre Knight, and Pamela
Harty
Join three successful literary agents in a
guide to reality in the publishing world, including
the first contract, advance, and royalty statement,
and a discussion of slow, steady growth versus
the Ripa Effect. There’s no business like
the publishing business.
9-354 CAREER – N/A
CAREER BUILDING: SECRET STRATEGIES TO SUCCESS
Roxanne Rustand, Monique Patterson, Cindy Gerard,
and Kylie Brant
Whether you are a seasoned author or still
hoping to make it a first sale, join this respected
editor and these highly successful authors as
they share their experiences, advice, and encouragement
with those who want to jumpstart their careers.
9-355 CRAFT – N/A
POW! SMACK! BUILDING GREAT ACTION AND ROMANCE
Carla Neggers
RWA Honor Roll author will present valuable
information on writing great action and romance
without sacrificing one or the other.
9-357 RESEARCH – H/O
NAME THAT STAIN: DNA ANALYSIS FOR WRITERS
Dr. Jessica Andersen
Who fathered the secret baby? Was your hero
at the scene of the crime and can you prove
it? This interactive, hands-on workshop by a
molecular geneticist and multi-published author
will provide a solid understanding of the genetics
and technology used in modern investigation,
court cases, and paternity testing.
9-358 CRAFT – H/O
SHE SAT, HE STOOD: WHAT YOUR CHARACTERS DO
WHILE THEY’RE TALKING
Ginger Hanson
Utilizing her background in acting, author
Ginger Hanson will present a five-step program
that will instruct writers on how to use setting,
props, and body language to enhance dialogue.
9-359 CAREER – N/A
FROM WRITER TO AUTHOR – AN AGENT-AUTHOR
JOURNEY
Annie Solomon and Pam Ahearn
A newly-published author and her experienced
agent explore the relationship between agent
and author, how they found each other, the journey
they took to create a selling manuscript, the
working process, and the obligations of each.
9-360 CRAFT – H/O
TWELVE EASY STEPS TO BREAKING IN
Suzanne McMinn
9-361 CRAFT – H/O
HOW TO REVISE
Sylvie Kurtz
Learn how to polish your manuscript without
going sour on the story form this multi-published
Harlequin Intrigue author.
9-362 PUBLISHING – H/O
INNOVATIVE GENRES IN INSPIRATIONAL FICTION
Joan Marlow Golan, Krista Stroever, Allie Plelter,
Colleen Coble, and Judy Baer
Panel Discussion
9-363
SATURDAY KEYNOTE ADDRESS
BARBARA SAMUEL
Boundaries – Barbara Samuel can play
them or break them, depending on the type of
boundary in question.
She ambles past all posted conventional boundaries
when it comes to the content of her books. Would
you classify them as romances? Do they fit better
in women’s fiction? Are they mainstream
hardcovers? What about the 16 Silhouette Special
Editions? Call them what you will. Samuel considers
them to be the “books of her heart,”
and lets others dwell on boundaries.
Boundaries for her characters, on the other
hand, all too often create the conflict and
emotion that endear Samuel novels to her thousands
of readers. Whether it is a woman being forced
out of what she’s always known or a man
returning home … friends breaking old
patterns or lovers settling into something warm
and comfortable, Samuel invents real characters
and then pushed them or pulls them around the
boundaries to which they either cling or try
so hard to avoid. It’s a dynamic, to which
readers can relate – and also that they
cannot resist.
As it happens, Samuel is also irresistible
to contest judges. In her 15 years of writing,
Samuel has been nominated six times to RWA’s
RITA award – winning the honor twice.
She has also won distinction inside and outside
the publishing community for introducing relevant
and troubling issues – such as domestic
violence – in her books, and creating
characters who cope in a healthy way.
Hear this award-winning USA Today best-selling
author as she shares the true rewards of doing
what she does at Saturday’s RWA Awards
Luncheon.
9-364
SPECIAL KEYNOTE ADDRESS
KATE WHITE
9-365 RESEARCH – N/A
LUNA FANTASY VS. PARANORMAL
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