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10-1A & 1B & 1C & 1D – N/A
PRO RETREAT - 4 PARTS
10-4 CRAFT – H/O
VILLAINS REVEALED: CREATING CHARACTERS THAT
RESONATE WITH READERS
Tami Cowden
Avalon debut author Tami Cowden will use examples
from movies and books to describe the characteristics
of the 16 literary villain archetypes, and discuss
how to use these archetypes to create original
antagonists whom readers love to hate.
10-5A & 5B CRAFT – N/A
FROM ONCE UPON A TIME TO HAPPILY EVER AFTER
- 2 PARTS
Dee Davis
Join award-winning author Dee Davis in a journey
from story beginning to story end with a little
road building along the way; brick by brick,
learn techniques that will help create a winning
plot from first word to last.
10-7 RESEARCH – H/Ot
SWORDS AND SWORDSMEN THROUGH THE AGES
Mike Rettinhouse, Wayne Fisher, & Rose Kahn
Does your hero favor a saber or a foil? Which
would be more appropriate for a duel? Hand-to-hand
combat? Does your heroine know how to use a
rapier? Swordsmaster Mike Rettinhouse and Wayne
Fisher will provide an overview of swords and
swordsmen from Rome to 1800.
10-8 RESEARCH – H/O
THE REGENCY JOY OF SEX (DRUGS AND GAMING HALLS)
Cara King
What did a Regency lady know of sex, drugs,
and gaming halls, and more importantly, where
could she learn more? Regency author Cara King
will provide sources that a Regency woman actually
would have had to investigate such scandalous
topics, as well as offer research techniques
to uncovering more on such taboos.
10-9 WRITER’S LIFE – N/A
THE SUPERHERO’S GUIDE TO WRITING ROMANCE
Elizabeth Boyle
A former pirate hunter for Bill Gates, USA
Today best seller Elizabeth Boyle discusses
the heroic attributes of our favorite superheroes
and how they apply daily to the writer’s
life.
10-10 WRITER’S LIFE – H/O
THE BUTTERLY EFFECT
Mia Zachary
With small changes to your attitude and confidence,
your writing habits and problem solving techniques,
your efforts are filled with potential? Award-winning
Mia Zachary addresses the symptoms and solutions
for writer’s block.
10-11 PUBLISHING – H/O
MORE THAN MARTINIS AND MANOLOS: WRITING CHICK-LIT
THAT SELLS
Alesia Holliday, Beth Kendrick, Steve Axelrod,
& Amy Pierpont
Learn what’s really selling in the hot
chick-lit market from a top agent, editor, and
two authors.
10-12 CRAFT – H/O
IT’S NOT JUST SEX – AN INSIDER’S
LOOK AT EROTIC ROMANCE
Jaci Burton, Cricket Starr, & Mardi Ballou
Three award-winning, multi-published authors
from Ellora’s Cave share their thoughts
on what makes good erotic romance, the kind
of romance that pushes reader’s sexual
buttons and leaves them feeling satisfied at
the end.
10-13 CRAFT – H/O
LEARN TO REWRITE: FINISHING THE MANUSCRIPT
IS JUST THE BEGINNING
Anna DeStefano & Joanna Raisanen
If your goal is to deliver the best story you
can, each and every time, be prepared to embrace
the idea of working with an editorial team.
And whether you’re published or still
trying to get your foot in the door, be ready
to dig deeper than your first draft. Join best-selling,
award-winning Superromance author Anna DeStefano
and Harlequin editor Johanna Raisanen as they
discuss how the editorial revision process can
enrich your writing projects.
10-14 RESEARCH – H/O
10-4 AND OTHER PHRASES NEVER TO USE: FIREFIGHTER
AND EMS SPEAK
Cathleen Cody, aka Arianna Hart
Think your firefighter hero signs off with
“10-4”? Think again! Author Cathleen
Cody will provide common terms and information
to use when writing firefighter and emergency
medical technician characters, as well as tips
on how to make them more believable.
10-15A & 15B CRAFT – H/O
DISCOVERING STORY MAGIC - 2 PARTS
Robin Perini
Robin Perini will introduce writers to a tried-and-true
three-step technique (character grid, turning
points and story board) for developing characters
and braiding character and conflict with plot
to create a story they can’t refuse.
10-17 CAREER – H/O
DANCING IN HIGH HEELS
Jennifer O’Connell, Shanna Swendson, Ally
Carter, & Kristin Nelson
Three chick-lit authors and agent explore how
to tackle the challenges of getting published
and standing out in this increasingly crowded
market. This practical and proactive approach
includes choosing your agent, fostering a relationship
with your editor, and on-going career management.
10-18 CRAFT – H/O
STRUCTURE OF A BEST-SELLING NOVEL
Roxanne Richardson
This workshop will provide participants with
tools for studying novel structure that they
can use to understand the market or line they
wish to write for, analyze structural problems
with their own manuscripts, and become better
critique partners.
10-19 CRAFT – H/O
SERIES AND SEQUELS
Rita Herron
Award-winning author covers the gamut: the
conception of an idea for a series/sequel (what
makes it work, what doesn’t), the difference
between series and sequels, writing for in-house
generated multi-author series, advantages and
disadvantages of writing series/sequels, career
building through a series, and how to create
a Bible for your series.
10-20 CRAFT – H/O
PEOPLE WILL TALK: WRITING SNAPPY DIALOGUE
Sabrina Jeffries
Best-selling author shows how to write snappier,
fresher dialogue by honing the purpose of specific
bits of dialogue, determining when dialogue
is better than narrative, making dialogue surprise
and intrigue the reader, and imbuing dialogue
with character.
10-21 CRAFT – H/O
WHAT NOT TO WRITE: THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK APPROACH
TO WRITING A COMPELLING STORY
Samantha Saxon
Examine five methods used by Hitchcock and how
those methods can be applied to the romance
genre to create a tighter, more compelling novel.
10-22 CRAFT – H/O
WHAT IS EMOTION?
Suzanne McMinn
Suzanne McMinn shows how to identify the right
emotion for your character at the right time,
and then offers concrete strategies for weaving
that emotion through your work.
10-23 CAREER – N/A
LIFE INSURANCE: WRITING FOR MORE THAN ONE PUBLISHER
Dianne Castell, Lucy Monroe, Roberta Brown,
& Kate Duffy
Award-winning, list-making authors, who, combined,
write for over 10 houses, join up with agent
Roberta Brown and Kensington editor Kate Duffy.
With publishing house changes, shifting editorial
staff, and changing focus, writing for more
than one house is basic survival for authors.
10-24 CRAFT – H/O
WHEN A MAN MEETS A WOMAN
K.N. Casper
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.
10-25 RESEARCH – H/O
MY INTERNET IS BIGGER THAN YOUR INTERNET
Janet Spaeth and Kacie Jossart
A university reference/research librarian and
a university English teacher discuss the great
myths of research. “Everything is on the
Internet” and its corollary: “If
it’s on the Internet, it must be true”
and advise researchers of what they can expect
to find – and not to find – on the
Internet, and how to fill in the gaps.
10-26 WRITER’S LIFE – H/O
PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIPS: MAXIMIZING THE CRITIQUE
RELATIONSHIP
Joanne Rock & Catherine Mann
Seven years of critiquing experience have landed
Rock and Mann over 40 sales combined, two GH
nominations and a GH win, four RITA nominations
and a RITA win. They offer a firsthand perspective
on creating a partnership to propel the work
– and the career – forward.
10-27 CAREER – N/A
CRASHING ONTO THE SCENE OF A CHICK-LIT THRILLER
Debra Webb
Debra Webb, whose first book came out in March
1999, and who has since contracted 50 books,
tells how to take your romantic, suspense career
to a new level of feminine empowerment.
10-28 RESEARCH – H/O
POISON 101
Valerie Robertson
They say poison is a “woman’s weapon.”
Why? Which poisons are the best to use? How
do you get them? Valerie Robertson will take
you through the ins and outs of poisons, and
give you all you need to know about the classic
woman’s weapon.
10-29 WRITER’S LIFE – H/O
WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW AND OTHER MISCONCEPTIONS
Lillian Darcy
“Write what you love to read.”
“Never give up.” “Do/Don’t
quit your day job.” Lillian Darcy, author
of over 60 novels and a past double RITA finalist,
explores these and other oft-quoted bits of
advice to help both published and aspiring authors
understand who we are as writers.
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