| "H/O" means there is an accompanying
handout. "N/A" means there is no accompanying
handout.
10-115 PUBLISHING – N/A
BLAZE – NOT THE SAME OLD SEXY ROMANCE
Brenda Chin and Kathryn Lye
Join the Harlequin Blaze editors to discuss
the current line and upcoming changes.
10-117 PUBLISHING – N/A
VAMPIRES, GHOSTS, GHOULIES … OR NOT?
Heather Graham
Best-selling author Heather Graham will discuss
the appeal of paranormal vs. “straight”
romantic suspense in today’s romance market.
10-119 CRAFT – H/O
SPILLING THE BEANS: SECRETS, LIES, AND BACK
STORY
Lynn Kerstan
Award-winning author Lynn Kerstan shares techniques
for revealing secrets, lies, and back story
for maximum impact.
10-120 RESEARCH – H/O
ROMANCING ROMANCE: USING SECRETS FROM THE PAST
TO CREATE POWERFUL LOVE STORIES
Cheryl Sawyer & Kristin Nelson
The romantic novel has a glorious history that
goes back hundreds of years, but many of its
secrets and traditions lie hidden. NAL author
Cheryl Sawyer is joined by her agent Kristen
Nelson to offer a step-by-step journey along
the timeline of romance to discover new lessons
from the past to enhance your romance and turn
it into a must-read.
10-121 CAREER – H/O
CHANGING PARTNERS
Laura Shin and Debra Salonen
Superromance senior editor Laura Shin and multi-published
author Debra Salonen look at the “dance”
between author and editor and offer suggestions
to help facilitate a smooth transition and establish
a strong working relationship when authors find
themselves working with someone new.
10-122 PUBLISHING – N/A
WHAT EDITORS DON’T WANT TO SEE
Krista Stroever and Abby Zidle
Join editors from Harlequin/Silhouette as they
reveal the common clichés, plot mistakes,
and character errors that they see and how to
correct them in your proposal before you send
it in!
10-123 SPOTLIGHT – N/A
SPOTLIGHT ON WARNER
10-124 LUNCHEON SPEAKER
SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS
10-125 CRAFT – N/A
HE SAID, SHE SAID, THEY WROTE: COLLABORATING
WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX
Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer
What happens when a perfectly nice romance
writer agrees to write a book with a grim, paranoid
action/adventure author? She learns the difference
between a Glock and an MP5, and he learns there’s
more to shoes than matching the belt. Join Jenny
Crusie and Bob Mayer as they explain the process
(email), pros (great book in six months), cons
(urge to drive 600 miles to beat writing partner
senseless with keyboard), and compromises (okay,
the gator can eat somebody but no thrashing
and screaming) of collaborating with an alien
gender.
10-126 CRAFT – H/O
THIS SCENE ISN’T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH
OF US: RECOGNIZING AND AVOIDING AUTHOR INTRUSION
Sherry Lewis
This interactive workshop will help participants
identify the many incarnations of author intrusion.
Participants will learn how to recognize author
intrusion in both narrative and dialogue, and
will also learn techniques for removing it from
their manuscripts.
10-127 CRAFT – H/O
NO PLOTTERS ALLOWED
Allison Brennan and Patti Berg
This workshop is about guidelines for people
who don’t plot – not because they
can’t or don’t want to, but because
it’s just the way they are. Join Patty
Berg and Allison Brennan as they share techniques
to try when you get stuck.
10-128A & 128B RESEARCH – H/O
UNDRESSING YOUR HEROINE: CORSETS AND BEYOND
- 2 PARTS
Tonda Fuller
Know the difference between stays and corsets?
How about pocket hoops and patalettes? PRO member,
Regency author, and historical re-enactor Tonda
Fuller will provide an in-depth and hands-on
look at historical undergarments from the Tudor
to Victorian periods, complete with live models
in historically accurate examples.
10-130 CRAFT – H/O
IT’S LIKE, TOTALLY ABOUT YA, DUDE!
Niki Burnham, Alesia Holliday, & Lynda Sandoval
Participants will learn whether they have what
it takes to write for the YA market and how
to do it. RITA award-winning author Niki Burnham
and authors Alesia Holliday and Lynda Sandoval
will share information on the exploding market
for YA novels and movies – which houses
are seeking what – and how YA can range
from sweet to “chick-lit lite.”
10-131 SPOTLIGHT – N/A
SPOTLIGHT ON RED DRESS INK & HQN
10-132 WRITER’S LIFE – H/O
THE WRITER’S MIND-BODY CONNECTION
Kara Lennox
No doubt about it – writing impacts your
body. Best-selling author Kara Lennox tells
how what you do for your body – food,
sleep, exercise – can affect how you think,
how you create, and how you feel about what
you’ve created.
10-133 CRAFT – H/O
THE HEALING POWER OF LOVE
Mary Balogh
Join award-winning author Mary Balogh as she
discusses writing with passion and going beyond
sex and romance and falling in love to the very
heart of love itself.
10-134 PUBLISHING – N/A
LUNA AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARANORMAL
ROMANCES AT HARLEQUIN
Mary-Theresa Hussey & Leslie Wainger
An update on the Harlequin imprint for paranormal
romances from Mary-Theresa Hussey, the editor
in charge of the line and Leslie Wainger, executive
editor, Harlequin Enterprises.
10-135 SPOTLIGHT – N/A
SPOTLIGHT ON DORCHESTER
10-136 CAREER – N/A
BAM! HOW TO KICK YOUR CAREER UP A NOTCH!
Debbie Macomber, Roxanne St. Claire, and Brenda
Chin
Debbie Macomber, a RITA-winning author whose
works appear on the big threel lists, Roxanne
St. Claire (best-selling author and former PR/marketing
specialist) and Brenda Novak (a multi-published
and award-winning author) get together to give
you a recipe for success. Turn your career from
lackluster to blockbuster.
10-137 CRAFT – H/O
HOW YOUR CHARACTER CAN SIN AND GET AWAY WITH
IT: MOTIVATION, REGRET, AND REDEMPTION
Leanne Banks and Cindy Gerard
USA Today best-selling author Leanne Banks
and RITA-winning Cindy Gerard discuss how characters
can do wrong and still be sympathetic. Banks
and Gerard show how to analyze the steps taken
by top-selling authors who have gotten away
with characters who have sinned. Workshop notes
will be included and participation will be rewarded
with prizes from the speakers.
10-138 PUBLISHING – H/O
WHAT’S NEXT?
Jennifer Archer, Lisa Childs, Nancy Robards
Thompson, Mary Schramski, and Tara Gavin
Join Harlequin/Silhouette NEXT editor Tara
Gavin and four authors to learn what components
make fascinating NEXT novels.
10-139 CAREER – H/O
CATEGORY VS. SINGLE TITLE
Vickie Taylor, Jenna Mills, & Linda Castillo
RITA finalists, category and single title authors,
Vickie Taylor and Linda Castillo, along with
category and single-title author Jenna Mills,
share points to consider when deciding whether
to move from category to single title.
10-140 SPOTLIGHT – N/A
SPOTLIGHT ON MIRA
10-141 CRAFT – H/O
HEROES TO DIE FOR
Julia Ross
A great hero is the heart of every romance.
What makes him truly compelling? Winner of many
awards, including the RITA, Romantic Times Best
Historical Romance of the Year, and two Colorado
Book Awards, Julia Ross will explain the secret
and not-so-secret characteristics of a hero
readers will never forget.
10-142 CAREER – H/O
MARKETING IS NOT A FOUR-LETTER WORD
Wendy Blythe Gifford
With the help of a 30-year veteran of the consumer
marketing wars and romance author, you’ll
gain insights you can use to take charge of
your own career. First, we’ll decide the
marketing mumbo-jumbo and show how it applies
to the publishing industry. Then you’ll
develop your own “10 minute marketing
strategy.” This workshop is not about
whether to use bookmarks or reader contests,
but about what message to send, no matter how
you communicate.
10-143 CRAFT – N/A
TEN TIPS FOR WRITING A ROMANCE THAT WORKS!
Leslie Wainger
Join H/S editor and the author of Romance Writing
for Dummies Leslie Wainger for an informative
discussion about what every romance writer needs
to know to succeed.
10-144 SPOTLIGHT – N/A
SPOTLIGHT ON ST. MARTINS PRESS
10-145 SPOTLIGHT – N/A
SPOTLIGHT ON RED SAGE PUBLISHERS
10-146 CRAFT – N/A
HOW TO WRITE TWO OR MORE BOOKS A YEAR IN DIFFERENT
GENRES
Jodi Thomas
Best-selling author Jodi Thomas will guide
writers through the always busy and confusing
world of different types of romances for different
publishers at the same time.
10-147 CRAFT – H/O
THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT: PACING THE
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
Lisa Childs, Delores Fossen, Mallory Kane, and
Allison Lyons
In the workshop, three Harlequin Intrigue authors
and an editor who acquires for the line will
present a general overview of what pacing is
and how it’s used in romantic suspense.
This will include how to use pacing to hook
the reader, how to pace to prevent sagging middles,
and how pacing can make or break that life-or-death
ending.
10-148 CAREER – H/O
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY: YOUR CAREER BUSIONESS
PLAN IN ACTION
Cherry Adair
USA Today best-selling author Cherry Adair
knows specifically and precisely what her career
goals are. She put them in action in the late
1990’s and ended up selling her first
single-title to Ballantine, and the rest is
history. Using her career as an example, Adair
will walk attendees through the process to decide
what’s important to them, what financial
goals they have, and reasonable, realistic deadlines
for achieving those goals.
10-149 SPOTLIGHT – N/A
SPOTLIGHT ON BERKLEY/JOVE
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