| 11-57 CHAT – Handout
WE DON’T NEED NO STINKIN’ RULES
Holly Jacobs and Susan Gable
Waldenbooks best-selling authors present an
inter-active workshop, full of author anecdotes
from various subgenres, that debunks the myth
that you must follow so-called “romance
writing rules” or never be published.
11-58 PUBLISHING – Handout
THE BIRTH OF A BOOK
Karen Harper, Miranda Stecyk and Sarah Rundle
Explore the various stages as a New York Times
best-selling author, her MIRA editor and a Harlequin
Enterprises marketing maven work together to
birth a book.
11-59 WRITERS LIFE/MUSE – Handout
BLOCK-BUSTING: GETTING THE JOY BACK
Laurie Schnebly Campbell
Every writer began writing from a love of telling
stories, but what happens when that joy starts
to fade? Counselor and “Best Special Edition”
author Laurie Schnebly Campbell
shows you tricks for breaking through writer’s
block and rediscovering what first drew you
into the craft.
11-61 SPOTLIGHT – no Handout
SPOTLIGHT ON DORCHESTER
11-62 PUBLISHING – Handout
ADVENTURES IN LOVE AND MURDER: PUTTING ROMANCE
INTO A MYSTERY, AND DO YOU REALLY WANT TO GO
THERE
Linda O. Johnston, Paige Wheeler and Linda Zimmerhanzel
The romance market keeps changing. Sometimes,
as a matter of selling survival, so do its writers!
Join Linda O. Johnston and Linda Zimmerhanzel
(writing as Laura Bradley and Jackie Chance)
and agent Paige Wheeler for a look at the similarities
and differences between these two popular genres.
11-63 CRAFT – no Handout
SECRETS OF THE BEST-SELLING SISTERHOOD
Susan Elizabeth Phillips and Jayne Ann Krentz
What do best-seller lists teach us? How can
we apply these “divine secrets”
to our own careers? Join two best-selling authors
for a challenging, stimulating, always fresh
discussion.
11-64 CRAFT – Handout
FRANKLY, MY DEAR, WE DO GIVE A DAMN!
Mary Alice Monroe, Mary Kay Andrews, Patti Callahan
Henry and Kimberley Whalen (agent)
Call it the Scarlett O’Hara conundrum,
but readers all over the world are fascinated
with Southern settings and stories. NY Times
best-selling authors and an agent to discuss
what makes Southern fiction so hot in today’s
market.
11-65 CAREER – Handout
SURVIVING THE SOPHOMORE SLUMP
Beth Pattillo
Selling the second book can sometimes be even
harder than making that first sale – but
there are steps you can take to maximize your
odds. Pattillo offers advice for examining and
furthering your career, from herself and other
authors, who have survived the sophomore slump.
11-66 CRAFT – Handout
PLOTTING THE EROTIC ROMANCE (HINT: IT’S
NOT PORN)
Shelley Bradley and Jaci Burton
Two multi-published authors and experienced
speakers present a frank, fun discussion on
how to write marketable erotic romance, explaining
its similarities to and differences from traditional
romance and why it’s not porn.
11-67 CRAFT – no Handout
ONE FROM COLUMN A, TWO FROM COLUMN B: CREATING
BELIEVABLE SECONDARY CHARACTERS
Melissa Singer and Anna Genoese
Join Senior Editor Melissa Ann Singer and Editor
Anna Genoese from Tor/Forge to learn how to
make your secondary characters the heroines
of their own stories. (It works for main characters
too!)
11-68 CRAFT – Handout
WRITING WITH MAGIC (FOR MUGGLES)
S.P. Sipal and Pamela Ahearn
Agent Pamela Ahearn and author S.P. Sipal will
analyze the craft and business aspects of J.K.
Rowling’s writing which have made her
Harry potter series such a spectacular success
and how these techniques can be incorporated
into romance fiction, whether contemporary,
historical, or paranormal.
11-69 CAREER – no Handout
TEN WAYS DATING HAS IMPROVED MY WRITING –
AND NO, IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK
Joan Johnston
Join this best-selling author as she shows
you how to travel the publishing jungle and
find success at the end of the road.
11-70 CAREER – Handout
SHOW ME THE MONEY!
Brenda Hiatt
The annual update of this ever-popular session
examines what the various publishers pay, on
average, for first and subsequent novels, including
advances, royalties and total earnouts. Award-winning
Hiatt will also address such issues as payout
schedules, the pros and cons of selling to traditional
and non-traditional markets, and how many books
it takes to leave the day job.
11-72 SPOTLIGHT – no Handout
SPOTLIGHT ON BANTAM DELL
11-73A CAREER – no Handout
RWA IDOL - Part 1 of 2
Irene Goodman, Lucia Macro and Miriam Kriss
Two pages of randomly selected manuscripts
will be read aloud, and the panel will give
their instant reactions, the same kind of reactions
they have when unsolicited manuscripts arrive
in their offices. This is your chance to see
how it really works.
11-73B CAREER – no Handout
RWA IDOL - Part 2 of 2
Irene Goodman, Lucia Macro and Miriam Kriss
Two pages of randomly selected manuscripts
will be read aloud, and the panel will give
their instant reactions, the same kind of reactions
they have when unsolicited manuscripts arrive
in their offices. This is your chance to see
how it really works.
11-75 CRAFT – Handout
SELF EDITING FOR SUCCESS
Laurie Brown
Author Laurie Brown will explain how to analyze
manuscripts from a different perspective and
identify weak areas. Using examples from movies,
books, television and humorous personal experiences,
she will also provide specific, practical tools
for improvement.
11-76 RESEARCH – Handout
TRAUMA 101
Cathryn J. Lyons, MD
Intimately explore the world of trauma from
initial injury, to pre-hospital assessment,
to what really goes on inside a Trauma Center’s
ER with pediatric emergency physician and award-winning
medical suspense author, Cathryn J. Lyons.
11-77 RESEARCH – Handout
REAL WOMEN KICK ASS
Lesley Mathews
Whether your heroine is defending herself,
or the hero is the one throwing the punches,
this workshop will demonstrate how to write
fight and attack scenes that are accurate, fast
paced and exciting.
11-78 CRAFT – Handout
MAKE IT LAST OR COME TOO SOON – HOW TO
WRITE SEXUAL TENSION
Linda Conrad
What would you do if an editor asked you to
“add sexual tension” to your manuscript?
Well, that’s what happened to multi-published
author Linda Conrad as she was about to sell
her first book to Silhouette Desire. Follow
along with Conrad as she took that journey of
discovery and learn the secrets you can apply
for yourself.
11-79A CRAFT – Handout
LAYERING COMPLEXITY, TEXTURE USING SUBPLOTS,
SECONDARY CHARACTERS AND VILLAINS PART 1 OF
2
Robin Perini
In this popular workshop, sought-after speaker
Robin Perini teaches practical techniques to
take maximum advantage of subplots, secondary
characters and villains to emphasize the theme,
up the emotional punch, and create a story with
heart and substance.
11-79B CRAFT – Handout
LAYERING COMPLEXITY, TEXTURE USING SUBPLOTS,
SECONDARY CHARACTERS AND VILLAINS PART 2 OF
2
Robin Perini
In this popular workshop, sought-after speaker
Robin Perini teaches practical techniques to
take maximum advantage of subplots, secondary
characters and villains to emphasize the theme,
up the emotional punch, and create a story with
heart and substance.
11-81 CAREER – no Handout
AUTHOR/AGENT: A MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN OR
HELL
Elizabeth Sinclair, Roberta Brown, Pattie Steele-Perkins
and Vicki Hinze
Two agents and two award-winning, best-selling
authors examine the stages in the author-agent
relationship: courtship, commitment, marriage,
and the ongoing relationship (and possible divorce.)
11-82 CRAFT – no Handout
SCREW THE MUSE, I’M ON DEADLINE
Susan Mallery
What do you do when you’re on deadline
and you’d rather have aliens give you
a root canal than write? Best-selling author
Susan Mallery tells how to write through anything.
11-83 SPOTLIGHT – no Handout
SPOTLIGHT ON POCKET
11-84 CRAFT – Handout
WRITING THE SWEET SERIES: NOT JUST YOUR GRANDMA’S
STORIES
Donna Wright and Erin Niumata
Author Donna Wright and Editorial Director
of Avalon Books, Erin Niumata, explain how to
write and sell a sweet romance series in this
world of spicier stories.
11-85 CAREER – no Handout
NETWORKING: SOWING THE SEEDS OF SUCCESS
Brenda Novak
To be a success in today’s tough market,
an author must know how to deal with people
in the business world. Best-selling, award-winner
Brenda Novak shares simple sales and marketing
techniques to help authors garner and keep attention
beyond the excitement of that first sale.
Continue
to page 4
Back to top |
