11-116 SPOTLIGHT – no Handout
SPOTLIGHT ON AVON
11-117 SPOTLIGHT – no Handout
SPOTLIGHT ON LUNA AND OTHER PARANORMALS
11-118 SPECIAL LUNCHEON SPEAKER
Saturday July 29, 2006 - CHRISTINA DODD
11-119 CRAFT – Handout
SCENTS AND SENSIBILITY
Ann Christopher and Eve Silver
Award-winning authors Eve Silver and Ann Christopher
show how to subtly and powerfully infuse your
writing with sense perceptions, as well as demonstrating
the differences between how men and women perceive
setting.
11-120 WRITERS LIFE/MUSE – Handout
FINDING TIME: THE HABIT OF WRITING DAILY
Kim Louise
Ever hear the phrase time is not found, it’s
made? Are you willing to commit to a 21-day
program that could change your writing production
for the better? If so, let award-winning and
national best-selling author Kim Louise show
you concrete strategies to create time to write
daily to best achieve your writing goals.
11-121 PUBLISHING – no Handout
FOCUS ON SILHOUETTE INTIMATE MOMENTS: BACK
TO THE FUTURE – WITH A TWIST
Nina Bruhns, Patience Smith, Linda Conrad
Find out from Intimate Moments Senior Editor
Patience Smith what she is looking for in a
proposal, and from two IM authors who have succeeded
in nailing down the essence of IM in their books,
how to capture that elusive mainstream-category,
larger-than-life Intimate Moments feel.
11-122 RESEARCH – Handout
FACT OR FICTION: GETTING IT RIGHT AT THE GOVERNMENT
Susan Egan
Discover the inner workings of Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE) which is part
of the recently formed Department of Homeland
Security. Topics will include human trafficking,
prostitution, alien smuggling, sexual predators,
and criminal aliens.
11-123 CAREER – Handout
MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR MARKETING DOLLARS:
THE AUTHOR, PUBLICIST, & PUBLSHING COMPANY
RELATIONSHIP
Janice Lynn, JoAnn Powers and Brianna Yamashita
From sale to publication via the perspective
of a publicist, a publishing house, and the
2005 American Title-winning author. Hear what
this author did right promotion-wise and what
she would (or should!) do differently if she
could.
11-124 CRAFT – Handout
START TALKING: CREATING UNFORGETTABLE DIALOGUE
Leslie Kelly, Julie Elizabeth Leto, and Brenda
Chin
Award-winning authors and multiple RITA finalists
Leslie Kelly and Julie Elizabeth Leto join Harlequin
editor Brenda Chin for a discussion on writing
strong, sparkling dialogue. The hands-on workshop
utilizes screenwriting/acting techniques to
illustrate how dialogue can be used to further
story, develop character, and keep your readers
turning those pages.
11-125 PUBLISHING – Handout
WHAT HISTORICAL SLUMP?
Shana Galen, May Chen, Robyn DeHart, Shirley
Karr, Kimberly Logan, Margo Maguire and Anne
Mallory
Six successful debut Avon authors and an Avon
Editor discuss the historical market, including
how to break in and stay in.
11-126A SPECIAL – no Handout
FROM IDENTITY TO ESSENCE: LOVE STORIES AND
TRANSFORMATION Part 1 of 2
Michael Hauge
Hollywood script consultant Michael Hauge,
author of Writing Screenplays That Sell and
the soon-to-be published Sell Your Story in
60 Seconds: The Guaranteed Way to Get Your Screenplay
or Manuscript Read, shows why love stories are
a writer’s most powerful vehicle for developing
character arc. He’ll reveal why love triangles
strengthen your underlying themes, how the rules
of romantic comedies can be applied to romance
novels, and how understanding your protagonists’
wounds, emotional fears, and protective identifies
will lead to richer, more powerful love stories.
11-126B SPECIAL – no Handout
FROM IDENTITY TO ESSENCE: LOVE STORIES AND
TRANSFORMATION Part 2 of 2
Michael Hauge
Hollywood script consultant Michael Hauge,
author of Writing Screenplays That Sell and
the soon-to-be published Sell Your Story in
60 Seconds: The Guaranteed Way to Get Your Screenplay
or Manuscript Read, shows why love stories are
a writer’s most powerful vehicle for developing
character arc. He’ll reveal why love triangles
strengthen your underlying themes, how the rules
of romantic comedies can be applied to romance
novels, and how understanding your protagonists’
wounds, emotional fears, and protective identifies
will lead to richer, more powerful love stories.
11-128 CRAFT – Handout
I DO, I DO? CHALLENGING COUPLES IN LOVE
Laurie Schnebly Campbell
Author and marriage counselor Laurie Schnebly
Campbell leads a hands-on workshop about creating
believable and touch conflict between “every
day” likable heroines and heroes. Starting
with the seven most common conflicts identified
by therapists, this discussion includes information
on danger signals, escalation and resolution.
11-129 CRAFT – Handout
OUTLINING PLOT AND NARRATIVE STRUCTURE
Bob Mayer
Before you begin writing your book, you should
spend some time outlining and developing your
story. From the exciting opening that grabs
the reader through the escalating conflict to
the climactic scene and ending with the resolution
– the entire narrative structure of the
novel will be covered with emphasis on hooks,
the remote control effect, building suspense,
and having satisfying endings.
11-130 SPOTLIGHT – no Handout
SPOTLIGHT ON TOR
11-131 CRAFT – no Handout
TEENS AND TWEENS
Nadia Cornier and Simon Elkeles
In this workshop we’ll talk about “who’s
buying what,” types of sensuality, YA
project taboos, and the difference in voice
and dialogue for those currently writing for
adults. And, most importantly, we’ll talk
about what you can do to break into this hot
market.
11-132 CRAFT – Handout
PLOTTING OR PANTSING
Sherilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love Snell and Kim Daniels
End the tireless debate behind which one is
correct and find out the nuts and bolts behind
your own personal methods of madness. Find out
the reason you’re either or a little bit
of both with tips to help you understand how
you work and why.
11-133 PUBLISHING – Handout
NOT A VIRGIN, NO SECRET BABY, NOT LOOKING FOR
A HERO: MEET THE REAL WOMEN OF WOMEN’S
FICTION
Tara Gavin, Jennifer Archer, Nancy Robards Thompson
and Lisa Childs
Three Harlequin NEXT authors and a NEXT editor
discuss Women’s Fiction themes and variations,
contrasting the heroines of Women’s Fiction
with the traditional Romance heroines and explaining
the differences in their goals, motivations,
and conflicts.
11-134 RESEARCH – Handout
GOOGLE THIS! TIPS AND TRICKS FOR WRITERS
Virginia Kelly
Author and library scientist Virginia Kelly
will demonstrate the interesting, useful and
cool things that hide behind Google’s
seemingly simple interface.
11-135 PUBLISHING – no Handout
BREAKING IN (WITHOUT THE NERVOUS BREAKOWN)
Hilary Sares and Sulay Hernandez
How to write a cover letter that really works
. . . and one hundred other great ways to impress
an editor and make that first sale happen.
11-136 CRAFT – Handout
WRITING ON THE EDGE
Jennifer St. Giles and Rita Herron
Rita Herron and Jennifer St. Giles, each a
multi-award winner, show how to put tension
in your book and keep it there. They will address
techniques for Historical/Gothic, Romantic Suspense,
Comedy, and Paranormal.
11-137 CRAFT – Handout
PILLOW TALK: HOW TO AVOID MAKING BEDROOM BANTER
SOUND LIKE AN “ADULT” MOVIE
Heather Osborn, Sylvia Day, Cathryn Fox, Cheyenne
McCray, and Delilah Devlin
Banter between characters heightens sexual
tension and creates a mood of anticipation and
awareness. How do you write banter in erotic
romance that is appropriate for the sensuality
of your story without crossing the line? In
this thought-provoking workshop, Ellora’s
Cave Senior Editor Heather Osborn and authors
Sylvia Day, Cathryn Fox, Cheyenne McCray, and
Delilah Devlin show you where the lines are
. . . and aren’t.
11-138 SPOTLIGHT – no Handout
SPOTLIGHT ON AVALON
11-139 SPOTLIGHT – no Handout
SPOTLIGHT ON NAL
11-140 PUBLISHING – no Handout
WHAT EDITORS WORRY ABOUT AND WHY IT’S
NOT THE SIZE OF YOUR MARGINS!
Lucio Macro, Sephanie Laurens and Victoria Alexander
Avon editor Lucia Macro and award-winning authors
Stephanie Laurens and Victoria Alexander answer
the question, “What do editors really
want?”
11-141 CRAFT – Handout
DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN: WRITING NOVELS IN
A SERIES
Eloisa James
New York Times best-selling author Eloisa James
explains how to hook readers, drive sales, and
build a reader community by designing related,
interwoven plots. She’ll talk about designing
multiple books, pitching a series to editors,
and creating that all-important reader excitement
that drives the sales momentum of each book
upward.
11-142 PUBLISHING – no Handout
THE A-TEAM
Jenna Peterson, Miriam Kriss and May Chen
How a writer, an agent and an editor work together
to get a new author’s work onto a bookshelf
near you.
11-143 CAREER – Handout
TO TARGET OR NOT TO TARGET – THAT IS
THE QUESTION
Madelyn Hill
What is meant by targeting your manuscript?
How do you do it? Doesn’t it interfere
with the creative process? Madelyn Hill examines
the pros and cons and shares the targeting techniques
that earned her four sales in one year.
11-144 CAREER – Handout
YOU, NEW AND IMPROVED: BUILDING A BRAND
Stephanie Bond
What is a brand? Should you have one? How do
you get one? Do you brand yourself, your characters
or who? Best-selling author and RITA winner
Stephanie Bond will walk participants through
these and other questions, including the issues
of expenses, publicists, and how to get your
editor and agent on board.
11-145 PUBLISHING – no Handout
YES THEY ARE DIFFERENT! CRACKING THE ROMANTIC
SUSPENSE CODE AT HARLEQUIN/SILHOUETTE/ MIRA/HQN
Nina Bruhns, Jessica Alvareq, Cynthia Cooke
and Michele Hauf
This workshop will share the inside scoop of
all the specific Harlequin and Silhouette romantic
suspense needs, for all their lines and imprints.
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