12-26 SPOTLIGHT – no Handout
SPOTLIGHT ON HARLEQUIN – MIRA/HQN/RDI/LUNA/SPICE
12-28 CAREER – No Handout
YOU, THE AUTHOR’S MANUAL: AN INSIDER’S GUIDE TO THE AUTHOR/AGENT RELATIONSHIP
Julia London, Kathleen O’Reilly, and Kimberly Whalen
A panel consisting of a best-selling author, an award-winning author, and an agent talk about building and maintaining an author-agent relationship for a long-term career.
12-29 CAREER – Handout
CONTRACTS AND ROYALTIES
Tina Tsallas
Love to write but confused by the business side of publishing? A literary agent from Great Titles, Inc., helps answer questions about contracts and royalties.
12-30 CRAFT – Handout
GETTING STARTED: BOOKS AND BEGINNINGS
Jo Beverley
Having trouble with the opening of your book? Join a best-selling author and five-time RITA winner for tips on getting started.
12-31 CRAFT – Handout
MASTERING POINT OF VIEW
Lynn Kerstan
A RITA winner/college professor presents a no-nonsense guide to what you really need to know about POV.
12-32 CRAFT – Handout
NO PLOTTERS ALLOWED
Allison Brennan
A best-selling author provides solutions to writer’s block for those who can’t, won’t, or don’t plot.
12-33 CRAFT – Handout
WRITING THE HOT HISTORICAL
Janet Mullany (w/a Jane Lockwood), Helen Breitwieser, Lucienne Diver, and Pam Rosenthal
Two multipublished, historical authors and two agents present a guide for the perplexed, shy, or curious on writing erotic historicals that will sell you without feeling you’ve sold out.
12-34 SPECIAL – No Handout
HOW TO CAPITALIZE ON PUBLICITY ONCE YOU HAVE IT
Jeff Crilley
So once you have media attention, what do you do with it? An Emmy-winning Dallas reporter shares an insider’s tips on topics such as giving good sound bites and how to make the most of your moment in the limelight.
12-35 SPOTLIGHT – No Handout
SPOTLIGHT ON BANTAM DELL
12-36 SPOTLIGHT – No Handout
Part 1 of 2
SPOTLIGHT ON HARLEQUIN/SILHOUETTE
12-37 SPOTLIGHT – No Handout
Part 2 of 2
SPOTLIGHT ON HARLEQUIN/SILHOUETTE
12-38 CAREER – no Handout
IT’S NOT CHEATING IF YOU DO IT WITH A YOUNGER GUY
Simone Elkeles, Stephen Barbara, and Shannon Greenland
Two multipublished, award-winning authors and an agent discuss the hot teen market and how authors can switch from writing adult novels to teen novels . . . write both at the same time like other best-selling romance authors do!
12-39 CAREER – Handout
AUTHOR WEB SITES: YOUR NUMBER ONE PROMOTIONAL TOOL
Justin Knupp
The president of Stonecreek Media, Inc, will show you how to use your site to maximize promotions. Whether you’re published or unpublished, already have a site or are just beginning to think about one, this workshop will teach you how to make your Web site work for you.
12-40 CAREER – No Handout
HOW TO GET A SIX-FIGURE DEAL
Natasha Kern
Agent Natasha Kern discusses when and how an author goes to auction for big bucks. How does it work, and what happens after?
12-41 CRAFT – Handout
THE SYNOPSIS QUEEN TELLS ALL
Kara Lennox
An award-winning, multipublished author shares her fool-proof formula for generating a selling synopsis.
12-43 WRITER’S LIFE/MUSE – Handout
THE GREAT TABOO: HOW TO TURN PROFESSIONAL JEALOUSY INTO ADMIRATION AND SUPPORT
Sylvia Day, Delilah Devlin, Elle James, and Lisa Renee Jones
These authors talk candidly about how they work together to promote each individually and as a group, and about the many issues that arise when fiercely ambitious women work together.
12-44 WRITER’S LIFE/MUSE – No Handout
FIGURING OUT YOUR CREATIVE PROCESS
Carla Neggers
Find out from a New York Times best seller how to write a book your way – figuring out your own path instead of following someone else’s.
12-45 CHAT WITH – no Handout
CHAT WITH . . . SUZANNE BROCKMANN
12-46 SPOTLIGHT – no Handout
SPOTLIGHT ON ELLORA’S CAVE PUBLISHING
12-47 CRAFT – Handout
HOOK AN EDITOR ON THE FIRST PAGE
Dianna Love Snell, Caren Johnson, and Annie Oortman
This interactive workshop, led by a dynamic panel that includes a RITA winner and an agent, reveal the secrets to opening strong and snagging an editor’s interest from that very first word.
12-48 PUBLISHING – Handout
WHEN BAD COVERS HAPPEN TO GOOD BOOKS
Raelene Gorlinsky
In this workshop featuring lots of fun examples, Ellora’s Cave’s publisher discusses how covers work as a marketing tool, even when they don’t reflect the author’s personal preferences, what purchasers are looking for in a cover, and how to turn a “bad” cover into a promotional opportunity.
12-49 PUBLISHING – No Handout
FROM THE TRENCHES: A HARLEQUIN EDITOR GIVES IT TO YOU STRAIGHT
Kathryn Lye
A Harlequin editor shares her perspective and challenges you to re-evaluate the storytelling basics “you think you already know.”
12-50 WRITER’S LIFE/MUSE – Handout
BORN TO WRITE?
Stella MacLean
Writing successfully is about knowing yourself, respecting the creative process within you, and committing to both by putting together a writing life that is compatible with your private life. Harlequin author Stella MacLean leads participant through an illuminating self-assessment.
12-51 CRAFT – Handout
WRITING FOR THE READER
Alfie Thompson
An award-winning author and popular speaker takes you beyond writing for the heart or the market to consider writing for the reader – satisfying the emotional needs of your audience while achieving your own career success.
12-52 PUBLISHING – Handout
SWIMMING AGAINST THE STREAM: ALTERNATIVE GENRES IN EROTIC ROMANCE
Mary Altman, Shayla Black, Sienna Black, and Heather Osborn
Two editors and two of their authors discuss the market for alternative genres.
12-53 CRAFT – Handout
SEXY GRAMMAR . . . WHO KNEW?
Alison Hart (Jennifer Greene) and Deborah Dufel
Not for the faint of heart! A USA Today best-selling author and a librarian present a humorous, off-color look at grammar in sex scenes.
12-54 CRAFT – No Handout
SECRETS OF THE BEST-SELLING SISTERHOOD
Susan Elizabeth Phillips and Jayne Ann Krentz
Join two New York Times best-selling authors and recipients of RWA’s Lifetime Achievement Award for a lively hour of advice and insights!
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