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Reading for a good cause…

Posted in Just stuff, tagged on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

2008 RWA “Readers for Life” Literacy Autographing

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Characters and Contests and Stories–oh, my

Posted in writing, tagged , on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Been doing the contest reading thing, and have to say, people–writing skills are good, but story telling skills? Bleh. Are all the writing classes/workshops out there focused on technique, and not how to build a story (as in how to build solid characters)?

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Writers in SF

Posted in Just stuff, tagged on July 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Next week is the RWA conference in San Francisco, and it’s a bit sad when that kind of event looks restful. It’s not, but it’s sure as hell a change of pace, and that’s sounding very, very good.

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Other Past Events

Posted in Other Things, tagged on July 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Regency Academe, “Breaking in with A Regency” an online class on writing and research Los Angeles Romance Authors Speaking “The Black Moment” Monterey Bay RWA Chapter,  “From Unpublished to Multi-published in One Year.” OCC Workshop,  “The Golden Heart–should you enter?” Beau Monde Regency Conference, “Horse Sense for Your Regency Characters” The Learning Tree University, [...]

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Workshops 2004

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October 2004 – OCCRWA Online Workshop – The Selling Synopsis October 2004 Los Angles County Library Romance Workshop – Speaking with Jill Marie Landis, Susan Squires, Jackie Diamond, Linda O. Johnston, Linda McLaughlin. September 2004 Authors Talk – Barnes & Noble, Valenca August 2004  Ask An Author OCCRWA Chapter Meeting

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Workshops 2005

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October 12 to November 8 2005 – OCCRWA Online Class – “The Selling Synopsis” July 7 – September 7, 2005 – UCLA Online Extension Class – “Chick Lit and Her Sisters: Writing Marketable Romance Novels” July 27, 2005 – Beau Monde Conference, Reno, Nevada – “Historical Characters in Fiction” May 2 – 31, 2005 – [...]

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Workshops 2007

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Workshops given in 2007 (2008 was a regeneration year)… October 2007 – Outreach International Romance Writers – Show and Tell Workshop May 2007 – POV: It’s More Than a Point of View April 2007 – Workshop: Sell that Book February 2007 – The Selling Synopsis – Earthlycharms.com

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Words on Workshops Given

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Because praise is always nice, and self-promotion is vital…. Words on Shannon’s Workshops– “I did revamp the entire thing according to this workshop and guess what? I got a request for a full (manuscript) off of my synopsis! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge!”   Kim Daniel — Selling Synopsis Workshop “I’ve finaled in the [...]

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Synopsis Checklist

Posted in Other Things, tagged , on July 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »

This has been developed from various workshops, tip sheets and classes taken — please feel free to take this, add, delete and create your own checklist.

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Courting the Muse

Posted in Articles, tagged on July 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Then, rising with Aurora’s light,
The Muse invoked, sit down to write;
Blot out, correct, insert, refine,
Enlarge, diminish, interline.
Swift, On Poetry

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