Write In with Victoria Pinder
Part of the fun of Nanowrimo are write ins. So this year, let’s introduce how much can you write in an hour or two. The hardest part of writing is finding the time to sit your butt in a chair and write the novel. Most novels are never finished because of this issue. After three hundred or so rejections, what motivated me to keep writing was some NANOWRIMO old fashioned write ins. So on the cruise, let’s have a group writing session. Must bring the computer or whatever writing utensil you have.
Victoria Pinder grew up in Irish Catholic Boston before moving to the Miami sun. With her full time job of teaching, in 2013 and 2014, she sold on her own sold six books to three different publishers. Now she is represented by Dawn Dowdle of Blue Ridge Literary Agency for her next novels.
Art of Writing with
Traci Hall and Christopher Hawke
Workshop 2014
Scene Crafting 1hour
Whether you’re new to writing or a seasoned professional, the Art of Writing workshops provide you with the focus necessary to skillfully craft your story. In this exercise, we look at how to create your manuscript’s pivotal scenes while keeping essential storytelling concepts in mind. Scene/Sequel.
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Love is in the details.
Heidi Lynn Anderson
Just like real life, it’s the little things that show us how someone feels. In this hour-long workshop, we will go over ways to “show” your reader how your Characters feel without being in their Point of view and with out them saying how they feel. We’ll look at the little things your Characters do and say that convey feeling.
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Marketing 101
Jennifer Fusco
Workshop Blurb:
Please give a brief, but clever and descriptive blurb of your workshop. If chosen, these may be used in advertising your workshop. (Max 100 words and they may be edited):
Ideal for the published or soon to be published author, MARKETING 101 gives the author the framework to build a marketing strategy and the tools / tactics to target their ideal audience.
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Paranormal Panel Bios
Åsa Maria Bradley worked as an information architect and web developer for eight years before returning to teaching. Outside the college physics classroom, she writes teaching materials, nonfiction, and paranormal romances. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications including the Random House’s anthology FEMALE NOMAD AND FRIENDS: TALES OF BREAKING FREE AND BREAKING BREAD AROUND THE WORLD and she is a regular contributor to the writing blogs Bark and See Jane Publish. Visit her atwww.asamariabradley.com.
USA Today Bestselling Author Rebecca Zanetti has worked as an art curator, Senate aide, lawyer, college professor, and a hearing examiner - only to culminate it all in stories about Alpha males and the women who claim them. She writes dark paranormals, romantic suspense, and sexy contemporary romances. Her current publishers include Grand Central, Entangled, and Kensington. Visit Rebecca at: www.RebeccaZanetti.com.
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Writing Deep POV:
Amy Jarecki
This is a hands on workshop with exercises for each topic. This is for experienced writers adapted from Jill Elizabeth Nelson’s Rivet Your Readers with Deep Point of View
Amy is the President of the Heritage Writer’s Guild in St. George, Utah and has won several awards including The League of Utah Writer’s Award for Best Manuscript, The Spark Book Award, and the CHRW Finish the Damn Book third place winner. She writes contemporary and Scottish historical romance. In 2014, she released five Scottish historical titles, and has consistently been on Amazon’s top 100 in that category. For fun, she hikes, bikes and plays a mean game of golf. Born in California, Amy holds an MBA from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Plan Before You Build:
Win Day
Things to know and questions to ask before you build (or rebuild) your website. This workshop is for you if you don’t have a website yet, or if you’re considering revamping your existing website, or you want to move from one of the free blogging platforms (such as Blogger.com,WordPress.com) to a website of your very own.
Bio: In her day job, Win is a web developer and business strategist (www.CreativeImplementations.com), as well as a published non-fiction author. She’s also a romance writer (www.WinDayWrites.com) working on her first contemporary romance novel.
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