October Promo Opp

The Ancient City Romance Authors are now collecting promotional material to give out at their October 17th FICTION WRITERS’ BOOT CAMP, featuring Stephanie Bond. Any promotional material is welcome: bookmarks, pens, cover flats, etc. Please send at least 50 pieces by October 1st. Contact one of the following for mailing instructions. We are also taking [...]

Writing Inspiration 8.31.09

There’s nothing to writing.  All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.  ~Walter Wellesley “Red” Smith

Saturday Screening: Pitching by Bob Mayer

Harvest

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.

An Unusual Call Story

My call story is unusual in that I met my publisher through a writing contest. Only, he wasn’t a publisher then; he was another contestant. Right from the start, he liked my writing and we became friends with others in the contest, ultimately starting a critique group together. Well, one time someone tossed out the [...]

Saturday Screening: Synopsis by Bob Mayer

Septembe Workshop: Villainous characteristics, personalities and mindset

CAMEO, RWA Chapter 123, presents a two part online class on Villainous characteristics, personalities and mindset. First an in-depth study of the Darkest psyche, that of a Serial Killer. Dr. Cynthia Lea Clark is going to share her knowledge from interviewing over 75 serial killers and the internal working of a serial killer’s darkest psyche. [...]

Discover How To Revise Without Getting Sick Of Your Manuscript

INSTRUCTOR: Sylvie Kurtz WHEN: September 7 to September 18 (6 lessons posted over 2 weeks) WORKSHOP: Revision is all about details, about letting your internal critic finally have a go at something he’s really good at—wading through all the boring rules to facet the rough rock the muse spewed out into a polished diamond. One [...]

YRW Online Workshop: Wham, Bam, Thank You, Ma’am: Cutting to the Chase and Writing First Chapters That HOOK

**Permission to forward granted and encouraged** Yosemite Romance Writers is proud to present their online workshop for September. Date: 9/7 – 10/2/09 Workshop title: Wham, Bam, Thank You, Ma’am: Cutting to the Chase and Writing First Chapters That HOOK Description: Did you know that prospective editors and agents sometimes make their decision as to whether [...]

Yosemite Romance Writers Online Workshop: Writing Hot, Delicious Love Scenes

**Permission to forward granted and encouraged** Yosemite Romance Writers is proud to present their online workshop for September. Date: 9/7/ – 10/2/09 Workshop title: Writing Hot, Delicious Love Scenes Description: Do the love scenes or sex scenes in your romance novel lack that magical spark and sizzling heat that makes the reader go WHEW!!? The [...]