**Permission to forward granted and encouraged**

Yosemite Romance Writers is proud to present their online workshop for July.

Date: 07/06 – 07/31

Workshop title: Following the Thread: Writing Linked Trilogies

Description: Readers read novels because they love stories and people. Long before readers become attached to an author, they become attached to the characters in those stories. It’s natural, then, that trilogies are popular vehicles for readers. For authors, trilogies can increase book sales — both to readers and to editors. They can also sharpen your storytelling craft and allow you to tell a bigger story than one book alone can accommodate.

Harlequin editors have figured out a way to exploit the character connection by developing continuities, multi-book series in which they provide the stories and a selection of writers write the individual books.

Learn the ins and outs of writing trilogies and get your continuity questions answered in this workshop.

About the instructor: Kristin Hardy

Kristin is a three-time RITA nominee. She started out with Harlequin Blaze and now writes for Silhouette Special Edition. Her first novel, My Sexiest Mistake, won a National Readers’ Choice Award and was subsequently made into a movie by the Oxygen Network. She is a Waldenbooks bestseller and won a 2007 career achievement award for series romance from RT Bookclub magazine. She’s written five miniseries (trilogies, duets, and sextets (for Blaze, of course)) and participated in three continuities, most recently “The Fortunes of Texas: Return to Red Rock.” Her twenty-second book, “A Fortune Wedding,” hit the shelves June 2009.

Deadline to register: 07/05/09

Fee: $20 YWR members; $25 non-members. RWA Membership isn’t required;
Anyone can take our courses.

Where to sign up: You may register online at our website,
www.yosemiteromancewriters.com.

Please click the Pay Now button and follow the instructions for Paypal. You will receive a confirmation from us once your payment is received.

You may also contact YRW at YosemiteRomanceWriters@YosemiteRomanceWriters.com if you have any other questions.

Thank you for considering our workshops!!

Sandra Marlow
Vice President, Yosemite Romance Writers

This post was submitted by Sandra Marlow.

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