**Permission to forward granted and encouraged**

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

Date: 08/03/09 – 08/28/09

Workshop title: How to Create Classic Tough Heroines

As martial artist, Jacqui Jacoby is interested in self-defense and how women are portrayed in the media. At first, it seemed as if it was only Hollywood showing women in a tough light. With heroines such as Sarah Conner of the Terminator movies, and Ellen Ripely in the Alien films, women were the ones saving the day when men were being blown up or eaten.

This workshop will teach writers how to portray tough chick heroines. It will discuss how to build a tough chick heroine from the inside out, how there is more mental to the physical and how we can make these heroines jump off the page. What kind of women make up the tough chicks and what are they like in their everyday lives? What drives them to become tough? What kind of hero must stand beside her and who are the villains will she face?

All of these topics, plus more, will be covered.

With Jacqui’s experience in martial arts, her background in
self-defense and the time she has spent in front of live, as well as those online, workshops, Jacqui Jacoby is the person to teach writers how to create these fast paced heroines in their compelling stories.

About the instructor: Jacqui Jacoby

When Jacqui Jacoby hits a conference or function, she never “works the room. She seeks out old friends and makes new ones as she listens and learns.
An award winning writer, she has penned non fiction articles for various RWA Chapter newsletters including The Kiss of Death, The Orange Blossom and The Heartbeat of Denver, as well as RWR Magazine. She has met with such notable authors as Nora Roberts, Suzanne Brockmann and Debbie Macomber. She has done phone interviews with editors and agents and she has conducted e mail interviews with Sandra Brown and Jayne Ann Krentz, just to name a few.

A graduate of UCLA, Jacqui lives in the Arizona mountains with her husband of twenty three years and their three semi grown children.

Deadline to register: 08/02/09

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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