It’s July and if you’re a romance writer you probably associate July with the RWA National Conference. The conference bops from city to city each year and thousands of authors flock to it to attend workshops, meetings, pitch sessions, and other special events. The RITA and Golden Heart winners are announced on Sat. night.

For those of us who can’t go to Nationals, we often sit at home wondering what we’re missing. During the past few years the online community has rallied and now there are dozens of awesome workshops you can attend in the comfort of your PJs.

Not to mention there are dozens of people at Nationals who blog and Tweet to keep the rest of us updated daily.

Here’s a big list: bloggingnational.blogspot.com/

If you’re ready for a workshop, join our Writer’s Loop for an awesome workshop starting Monday: groups.yahoo.com/group/CataNetwork-Writers/

The awesome Susan Meier is giving her workshop -How to Analyze the Books You Read-

Writers seeking to break into category, historical and single title
romances are always told to READ. Yet many of us have read for years
without cracking the code of what editors and publishers want.

In How to Analyze the Books You Read, author Susan Meier explains a
simple process that can help you analyze books to uncover the
requirements, passions and just plain quirks of a publisher and/or
line, as well as the exceptions to the rules that can trip up even the
most savvy analyst.

Also, stop by Romance Divas for even more workshops: www.romancedivas.com and CoffeeTimeRomance: www.coffeetimeromance.com/board/forumdisplay.php?f=480

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