CONTESTS:
CONTEST: Judge A Book By Its Cover JABBIC
SPONSOR: Houston Bay Area RWA
ELIGIBILITY: Books published in 2010
SUBMIT: The cover of your book or novella published by a traditional house, ePublisher, POD or self-published.
FORMAT: Electronic files (JPG or GIF) only
FEES: $15
DEADLINE: January 15, 2011
FMI: www.hbarwa.com or contact Leslie Marshman at: judgeabook@ hbarwa. com (deleting spaces.)
ONLINE WORKSHOPS:
TITLE: Creating Compelling Characters
SPONSOR: Red River Romance Writers
INSTRUCTOR: Lori Wilde
DATES: November 1 – 30, 2010
DESCRIPTION: This course strives to teach everything you’ll need to know about creating compelling characters that leap off the page and live on in the minds of your readers. Some topics include: Building the bones; Through the characters eyes; The character arc; Fleshing out characters; Characters in action; Heroes, villains, allies and enemies; Character transformation
FMI: http://redriverromancewriters.com/workshops.php
TITLE: Story Sense/Story Logic
SPONSOR: Yellow Rose Romance Writers
INSTRUCTOR: Beth Henderson
DATES: November 1 – 30, 2010
DEADLINE TO REGISTER: October 31, 2010
DESCRIPTION: This course identifies the holes in a story or the places that defy story logic. It offers techniques to recognize and repair the problems before the manuscript leaves the writer’s hand.
FMI: http://www.yellowroserwa.com/workshops.php
TITLE: Goal Setting
SPONSOR: Yosemite Romance Writers
INSTRUCTOR: Tawny Webber
DATES: November 2 – 26, 2010
DEADLINE TO REGISTER: November 2, 2010
DESCRIPTION: This workshop gives you solid, time-tested tools to help you use goal setting, personal empowerment and planning to get from where you are to where you want to be – in your writing career and in your life.
FMI: http://www.yosemiteromancewriters.com/6.html
TITLE: Designed to Sell
SPONSOR: Yosemite Romance Writers
INSTRUCTOR: Annie Oortman
DATES: November 2 – 26, 2010
DEADLINE TO REGISTER: November 2, 2010
DESCRIPTION: Anything you can do to enhance your manuscript’s appeal puts you one step ahead of everyone else trying to sell. This course provides tools for you to look at your writing with a fresh eye to polish your writing’s appearance, readability, and impact.
FMI: http://www.yosemiteromancewriters.com/6.html
TITLE: Story Aerobics: Shaping Up Sagging Middles
SPONSOR: Yosemite Romance Writers
INSTRUCTOR: Raquel Rodriguez
DATES: November 2 – 26, 2010
DEADLINE TO REGISTER: November 2, 2010
DESCRIPTION: This course provides tools to make the rest of the story sparkle like the beginning. Course will cover methods to enhance tension, up the stakes, add realistic conflict, and cutting the deadwood that slows the pace.
FMI: http://www.yosemiteromancewriters.com/6.html
TITLE: Corsets, Goggles, Airshops, Oh My? Researching & Writing Steampunk
SPONSOR: Carolina Romance Writers
INSTRUCTOR: Beth Daniels
DATES: January 31 – February 25, 2011
DEADLINE TO REGISTER: January 31, 2011
DESCRIPTION: This 4-Week workshop guides participants through the doors of history and on an excursion into the world of clockwork mechanics as well as highlighting the various elements that make up Steampunk.
FMI: http://www.carolinaromancewriters.com/february11.htm
TITLE: Tax Issues and Reporting for Writers
SPONSOR: Carolina Romance Writers
INSTRUCTOR: Diane Kelly
DATES: January 3 –January 28, 2011
DEADLINE TO REGISTER: January 3, 2011
DESCRIPTION: This workshop covers federal income tax reporting and tax issues for both the beginning and experienced writer. The topics covered include understanding forms, determining deductions, setting up retirement plans, dealing with social security tax, & tips for hiring a tax prepared and minimizing fees.
FMI: http://www.carolinaromancewriters.com/january11.htm
TITLE: Eleven Senses – Who Knew?
SPONSOR: Carolina Romance Writers
INSTRUCTOR: Marilyn Kelly
DATES: January 10 –January 21, 2011
DEADLINE TO REGISTER: January 10, 2011
DESCRIPTION: Using sensory exercises, reading assignments, and extensive word lists, workshop attendees will brainstorm and experience techniques for using all the eleven senses in their writing. These senses are the 5 traditional ones—sight, sound, taste, touch, hearing & 6 others–pain, balance, sense of time, joint motion/acceleration, thermoception, direction: all can provide heightened layers in a story.
FMI: http://www.carolinaromancewriters.com/january11.htm
TITLE: I Didn’t Know You Were “That Way”: Writing Believable Gay Male Characters
SPONSOR: Carolina Romance Writers
INSTRUCTOR: Jasper Laurie
DATES: January 31st- February 25th 2011
DEADLINE TO REGISTER: January 25, 2011
DESCRIPTION: This course delves beyond the media hype and the stereotypes we see on TV for an in-depth exploration of who gay people are – and, more importantly for a writer, how they came to be that way. The course explores questions such as why the most outrageous gay people act as they do, isolation and inferiority in the high school setting, and looking at the experience of gay people in cultures as diverse as East Asia to Latin America.
FMI: http://www.carolinaromancewriters.com/february11.htm
TITLE: Plot Is A Four Letter Word
SPONSOR: The Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal Chapter
INSTRUCTOR: Stacey Kade
DATES: November1 – December 6, 2010 (Skips Thanksgiving week)
DESCRIPTION: This course demystifies the plot concept and breaks it down to more manageable pieces with tips and tools to help make the story stronger.
FMI: http://www.romance-ffp.com/event.cfm?EventID=99
Thanks, Mary Jo!