RWA Contests
Booksellers’ Best Awards 2011. New categories this year for YA and Novella. Deadline is January 15, 2011. Best First Book category is an extra $6. For more info, see the Greater Detroit Romance Writers website.
RWA Online Workshops
Online Class: Platform: Build a Solid Foundation. Instructors: Jacquie Rogers and Ann Charles. Dates: December 5-18, 2010. Registration Deadline: December 3, 2010. Fee: $10/HHRW members, $20/others. To register for this class: http://www.heartsthroughhistory.com/classreg.htm. Class Description: In today’s publishing atmosphere, we’re responsible for our own promotion and marketing. Whether you have one manuscript ready to submit, or are multi-published, now’s the time to begin building the platform that will help you achieve your career goals.
Online Class: A Noble’s Life in Medieval Times. Instructor: Eliza Knight. Dates: December 1- 21, 2010.
Registration Deadline: November 29, 2010. Fee: $10/HHRW members, $20/others. To register for this class: http://www.heartsthroughhistory.com/classreg.htm.
Online Class: The Write Environment. Dates: December 5- December 18, 2010. Instructor: Jeanne Adams. Cost: FREE to FTHRW members; $15.00 for all others. Registration Deadline: December 1, 2010. Course Description: The writing environment is one of the most important tools writers can have, yet its influence is often overlooked. Join an RWA decorating diva in looking at author’s environments and get tips, tricks, and advice on making your writing space right for you. Fee: FTHRW Members: FREE; FTHRW Non-Members: $15.00 Register before December 1, 2010.
The Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal Chapter of RWA Presents Love Scenes with Emotional Punch — Presented by Shayla Black. December 6, 2010 through December 12, 2010. Not sure how to elevate your romance novel’s love scenes above inserting tab A into slot B? Uncomfortable with how to make sex between your characters deep and meaningful? Not sure when to show or how much and when to close the bedroom door? This workshop will explore how to construct your plot for maximum mileage out of your love scenes and help you analyze what should be included, based on your type of book, length, tone, and characters. We’ll touch on how to make relationships more believable, as well as conflict deeper and multi-layered. We’ll also interact about the anatomy of a love scene. FMI: go here.
The Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal Chapter of RWA Presents Creating Suspense — Presented by JD Webb. December 6, 2010 through December 19, 2010. What is so dang hard about writing suspense? We know suspense when we experience it. When our heartbeat accelerates; when our eyes can’t read fast enough. Suspense activates several emotions. So why can’t we write it with ease? We’re authors, we should be able to produce a scene that sizzles and that the reader remembers long after the book has been read. Through this workshop we hope to answer your questions and help you capture that sense of anticipation, requiring your reader to lose sleep, miss appointments, and neglect the dog, just because they must read one more page. FMI: go here.
