CLASSES: Florida Romance Writers is thrilled to offer our September online workshop, Conducting Historical Research Online with Eliza Knight. Workshop: Conducting Historical Research online Presenter: Eliza Knight Dates: September 12-30, 2011 Fee: $20 FRW member & $25 non-FRW member About the Workshop: There is a plethora of information available online for anybody who wants to [...]

CLASSES North East Ohio Romance Writers Association presents Thrillers with Heart with instructor CJ Lyons from Sept. 1-28. Fees are $15 for NEORWA members and $25 for all others. FMI, visit http://www.neorwa.com. The Black Diamond chapter presents Juggling Genres with instructor Beth Henderson from Sept. 15-18. Fees are $15 for BDRWA members and $20 for [...]

Welcome to this month’s Writers’ Corner! We’ve collected a list of five great contests, a whopping ten courses and workshops, and a conference. Enjoy!   CONTESTS Hurry, hurry! The Laurel Wreath contest deadline is almost here. You only have 26 more days to send your books! All of our categories still have slots available: Young [...]

Workshops/Classes: The Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal Chapter of RWA presents  Everyone Needs a Name: A Guide to Character Naming — Presented by Kathy Frost  from August 29, 2011 through September 12, 2011 via a Yahoo! email loop. The cost is $10.00 for FFnP members and $20.00 for non-FFnP members.  Payment is due at the time of [...]

ONLINE CLASSES/WORKSHOPS: SPONSOR:  Heart of Dixie Romance Writers Of America TITLE:  Fat Free Writing or How to Avoid Wordiness in the Editing Stage DATES:  August 17 – 31, 2011 INSTRUCTOR:  The Grammar Divas: Annie Oortman & Darlene Buchholz DESCRIPTION:  Wordy sentences and unnecessary phrases clutter writing, turning an otherwise good manuscript into an overweight tome. [...]

Conferences Midwest Fiction Writers presents Fall Harvest of Writing Essentials, with instructor Margie Lawson from September 23-25, 2011 at the Crowne Plaza Minneapolis North, Minneapolis, MN. FMI, visit their website at: http://www.midwestfiction.com.   Contests Southern Louisiana chapter has extended the 6th Annual Dixie Kane Memorial contest to August 1, 2011. FMI, visit http://solawriters.org/the-dixie-kane-memorial-contest/contest-success-stories/ Maryland Romance Writers [...]

RWA Chapter Contests The Golden Network is offering the Golden Pen contest, open until August 15, but if you enter by July 15, you’ll get $5 off of your entry fee. Categories and judges: Historical – Deb Werksman, Sourcebooks; Inspirational – Melissa Endlich, Steeple Hill; Novel with Strong Romantic Elements – Valerie Gray, MIRA Books [...]

CLASSES The Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal Chapter of RWA Presents How to Write Emotion with Laurie Saunders. In this workshop we will look at the many ways we can infuse our romance novels with emotional tension and the numerous ways to describe the emotions our characters experience so that the reader can experience the emotions [...]

WRITERS’ CORNER: June 22, 2011 ONLINE CLASSES/WORKSHOPS: SPONSOR:  Outreach International Romance Writers TITLE:  What Comes After The First 3 Chapters Blues: Dealing With The Middle Of Your Story DATES:  July 1-28, 2011 INSTRUCTOR:  Beth Daniels DESCRIPTION:  This course helps you figure out the middle of the story when you know how it begins and ends. [...]

Classes: How to Write Realistic Native Americans Past and Present Instructor: Regina Paul Dates: June 6, 2011 — June 17, 2011 Registration Deadline: June 5, 2011 Fee: $10/HHRW members, $20/others FMI: HHRW Campus Coordinator: classes Register here: http://heartsthroughhistory.com/native.html Class Description: Do you want to write about Native American characters? Stumped by how to make your [...]