#5 Twitter Plugs Us Into A Community: Writing can be a solitary business, and it is easy to get discouraged if we are always by ourselves. Twitter has a massive population of writers from all over the world to keep us encouraged, inspired and even accountable.  On Twitter we can regularly converse with our professional [...]

These query letters worked! Below are links to the actual query letter that won the author an agent. Some letters have thoughts from the author about how the letter is written. Other letters have feedback from the agent on why the letter worked. And some have input from both the agent and author. Each listing indicates [...]

Classes: The Missouri Romance Writers (MORWA) is sponsoring the Warrior Writer Workshop presented by Bob Mayer on Saturday, May 21, 2011 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Drury Plaza in Chesterfield (St. Louis), Missouri. Cost, which includes a box lunch, is $25 for MORWA members (as of 10/31/10) and $45 non-MORWA members. To register [...]

By Barbara Samuel Do you know who your reader is?  Not just “the book club crowd” or “businessmen who travel” or “readers of the New Yorker,” but your true core.  Not just “women’s fiction”, either, but the specific, particular readers who love your particular kind of story.  This discussion came up years ago on an [...]

ONLINE CLASSES/WORKSHOPS: SPONSOR:  Colorado Romance Writers TITLE:  Write Naked: Finding & Developing Your Authentic Voice DATES:  February 28 – March 25, 2011 INSTRUCTOR:  Wendy Lyn Watson DESCRIPTION:  In this interactive workshop, you’ll engage in writing exercises aimed at identifying and developing your voice—a blend of style, tone & theme. You’ll leave with a set of tools [...]

Don’t Wait for Heroes ~ by Marilyn Brant (RWA-WF blog) “I’ve got my dreams. I know you think that’s crazy. But I won’t give up, ‘cause I’ve got this burning desire in me…” ~ Dennis DeYoung Like a lot of music lovers, sometimes I get a song stuck in my head and days/weeks go by [...]

COURSES Query Letter Workshop Instructor: CJ Redwine Class Info: Query Workshop: “I had absolutely NO idea how to write a query letter, but with CJ’s help, I wrote a query that earned five partial requests and an offer of representation after only two weeks of querying. Take this workshop–she knows what she’s doing!” -Shannon Messenger, [...]

When I think of women’s fiction as a genre label, I do tend to think of contemporary-set novels – they definitely come to mind first. However, there are many historical novels that are also women’s fiction, stories of self-discovery, in which a woman overcomes adversity and prevails. My debut novel, ILLUMINATIONS, is based on the [...]

COURSES Wardrobes, Warblings, Weapons and Words: Shopping, Entertainment, and Slang for Your Historical Characters Presenter: Beth Daniels, aka Beth Henderson To get the right feel in a historical novel, it’s all about stage setting, looking right, sounding right, and having the right “water cooler” chit chat for the people who traipse through your historical landscape. [...]

Classes: The Black Diamond Chapter of RWA presents the on-line workshop: Digital Publishing — How did we get here, and is it right for me? with instructor Claire Ashgrove. Class runs from February 14th – February 27th, 2011. Cost is $15 for BDRWA members and $20 non-members. For more information visit http://www.bdrwa.com and click on online [...]