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Saturday, Oct 2 – Mini Fall Virtual Retreat
Registration is limited to 100 participants (30 for RWAC, 30 for ORWA, 30 for everyone else, 10 for presenters and wiggle room) Saturday, Oct 2 – Mini Fall Virtual Retreat 1030 AM -12:00 PM – Using Character Emotion to Wow Readers: Becca Pugilsi, co-author, The Emotion Thesaurus 12:00-1:00 Lunch break (we’ll leave the meeting live…
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Sept 12, 2021 Workshop: Kobo’s Latest Innovations with Tara Cremin
Learn how Kobo is making it easy for authors to reach readers. This year Kobo has been busy reaching new readers through innovative new eInk devices and the expansion of Kobo’s subscription service Kobo Plus, into strategic new markets. Learn how Kobo is making it easy for authors to reach these readers by offering non-exclusive…
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June 6, 2021 Workshop: Zero Dollar Marketing & FB Ads for Authors with Skye Warren
How can you sell more books every day? Learn some key tips and tricks for marketing your books from New York Times bestseller Skye Warren Paid advertising works great, but what do you do to promote your books if you can’t afford ads? Can you make money without spending it? Skye’s experiments show what happens…
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May 2, 2021 Workshop – Book Brush with Kathleen Sweeney
A look at some tools to help writers market their work. There’s lots of advice out there on how to be a successful author: write a great book, know your audience, appeal to your audience with compelling ads, spend lots of money on ads, don’t spend lots of money on ads, market on social media,…
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March 7, 2021 Workshop – Writing a Strong Second Draft of Your Novel
Learn practical tips and techniques for evaluating the first draft of your fiction manuscript Writing a Strong Second Draft of Your Novel In this seminar, Maggie Morris, The Indie Editor, who will share practical tips and techniques for evaluating the first draft of your fiction manuscript from both a stylistic and substantive perspective so you…
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February 2021 Workshop – Giving a Good Critique
Learn how to provide useful critiques without tipping into either bland applause or painful discouragement Everyone wants a good critique for their manuscripts, but it can be overwhelming to try and provide useful information without tipping into either bland applause or painful discouragement. This workshop will include suggestions on: developing an initial framework for what…
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December 2016: Holiday Social and Six Secrets to Create a Successful Bestselling Franchise
Our yearly annual social will be a potluck, beginning at noon, followed by a workshop. Six Secrets to Create a Successful Bestselling Franchise What do Star Wars, J. D. Robb’s Eve Dallas books, and Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series have in common? They are all highly successful franchises. Join NYT bestselling author Sharon Page to learn…
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January 2016: Beyond the Furrowed Brow with Jennifer Carole Lewis
Tired of reusing the same expressions over and over for anger, love and surprise? There is a wide range of postures and subtle expressions which can convey your character’s emotions and reactions. How they stand, how they hold their hands, even the crinkling of an eyelid can show what they are thinking. Learn the subtle…