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REBELS AND LOVERS is the Fresh Pick for March 3, 2011
THE DOWN HOME ALIEN BLUES, THE MOVIE! Click here
Dock Five Books available at audible.com, click here to order.
REBELS AND LOVERS is a 2010 Romantic Times BOOKreviews Reviewer’s Choice Award Nominee for Best Futuristic Romance
The INTERGALACTIC BAR & GRILLE now has its very own store at Cafe Press. Get your official bar gear HERE!
SHADES OF DARK received a starred review from Publisher's Weekly and 4-1/2 stars from Romantic Times BOOKreviews!
PITCHES AND BLURBS AND TAG LINES, OH MY!
Instructor: Linnea Sinclair
You’ve written your novel. Now, how are you going to grab the attention of
the agent or the editor to sell it? You’re going to construct and practice
your pitch, beat your blurb to death and tickle everyone’s interest with
your tag lines, that’s how. Bantam Spectra author Linnea Sinclair will
explain the importance of pitches and tag lines, guide students through the
fun and imaginative procedure to develop the best pitch for their book and
give a hands-on lesson in creating those pithy advertising tag lines that,
yes, will help not only sell your book to a publisher but help the publisher
sell it to readers.
WHEN: March 2012
COST: See MRW Website
WHERE: Maryland Romance Writers
http://www.marylandromancewriters.com/
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MORE THAN JUST WINDOW DRESSING: How Secondary Characters Make Your Novel Come Alive!
Instructor: Linnea Sinclair
Also-rans, space-fillers. If that's how you think of the secondary characters in your novel, you're wasting a great opportunity to use them to not only make your story deeper and more interesting, but to enhance your main characters as well. Let RITA® award winning author Linnea Sinclair show you how to create and utilize secondary characters as methods of characterization and conflict, as well as one of the easiest ways to avoid the dreaded info dump!
WHEN: Jun 4, 2012 - Jul 1, 2012
COST: $20 for Premium Members, $30 for Basic Members
WHERE: SAVVY AUTHORS
http://www.savvyauthors.com/vb/showevent.php?eventid=1395
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BOLDLY GOING, LEVEL ONE: Writing Science Fiction/Romance When You Don’t Have a PhD
Instructor: Linnea Sinclair
Admit it: You always knew you could do a better job than Captain Janeway. “I am to misbehave” is your motto, and when you stare up at the night sky it’s not to find a star to wish on but to make sure that spaceship you KNOW is coming back for you can find you easily. Beyond all that, what you really want to do is combine your two favorite genres: Romance and Science Fiction, and bring your dreams to life in book form. But the science angle—and cross-genre angle—have you more worried than if you wore a red-shirted uniform. So where do you start?
Right here in BOLDLY GOING, LEVEL ONE. Best-selling SFR author Linnea Sinclair will help you turn your ideas and your passion into a workable plan for your first science fiction romance. You’ll learn the working tropes of the SF genre, the dos and don’ts of world building, the best way to incorporate the required science elements, and get tips on how to mix it all together without losing the romance. This is an intensive genre-specific course for the serious writer. Prospective students must provide a list of five SFR/RSF novels and five SF novels they’ve read, and must be competent in basic novel structure (plot, GMC, characterization, and the story arc).
WHEN: Jul 9, 2012 - Aug 5, 2012
COST: $25 for Premium Members, $35 for Basic Members
WHERE: SAVVY AUTHORS
http://www.savvyauthors.com/vb/showevent.php?eventid=1394
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Head Games: Writing Deep Third POV for Maximum Impact
Instructor: Linnea Sinclair
Reading is a vicarious experience, right? That means as a writer you need to immerse the reader into the heart, mind and skin of the character, and there‘s no better way to do that than Deep Third Point Of View. Deep Third is often likened to First Person POV for its emotional intensity and intimacy factor. But it‘s also a sure way to keep readers (and agents and editors!) turning pages. Award-winning Bantam Dell author Linnea Sinclair will take you on a journey through the flavors of Third Person, explain why Deep Third works, show you how and when to use Deep Third, how to know when Deep is Too Deep, and share tips and tricks to keep readers sobbing, giggling, gasping and grabbing… for more of your stories!
WHEN: August 2012
COST: See MRW Website
WHERE: Maryland Romance Writers
http://www.marylandromancewriters.com/online-workshops
2012
JANUARY 21, 2012
VOLUSIA COUNTY ROMANCE WRITERS
http://www.vcrw.net/
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
LOCATION: Lake Helen, Florida Public Library located off I-4 at exit 116
(old exit 55)
Workshop: TBA
FEBRUARY 11, 2012
FIRST COAST ROMANCE WRITERS
http://www.firstcoastromancewriters.com/
10:30 AM
LOCATION: West Regional Branch of the Duval County Library, Jacksonville FL
CHARACTER TORTURE 101: WRITING CONFLICT
Writing Guru Dwight Swain said that it’s the author’s job to manipulate the
emotions of the reader. There’s no better way to do this than for the author
to put his characters through one roller coaster episode after another,
taking the reader along for the ride. But how much conflict, how much
character angst is too much? How can an author keep the action from becoming
cartoonish? Bantam Spectra author Linnea Sinclair answers those questions
and more in this fun and fast-paced (because torturing students is good,
too!) workshop that explores the importance of conflict in today’s
commercial fiction novels.
FEBRUARY 25, 2012
SWFRW Super Saturday Conference
Workshop: Linnea Sinclair and Stacey Kade
LOCATION: THE HYATT PLACE at Coconut Point Mall, 23120 Villagio Way, Estero, FL 33928
http://swfrw.org/events/register.php
MARCH 11, 2012 @ 2PM
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA LIBRARY FESTIVAL - Author Panel
Linnea Sinclair, Jean Harrington, Doris Lemcke, Lynnette Hallberg, Diane O'Key
LOCATION: Barnes & Noble, Daniels Parkway, Ft Myers FL
MARCH 14, 2012 @ 6PM
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA LIBRARY FESTIVAL - Author Panel
"Local Authors Reveal Their Writing Secrets!"
Linnea Sinclair, Karna Small Bodman, Jean Harrington
LOCATION: Books-A-Million at Mercato, 9100 Strada Place, Naples FL
APRIL 9 - 15, 2012
ROMANTIC TIMES BOOK LOVERS CONVENTION, Chicago
http://www.rtbookreviews.com/convention-home
LOCATION: The Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel
9300 Bryn Mawr Avenue, Rosemont, Illinois, 60018
JUNE 1 - 2, 2012
LORI FOSTER READER & WRITER GET-TOGETHER
LOCATION: Cincinnati Marriott North at Union Centre, West Chester, Ohio
OCTOBER 26 - 28, 2012 - Guest of Honor
NECRONOMICON 2012
LOCATION: Bayfront Hilton, St Petersburg FL
http://www.stonehill.org/index.htm
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