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DESERT ROSE PREMIUM AUTHOR WORKSHOPS
JANUARY - DECEMBER, 2012
BY BEST SELLING AUTHORS AND PUBLISHING INDUSTRY PROS
Desert Rose Premium Author Workshops was created to provide an easy-to-use, safe, secure place to conduct online writer's workshops. Our 2012 program will feature best-selling authors such as Deb Leblanc, Mackenzie McKade, Hannah Schwartz, Denise Domning, Calista Fox and more! Registration details coming soon.
To enroll: Desert Rose Workshops
FEE: TBA
SEVENTH ANNUAL FALL WRITERS WORKSHOPS
Saturday, NOVEMBER 10
9:30 AM - 4:30 pm
SCOTTSDALE CIVIC CENTER LIBRARY
3839 DRINKWATER BLVD
SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85251
SPONSORED BY THE DESERT ROSE CHAPTER OF ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA
Free morning coffee and rolls graciously provided by the Desert Rose members
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Auditorium, 1:30 pm
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author JENNIFER ASHLEY
Jennifer writes historical and paranormal romance as Jennifer Ashley, paranormal romance and urban fantasy as Allyson James, and mysteries as Ashley Gardner. Jennifer’s novels have won RWA’s prestigious RITA and RT Reviewer’s choice awards among others.
List of participating authors and workshops
Morning Workshops:
10 am to 10:50 am:
Laurie Schnebly Campbell: Building Conflict from the Head Down
Morgan Kearns: The Importance of Cover Art
Erin Quinn: Building a Career as an Author
11 am to 11:50 am:
Shelley Coriell: The Editing Waltz
Janeen O’Kerry: Show vs. Tell and Why You Should Care
Kris Tualla: The 4 Paths to Publishing
Afternoon Workshops:
2:30 pm to 3:20 pm:
Gini Koch: From Idea to Bookshelf
Annette Mahon: Writing the Cozy Mystery
Vijaya Schartz: Handling the Social Media Circus (without losing your mind or sacrificing writing time)
3:30 pm to 4:20 pm:
Connie Flynn: Surviving Publishing in the 21st Century
Pamela Tracy – The Hero’s Journey
Calista Fox – Writing the Novella