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| May 2013 Webinar & Chat Events | May 15 | 18 Things You Should Know About Writing.
Host: Jamie Ayres. Agents and editors receive hundreds, yes, HUNDREDS of queries every week. Your work can’t be good. It needs to be flippin’ fantastic to stand out. The competition is fierce, and there is no room for error. Join Jamie Ayres to discuss the common red flags that can cause agents and editors to place your novel in the dreaded slush pile to die a symbolic literary death.
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Duration: 1 day. FREE/FREE (Craft, Plotting, Characterization, Writing Life, Beginning, Intermediate, Masters) | (Chat) |
| May 22 | Verbs – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Host: MM Pollard. Join MM Pollard in a Savvy Authors chat room to pick her brain on verbs – the good, the bad, and the ugly.
The good: strong verbs that don’t need adverbs to prop them up in your sentences
The bad: weak verbs that aren’t worth the space they take up in your writing
The ugly: verb tense errors, subject-verb conflicts, and passive voice that bounce your reader right out of your story and back to 8th grade English – Now that’s ugly!
The chat is sure to be informative and fun – MM is th... {more info}
Duration: 1 day. FREE/FREE (Craft, Editing, Industry, Writing Life, Beginning, Intermediate, Masters) | (Chat) |
| May 22 | 50 Shades of Green: How to Write Smut for Fun and Profit
Host: Lori Perkins . Join Literary Agent and Author, Lori Perkins, as she highlights her popular seminar 50 Shades of Green: How to Write Smut for Fun and Profit.... {more info}
Duration: 1 day. FREE/FREE (Craft, Publishing, Industry, Writing Life, Beginning, Intermediate, Masters, Mentoring) | (Chat) |
| May 29 | Writing Sex Scenes
Host: Robin Covington. More information to come! ... {more info}
Duration: 1 day. FREE/FREE (Craft, Plotting, Characterization, Writing Life, Beginning, Intermediate, Masters) | (Chat) |
| | June 2013 Webinar & Chat Events | Jun 2 - Jun 9 | Self-Publishing and Marketing a Book
Instructor: Hank Quense. This seminar is not a how-to lecture, but rather one that addresses a catalog of issues, decisions and pitfalls facing the new author who intends to publish a book on their own. Author Hank Quense, who has twelve books published and has first-hand experience in the process, will conduct the seminar and answer questions.
The seminar will be two parts. Part 1 will cover publishing a book and Part 2 will address issues concerned with marketing and selling the book.
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Duration: 7 days. $15/$25 (Publishing, Technology) | (Webinar) |
| | July 2013 Webinar & Chat Events | Jul 24 | Pitching to Readers: How to Sell in Person
Host: Kris Tualla. Authors have endless "pitch" practices for talking to editors and agents - but what about pitching to READERS? Appearing at conferences, festivals, bookstores, or other in-person events, is prime time to sell your books IF you know what to do. In this chat we discuss how to present yourself effectively, and how to tweak your "elevator" pitch for readers.
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Duration: 1 day. FREE/FREE (Craft, Plotting, Characterization, Writing Life, Beginning, Intermediate, Masters) | (Chat) |
| | September 2013 Webinar & Chat Events | Sep 15 | Story Design
Instructor: Hank Quense. Story Design is a single session webinar detailing the basic elements necessary to create a work of fiction. The emphasize is on a short story design, but the same principles apply to longer works of fiction. Design elements covered are: setting, character building, plot construction, motivation and scene design.
The format is open in that questions are entertained throughout the lecture.
Intended audiences:
Anyone with a desire to begin writing fiction
Anyone curious about what goes ... {more info}
Duration: 1 day. $7/$10 (Craft, Plotting, Characterization) | (Webinar) |
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