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Putting the Suspense in Romantic Suspense

Instructor: Dee Lloyd. To keep the reader eagerly turning pages from the first
word to the last, a Romantic Suspense novel needs engaging characters, a
believable and complicated plot and fast-moving pace. This workshop will
give you some of the tools necessary to achieve this goal.
It will also point out some of the pitfalls to avoid. It will conclude with
some do's and don'ts from an acquisition editor's point of view.

TOPICS:

Essential elements of Romantic Suspense
Where to begin?
Plotting
Developing real multi-leveled characters.
Creating atmosphere
Creating and maintaining pace. How to escalate suspense.
As an editor, what turns me off a submission.

Note:  Due to limited enrollment payment is due at time of registration.  Unpaid registrations will be removed after 72 hours.

WHEN:    Sep 3, 2012 - Sep 23, 2012

COST:   $15 for Premium Members
$25 for Basic Members

Cancellation policy: Registrations are non-refundable except when the workshop is cancelled by Savvy Authors.

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INSTRUCTOR:   
Award winning Romantic Suspense author Dee Lloyd has always loved a mystery and a good love story. 
She figures she is a natural to write romantic suspense novels.  After all, she met her husband, in what could have been the opening scene of a romance novel. She was auditioning for the singing lead in a college musical comedy that he had written. Naturally, she got the part . . . and the man. (Fill in the details. a moody Irishman, an optimistic out-going woman, etc. etc.) 

Dee has seven published Romantic Suspense/Mystery novels most of which have either won or been in the finals of contests. Her latest, OUT OF HER DREAMS, won the 2011 EPIC ebook award for Paranormal Romance and was a Critics’ Choice nominee for Best Paranormal Romance by Romantic Times Magazine. She is a popular speaker at Romance and Mystery conferences. She enjoys coordinating her Library In Your Hand workshops in which authors introduce readers to the pleasures of reading novels on their own handheld readers, PDAs and Pocket PCs. She has taught several writing workshops at conferences, writing groups and local centers. Reviewers applaud her believable and sympathetic characters and exciting, fast-paced novels.

Tags:    Craft, Genre





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