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Breakout 3: tips for engaging your audience

Author Philippa Posted on October 11, 2019October 13, 2019
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Breakout 2: Getting Heard! Podcasting 101

Author Philippa Posted on October 11, 2019October 13, 2019
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Nalini Singh – beyond the first draft

Author Philippa Posted on October 11, 2019October 13, 2019
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Day 1: Harlequin Presentation

Author Philippa Posted on October 11, 2019October 11, 2019
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Day 1 Keynote address: Nalini Singh

Author Philippa Posted on September 20, 2019October 11, 2019
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RWAus Conference 2019

Author Philippa Posted on September 20, 2019October 16, 2019
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Slushpile readings – Professionals panel

Author Philippa Posted on June 8, 2019September 2, 2019
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Major Sponsor Keynote: Harlequin

Author Philippa Posted on June 5, 2019August 29, 2019
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Breakout 2: Lana Pecherczyk – Sell more books with graphic design

Author Philippa Posted on June 4, 2019June 4, 2019
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Breakout 1: Kelly Hunter – 10 tips for character development

Author Philippa Posted on June 2, 2019June 2, 2019
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Ross Grayson Bell – Writing for a Screenplay versus a Novel (pt 3)
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Ross Grayson Bell – Writing for a Screenplay versus a Novel (pt 3)

Author Philippa Posted on May 31, 2019May 31, 2019

The Hero’s Journey One way of telling a story. Stage 1 – The Ordinary World  Stage 2 – Call to adventure  What is the call to adventure?  What new force …

Ross Grayson Bell – Writing for a Screenplay versus a Novel (pt 2)
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Ross Grayson Bell – Writing for a Screenplay versus a Novel (pt 2)

Author Philippa Posted on May 30, 2019May 31, 2019

7 ways to engage an audience 1. Premise  Your point of view and how to live it.  Eg romance writers have a perspective on love  Eg in Fight Club, the …

Friday workshop: Ross Grayson Bell – Writing for a Screenplay versus a Novel (pt 1)
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Friday workshop: Ross Grayson Bell – Writing for a Screenplay versus a Novel (pt 1)

Author Philippa Posted on May 30, 2019May 31, 2019

Ross Grayson Bell is a screenwriter, producer and story consultant with over twenty-five years of international experience in story development and film production. Having started as a creative executive for …

RWA conference 2018
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RWA conference 2018

Author Philippa Posted on May 30, 2019May 30, 2019

So I’m finally getting around to writing up my notes from this. I had a lot going on around the time of the conference so apologies for the delay. I …

“Basically Quite Weird”: The Queer Medievalist Virtual Romance of Alexis Hall’s Looking for Group
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“Basically Quite Weird”: The Queer Medievalist Virtual Romance of Alexis Hall’s Looking for Group

Author Philippa Posted on March 28, 2019March 28, 2019

Kristin Noone (Irvine Valley College) Session 12.4: Love in Other Worlds Abstract: In a recent blog post, award-winning romance author Alexis Hall comments that “something we’re grappling with as twenty-first …

“Outlander’s Tactile Caress: a Multisensory Romance”
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“Outlander’s Tactile Caress: a Multisensory Romance”

Author Philippa Posted on March 28, 2019March 28, 2019

Athena Bellas (University of Melbourne) Session 12.3: Love in Other Worlds Abstract: Much of the existing literature on television series Outlander (STARZ 2014– ) emphasises its prioritisation of a female …

Georgette Heyer’s Unruly Eighteenth Century
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Georgette Heyer’s Unruly Eighteenth Century

Author Philippa Posted on July 8, 2018July 19, 2018

Dr Stephanie Russo (Macquarie University, Australia) Session 5.1: History and Romance Abstract:  Georgette Heyer’s fame, both in her own time and in ours, is inextricably connected to her representation of …

Think Globally, Love Locally? – Popular Romance Studies comes to Sydney
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Think Globally, Love Locally? – Popular Romance Studies comes to Sydney

Author Philippa Posted on July 8, 2018August 7, 2018

Recently I was fortunate to attend some sessions the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance (aka IASPR) Conference with the theme ‘Think Globally, Love Locally?’ held in Sydney. …

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Breakout 5: Ally Blake – How to hook your reader

Author Philippa Posted on March 31, 2016May 15, 2018

How critical is your first page, really? If it doesn’t grab the reader / editor / agent on the first page, you are done. Step 1:  Opening line Memorable Poetic …

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Breakout 4: World building panel

Author Philippa Posted on March 30, 2016May 14, 2018

Mel Scott (moderator), Keri Arthur, Denise Rossetti, Alison Goodman, C. S. Pacat CS Pacal Writes fantasy with gay princes Keri Arthur Dark urban fantasy Alison Goodman Fantasy, sci fi, crime …

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