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Kim Hudson – Does Fear drive us? can’t be in a fear based world and a love based world simultaneously fear based = heroic loved based = artistic – be the best you can be – hold that in your heart as you write – in the love based world, very internally motivated ‘how does […]
Ken Milling (Psychoanalyst, Jungian): Confessions of a psychopath – what writers get wrong Books, tv and film are filled with stereotypes and common misportrayals of bad guys, broken families and other dysfunctional characters. – how writers can look beyond the same-old-same-old of dameage and disorders for the really gritty and interesting aspects of what turns […]
Kim E Hudson – The Voyage of the Writer archetypalleader.com Kim was able to use her work and understanding on the Hero’s journey to refine her own work to a point of excellence, and to champion it in the world of sales and marketing. As humans, we have two drives 1. love – passion driven, […]
Sarah Wendell (Smart Bitches, Trashy Books) – Getting your feet wet: Blogging 101 Discussing ways to connect with readers Looking at different avenues to connect with one another and connect with readers – note: facebook keeps changing, no-one is an expert on it Social media exposure Why is digital marketing and promotion important: – the […]
Nina Bruhns: When the going gets tough, Hang Ten – you need to make sure you torture your characters enough (especially intrigue writers) – “what is the worst thing that can happen?” – make sure you put that in your story, in every paragraph – don’t be afraid – it can be really scarey but […]
Jennie Jones (moderator), Nikki Logan (moderator), Abby Zidle (Simon & Scuster NY), Laura Bradford (Bradofr Literary Agency), Nina Bruhns (Entangled Publishing), Margaret Marbury (Harlequin HQN, Mira, Luna), Joel Naoum (PanMacmillan/Momentum), Alex Adsett (Agent – Alex Adsett Publishing Services) Synopsis: The opening pages of an anonymous manuscript are read out to the panel by the moderators. […]
Sue Brockhoff (Publishing & Communications Manager) and Kate Cuthbert (Escape Publishing) Escape is looking for digital first fiction fiction across all genres 5,000 – 250,000 words particularly looking for science fiction, fantasy, intrigue, rural romance new genre of ‘rom-magic comedy’ eg I Dream of Johnny about to publish first gay romance Harlequin looking to start […]
Launch of Little Gems Anthology 2013: Sapphire New logo unveiled. New look website unveiled. Will be officially live after the conference. Annual General Meeting: – new consitution due to changes in the NSW Associations act – vote passed as approaching 1000 members, reviewed way RWA want to be seen etc ‘The Year of Admin’ […]
Jennifer Kloester – Waves of Muslin: Bringing the Regency to Life Georgette Heyer: 1902 – 1974 40 years since she died, yet sold over 1 million books last year in the UK alone Heyer was incredibly private. Never gave an interview, never did a book signing, only signed a few books for friends. The Heyer […]
Julia Quinn – Evoking the scene: effective dialogue for writers Dialogue affects every asplect of your manuscript from voice to characterisation, pacing to point of view Dialogue has two parts: how you speak and what you say – We are not writing screenplays, we are writing novels – Placement of tag lines can depict who […]