Had a lovely time at the dinner. I was with people I didn’t know but they were all very nice and welcoming and we had fun. Congratulations to all winners …
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Plenary session two: New York, New Directions – Panel discussion
Alison Ahern (moderator) Helen Breitwiesser – literary agent, owner of Cornerstone Literary Agency Monique Patterson – exec editor at St Martin’s Press Alexander Sokoloff – thriller writer and script writer …
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Breakout Session three: Love in the Face of Danger
Romantic Suspense Panel presented by Bronwyn Parry, Sandy Curtis, Shannon Curtis & Helene Young. Often considered a difficult genre – needs to have equal amounts of romance and suspense. Tension …
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Breakout Session 2: Engaging Your Reader – Anne Gracie
Presented by the wonderful Anne Gracie. There must be a psychological motivation for a character to change, in order to get their happy ending An engaged reader is intrigued by …
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Breakout session one: Putting the thumbscrews on your thriller – JJ Cooper
JJ Cooper has written two action thrillers – 17 years in Australian army – 2 tours in East Timor, 1 tour in middle east – was an army interrogator General …
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Panel discussion: Beyond the Big Six
Panelists: Caroline Comito (writing as CJ Archer – self published and Montlake digital imprint) Shannon Curtis (Carina Press) Denise Rosetti (Berkley publications and Elora’s Cave) Elisabeth Rose (Avalon Books, Whiskey …
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Keynote address 1: Channeling Jane: Eloisa James
Eloisa James: Channeling Jane PhD, Professor in Shakespeare at Fordham University in New York Writes Regency romance, married to an Italian Knight (really!) 1. having motivation for writing is not …
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Day 1: Plenary session
Well we had the official welcome, and then they announced the new first time published authors. There were 31 one of them this year which is awesome – one is …
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Conference Day One
I’ll put the rest of the Screenwriting Tips for Authors up another time. I was at the Harlequin cocktail party and then out at dinner with friends, and it is …
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Screenwriting tips for Authors workshop – part 1
Three act structure used in movies and books comes from plays has been used for more than 2,000 years also used in novels adapted for movies As authors, or playwrights …