Patti Fischer 0 Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 ******PERMISSION TO FORWARD GRANTED AND ENCOURAGED ****** * * Dunes & Dreams RWA Chapter 215 (from Eastern Long Island) present a March 2011 Online Workshop. http://www.dunesanddreams.org/writing-workshops Cost: $10 D&D members, $25 all others. Payable in US funds only. * * * * March 1ST – 29TH WARDROBES, WEAPONS, WARBLINGS AND WORDS: Shopping, Entertainment, and Slang for Your Historical Characters Presenter, Beth Daniels, aka Beth Henderson To get the right feel in a historical novel, it’s all about stage setting, looking right, sounding right, and having the right “water cooler” chit chat for the people who traipse through your historical landscape. Can you trust what you’ve read elsewhere? Maybe, maybe not. So how do you decide what you need BEYOND the plot? And where do you go to find it? Those are exactly the questions that this workshop addresses. In fact, we go looking FOR dresses! Yes, shopping with your heroine is the first thing on the list, whether she needs to don farthingales or those frisky little flapper frocks. We’ll spend a full week searching out everything the well prepared heroine might need. Then during week two, we pry the hero away from napping in a comfy haystack or armchair and trail after him as he roams through gun shops, smith’s forges (for swords, knives), armament rooms (maces, axes, armour, shields, bows and arrows), and then looks over the available carriages from horse drawn to snappy 1920s motor cars. He shouldn’t mind this sort of shopping. But historicals of any kind are not ALL dire events to be dressed right to endure, be they ballrooms or battlefields. No, characters like to be entertained as well, so we’ll look at entertainments, songs, musical instruments, poetry, paintings, plays, games of chance and dances for flirtation. And while our characters chat each other up we’ll make sure they drop a few words to tell readers they aren’t in the 21st century anymore, so we’ll use appropriate slang or phrasing or words that can be slipped into conversations. And we’ll do all that in four short weeks. Instructor Bio: Presenter Beth Daniels is the author of six historical novels (and 20 other non-historical novels) and holds a BA in History and a MA in English Composition and Rhetoric. She is also a researchoholic, and not only will share sources but issue Challenges (otherwise known as Assignments) to send participants off each week to ferret out their characters’ most necessary accoutrements, build era perfect party mixes, and quip the most atrociously amusing fribbles. The workshop caters to pre-published, minimally-published and multi-published writers looking for a way to lift their historical novel out of the ordinary run of things. Participants don’t need a work-in-progress, but do need at least a hero and heroine who will appear opposite each other in a forthcoming tale. The time periods covered will be basically Renaissance/Elizabethan through the 1920s, but those looking to deck out early to late medieval characters are welcome as well. * * *DATE*: March 1 - 29 Registration deadline is February 27th. *PLACE**: Dunes & Dreams RWA Workshop Yahoo Loop* Registrants will receive a yahoo invitation to the workshop several days before the workshop begins to allow ample time to accept it. Please notify the coordinators if you have do not receive your invite before the class begins. *COST*: $10 Dunes & Dreams RWA Members/ $25 all others (US funds only – paypal or checks) *CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY*: No registration fees will be refunded. All payments for a workshop must be received by the registration cut off date. Payments received after the cut-off date can be applied to a future workshop of the applicant's choosing. If a workshop is canceled due to unforeseen circumstances, such as instructor inability to teach class, registration fees will be applied to a future workshop of the applicant's choosing. Hope to see you in class! Registration form and more information: http://www.dunesanddreams.org/writing-workshops or email the coordinators at workshops.ddrwa@gmail.com * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ What I Wish I'd Done Before I Published PRO Recommended Dates: February 7-21, 2011 San Diego RWA In this workshop, Ann will cover the essentials for career building, promo and marketing are a lot of it, but it's more on how to get started, resources and ideas for setting up a website, social networking sites, media kit, career planning, organization, etc R. Ann Siracusa _R. ANN SIRACUSA _ (http://www.rannsiracusa.com/) is involved in many activities, but her two favorite are traveling the world and writing fiction. This talented author combines those loves into novels which transport readers to exotic settings and immerse them in romance, intrigue, and foreign cultures. Ann lives in San Diego, California, and writes full time. She has been active in Romance Writers of America since 1985 and recently served two terms as Co-president of the San Diego RWA Chapter. Her first novel was published in 2008, and since then Sapphire Blue Publishing has released four more works.check out FMI _http://www.rwasd.com/training/index.html_ (http://www.rwasd.com/training/index.html) ************************* ***Permission To Forward Granted*** Mid-Willamette Valley RWA Presents: Our March 2011 online class: World-Building for Writers Taught by Rebecca Lynn Description: A world-building course focusing on all facets of fictional writing, not just on fantasy and paranormal books. Historical fiction and contemporary genre fiction writers need to know how to world-build, as well. World-building, at its foundation, is about incorporating details into narrative. This class will start with the basic building blocks of a world (whether known or invented) and move toward the integration of research and worldbuilding into narrative fiction. Week One: You Are God - The building blocks of fictional worlds; the two main methods of world-building. Week Two: The Genesis Effect - Organizing and ordering your fictional world; resources for world-building in genres. Week Three: Hobbits and iPods and Claymores, Oh My - Integrity in your fictional world; dissecting student examples. Week Four: Writer as Weaver - Integrating world-building details into narrative and dialogue. BIO Rebecca Lynn took an MFA in Creative Writing and an undergraduate degree in Linguistics and Literature, and has taught both writing and literature courses on the collegiate level. She has published short fiction as well as some short non-fiction, and academic articles. Class runs from 3/1/2011 to 3/31/2011. Cost is $20 for MWV RWA members and $25 for non-members. See http://www.midwillamettevalleyrwa.com/online.classes.htm for details Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group ***************************** ************Permission to Forward Granted and Appreciated************ Online Workshop: Free Your Muse! Instructor: Calista Fox (aka Ava McKnight) Date: March 1-April 12, 2011 Sponsor: Desert Rose RWA Description: Do you have a story to tell? With the amazing impact technology has had on the publishing industry, now is the perfect time to write that story and get it sold! Multi-published and award-winning author Calista Fox (aka Ava McKnight) is conducting a six-week, online writing course that will cover creative writing mechanics, plot development, characterization, dialogue, writing voice, self-editing and publishing. Instructor Bio: Multi-published, award-winning author Calista Fox (aka Ava McKnight) began her professional fiction-writing career in 2005, following an exciting career in PR, where she specialized in writing speeches and Congressional testimonies. Her books have received rave reviews, and she has won several contests with publication as the prize. She is also the recipient of Romance Reviews Today's Best Book of 2008 for its category and a Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Sci-Fi Erotic Novella. In 2007, Calista's paranormal romance, One Wish, helped to launch the e-publishing venture for print publisher Red Sage Publishing, Inc. She is a college graduate and avid vacationer. She has traveled the country many times over by Lear and Gulfstream jets (thanks to the PR gig), always with her laptop in tow to capture intriguing story elements and locales! <http://www.calistafox.com/> www.calistafox.com and <http://www.avamcknight.blogspot.com/> www.avamcknight.blogspot.com Fee: $30 DR Members; $40 All Others. FMI: <http://www.drworkshops.com/> www.drworkshops.com Or email <mailto:workshops@drworkshops.com> workshops@drworkshops.com Thank you, Helen King Desert Rose Workshops Coordinator Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web Link to post Share on other sites
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