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Western adventure is making a comeback. First as Weird West Steampunk, but also in historical romance. So, pack your carpet bag, board the stagecoach, climb aboard the Conestoga or mount your trusty palomino. We’re headed back in time, and we’re headed West!
This workshop explores the clan origins in general, clan structure, Gaelic names, Highland life, women, the Lords of the Isles, clan histories, clothing, feuds, and the Clearances.
Workshop Description: Spend 4 weeks working on common grammar and punctuation issues most authors make. This workshop includes lovely misplaced modifiers, ambiguous pronouns, common punctuation errors, and subject-verb agreement. Instructor Bio: Mary Marvella has been a storyteller for as long as she can remember. The arrival of the book mobile was as exciting as hearing […]
Have no idea what to do with your characters? Do you have a story but no idea how to structure the plot? This workshop covers some ideas on how to create the story from the inside out.
Contemporary romance is the largest, most popular subgenre of romance…and also the most competitive.
Show Don’t Tell: The Writer’s Golden Rule looks at different techniques of putting your readers into your story, and how to use them.
In this workshop, you'll discover how to create strong characters, try your hand at plotting made easy (you'll only have a few minutes), learn about theme and how it translates into fiction, and get to know your setting intimately. Sounds fun right? It is so sign up now 😁
How do you put a multi-author connected series together? Join USA Today/Amazon bestselling author Melinda Curtis for the nuts and bolts of creating, promoting, and managing a multi-author connected series.
Core Wounds sit in the heart of every person - both real or fiction.
To solve a mystery, clearing up that who, what, when, how, and why wasn't as involved in the past as it is today. Find out what you can and can't use, and who the cops and sleuths were back in much earlier eras. The time machine will be waiting at the Outreach International’s virtual "door".
In Time, Place and Beyond: Bring Your Setting To Life, will examine various methods for plunging your reader into your setting and making it real.
Writing a marketing blurb or synopsis can be difficult, learn to master both.
Val will take you on a journey so you learn what the buzz is about cosplay.
This 4-week workshop concentrates on love between the…er…species. Humans can fall in love with werebeings, vampires, elves, a member of the Fae, or…well, even one of the old gods! Percy Jackson’s parents were certainly from different camps.
Core Wounds sit in the heart of every person - both real or fiction.
Have you ever picked up a book, planning to read a chapter? Could you stop at one chapter? I have stayed up all night more than once because the writers had me in their clutches! Let's look at editing away the stuff that doesn't involve our readers to create that final draft readers can't put down!
Have you tried to write a novel in 30 days? Failed every time at NaNoWriMo? Not this year...
Core Wounds sit in the heart of every person - both real or fiction.
This hands-on course will explore what western readers look for, where to get your “western” on even if you’ve never ridden a horse, what makes western series popular, and how to build your western series from the ground up.