I've been putting this off for a while because I have a long list of workshops next year.
But, hey. I've got to do is sometime, so why not tonight? LOL
I'm doing my GOAL SETTING workshop for NEORWA in November. Here's the link http://www.neorwa.com/index.php/Workshops/Workshops
This is a great workshop to help you weed through everything you have to do, set some priorities and also set some goals!
In December 2012, it looks like I'm getting my hair dyed and taking my son to the dentist...Oh, and writing a book and a novella. :)
Which takes us to 2013
January: I'm doing... Let Conflict Tell Your Story for You for WRW (Washington Romance Writers) This is their website addy.
http://wrwdc.com
I don't see my online workshop up yet. I'll contact them.
February: Can This Manuscript be saved for http://www.writersonlineclasses.com/
My workshops not up on their site either...but it's February. Can This Manuscript Be Saved is the workshop I get the most requests for and compliments on!
March: Scenes for Savvy Authors (savvyauthors.com) (It's not up anywhere on their site yet! Yikes!)
March I'm doing CAN THIS MANUSCRIPT BE SAVED Live in the So Cal Conference. http://socalrwa.org/
May: Pennwriters conference in Pittsburgh!
June: Conflict and the Category Romance. I love this one. :) http://starrwa.org/on-line-workshops/
July: I'm doing a 2-week workshop on Theme for Savvy Authors. (It's also not up on their site, so I'll have to figure out what's going on.)
And then I'm free until November...when I'm doing the Goal Setting Workshop again (I like to do this every year so I can figure out MY goals too!) for the local Sisters in Crime chapter.
I have books out in February, May and October ... or maybe November. :)
THE BILLIONAIRE'S BABY SOS (Feb)
THE TRIPLETS DADDY NEXT DOOR (May...that's my working title. Not sure what it's going to be called yet!)
THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS SHE ALWAYS WANTED (October or November...Not sure...that's also my working title!)
susan
Monday, October 22, 2012
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
| Okay, team, here it is...the one everybody's asked for... Conflict and the Category Romance |
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Instructor: Susan Meier. Is there a difference between the conflicts of a single title romance and a category romance? Is there a difference between the conflicts of a long category and a short category? What purposes do conflicts serve in a category romance? Is there a way to use your conflict for more than a stumbling block for the romance? Can it also push your story forward? Join multi-published category romance author and Entangled editor Susan Meier as she answers these questions and more in her workshop CONFLICT AND THE CATEGORY ROMANCE. See how to use banter, why we use a ‘format’ not a formula, how mining your characters’ pasts creates the richest conflicts, and learn tricks for getting emotion and “layering” into your story. | ||
| WHEN: | May 14, 2012 - Jun 10, 2012 | |
| COST: | $20 for Premium Members $30 for Basic Members Cancellation policy: Registrations are non-refundable except when the workshop is cancelled by Savvy Authors. http://www.savvyauthors.com/vb/showevent.php?eventid=1451 | |
Monday, March 12, 2012
The April Workshop!
APRIL 2 – 27: Let Conflict Tell Your Story
Susan Meier—back by popular demand!
Course Content:
Good books are about people. Great books are about people in trouble. Not just external trouble, but real, gut wrenching, soul hurting trouble. Most of us can give our characters believable external struggles and even get them beyond those struggles, but what about that internal struggle? Can a leopard really change his or her spots? And if so how? What do editors and agents mean when they say your character has to grow? Learn the basis for every internal struggle and how to achieve believable character growth that can carry your whole story and give your characters a real happy ending.
About the Instructor:
Susan Meier is the author of 45 books for Harlequin and Silhouette and one of Guideposts’ Grace Chapel Inn series books, The Kindness of Strangers. Her books have been finalists for Reviewers Choice Awards, National Reader’s Choice Awards and Cataromance.com. Reviewer’s Choice Awards and nominated for Romantic Times awards. Her book Her Baby’s First Christmas won the traditional category in the 2009 More Than Magic contest. The Magic of a Family Christmas was a finalist in the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence. Susan has given talks at RWA chapter conference, on-line workshops, and has regularly appeared in RWA chapter newsletters.
A one-time legal secretary and director of a charitable foundation, Susan Meier found her bliss when she became a full-time novelist for Harlequin. She’s visited ski lodges and candy factories for “research” and works in her pajamas. But the real joy of her job is creating stories about women for women. In her 47 published novels, she’s tackled issues like infertility, losing a child and becoming widowed, and worked through them with her characters.
Her 2011 Christmas book, KISSES ON HER CHRISTMAS LIST, is a nominee for a REVIEWER’S CHOICE AWARD and an RT 4-1/2 star top pick for December 2011. Her popular website www.susanmeier.com has recipes, workshops for writers and short stories featuring the characters in previous books. Every Monday morning she devotes her Dear Readers blog to the craft of writing.
Susan Meier—back by popular demand!
Course Content:
Good books are about people. Great books are about people in trouble. Not just external trouble, but real, gut wrenching, soul hurting trouble. Most of us can give our characters believable external struggles and even get them beyond those struggles, but what about that internal struggle? Can a leopard really change his or her spots? And if so how? What do editors and agents mean when they say your character has to grow? Learn the basis for every internal struggle and how to achieve believable character growth that can carry your whole story and give your characters a real happy ending.
About the Instructor:
Susan Meier is the author of 45 books for Harlequin and Silhouette and one of Guideposts’ Grace Chapel Inn series books, The Kindness of Strangers. Her books have been finalists for Reviewers Choice Awards, National Reader’s Choice Awards and Cataromance.com. Reviewer’s Choice Awards and nominated for Romantic Times awards. Her book Her Baby’s First Christmas won the traditional category in the 2009 More Than Magic contest. The Magic of a Family Christmas was a finalist in the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence. Susan has given talks at RWA chapter conference, on-line workshops, and has regularly appeared in RWA chapter newsletters.
A one-time legal secretary and director of a charitable foundation, Susan Meier found her bliss when she became a full-time novelist for Harlequin. She’s visited ski lodges and candy factories for “research” and works in her pajamas. But the real joy of her job is creating stories about women for women. In her 47 published novels, she’s tackled issues like infertility, losing a child and becoming widowed, and worked through them with her characters.
Her 2011 Christmas book, KISSES ON HER CHRISTMAS LIST, is a nominee for a REVIEWER’S CHOICE AWARD and an RT 4-1/2 star top pick for December 2011. Her popular website www.susanmeier.com has recipes, workshops for writers and short stories featuring the characters in previous books. Every Monday morning she devotes her Dear Readers blog to the craft of writing.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
What's on Tap for 2012
March 2012 CAN THIS MANUSCRIPT BE SAVED New Zealand chapter!
April 2012 I will be doing my workshop LET CONFLICT TELL YOUR STORY FOR YOU for the STAR chapter. Go to: http://starrwa.org/on-line-workshops/
April 19...JOHNSTOWNERS and surrounding areas...I will be at the Coal Miner's Cafe talking about how the publishing industry has changed and is changing!
April 27-28 I will be at the Spring Fling in Chicago doing CAN THIS MANUSCRIPT BE SAVED live.
In May 2012 I will be doing a workshop for Savvy Authors CONFLICT AND THE CATEGORY ROMANCE.
Jun 11 to July 8th, I will be doing JOURNEY STEPS for Savvy Authors.
In September 2012 I will be doing a workshop for Savvy Authors CONFLICT -- FOCUS ON BOOKS WITHOUT SEX IN THEM. http://www.savvyauthors.com/vb/showevent.php?eventid=1459
October, SELF EDITING for the multi-genre group PENNWRITERS.
April 2012 I will be doing my workshop LET CONFLICT TELL YOUR STORY FOR YOU for the STAR chapter. Go to: http://starrwa.org/on-line-workshops/
April 19...JOHNSTOWNERS and surrounding areas...I will be at the Coal Miner's Cafe talking about how the publishing industry has changed and is changing!
April 27-28 I will be at the Spring Fling in Chicago doing CAN THIS MANUSCRIPT BE SAVED live.
In May 2012 I will be doing a workshop for Savvy Authors CONFLICT AND THE CATEGORY ROMANCE.
Jun 11 to July 8th, I will be doing JOURNEY STEPS for Savvy Authors.
In September 2012 I will be doing a workshop for Savvy Authors CONFLICT -- FOCUS ON BOOKS WITHOUT SEX IN THEM. http://www.savvyauthors.com/vb/showevent.php?eventid=1459
October, SELF EDITING for the multi-genre group PENNWRITERS.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
March Workshop
Registrations for "Can this Manuscript be Saved" online workshop are now open. Here's the link - http://www.romancewriters.co.nz/workshops-2/.
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