Forum workshop with Irene S. Roth

 Forum workshop

Workshop Title: Seven Tips to Perform A Professional Online Critique
      
Forum Presenter: Irene S. Roth
       
Workshop outline:

       It is important for writers to be courteous when
       giving professional critiques. We don't want to
       bash the other writer, but we want him/her to
       develop and flower into the type of writer that
       will be successful and content in his/her
       profession.
     
       Here are seven tips to perform a professional
       critique.
     
       1.  Be courteous.
     
       2.  Find good points to say about a manuscript at
            all times.
     
       3.  Don't slam another writer's views.
     
       4.  Be thorough in your critique.
     
       5.  Don't negatively label any manuscript.
     
       6.  Suggest positive feedback to make the
            manuscript better.
     
       7.  Couch negative comments positively.
     
       Irene S. Roth is a freelance writer for teens and
       tweens. She leads live chats and workshops at the
       National Writing for Children's Center about
       different aspects of the writing life. She is a
       registered Virtual Book Tour host with the
       National Writing for Children Center and Stories
       for Children's Magazine where she is also an
       Assistant Nonfiction Editor. Ms. Roth also has
       two website that is geared to writers. These are
       as follows:
     
       1. http://irenesroth.wordpress.com
       2. http://rothsinspiringbooksandproducts.wordpress.com
     
          

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Forum workshop with Sandy Lender

365 Days of Non-Stop Marketing

With Sandy Lender of Night Wolf Publications

Workshop outline:

Marketing and promotion is the author's responsibility, but there are myriad inexpensive, creative, not-too-time-consuming activities in which you can partake to get the word out about your book. Check in throughout PROMO! Day with author and marketer Sandy Lender for tons of tips on how to market and promote with a plan. She's currently marketing 365 days of 2011--from in-store appearances to in-person presentations to online interviews and more. Visit this forum for ideas, strategies and a gameplan that's sure to help you get your promotion jump-started for serious success.

 

Check out her website at http://www.authorsandylender.com

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Forum Workshop with Joyce Lavene

Joyce Lavene will be presenting an all day workshop in the forums at this years event.

Brief outline of what the workshop will cover:

Selling, writing, and promoting series mysteries, fantasies, etc. is different and can be more difficult than writing stand-alone books. It might seem as though it begins with the contract and how many books you think you can write and promote in a year. How often should the books come out? How will you be paid for them? But it starts when you first determine the books will be a series. How do you give enough information without giving away the plots, future and past? How many characters does it take to write a continuing series? Is your idea big enough to be more than one book? What publishers are looking for series books? And when it comes to promotion, how can you keep your readers interested and continuing to buy your series?

BIO:

Joyce Lavene writes with her husband/partner, Jim. Together they have written and published more than 50 books.. They have written mystery, fantasy and science fiction series in the last 12 years. They currently write two mystery series for Berkley Prime Crime – Missing Pieces Mysteries and Renaissance Faire Mysteries. They live in North Carolina with their family. Their website is www.joyceandjimlavene.com. Joyce blogs at http://romanceofmystery.blogspot.com .

They also continue to write for their hometown newspaper, www.weeklypostnc.com .

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