With Valentine’s Day approaching, you need a new book boyfriend to go along with your champagne and chocolates. Why not splurge and buy two? Darcy DelanyA List-Less LifeStories with SassPrint Learn More Tania JoyceBoardroom SeductionsGatwickDigital Learn More Annabelle McInnesEternal RefugeEscape PublishingDigital Learn More Joanne DannonFalling for the Best ManClarendon 3 PublishingDigital Learn More Charmaine RossGhost: a Paranormal Ghost Romance: Damned Series Book 1Indie PublishedDigital Learn More Catherine EvansLong GameEscape PublishingDigital Learn More Charmaine RossSoul: a Paranormal Ghost Romance: Damned Series Book 3Indie PublishedDigitalLearn MoreLouisa WestThe Other Mister KnightleyIndie PublishedDigital Learn More Aislinn KearnsUndercover FighterIndie PublishedPrint Learn More Nicole Hurley-MooreWhite Gum …
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View PostQuickly Learn Aeon Timeline for Fiction Writers & Authors
Course Dates: 30th January – 26 February 2017 Cost: RWA-Member – $30.00 Non RWA-Member – $80.00 Presenter: Kylie Ross Quick Learn Aeon Timeline is an online course that is logically laid out and covers all the features within Aeon Timeline 2. Created for all types of writers, Fiction and Non-Fiction, this course takes you through the basics of Aeon Timeline and then gives you Ninja skills with practical real world examples and bonus templates you can make your own. If you don’t already, you’ll come to love brainstorming and plotting your timelines and then sync to Scrivener and begin writing faster! Aeon Timeline …
OWL | Author Branding: Why You Need It Before You Sell
Course Dates: 2 – 29 January 2017 Cost: RWA-Member – $30.00 Non RWA-Member – $80.00 Presenter: Nikki Logan There is so much more to effective AUTHOR BRANDING than a pretty website and a catchy tagline. Working out who you are as a writer and what you want to say is an important part of effectively communicating to editors, agents and (ultimately) readers. Branding is not something you need to leave until after you sell. This OWL course will look at author branding in the romance sector and will help participants identify what their brand is. By month’s end you will …
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OWL | Writing the Short Story for submission
WRITING THE SHORT STORY FOR SUBMISSION Course Dates: 28/11/2016 – 25/12/2016 Presenter: Louisa Bacio Beginning writers are often told to: “Write the story you want to read, not what someone else might want to see.” This class, instead, deals with catering a short story specifically to a publisher’s request for submissions. Regularly, editors and ublishers list upcoming anthologies and the types of stories they’re looking to include. The course will explore current call-outs, and students will be encouraged to write specifically for one anthology and to submit the work at the end of the course. Basic crafting of a short story, such …
OWL | HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT MISS JONES?
Have You Heard of Miss Jones? Understanding Character Driven Plotting Through Analysing Bridget Jone’s Diary. Course Dates: 01/11/2016 – 28/11/2016 Presenter: Samantha Bond You’re probably familiar with the phrase: “the plot thickens”. But exactly what is plot and how, as a writer, do you come up with your own original, compelling plots? The trick is to understand the difference between ‘story’ and ‘plot’. In this workshop, I’ll demonstrate how plot works through an analysis of arguably the greatest chick-lit novel of all time, Bridget Jones’ Diary. But more than simply analyse, this workshop will arm participants with tools to create their own plots …
OWL | SELF-PUBLISHING FOR BEGINNERS
SELF-PUBLISHING FOR BEGINNERS Course Dates: 01/11/2016 – 28/11/2016 Presenter: Cathleen Ross Ever wondered if self-publishing is for you but haven’t quite been able to navigate your way through to make the decision? Cathleen Ross has the answers for you in this four-week course. Subjects to be covered: Information on selling platforms available: Smashwords, Amazon, itunes etc. Steps involved in uploading a story Editing Covers Formatting Blurbs – what makes a good blurb, what to put in, what to leave out etc. Marketing / Advertising/ The latest sites/results and numbers. Business Practices, setting up bank accounts, issues with US payments etc ITIN numbers …
OWL – Learn How to Make Facebook Your Friend with Sarah Hood
MAKE FACEBOOK YOUR FRIEND: SIX WAYS TO MAKE FACEBOOK WORK FOR YOU AS A WRITER, WITHOUT MORTGAGING YOUR HOME. Presenter: Sara Hood Course Dates: 03/10/2016 – 30/10/2016 Cost: RWA-Member – $30.00 (Check the coupon code in your member area) Non RWA-Member – $40.00 Registration limited to: Unlimited This workshop outlines clear, practical, accountable marketing activities for writers of popular fiction. It’s not airy fairy theory, nor is it snake oil ‘sell more books tomorrow and be rich the day after’ nonsense. Sadly, building a marketing platform takes time and effort, but it doesn’t have to be a burden if you know how to do it the right …
Good News Story – Louise Roberts
“Since becoming a member of RWA [I’m now in my third year] I have benefitted from “talking” to members on the Group Facebook page, but more so from attending the RWA Conference in Fremantle last August. It was the first time I attended such an event and I found the workshops enlightening and extremely beneficial. The advice and tips accumulated over the days of the conference were invaluable and I believe it is because of my association with Romance Writers that I have recently been rewarded with book publishing contracts for TWO of my novels: The Sword and the Rose – a …