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Have Words, Will Travel
I am available for day and half day workshops for
reader groups, conferences, and library visits.
See below for more information on some of my most
popular workshops, or contact me to design a
presentation for your group.
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April 1 - 30, 2008
WriterUniv
Month-long Workshop
PACING: HOW TO CREATE PAGE-TURNING
MANUSCRIPTS
What keeps a book intriguing enough to have fans
turn the pages and not set it down? How can one
author's books have you riveted and another's
leave you feeling ho-hum? Ever wondered if there
are key craft tips and techniques to balance
fast-paced conflict, tension, suspense or mystery,
action and emotion? In this course you will learn:
The ingredients of a page-turner
What hooks are and how to maximise them
The power of effective scenes
Common pacing pitfalls to avoid
The ten elements of strong pacing
How to use subplots and secondary characters
How to avoid a sagging middle
Learn what a beat is and how to use it
Great beginnings and endings that have your
readers wanting more!
For more info visit: www.WriterUniv.com
October 11th, 2008
Heart of Carolina
Location: Raleigh, NC
Live Full Day Workshop
PLOTTING WITH THE MYTHIC STRUCTURE:
Creating Surefire Plots that Sell
Before Christopher Vogler’s ground breaking book
– The Hero’s Journey – many writers were unable
to see the connections between their commercial
fiction and the universal power of ancient myths
and legends. Now, with a clearer understanding of
how to incorporate archetypes, the twelve steps of
the hero’s [heroine’s] journey, and plot points,
writers can create solid plots and surefire
structures that sell.
For more info visit: www.heartofcarolina.org
October 25th, 2008
Silicon Valley RWA
Location: San Francisco, CA
Live Full Day Workshop
SEX ON THE PAGE: UNDERSTANDING AND
CRAFTING SEXUAL TENSION
How do you write great sexual tension whether you
write Regencies or Erotica or somewhere in
between? Why is it some authors can make you
cheer and commiserate and ache as their
characters take their perilous journeys toward
intimacy and others leave you feeling ho hum?
Mary Buckham combines examples from
outstanding Romance authors with an in depth
analysis of the 12 stages of intimacy, findings in
behavioral science and the power of biology to
better understand and incorporate sexual tension
in your own writing.
PACING: HOW TO CREATE PAGE-TURNING
MANUSCRIPTS
What keeps a book intriguing enough to have fans
turn the pages and not set it down? How can one
author's books have you riveted and another's
leave you feeling ho-hum? Ever wondered if there
are key craft tips and techniques to balance
fast-paced conflict, tension, suspense or mystery,
action and emotion? In this course you will learn:
The ingredients of a page-turner
What hooks are and how to maximise them
The power of effective scenes
Common pacing pitfalls to avoid
The ten elements of strong pacing
How to use subplots and secondary characters
How to avoid a sagging middle
Learn what a beat is and how to use it
Great beginnings and endings that have your
readers wanting more!
For more info visit: www.svrwa.com
April 11 - 13, 2008
Silken Sands Conference at the Beach
Location: Pensacola Beach, Florida
POWER OPENINGS and POWER PACING
Live two-hour workshop
For more info visit: www.gccrwa.com
April 18 - 19, 2008
Break Into Fiction
Location: Houston, Texas
BREAK INTO FICTION PLOTTING seminar:
Two-day Intense Plotting workshop
For more info visit: www.BreakIntoFiction.com
September 1 - 29, 2008
WriterUniv.com
Location: On-Line Workshop
Month Long On-line workshop
SEX ON THE PAGE: UNDERSTANDING AND
CRAFTING SEXUAL TENSION
For more info visit: www.WriterUniv.com
October 3 - 5, 2008
Kiss of Death Conference
Location: Portland, Maine
Live Two-hour workshop
POWER OPENINGS and POWER PACING
For more info visit: www.rwamysterysuspense.org
May 22 - 24, 2008
Break Into Fiction
Location: Seattle, Washington
BREAK INTO FICTION PLOTTING seminar:
Two-day Intense Plotting workshop
For more info visit: www.BreakIntoFiction.com
June 19 - 21, 2008
Break Into Fiction
Location: Richmond, Virginia
BREAK INTO FICTION PLOTTING seminar:
Two-day Intense Plotting workshop
For more info visit: www.BreakIntoFiction.com
September 18 -20, 2008
Break Into Fiction
Location: Chicago, Illinois
BREAK INTO FICTION PLOTTING seminar:
Two-day Intense Plotting workshop
For more info visit: www.BreakIntoFiction.com
November 14 - 15, 2008
Break Into Fiction
Location: Los Angeles, California
BREAK INTO FICTION PLOTTING seminar:
Two-day Intense Plotting workshop
For more info visit: www.BreakIntoFiction.com
