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WRITERS WORKSHOPS
September 20 - September 26, 2011
This is a 6-day beginner/intermediate course on characterization and plotting. If you’re an intuitive writer, can think outside the box, and are willing to allow your characters to evolve in ways you never expected, your characters can actually do your plotting for you! Lessons will be as follows:
Cost: $10 for Savvy Authors members, $15 for non-members
November 1 - November 3, 2010
This is a 3-day beginner course on how to write a great hook. Do you want to get published? You need a great hook! What’s a hook? It’s what happens during the first few pages that grabs your readers and compels them to read on. Lessons will be as follows:
Cost: $10 for Savvy Authors members, $15 for non-members
July 11 - 24, 2011
This is an intermediate/advanced 2-week course. Finding an agent can be a time-consuming, agonizing process which can be all the more devastating if you’re scammed out of money by a fraudulent “agent.” As an author who’s been both scammed badly and signed by a legitimate agent, I have firsthand knowledge of both and can relate to authors who are attempting to land an agent. Week 1 will focus on mistakes writers make that can result in being the victim of a scam, and week 2 will present positive steps for finding a legitimate agent. Included will be details of my personal journey of heartbreak and elation.
September 26 - October 2, 2011
This is a 1-week beginner course on show vs tell and the power of description. Characterization may be the heart of a story, but you can’t have a character existing in a vacuum. There has to be a world in which the character lives, and it has to not only be a believable world (whether historical, contemporary, or futuristic) but it has to be well-written. The technical aspects of a book are just as important as characterization and plot, and good technical writing is more than just correct grammar and punctuation. Correctly used, description can convey emotion as well as paint pictures. Poorly written description, on the other hand, can sink a manuscript. Topics will include:
November 7 - 20, 2011
Presented by the From the Heart Romance Writers chapter of RWA
This is a beginner/intermediate 2-week course. Week 1 will focus on characterization, and week 2 on point of view, as well as the connection between the two. Characterization is the single most important element in a story. Readers will remember an extraordinary character long after they’ll remember details of the plot. As for point of view, it’s been my experience that POV is the element of writing that beginners have the most problems with. There’s a very strong relationship between the two elements, and this workshop will not only give pointers on the separate elements, but show the writer how to convey characterization through correct use of POV. Topics include:
It's here--original artwork by acclaimed artist Pat Lazarus. Included in "Jaye's Stable of Undead Studs," is artwork of each of my four Image heroes--Dallas Allgate, Alek Dragovich, Ric De Chaux, and Revelin Scott. See my ART page!
TALES FROM THE TREASURE TROVE, VOL. 1:
2006 Eppie Award Winner - Best Anthology
Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award: Best Small Press Romance
Loves Romances Reviewer's Choice Golden Rose Award Feb. 2006
Ecataromance Best Romance Anthology Ebook 2005
4 1/2 Stars and September 2005 Top Pick from Romantic Times BOOKclub
RAINSCAPE:
4 1/2 Stars and January 2005 Top Pick from Romantic Times BOOKclub
Recommended Read and 5 Angels from Fallen Angel Reviews Reviewers Choice and 5 Stars from ScribesWorld
2001 Dorothy Parker Award of Excellence, Reviewer Choice, presented by RIO
IMMORTAL IMAGE:
Nominee for RIO Award of Excellence - Romantic Paranormal
Scribe's World Reviewer's Choice Award
AFTERIMAGE:
Finalist for the Sime~gen Spring Reviewer's Choice Award for Favorite Reviewed Book - Romance
OTHER AWARDS:
March 2002 MyShelf.Com Author Appreciation Award for an Exceptional Website
2001 P.E.A.R.L. Nomination for "Best New Author"
HELL'S WARRIOR - Available May 1, 2010
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UPCOMING WORKSHOPS