| CD
No. |
CD Title |
Speaker |
| 08RWA01 |
RWA 2008 National
Conference - Craft
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Dialogue: Writing Between the Lines |
Elizabeth Hoyt |
How to Layer and Texture Your Novel For
High Impact |
Cherry Adair |
| Writing the Unputdownable Novel |
Joan Johnston |
| Instant Seduction: How to Write Great First Chapters |
Suzanne Clarke, Sally Williamson |
| MAKE ‘EM SCREAM: How To Write Amazing Romantic Suspense Editors Will Buy |
Hilary Sares |
| Got Problems? We’ve Got Solutions! |
Leanne Banks, Rhonda Pollero |
| Bigger Than Botox: When Your Book Needs More Than a Face-Lift |
Robyn DeHart, Emily McKay |
| Dead On: Writing a “Killer” Romantic Suspense |
Brenda Novak |
| The Art of Voice |
Nancy Robards Thompson, Catherine Kean,
Michelle Grajkowski, Tessa Woodward, Teresa
Elliott Brown |
Start as You Mean to Go On: A Guide to Great
Beginnings |
Leslie Wainger |
| Building Characters From The Head Down |
Laurie Campbell |
| Successful Rewriting: Paring Down and Fleshing Out |
Lisa Gardner |
Beyond Brainstorming: Stirring Stories in the
Creative Cauldron |
Mary Jo Putney, Patricia Rice |
| The Secret Handshake For Writing a Successful
Series |
Pat White, Stephanie Rowe, Michelle Grajkowski |
Emotion, Emotion, Emotion: Writing Romance
with Global Appeal |
Jessica Hart, Barbara McMahon, Barbara Hannay,
Lucy Brown |
| WORLD BUILDING– Creating Your Own Universe |
Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush |
The Top Ten List: Do’s and Don’ts of Writing
Contemporary Romance |
Kathleen Scheibling, Johanna Raisanen |
| Show, Don’t Tell |
Rita Herron |
| Fat-Free Writing or How to Eliminate Wordiness in 10
Easy Steps |
Annie Oortman |
| Bad Boys and Naughty Girls |
Allison Brennan, Lucia Macro, Jordan Dane, CJ
Lyons, Cindy Gerard |
| The Stairway to Plot Heaven: How Plotting with Other
Writers Can Change Your Life Forever! |
Susan Mallery, Maureen Child, Teresa Southwick |
| Layering the Story Concept |
Sylvie Kurtz |
| Advanced Tools of the Trade |
Charlotte Maclay |
| Secrets to Writing Better (and Sexier) Love Scenes |
Cara Summers |
| Secondary Characters: The Good, The Bad, and The
Quirky |
Beth Cornelison, Winnie Griggs |
| It’s All About Me, How to Write Successfully in First
Person |
Jane Porter |
| The Romance of Alternative Lifestyles |
Laura Baumbach, Kate Douglas, Linda
McLaughlin, Caitlyn Willows, M.L. Rhodes |
| Plotting 101: The Plotting Wheel |
Rebecca Martinez, Sue Viders |
| Voice: What Are You Talking About? |
Virginia Kantra
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| The Hybrid Hype: Genre-Defying Blends That Hit the
Mark |
Leah Hultenschmidt, Gemma Halliday, Leslie
Langtry, Christie Craig, Eve Kenin |
| Writing the Hot Historical |
Janet Mullany, Pam Rosenthal, Helen Breitweiser |
| Scene and Sequel |
Pam McCutcheon |
| Plotting for Erotica |
Cathy Yardley |
| Writing Romantic Suspense: Some Basic Stuff |
Karen Rose |
| 10 Things We Love About Writing YA Romance |
Shelley Adina, Carol Grace Culver, Kelly Parra,
Jennifer Jackson |
| It’s My Process and I’ll Cry If I Want To |
Jane Porter, Lillian Darcy |
| Non-Stop Romance |
Alina Adams, Susan Dansby, Amy Handelsman |
| Location, Location, Location: Setting as Character |
Annie Solomon |
| Writing—and Selling— Crossover Fiction |
Eileen Wilks, Amm Aguirre, Catherine Asaro, Cindy
Hwang |
| Home Is Where the Story Is |
Elizabeth Bevarly, Christie Ridgeway |
| Learning to Leap… Off the Page |
Rhonda Nelson, Brenda Chin, Jennifer LaBrecque |
| Arc of the Trilogy: Why They Need to Read the Next
Book |
Susan Mallery |
| A Place to Hang Your Scenes: Three-Act Structure for
Novels |
Kara Lennox |
| Seven Secrets for a Successful Novel |
Nikki Arana, Natasha Kern |
| 08RWA02 |
RWA 2008 National
Conference - Career, Publishing |
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Writing to a Concept: Taking a Publisher’s Idea and
Making It Your Own |
Stacy Boyd, Tina Colombo, Mel Odom, Ken Casper |
| Speed Dating Editors and Agents: Jazzing Up Your
Chapter’s Conference |
Kathrynn Dennis, Ann Mallory, Janet Miller, Mardi
Ballou |
| Honing Your Pitch: Making The Most of Your 10
Minutes |
Winnie Griggs, Laura Marie Altom, Melissa Endlich,
Michelle Grajkowski |
| Building Buzz in YA |
Tera Childs, Stephanie Hale, Heather Davis, Dona
Sarkar-Mishra, Tina Ferraro, Marley Gibson,
Simone Elkeles |
The Debutante Ball: How Six Debut Authors
Partnered for National Publicity |
Eileen Cook, Jennifer Gardiner, Jess Riley, Danielle
Younge Ullman, Lisa Daily |
| Talk To Yourself… Recognizing and Maintaining
Career-Making Boundaries in Publishing
Relationships |
Anna DeStefano, Michelle Grajkowski |
| Factors In Choosing New Clients |
Meredith Bernstein |
| Gossip Girls: The Essential Must-Have Behind-The-
Scenes Scoop on What REALLY Goes on When
Working With an Agent |
Marley Gibson, Elaine Spencer |
| Self-Promotion: It Isn’t Rocket Science |
Kelley St. John, Caren Johnson |
| Beyond the Critique Group |
Vicki Lewis Thompson, Jennifer LaBrecque,
Rhonda Nelson |
| Sex and the Single Title |
CJ Lyons, Toni McGee, Matthew Shear, Debra
Webb |
| The 21st Century Heroine: How Far She’s Come and
Where She’s Heading |
Michelle Monkou, Candice Poarch, Caridad Ferrer,
Francis Ray, Monique Patterson, Kate Duffy, Tracy
Montoya |
| All You Ever Do is Pitch, Pitch, Pitch! |
Rhonda Pollero, Cherry Adair, Donna Bagdasarian |
| Power...Not Theirs, Ours! |
Jennifer Greene, Lindsay Longford |
| The Great Agent Hunt |
Faye Hughes, Christie Craig, Caren Johnson, Jessica
Faust |
| Writing for the Historical Market |
Elizabeth Boyle, Laura Lee Guhrke, May Chen,
Harper Collins Editor |
| Myths, Legends and Realities of e-Publishing |
Melissa Schroeder, Shelley Bradley, Angela James |
| Do As I Say, Not As I Do: Rules for Breaking and
Making It |
Andrea Laurence, Brenda Chin, Kira Sinclair, Kim
Schultz Kerr |
| Creating a Web Presence |
Emma Clair, Michelle McGinnis |
| Down and Dirty: Media Training that Works |
Theresa Meyers |
| First Year on the Job: From ‘The Call’ to Publication |
Debby Giusti, Janet Dean, Krista Stroever, Missy
Tippens |
| How to Be a Trained Extrovert |
Leanne Shawler |
Navigating the Ever-Changing and Expanding
Christian Inspirational Market
|
Lyn Cote |
| Secrets of the Best-Selling Sisterhood |
Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Jane Ann Krentz |
| The Down and Dirty Guide to Making Your Own Book
Trailer Videos |
Diana Holquist, Lindsey Faber |
| Making a Splash, Even if You’re Waiting to Sell-Promotion Secrets from the AT2 Sisterhood |
Theresa Meyers, Ruth Kaufman, Gerri
Russell, Michele Ann Young, Gina Black |
| Free Falling; Strategies for Turning a Failure to Your
Advantage |
Jodi Thomas |
| Everything Agent: the Good, The Bad, and the Ugly |
Alesia Holliday, Steven Axelrod |
| Writing Regency Historicals in the Here and Now |
Stephanie Laurens, Jacqui D’ Alessandro, Candice
Hern |
| Theft of Creative Property |
Dr. John Barrie, Nora Roberts, Jane Litte, Sarah
Wendell |
| From Cover Concept to Finished Cover: An Overview
of the Cover Process |
Kate Duffy, Audrey La Fehr, John Sconamiglio
|
Confessions of a Bionic Author: Insider Tips I
Learned as a Bookseller, Editor, and Author |
Wendy Corsi Staub |
| Romancing the Internet |
Fronnie Lewis. Charlene Sands, Jina Bacarr, Helen
Kay Dimon |
| The Power of Teamwork: How Finding the Right
Collaborative Partner Can Lead to Career Success |
Faye Hughes, Christie Craig |
| The Plan: Project Planning for Writers |
Elizabeth Boyle, Terrence Boyle (Corporate Project Planner) |
| How To Make a Living Writing Romance Novels |
Stephanie Bond |
| Thinking Outside the Book: Ten Ways to Get Published
Now |
Sophie Littlefield |
| Ghosts, Ghouls, and Vampires, and Things That Go
Bump in the Night |
Heather Graham, Alexandra Sokoloff |
| Legal Issues for Writers: An Author’s Guide to
Protecting Your Rights and Avoiding Liability |
Teresa Bodwell |
| Three Ways to Make Yourself Irresistible to Agents and
Publishers |
Laurie McLean |
| Genre Bending: Insanity or Marketing Genius? Writing
in Multiple Genres in Today’s Market |
Karen White, Karen Gillespie, Karen Hawkins, Karen Solem |
| Tracking Trends, Fording the Future |
Terri Ridgell, Hope Tarr |
| 08RWA03 |
RWA 2008 National
Conference - Chat, Keynotes, Research, Spotlight, Writer's Life, Muse |
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Writing With Passion! |
Barbara Keaton |
| Chat With Nora Roberts |
Nora Roberts |
| Why Publishing is Making You Crazy—and What You
Can Do About It: The Tao of Publishing |
Steven Axelrod, Julie Anne Long |
| Watching the Detectives: Peaking Inside a Real
Detective’s Agency |
Eileen Rendahl |
| Spotlight on Avalon Books |
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| Spotlight on Harlequin, Silhouette, Mills & Boon, & Kimani |
|
Finding Your Bliss While Stumbling Down
Publishing’s Yellow Brick Road |
JoAnn Ross |
| From the Cinema to The CW: Using Pop Culture in
Your Young Adult Novel |
Trish Milburn, Julie Linker |
| Writing in the Pressure Cooker |
Pamela Morsi, Robyn DeHart, Emily McKay |
| Chat With Debbie Macomber |
Debbie Macomber |
| Spotlight on St. Martin’s Press |
|
| Re-Energizing a Dying Project (Or a Dying Career!) |
Lynda Sandoval |
| Spotlight on Bethany House/ Revell |
|
| Creativity for Life |
Eric Maisel, Ph.D. |
| Sociopaths vs. Psychopaths and the Serial Killer |
Dr. Cynthia Lea Clark |
| Spotlight on Dorchester |
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| Spotlight on Pocket Books |
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| Spotlight on Steeple Hill
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| Improv Techniques for Writers |
Denise McInerney |
| Reject Me, Please! How to Be a Warrior Woman
Writer |
Kimberly A. Cook |
| Spotlight on Harlequin Single Titles |
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| My Writing May Not Be Art… But My Kids Needs Braces |
Nancy Warren |
| Spotlight on New American Library |
|
| Pump Up Your Productivity |
Cindi Myers |
| Spotlight on Sourcebooks, Inc. |
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| Spotlight on Kensington |
|
| Doddering Butlers, Pert Housemaids, and Faithful
Retainers: Busting the Servant Myths |
Janet Mullany |
| Spotlight on TOR |
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| Spotlight on Morrow/ Avon Books |
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| DH101: Or How to Stay Married and Continue Writing |
Melinda Curtis, Curtis Wooten |
| Spotlight on Grand Central Publishing |
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| Spotlight on Bantam Dell |
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| Opening Session |
Theresa Behenna |
| Keynote Lunch |
Victoria Alexander |
| PRO Retreat |
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| Awards Luncheon |
Connie Brockway |
