2005 CDs

To reserve CDs, tapes, videos, and/or books, please contact Stephanie Gurnsey Higgins at sgurnsey@yahoo.com
Only VRW members may borrow items from the VRW library

1985-1989 | 1990 | 1991-1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006
Videos and Publications | Books

CD No.	CD Title		Speaker
05RWA01	RWA 2005 National Conference - Craft		CD in MP3 format
		Villain Revealed: Creating Characters that Resonate with Readers	Tami Cowden
		From Once Upon a Time to Happily Ever After	Dee Davis
		It’s Not Just Sex – An Insider’s Look at Erotic Romance	Jaci Burton, Cricket Starr, Mardi Ballou
		Learn to Rewrite: Finishing the Manuscript is Just the Beginning	Anna DeStefano, Johanna Raisanen
		Discovering Story Magic	Robin Perini
		Structure of a Best – Selling Novel	Roxanne Richardson
		Series and Sequels	Rita Herron
		People Will Talk: Writing Snappy Dialogue	Sabrina Jeffries
		What Not to Write: The Alfred Hitchcock Approach to Writing a Compelling Story	Samantha Saxon
		What is Emotion?	Suzanne McMinn
		When a Man Meets a Woman	Ken Casper
		Revisions Made Easy	Gayle Callen
		Romance Cliché, Or Real Love?	Jo Beverley
		Meet Your Characters First…They’re Your Story	Anna DeStefano, Trish Milburn
		Falling in Love without Falling in Bed	Margaret Daley, Laura Marie Altom, Diane Dietz
		Creating the Action Adventure Heroine	Vicki Hinze, Natashya Wilson
		Nip & Tuck: How to Keep Your Manuscript Firm and Lithe	Barbara Daly, Tracy Kelleher,Barbara Gale, Kathryn Lye
		In Emotion: The Heart of the Novel	Brenda Novak
		Writing Humor, Seriously	Laurie Brown, Lucienne Diver
		High Concept - How to Define It, Write It, Sell It	Debbie Macomber
		Writing Harder, Faster	Rhonda Nelson, Jennifer LaBrecque, Brenda Chin
		Plotting: Point and Counterpoint	Shane Bolks, Robin T. Popp
		Common Writing Problems	Gail Gaymer Martin, Patience Smith
		RWA "Idol"	Miriam Kriss, Irene Goodman, Lucia Macro
		Doing It Your Way - Writing the Breakout Novel	Carla Neggers
		Playing Nice: How to Collaborate on a Mini-Series without Losing Your Vision Or Your Mind	Wendy Etherington, Kristin Gabriel, Heather MacAllister
		Darlin', Your Fangs are Showing!	L.A. Banks, Monique Patterson
		Writing with Duct Tape - Using Emotion to Create Characters that Stick with Your Reader	Karen White, Karen Kendall
		The Thrill of the Thriller, the Ride of Romance	Jennifer Greene, Lindsay Longford, Margaret Watson
		POV, Voice and Characterization: Writing Your Story in 3-Dimensions	Bob Mayer
		Structuring the Novella-Length Romance	Judith Pich, Angela Knight, Jennifer Cummings
		The Fine Art of Self-Critique: How To Be Your Own Best Critique Partner	Cindi Myers
		The Secrets of Writing Romance - Using Romantic Movies for Inspiration and Information	Lucia Macro
		The Heroine's Journey	Elaine Stirling
		Kiss My Cliché	Eloisa James, Teresa Medeiros
		Structuring - and Selling! A Connected Trilogy of Romances	Claire Delacroix
		The Funny Thing about Being Scared to Death	Karen Robards
		Query Letter Critique	Kate Duffy
		You Want Me to Change What?	Jacquie D'Alessandro, Wendy Etherington
		Hot Tips for Writing Hot	Jennifer Dunne
		Can This Manuscript Be Saved?	Susan Meier
		Writing REAL for the Christian Market	Gail Martin, Diane Noble, Lori Copeland
		The Lovers' Journey	Kathryn Smith
		Hot To Plot: Laying the Foundation and Building a Multi-Layer Romantic Suspense Plot	Roxanne St. Claire, Gayle Wilson
		How to Be Irresistible	Susan Wiggs
		The Power of POV: Using It to Bring Characters to Life	Candice Hern
		Conflict Ahead: A Roadmap for Writers	Christie Ridgway
		Spilling the Beans: Secrets, Lies and Backstory	Lynn Kerstan
		He Said, She Said, They Wrote: Collaborating with the Opposite Sex	Bob Mayer, Jennifer Crusie
		This Scene Isn't Big Enough for Both of Us: Recognizing and Avoiding Author Intrusion	Sherry Lewis
		No Plotters Allowed	Allison Brennan, Patti Berg
		It's Like, Totally about YA, Dude!	Niki Burnham, Lynda Sandoval, Alesia Holliday
		The Healing Power of Love	Mary Balogh
		How Your Character Can Sin and Get Away with It: Motivation, Regret and Redemption	Leanne Banks, Cindy Gerard
		Heroes to Die For	Julia Ross
		Ten Tips for Writing a Romance that Works!	Leslie Wainger
		How to Write Two or More Books a Year in Different Genres	Jodi Thomas
		Things That Go Bump in the Night: Pacing the Romantic Suspense	Delores Fossen, Lisa Childs, Mallory Kane, Allison Lyons
05RWA02	RWA 2005 National Conference - Career, Research, RWA Pro, Publishing		various speakers, CD in MP3 format
		Dancing in High Heels	Jennifer O'Connell, Shanna Swendson, Ally Carter, Kristin Nelson
		Life Insurance: Writing for More than One Publisher	Dianne Castell, Lucy Monroe, Roberta Brown, Kate Duffy
		Crashing onto the Scene of a Chick-Lit Thriller	Debra Webb
		Go For It! Taking Calculated Risks with Your Career and Writing	Lori & Tony Karayianni (w/a Tori Carrington)
		Don't Bring a Snowball Redux: Our Career-Killing Near Misses	Kresley Cole, Beth Kendrick, Lauren McKenna
		Internet Tools for the Writer	Jayne Hoogenberk, Malle Vallik
		Discovering Your Author Brand	Theresa Meyers
		Author/Agent Career Building	Joanne Rock, Pam Hopkins, Barbara Collins Rosenberg, Catherine Mann
		Promotion: The Good, the Bad and the Spendy	Patricia White
		Arriving, Surviving, Thriving: It Ain't All Chocolate, Sex and Cheetos	Kylie Brant, Cindy Gerard, Roxanne Rustand, Mary Theresa Hussey, Donna Bagdasarian
		How to Win Agents and Influence Editors	Michelle Grajkowski, Deborah Pfeiffer, Nancy Robards Thompson
		Learn How to Turn Book Tours into a Real Selling Event	Alesia Holliday, Suzanne Brockmann, Ed Gaffney
		Ten Career Mistakes to Avoid - and How to Recover	Stephanie Bond
		Writing for the Long Haul through Rejections and Market Changes	Linda Wisdom
		Successful Critique Groups	Leah Vale, Lissa Manley, Terri Reed
		Changing Partners	Debra Salonen, Laura Shin
		Bam! How to Kick Your Career Up a Notch!	Debbie Macomber, Roxanne St. Claire, Brenda Novak
		Category vs. Single Title	Vickie Taylor, Jenna Mills, Linda Castillo
		Marketing is Not a Four-letter Word!	Wendy Blythe Gifford
		From Here to Eternity: Your Career Business Plan in Action	Cherry Adair
		Swords and Sworsdmen through the Ages	Mike Rettinhouse, Wayne Fisher, Rose M. Kahn
		The Regency Joy of Sex (Drugs & Gaming Hells)	Cara King
		‘10-4’ and Other Phrases Never to Use: Firefighter and EMS Speak	Cathleen A. Cody
		My Internet is Bigger than Your Internet	Janet Spaeth, Kacie Jossart
		Poison 101	Valerie Robertson
		Pregnancy and Childbirth for The Historical Author	Elena Greene
		Creating Realistic “Kick Butt” Characters	Kelle Riley
		Personalities and Pathologies: The Dark Side	Dr. Cynthia Lea Clark, Psy. D., Particia Frances Rowell
		Learn How to Turn Research into X Lies	Patricia Rosemoor, Rebecca York, Ann Voss Peterson
		Heads Up, Heels Down: A Romance Writers Guide to Women on Horseback	Sherril Green
		Special Operations-Delta	Tonyia Gray
		It’s My Party, I’ll Lie If I Want to!	Celeste Bradley, Nicole Byrd
		Romancing Romance: Using Secrets from the Past to Create Powerful Love Stories	Cheryl Sawyer, Kristin Nelson
		Undressing Your Heroine: Corsets & Beyond	Tonda Fuller
		PRO Retreat	Barbara Samuel, Steven Axelrod, Elaine English, Evan Fogelman, Robin Rue, Jayne Ann Krentz, Kate Duffy, Ellen Edwards, Beth de Guzman, Abby Zidle
		More than Martinis And Manolos: Writing Chick Lit that Sells	Alesia Holliday, Beth Kendrick, Amy Pierpont, Steve Axelrod
		The Sure-Fire Six Step Pitch	Allie McKnight, Elaine English, Diane Whiteside
		When Bad Covers Happen to Good Books	Susan Wiggs, Maggie Crawford, Andrea Cirillo, Jenny Crusie, Sandra Hill, Diane Moggy, Anne Stuart
		Developing a Global Voice	Sheila Hodgson, Kimberley Young
		Show Me the Money!	Brenda Hiatt
		Writing Paranormal Romance	Anna Genoese, Susan Kearney, Jill Barnett, C.T. Adams, Lori Handeland, Susan Grant, & Patricia Simpson
		Secrets of the Bestselling Sisterhood	Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Jayne Ann Krentz
		Blaze – Not the Same Old Sexy Romance	Brenda Chin, Kathryn Lye
		Vampires, Ghosts, Ghoulies… Or Not?	Heather Graham
		What Editors Don’t Want to See	Julie Barrett, Krista Stroever, Abby Zidle
		LUNA and Other Opportunities for Paranormal Romances at Harlequin	Mary-Theresa Hussey, Leslie Wainger
		What’s NEXT?	Jennifer Archer, Lisa Childs, Mary Schramski, Tara Gavin, Nancy Robards Thompson
		The Career Doctor	Irene Goodman
		A Day in the Life of a Literary Agent -- Tales Tall and X From a Publishing Pro	Meredith Bernstein
		The Five Keys to Finding the Right Agent	Evan Fogelman
		The Call!…Now What?	Allison Brennan, Dianna Love Snell, Kimberly Whalen
		Boldly Go Where No Writer Has Gone Before: How to Be a Trailblazer and Sell!	Alesia Holliday, Marianne Mancusi, Paige Wheeler, Kate Seaver
		Writing the Beach Read	Susan Wiggs, Barbara Freethy, Debbie Macomber
		The Marathoners	Stella Cameron, Meg Chittenden, Suzanne Simmons
05RWA03	RWA 2005 National Conference - Chat, Keynotes, Spotlights, Writer's Life
		Chat with... Nora Roberts	Nora Roberts
		Chat with... Suzanne Brockmann	Suzanne Brockmann
		Thursday Luncheon Keynote	Debbie Macomber
		Saturday Luncheon Keynote	Susan Elizabeth Phillips
		Spotlight on Kensington
		Spotlight On Avon
		Spotlight On NAL
		Spotlight On TOR
		Spotlight on Pocket
		Spotlight on Bantam-Dell
		Spotlight On Harlequin/Silhouette
		Spotlight On Warner
		Spotlight On Red Dress Ink & HQN
		Spotlight On Dorchester
		Spotlight On MIRA
		Spotlight On St. Martin’s Press
		Spotlight On Red Sage Publishing
		Spotlight On Berkley/Jove
		The Superhero's Guide to Writing Romance	Elizabeth Boyle
		The Butterfly Effect	Mia Zachary
		Productive Partnerships: Maximizing the Critique Relationship	Joanne Rock, Catherine Mann
		'Write What You Know' and Other Misconceptions	Lilian Darcy
		Playing Nice with Your Dragon	Jane Porter
		The Writer's Mind-Body Connection	Kara Lennox