The 2004 RWA Conference - Dallas, TX

Sessions on 3 CDs

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Contents of CD 1

CRAFT

9-104 What Every Beginning Romance Writer Needs To Know But Is Afraid To Ask Dianne Despain, Diana Rowe Martinez
9-108 No Dumping Allowed: Creating Opening Pages That Sparkle Joanne Rock, Catherine Mann, Melissa Jeglinski, Wanda Ottewell
9-109 Breathing Life Into A Dying (Not A Death) Scene Roxanne St. Claire, Katherine Garbera
9-111 Inter-Species Intermingling: Writing Love Scenes For The Paranormal/Fantasy Market P.C. Cast, Gena Showalter
9-114 Writing Pitfalls We All Seem To Fall Into or: How To Outwit a Misbehaving Muse Jennifer Greene, Lindsay Longford, Shirley Hailstock
9-115 Character Plotting Emily McKay, Robyn R. Ratliff
9-116 Men In Love: Four Heroic Types And Their Romantic Conflicts Alicia Rasley
9-118 Conflicts Of Myth: Using Classical Myths To Deepen Your Contemporary Novel Susan Sipal
9-201 Stealing From The Classics: How To Make An Original Plot From An Old Story Eloisa James, Lucia Macro
9-203 Finding A man Worth Loving In Any Time Period Jodi Thomas
9-207 How Men Experience Women Alan Chaput
9-215 Today's Gothic: A New Spin On An Old Classic Jennifer St. Giles, Rita Herron, Micki Nuding
9-220 Setting As Character Karen Harper
9-224 Writing The Biggest Scene In Your Book Louise Bergin
9-225 Isn't A Doctor, Doesn't Own A Ranch, Doesn't Require A Virgin: The New Heroes Of Category Romance Leslie Kelly, Julie Leto, Tori Carrington, Brenda Chin
9-226 The Web That Comes Between Jo Beverley
9-238 The Same - Only Different: Not The Same Old Serial Killer Lynda Sandoval, Adrianne Lee, Nina Bruhns, Kim Nadelson
Session 9-240 And The Fun Goes On: How Editors And Authors Talk About Romantic Comedy Holly Jacobs, Kathryn Lye, Wanda Ottewell
Session 9-241 So Then What Happened? Jill Marie Landis
Session 9-242 Make Your Secondary Characters First-Rate Jacquie D'Alessandro, Julia London
Session 9-247 As I Live And Breathe .
Session 9-250 Intense And Tight: Pacing the Short Contemporary Jane Porter
Session 9-253 From Bra-Burning To Bombshell Terese Daly Ramin, Julie Barrett
Session 9-257 Killed Anyone Lately? - Making Murderous Ideas Marketable Romantic Suspense Gayle Wilson, Julie Miller, Mary Buckham, Tracy Farrell
Session 9-258 Using Sense-Ational Writing To Create A Real Fictional World Cheryl St. John
Session 9-263 Making A Hero Tick And A Reader Sigh Sherrilyn Kenyon
Session 9-264 It Had To Be You: Casting Your Characters Virginia Kantra
Session 9-265 Writing And Word Count Margaret Moore, Melissa Endlich
Session 9-267 Discovering Story Magic Robin Perini
Session 9-310 Beyond Stereotypes Felicia Mason
Session 9-311 Whose Head Is This Anyway? Linda Goodnight
Session 9-317 Romantica: Remembering The Body In Romance Ann Jacobs, Cheyenne McCray, Jennifer Maritin, Raelene Gorlinsky
Session 9-318 Setting Your Story Free Liz Jarrett, Jane Graves, Kristin Gabriel
Session 9-321 Dialogue: It's More Than What Your Say Julia Quinn
Session 9-324 Writing Silhouette Bombshell: Redefining Category Novels Vicki Hinze, Natasha Wilson
Session 9-329 Yes, Ma'am, They Are Bigger In Texas - Why Books Set in Texas Are Hot Sellers And How To Write Them Convincingly Ann Major
Session 9-330 Make Them Talk" Writing Great Dialogue Barbara Dawson Smith
Session 9-339 Coloring Outside The Lines Sharon Sala
Session 9-340 The Seven Stages Of Romantic Growth Elizabeth Sinclair
Session 9-343 Story Between The Sheets: Writing The UnSkippable Love Scene Sabrina Jeffries
Session 9-345 Show And Tell: An Interactive Workshop Shannon Donnelly
Session 9-351 Emotional And Sexual Tension: Make Them Want. Make Them Wait. Leanne Banks
Session 9-355 Pow! Smack! Balancing Great Action & Romance Carla Neggers
Session 9-358 She Sat, He Stood: What Do Your Characters Do While They're Talking Ginger Hanson
Session 9-360 Twelve Easy Steps To Breaking In Suzanne McMinn
Session 9-361 How To Revise Without Getting Sick Of Your Manuscript Sylvie Kurtz

Contents of CD 2

KEYNOTES

Session 9-119 Thursday Keynote Address Lisa Gardner
Session 9-363 Saturday Keynote Address Barbara Samuel
Session 9-364 Special Keynote Address Kate White

RESEARCH

Session 9-217 Bigger, Badder Bad Boys Joanne Rock, Catherine Mann
Session 9-218 Yes, Good Research Really Does Matter! How Facts Can Lift Your Fiction Out of the Slush Pile Pamela Clare, Natasha Kern
Session 9-266 Writing Native American Characters: Debunking the Stereotypes Judie Aitken
Session 9-269 Know Your Stuff Patricia Lynn Crabtree
Session 9-306 Beyond The Crime Scene - Identifying And Healing Psychological And Emotional Character Wounds Kate Henry Doran, Dianne Despain
Session 9-315 Kicking Ass: Delivering Effective Action Heroines Rob Preece, Lisa Montgomery
Session 9-327 Death, Mourning & Femininity In 19th Century Britain Sandra Martina Schwab
Session 9-337 Uh-Oh They're Dead Or Mauled Men Drowned Dames & Crispy Critters: You Killed 'Em, Now What? Jeanne P. Adams
Session 9-357 Name That Stain: DNA Analysis For Writers Dr. Jessica Andersen
Session 9-365 Luna: Fantasy vs. Paranormal .

CHAT WITH:

Session 9-117 Chat With James Patterson James Patterson
Session 9-206 Setting Goals Just For You Barbara Samuel
Session 9-234 Successful Rewriting Lisa Gardner
Session 9-326 Chat With Nora Roberts Nora Roberts

SPOTLIGHT ON:

Session 9-202 Spotlight On Pocket Pocket Editors
Session 9-214 Spotlight On St. Martin's Press St. Martin's Editors
Session 9-222 Spotlight On New American Library NAL Editors
Session 9-227 Spotlight On Warner Warner Editors
Session 9-233 Spotlight On Avalon Avalon Editors
Session 9-243 Spotlight On MIRA MIRA Editors
Session 9-244 Spotlight On Tor/Forge Tor/Forge Editors
Session 9-251 Spotlight On Avon Avon Editors
Session 9-255 Spotlight On Red Dress Ink RDI Editors
Session 9-303 Spotlight On Dorchester Dorchester Editors
Session 9-313 Spotlight On Harlequin/Silhouette Harlequin/Silhouette Editors
Session 9-336 Spotlight On HQN HQN Editors

PUBLISHING

Session 9-205 Show Me The Money Brenda Hiatt
Session 9-219 How To Build Marketable Elements Into Your Romance Novel Theresa Zoro, Ethen Ellenburg, Audrey Lefhr
Session 9-223 Hook An Editor On The First Page Dianna Love Snell, Annie Oortman
Session 9-239 All About Royalties Ethan Ellenburg
Session 9-245 So You Want To Get Published Jayne Hoogenberk, Jenny Bullough
Session 9-254 Is There A Market For My E-Book Richard Curtis Track: Publishing
Session 9-259 How To Make A Living Writing Women's Fiction And Why These Novels Really Matter Natasha Kern
Session 9-260 Hot Tamales, Curanderas And Latin Lovers (Oh My!): Defining And Discussing Latina Romance Selina McLemore, Mary Castillo, Lynda Sandoval
Session 9-262 Reinventing Your Career Caroline Tolley, Steven Axelrod, Jayne Ann Krentz
Session 9-301 The Secret Life Of Agents Elaine English, Lucienne Diver, Paige Wheeler, Michelle Grojkowski
Session 9-331 But Wait, There's More: The Work You Do After The Sale Tanya Michaels, Jane Graves, Jennifer Green
Session 9-341 Inside The Editor's Mind Leslie Wainger
Session 9-342 Ms. Manners Guide To Editor & Agent Etiquette Kathleen O'Reilly, Julie Kenner, Kathryn Lye, Kim Whalen
Session 9-346 The Slush-Killing Query Letter: 5 Perfect Paragraphs To A Full Manuscript Request Liz Maverick
Session 9-347 The Golden Network Presents: Golden Heart - Golden Contract! Virginia Farmer, Chris Keeslar, Selina McLemore, Anne Mallory
Session 9-349 The Changing Face Of Chick Lit Cathy Yardley
Session 9-362 Innovative Genres In Inspirational Fiction Joan Marlow Golan, Krista Stroever, Allie Pleiter, Colleen Coble, Judy Baer

Contents of CD 3

CAREER

Session 9-107 Interweaving The Writer And The Web Michelle Jean Prima
Session 9-113 Gutsy Girls' Do! Joan Johnston, Debbie Macomber
Session 9-208 Secrets Of The Best-Selling Sisterhood Jayne Ann Krentz, Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Session 9-213 Surviving A Career Meltdown Kara Lennox, Linda Kruger
Session 9-216 Writing Within The Lines Gina Wilkins, Patience Smith
Session 9-229 Good Answers to Bad Questions Pat McLinn, Cheryl Kushner
Session 9-231 Do You Wanna Be In Hardcover? Robert Gottleib
Session 9-237 Split Personalities Carly Phillips, Leslie Kelly, Pamela Britton, Brenda Chin
Session 9-248 Revealed At Last! The Secret And Accompanying Handshake To Becoming A Best-Selling Contemporary Author Christie Ridgway, Elizabeth Bevarly
Session 9-261 So, You Want To Sign With An Agent Before You Sell? Anna DeStefano, Beth Cornelison, Michelle Grajkowski
Session 9-302 The 2000's Woman - Writing For The New Reader Betina Krahn
Session 9-304 Career Building: Some Assembly Required Stephanie Bond
Session 9-312 Making The Transition From Sold To Published Terri Brisbin
Session 9-319 An Agent's Hot Tips From The Front Lines Irene Goodman
Session 9-320 Writer's Survival Guide: Proven Strategies For Creating And Sustaining Writing Success' And Sanity. Sally Fairchild, Heather Graham, Carla Neggers, Fiona Hood-Stewart
Session 9-328 Boost Your Writing Income By $1000 A Month Jennifer Burke Crump, Shirley Jump
Session 9-333 Breaking Out Is What Teenage Skin Does Judith Arnold
Session 9-344 Contests: How To Take Them, Judge Them, Use Them Sue Swift
Session 9-350 Both Sides Of The Bookshelf Nancy Berland, Linda Keller
Session 9-352 Been There, Done That, Wanna See The T-Shirts? Joan Hohl, Kasey Michaels
Session 9-354 Career Building: Secret Strategies For Success Roxanne Rustand, Monique Patterson, Cindy Gerard
Session 9-359 From Writer To Author : An Agent-Author Journey Annie Solomon, Pam Ahearn

LIFE / MUSE

Session 9-103 Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Green: Professional Jealousy Chris Fletcher
Session 9-106 Defeating The Discouragement Demons Cindi Myers
Session 9-112 Conference Crazies: Crowds, Frenzy, Non-Stop Chatter Make You Want To Hide Teresa Hill
Session 9-204 Facing The Blank Page: For Desperate Writers Only Leanne Banks, Pamela Britton, Julie Kenner
Session 9-209 Easy Yoga For Writers Rebecca Clark
Session 9-230 Kids, Dinner And Romance--Who Has Time? Barbara Samuel
Session 9-246 Staying Focused When Life Is Out Of Focus Around You Tara Taylor Quinn
Session 9-252 Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too: The Advantages of Keeping Your Day Job Susan Kimot Floyd, Debra Lee Brown, Melinda Curtis
Session 9-270 When Real Life Gives You Nightmares, Six Steps To Achieve Your Dreams Karen King
Session 9-308 Critique And Study Groups: Pods Of Destruction Or Allies For Success? Rosmary Heim, Kathleen Baldwin
Session 9-323 The Subconscious Writer Catherine Spangler
Session 9-332 Yes, You Do Have Time To Write: Making The Most Of Every Minute Trish Milburn, Stephanie Rowe

RWA-PRO

Session 9-101 2004 PRO Retreat: Part I Jennifer Crump, Vicki Hinze, Pat Potter, Jenny Crusie
Session 9-221 Agent/Author Relationships Gabriella Anderson, Jessica Faust
Session 9-228 Tackling Revisions With A Quarterback In The Huddle Judy Duarte, Delores Fossen, Stacy Boyd
Session 9-309 The Last 16 Things I learned Before Being Published Laurie Brown
Session 9-316 The Whole Package Sharon Mignerey
Session 9-338 Fifteen Things That Make Editors Scream Barbara Dunlop, Colleen Collins, Brenda Chin, Wanta Ottewell, Kathreen Lye
Session 9-353 What To Expect When You're Expecting..A Writing Career Pattie Steele-Perkins, Deidre Knight, Pamela Harty

EXTRA

Session 9-210 Writing Outside The Box…And Still Getting Published Rhonda Nelson, Jennifer LaBrecque, Brenda Chin
Session 9-305 The Art Of War: From Green Berets To Guns And All Things Military Bob Mayer
Session 9-322 Who Dares Wins: Special Operations Tactics For Writers Bob Mayer
Session 9-334 The Ticking Bomb - An Insider's View Into Some Of The Most Dangerous Jobs In Law Enforcement Robert White