The 2005 RWA Conference - Reno, NV

Sessions on 3 CDs

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Contents of CD 1

CRAFT
10-4 Villain Revealed: Creating Characters that Resonate with Readers Tami Cowden
10-5 From Once Upon a Time to Happily Ever After Dee Davis
10-12 It's Not Just Sex - An Insider's Look at Erotic Romance Jaci Burton, Cricket Starr, Mardi Ballou
10-13 Learn to Rewrite: Finishing the Manuscript is Just the Beginning Anna DeStefano, Johanna Raisanen
10-15 Discovering Story Magic Robin Perini
10-18 Structure of a Best - Selling Novel Roxanne Richardson
10-19 Series and Sequels Rita Herron
10-20 People Will Talk: Writing Snappy Dialogue Sabrina Jeffries
10-21 What Not to Write: The Alfred Hitchcock Approach to Writing a Compelling Story Samantha Saxon
10-22 What is Emotion? Suzanne McMinn
10-24 When a Man Meets a Woman Ken Casper
10-30 Revisions Made Easy Gayle Callen
10-33 Romance Cliché, Or Real Love? Jo Beverley
10-34 Meet Your Characters First... They're Your Story Anna DeStefano, Trish Milburn
10-36 Falling in Love without Falling in Bed Margaret Daley, Laura Marie Altom, Diane Dietz
10-37 Creating the Action Adventure Heroine Vicki Hinze, Natashya Wilson
10-44 Nip & Tuck: How to Keep Your Manuscript Firm and Lithe Barbara Daly, Tracy Kelleher,Barbara Gale, Kathryn Lye
10-47 In Emotion: The Heart of the Novel Brenda Novak
10-49 Writing Humor, Seriously Laurie Brown, Lucienne Diver
10-52 High Concept - How to Define It, Write It, Sell It Debbie Macomber
10-53 Writing Harder, Faster Rhonda Nelson, Jennifer LaBrecque, Brenda Chin
10-54 Plotting: Point and Counterpoint Shane Bolks, Robin T. Popp
10-57 Common Writing Problems Gail Gaymer Martin, Patience Smith
10-61 RWA "Idol" Miriam Kriss, Irene Goodman, Lucia Macro
10-64 Doing It Your Way - Writing the Breakout Novel Carla Neggers
10-65 Playing Nice: How to Collaborate on a Mini-Series without Losing Your Vision Or Your Mind Wendy Etherington, Kristin Gabriel, Heather MacAllister
10-66 Darlin', Your Fangs are Showing! L.A. Banks, Monique Patterson
10-67 Writing with Duct Tape - Using Emotion to Create Characters that Stick with Your Reader Karen White, Karen Kendall
10-69 The Thrill of the Thriller, the Ride of Romance Jennifer Greene, Lindsay Longford, Margaret Watson
10-75 POV, Voice and Characterization: Writing Your Story in 3-Dimensions Bob Mayer
10-77 Structuring the Novella-Length Romance Judith Pich, Angela Knight, Jennifer Cummings
10-79 The Fine Art of Self-Critique: How To Be Your Own Best Critique Partner Cindi Myers
10-80 The Secrets of Writing Romance - Using Romantic Movies for Inspiration and Information Lucia Macro
10-82 The Heroine's Journey Elaine Stirling
10-83 Kiss My Cliché Eloisa James, Teresa Medeiros
10-87 Structuring - and Selling! A Connected Trilogy of Romances Claire Delacroix
10-88 The Funny Thing about Being Scared to Death Karen Robards
10-89 Query Letter Critique Kate Duffy
10-91 You Want Me to Change What? Jacquie D'Alessandro, Wendy Etherington
10-96 Hot Tips for Writing Hot Jennifer Dunne
10-99 Can This Manuscript Be Saved? Susan Meier
10-100 Writing REAL for the Christian Market Gail Martin, Diane Noble, Lori Copeland
10-101 The Lovers' Journey Kathryn Smith
10-103 Hot To Plot: Laying the Foundation and Building a Multi-Layer Romantic Suspense Plot Roxanne St. Claire, Gayle Wilson
10-106 How to Be Irresistible Susan Wiggs
10-108 The Power of POV: Using It to Bring Characters to Life Candice Hern
10-110 Conflict Ahead: A Roadmap for Writers Christie Ridgway
10-119 Spilling the Beans: Secrets, Lies and Backstory Lynn Kerstan
10-125 He Said, She Said, They Wrote: Collaborating with the Opposite Sex Bob Mayer, Jennifer Crusie
10-126 This Scene Isn't Big Enough for Both of Us: Recognizing and Avoiding Author Intrusion Sherry Lewis
10-127 No Plotters Allowed Allison Brennan, Patti Berg
10-130 It's Like, Totally about YA, Dude! Niki Burnham, Lynda Sandoval, Alesia Holliday
10-133 The Healing Power of Love Mary Balogh
10-137 How Your Character Can Sin and Get Away with It: Motivation, Regret and Redemption Leanne Banks, Cindy Gerard
10-141 Heroes to Die For Julia Ross
10-143 Ten Tips for Writing a Romance that Works! Leslie Wainger
10-146 How to Write Two Or More Books a Year in Different Genres Jodi Thomas
10-147 Things That Go Bump in the Night: Pacing the Romantic Suspense Delores Fossen, Lisa Childs, Mallory Kane, Allison Lyons

CAREER
10-17 Dancing in High Heels Jennifer O'Connell, Shanna Swendson, Ally Carter, Kristin Nelson
10-23 Life Insurance: Writing for More than One Publisher Dianne Castell, Lucy Monroe, Roberta Brown, Kate Duffy
10-27 Crashing onto the Scene of a Chick-Lit Thriller Debra Webb
10-45 Go For It! Taking Calculated Risks with Your Career and Writing Lori & Tony Karayianni (w/a Tori Carrington)
10-50 Don't Bring a Snowball Redux: Our Career-Killing Near Misses Kresley Cole, Beth Kendrick, Lauren McKenna
10-59 Internet Tools for the Writer Jayne Hoogenberk, Malle Vallik
10-73 Discovering Your Author Brand Theresa Meyers
10-74 Author/Agent Career Building Joanne Rock, Pam Hopkins, Barbara Collins Rosenberg, Catherine Mann
10-78 Promotion: The Good, the Bad and the Spendy Patricia White
10-84 Arriving, Surviving, Thriving: It Ain't All Chocolate, Sex and Cheetos Kylie Brant, Cindy Gerard, Roxanne Rustand, Mary Theresa Hussey, Donna Bagdasarian
10-90 How to Win Agents and Influence Editors Michelle Grajkowski, Deborah Pfeiffer, Nancy Robards Thompson
10-92 Learn How to Turn Book Tours into a Real Selling Event Alesia Holliday, Suzanne Brockmann, Ed Gaffney
10-98 Ten Career Mistakes to Avoid - and How to Recover Stephanie Bond
10-102 Writing for the Long Haul through Rejections and Market Changes Linda Wisdom
10-112 Successful Critique Groups Leah Vale, Lissa Manley, Terri Reed
10-121 Changing Partners Debra Salonen, Laura Shin
10-136 Bam! How to Kick Your Career Up a Notch! Debbie Macomber, Roxanne St. Claire, Brenda Novak
10-139 Category vs. Single Title Vickie Taylor, Jenna Mills, Linda Castillo
10-142 Marketing is Not a Four-letter Word! Wendy Blythe Gifford
10-148 From Here to Eternity: Your Career Business Plan in Action Cherry Adair

RESEARCH
10-7 Swords and Sworsdmen through the Ages Mike Rettinhouse, Wayne Fisher, Rose M. Kahn
10-8 The Regency Joy of Sex (Drugs & Gaming Hells) Cara King
10-14 '10-4' and Other Phrases Never to Use: Firefighter and EMS Speak Cathleen A. Cody
10-25 My Internet is Bigger than Your Internet Janet Spaeth, Kacie Jossart
10-28 Poison 101 Valerie Robertson
10-32 Pregnancy and Childbirth for The Historical Author Elena Greene
10-39 Creating Realistic "Kick Butt" Characters Kelle Riley
10-42 Personalities and Pathologies: The Dark Side Dr. Cynthia Lea Clark, Psy. D., Particia Frances Rowell
10-46 Learn How to Turn Research into X Lies Patricia Rosemoor, Rebecca York, Ann Voss Peterson
10-72 Heads Up, Heels Down: A Romance Writers Guide to Women on Horseback Sherril Green
10-94 Special Operations-Delta Tonyia Gray
10-111 It's My Party, I'll Lie If I Want to! Celeste Bradley, Nicole Byrd
10-120 Romancing Romance: Using Secrets from the Past to Create Powerful Love Stories Cheryl Sawyer, Kristin Nelson
10-128 Undressing Your Heroine: Corsets & Beyond Tonda Fuller

Contents of CD 2

PRO RETREAT
10-1 PRO Retreat (All parts) Barbara Samuel, Steven Axelrod, Elaine English, Evan Fogelman, Robin Rue, Jayne Ann Krentz, Kate Duffy, Ellen Edwards, Beth de Guzman, Abby Zidle Track - PRO Retreat - PART A PART B PART C PART D

PUBLISHING
10-11 More than Martinis And Manolos: Writing Chick Lit that Sells Alesia Holliday, Beth Kendrick, Amy Pierpont, Steve Axelrod
10-38 The Sure-Fire Six Step Pitch Allie McKnight, Elaine English, Diane Whiteside
10-41 When Bad Covers Happen to Good Books Susan Wiggs, Maggie Crawford, Andrea Cirillo, Jenny Crusie, Sandra Hill, Diane Moggy, Anne Stuart
10-58 Developing a Global Voice Sheila Hodgson, Kimberley Young
10-68 Show Me the Money! Brenda Hiatt
10-71 Writing Paranormal Romance Anna Genoese, Susan Kearney, Jill Barnett, C.T. Adams, Lori Handeland, Susan Grant, Patricia Simpson
10-107 The Call!... Now What? Allison Brennan, Dianna Love Snell, Kimberly Whalen
10-113 Boldly Go Where No Writer Has Gone Before: How to Be a Trailblazer and Sell! Alesia Holliday, Marianne Mancusi, Paige Wheeler, Kate Seaver
10-63 Writing the Beach Read Susan Wiggs, Barbara Freethy, Debbie Macomber
10-55 The Marathoners Stella Cameron, Meg Chittenden, Suzanne Simmons

Contents of CD 3

CHAT WITH...
10-56 Chat with... Nora Roberts Nora Roberts
10-109 Chat with... Suzanne Brockmann Suzanne Brockmann

KEYNOTES
10-31 Thursday Luncheon Keynote Debbie Macomber - Keynote
10-124 Saturday Luncheon Keynote Susan Elizabeth Phillips - Keynote

SPOTLIGHTS
10-40 Spotlight on Kensington Kensington Editors
10-51 Spotlight on Avon Avon Editors
10-62 Spotlight on NAL NAL Editors
10-86 Spotlight on TOR TOR Editors
10-93 Spotlight on Pocket Pocket Editors
10-97 Spotlight on Bantam-Dell Bantam-Dell Editors
10-104 Spotlight on Harlequin/Silhouette Harlequin/Silhouette Editors
10-123 Spotlight on Warner Warner Editors
10-131 Spotlight on Red Dress Ink & HQN Red Dress Ink & HQN Editors
10-135 Spotlight on Dorchester Dorchester Editors
10-140 Spotlight on MIRA MIRA Editors
10-144 Spotlight on St. Martin's Press St. Martin's Press Editors
10-145 Spotlight on Red Sage Publishing Red Sage Editors
10-149 Spotlight on Berkley/Jove Berkley/Jove Editors

WRITERS' LIFE
10-9 The Superhero's Guide to Writing Romance Elizabeth Boyle
10-10 The Butterfly Effect Mia Zachary
10-26 Productive Partnerships: Maximizing the Critique Relationship Joanne Rock, Catherine Mann
10-29 'Write What You Know' and Other Misconceptions Lilian Darcy
10-48 Playing Nice with Your Dragon Jane Porter
10-132 The Writer's Mind-Body Connection Kara Lennox