Future Meetings
- March 27 – Eva Gordon: Paranormal 101
- April 24 – Virna DePaul and Tawny Weber: Conflict
- May 22 – Jasmine Skully: The Road to Publication — What I Wish I’d Known Before
- June 26 – Agent Kevan Lyon of the Marsal Lyon Agency
- July – No meeting due to Nationals
- August 21 – Nationals recap
- September 25 – Rachelle Chase, Topic TBA
- October 23 – Barbara Plum: Pitching workshop in prep for our Nov. meeting with editor Susan Litman.
- November 20 – Susan Litman, editor, Harlequin (ditto note to Janet: full-day)
- December – date TBA – Holiday party
- February 27 – Margie Lawson: Topic TBA, all-day workshop
- March 26 – Sue Grimshaw, Romance buyer for Borders
2010
March 27th – Eva Gordon: Paranormal 101 – Basic Paranormal Primer
Everything you wanted to know about the paranormal for fun and for writing!
My workshop will cover all the basic topics connected to the world of the paranormal. It is largely based on local paranormal teacher, Loyd Auerbach’s pamphlet in a class I took at the Grey School of Wizardry, where I am one of the professors.
I have always had a great interest in the paranormal and am especially keen on cryptozoology but love all topics that I feel science is on the verge of explaining. My background is in the Biological Sciences so I approach the paranormal with the skepticism and an open mind of a scientist. I currently write both paranormal romance and fantasy novels. My paranormal novels are werewolf stories as I am both a fan of werewolves and wolves. I do research and workshops on both wolf and werewolf lore. My passion for all things lupine influenced my creation of my paranormal series, The Wolf Maiden Chronicles.
The topics I will cover will be the definitions of psi, expressive psychokinetic PK, spiritualist phenomenon, the science of parapsychology, the tools and techniques of an investigation, and finally the resolution of a situation such as a haunting. Questions are welcome during my talk and a detailed handout will be given to follow or keep if we skip over topics. Resources will also be listed for further study. Time permitting, I will give you time to write a story idea or character involved in the world of the paranormal. Books on the paranormal both romance based or not are quite popular and a topic a writer should explore.
Bio:
Eva writes fantasy and paranormal novels with a strong romantic element.
Werewolf Sanctuary is Book 1 in her epic Wolf Maiden Chronicles, a paranormal romance series involving male alpha lycans and their human mates known as wolf maidens. Werewolf Sanctuary is a contemporary that leads to all the other historical paranormal tales in the Wolf Maiden Chronicles. Book 2 in the series, Beast Warrior: Viking Werewolf, takes place during the Viking era. She loves to create stories that combine her passion for mythology,romance and werewolflore. White Wolf of Avalon is due out in March 2010. She is planning to sell a few fantasy novels and more in the Wolf Maiden series in the near future.
Eva has a BS in Zoology and graduate studies in Biology. She has taught high school Biology, Environmental Science and Anatomy/Physiology. Her background in science and her passion for wildlife biology adds credibility to her writings. She also moonlights as a faculty member of the Grey School of Wizardry, an online school for kids and adults interested in magic and lore. A member of Romance Writers of America, Eva has also taught workshops on wolf lore and falconry for writer groups. She has volunteered at a wolf sanctuary and is involved in environmental and animal welfare projects.
Eva is a world traveler and loves visiting the places where her novels take place. She lives in
Northern California with her husband, son and near her young adult daughter. She also shares her home with an almost human standard poodle.
