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1-Week, 3-Week, and 4-Week Workshops
| 2012 Workshop Schedule |
2012 website addresses given but not links
JANUARY
4-Week Workshops
PEELING YOURSELF OFF THE WALL: 20 WAYS TO DUCK THE WRITER’S BLOCK BULLET hosted by
Low Country RWA begins the 5th www.lowcountryrwa.com
THE GAME IS AFOOT: WRITING THE STEAMPUNK MYSTERY hosted by Kiss of Death RWA
begins on the 1st www.RWAmysterysuspense.org
ACTION-ADVENTURE AND THE NYT LIST: WHAT MAKES A STEVE BERRY BEST SELLER TICK hosted
by Savvy Authors begins the 9th www.SavvyAuthors.com
RECREATING MAGIC: REMAKING AN OLD STAPLE IN KATE GRIFFIN’S MATTHEW SWIFT SERIES
hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 23rd www.SavvyAuthors.com
AND WITH A COMPOSITIONAL FLOURISH: USING RHETORICAL DEVISES TO IMPROVE YOUR PROSE
hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 30th www.SavvyAuthors.com
FEBRUARY
3-week workshops
BREAKING THINGS DOWN INTO THREES hosted by Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal RWA Chapter
beginning the 6th www.romance-ffp.com
4-week workshops
EDITING THE HECK OUT OF THINGS: INTENSIVE 4-WEEK POLISHING, REWRITING, DELETING,
AND GENERALLY IMPROVING THE DRAFT FOR SUBMISSION hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the
6th www.SavvyAuthors.com
TWEAKING HISTORY: STEAMPUNK AND OTHER TALES OF ALTERNATE HISTORY hosted by Savvy
Authors beginning the 13th www.SavvyAuthors.com
MARCH
1-week workshops
HISTORICAL PATHS: RECREATING A HISTORICAL SETTING VIA WORLD BUILDING hosted by Savvy
Authors beginning the 5th www.SavvyAuthors.com
4-week workshops
VICKY AND BERTIE: RESEARCHING THE VICTORIAN OR EDWARDIAN TALE (1830-1919)
WITH OR WITHOUT STEAMPUNK TWISTS hosted by Northeast Ohio RWA beginning the 1st
www.neorwa.com
CURING THE "WHAT COMES AFTER THE FIRST THREE CHAPTERS" BLUES hosted by Savvy Authors
beginning the 12th www.SavvyAuthors.com
APRIL
1-week workshops
HISTORICAL PATHS: RECREATING A HISTORICAL SETTING VIA WORLD BUILDING hosted by Savvy
Authors beginning the 2nd www.SavvyAuthors.com
4-week workshops
EXCHANGING ELEMENTS: TURN YOUR FAN FIC INTO A SELLABLE STORY hosted by Savvy Authors
beginning the 2nd www.SavvyAuthors.com
CORSETS, GOGGLES, AIRSHIPS, OH MY! RESEARCHING AND WRITING STEAMPUNK hosted by Savvy
Authors beginning the 2nd www.SavvyAuthors.com
STEAMED UP: THE ANATOMY OF WRITING STEAMPUNK hosted by Carolina RWA
MAY
4-week workshops
RIPPED FROM YELLOWED HEADLINES: HISTORICAL CRIMINALS AND CRIMINAL CASES hosted by
Kiss of Death RWA beginning the 1st www.RWAmysterysuspense.org
REVAMPING MR. HOLMES: CHANGING YOUR CHARACTER TEMPLATE WHILE REMAINING TRUE TO
THE VISION OF YOUR HERO OR HEROINE OR VILLIAN hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 7th
www.SavvyAuthors.com
WARDROBES, WEAPONS, WARBLINGS AND WORDS: SHOPPING, ENTERTAINMENT AND SLANG FOR
YOUR HISTORICAL CHARACTERS hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 7th www.SavvyAuthors.com
OUTLINE FREE PLOTTING FOR PUZZLERS AND PANTSERS: 36 WAYS TO MOVE AHEAD, BACK OUT
OF WRITER’S BLOCK CANYONS, AND DREAM UP THE NOVEL YOU WANT TO WRITE
hosted by Writers Online Classes www.writersonlineclasses.com
JUNE
4-week workshops
PLOTTING FOR PANTSERS hosted by Outreach International RWA beginning the 1st www.oirwa.com
TICKLING YOUR MUSE: WARPING CLASSIC FAIRY TALES TO RECHARGE YOUR INVENTIVE
BATTERIES hosted by Savvy Authors beginning on the 4th www.SavvyAuthors.com
SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE: HOW TO PUT TOGETHER AN ONLINE WORKSHOP AND FIND HUNGRY
STUDENTS hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 11th www.SavvyAuthors.com
WRITING WITH FLARE: USING RHETORICAL DEVISES TO IMPROVE YOUR PROSE hosted by Writers
Online Classes www.writersonlineclasses.com
WEIRD WEST: STEAMPUNK WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI hosted by Hearts Through History RWA, runs
June 4 through 29
JULY
1-week workshop
WORLDBUILDING FOR THE CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 9th
www.SavvyAuthors.com
4-week workshops
None scheduled currently
AUGUST
4-week workshops
WEIRD WEST: STEAMPUNK WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI hosted by Low Country RWA beginning the 1st
www.lowcountryrwa.com
IS THERE A SET DESIGNER IN THE HOUSE? USING DESCRIPTION TO ENHANCE YOUR STORYLINE
hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 6th www.SavvyAuthors.com
PUZZLING OUT THE "NECESSARY" BITS hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 13th
www.SavvyAuthors.com
STORY SENSE / STORY LOGIC hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 20th www.SavvyAuthors.com
COVERING YOUR BASES: PROMOTIONAL AND PERSONAL USES FOR POD and KINDLE hosted by
Writers Online Classes www.writersonlineclasses.com
SEPTEMBER
4-week workshops
AND WITH A COMPOSITIONAL FLOURISH: USING RHETORICAL DEVISES TO IMPROVE YOUR PROSE
hosted by Maryland RWA beginning the 1st www.marylandromancewriters.com
NOT SO WEST BUT STILL WEIRD: STEAMPUNK SETTINGS IN OLD NEW YORK, BOSTON, CHICAGO
AND ELSEWHERE IN THE INDUSTRIAL EAST hosted by Low Country RWA beginning the 1st
www.lowcountryrwa.com
BREAKING THINGS DOWN INTO THREES hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 3rd
www.SavvyAuthors.com
FLIPPING THE DUST BUNNIES! REWRITING AND RECYCLING THE ABANDONED MANUSCRIPTS
HIDING UNDER YOUR BED AND ON THE FLOOR OF THE CLOSET hosted by Savvy Authors beginning
the 3rd www.SavvyAuthors.com
FORMAT YOUR MANUSCRIPT FOR KINDLE and NOOK and POD hosted by Savvy Authors beginning
the 3rd www.SavvyAuthors.com
OCTOBER
4-week workshops
GALLOPING OFF TO SEE THE ELEPHANT: SPINNING AN HISTORICAL SET IN THE AMERICAN WEST
hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 1st www.SavvyAuthors.com
STEAMPUNK AMERICAN STYLE: WEIRD WEST AND WEIRD EAST hosted by Savvy Authors beginning on
the 22nd www.SavvyAuthors.com
NOVEMBER
4-week workshops
CORSETS. GOGGLES, AIRSHIPS, OH MY! RESEARCHING AND WRITING STEAMPUNK hosted by
Outreach International RWA beginning the 1st www.oirwa.com
HISTORICAL ANGLES: WRITING HISTORICAL FICTION hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 5th
www.SavvyAuthors.com
DECEMBER
1-week workshop
TWISTING HISTORY: WRITING THE ALTERNATIVE HISTORICAL NOVEL hosted by Savvy Authors
beginning the 3rd www.SavvyAuthors.com
4-week workshop
FINDING WORDS/KILLING WORDS: BRINGING YOUR MANUSCRIPT IN AT THE RIGHT WORD COUNT
hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 3rd www.SavvyAuthors.com
The workshop schedules for 2013 will be up in October/November 2012.
JANUARY
4-Week Workshops
PEELING YOURSELF OFF THE WALL: 20 WAYS TO DUCK THE WRITER’S BLOCK BULLET hosted by
Low Country RWA begins the 5th www.lowcountryrwa.com
THE GAME IS AFOOT: WRITING THE STEAMPUNK MYSTERY hosted by Kiss of Death RWA
begins on the 1st www.RWAmysterysuspense.org
ACTION-ADVENTURE AND THE NYT LIST: WHAT MAKES A STEVE BERRY BEST SELLER TICK hosted
by Savvy Authors begins the 9th www.SavvyAuthors.com
RECREATING MAGIC: REMAKING AN OLD STAPLE IN KATE GRIFFIN’S MATTHEW SWIFT SERIES
hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 23rd www.SavvyAuthors.com
AND WITH A COMPOSITIONAL FLOURISH: USING RHETORICAL DEVISES TO IMPROVE YOUR PROSE
hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 30th www.SavvyAuthors.com
FEBRUARY
3-week workshops
BREAKING THINGS DOWN INTO THREES hosted by Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal RWA Chapter
beginning the 6th www.romance-ffp.com
4-week workshops
EDITING THE HECK OUT OF THINGS: INTENSIVE 4-WEEK POLISHING, REWRITING, DELETING,
AND GENERALLY IMPROVING THE DRAFT FOR SUBMISSION hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the
6th www.SavvyAuthors.com
TWEAKING HISTORY: STEAMPUNK AND OTHER TALES OF ALTERNATE HISTORY hosted by Savvy
Authors beginning the 13th www.SavvyAuthors.com
MARCH
1-week workshops
HISTORICAL PATHS: RECREATING A HISTORICAL SETTING VIA WORLD BUILDING hosted by Savvy
Authors beginning the 5th www.SavvyAuthors.com
4-week workshops
VICKY AND BERTIE: RESEARCHING THE VICTORIAN OR EDWARDIAN TALE (1830-1919)
WITH OR WITHOUT STEAMPUNK TWISTS hosted by Northeast Ohio RWA beginning the 1st
www.neorwa.com
CURING THE "WHAT COMES AFTER THE FIRST THREE CHAPTERS" BLUES hosted by Savvy Authors
beginning the 12th www.SavvyAuthors.com
APRIL
1-week workshops
HISTORICAL PATHS: RECREATING A HISTORICAL SETTING VIA WORLD BUILDING hosted by Savvy
Authors beginning the 2nd www.SavvyAuthors.com
4-week workshops
EXCHANGING ELEMENTS: TURN YOUR FAN FIC INTO A SELLABLE STORY hosted by Savvy Authors
beginning the 2nd www.SavvyAuthors.com
CORSETS, GOGGLES, AIRSHIPS, OH MY! RESEARCHING AND WRITING STEAMPUNK hosted by Savvy
Authors beginning the 2nd www.SavvyAuthors.com
STEAMED UP: THE ANATOMY OF WRITING STEAMPUNK hosted by Carolina RWA
MAY
4-week workshops
RIPPED FROM YELLOWED HEADLINES: HISTORICAL CRIMINALS AND CRIMINAL CASES hosted by
Kiss of Death RWA beginning the 1st www.RWAmysterysuspense.org
REVAMPING MR. HOLMES: CHANGING YOUR CHARACTER TEMPLATE WHILE REMAINING TRUE TO
THE VISION OF YOUR HERO OR HEROINE OR VILLIAN hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 7th
www.SavvyAuthors.com
WARDROBES, WEAPONS, WARBLINGS AND WORDS: SHOPPING, ENTERTAINMENT AND SLANG FOR
YOUR HISTORICAL CHARACTERS hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 7th www.SavvyAuthors.com
OUTLINE FREE PLOTTING FOR PUZZLERS AND PANTSERS: 36 WAYS TO MOVE AHEAD, BACK OUT
OF WRITER’S BLOCK CANYONS, AND DREAM UP THE NOVEL YOU WANT TO WRITE
hosted by Writers Online Classes www.writersonlineclasses.com
JUNE
4-week workshops
PLOTTING FOR PANTSERS hosted by Outreach International RWA beginning the 1st www.oirwa.com
TICKLING YOUR MUSE: WARPING CLASSIC FAIRY TALES TO RECHARGE YOUR INVENTIVE
BATTERIES hosted by Savvy Authors beginning on the 4th www.SavvyAuthors.com
SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE: HOW TO PUT TOGETHER AN ONLINE WORKSHOP AND FIND HUNGRY
STUDENTS hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 11th www.SavvyAuthors.com
WRITING WITH FLARE: USING RHETORICAL DEVISES TO IMPROVE YOUR PROSE hosted by Writers
Online Classes www.writersonlineclasses.com
WEIRD WEST: STEAMPUNK WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI hosted by Hearts Through History RWA, runs
June 4 through 29
JULY
1-week workshop
WORLDBUILDING FOR THE CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 9th
www.SavvyAuthors.com
4-week workshops
None scheduled currently
AUGUST
4-week workshops
WEIRD WEST: STEAMPUNK WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI hosted by Low Country RWA beginning the 1st
www.lowcountryrwa.com
IS THERE A SET DESIGNER IN THE HOUSE? USING DESCRIPTION TO ENHANCE YOUR STORYLINE
hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 6th www.SavvyAuthors.com
PUZZLING OUT THE "NECESSARY" BITS hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 13th
www.SavvyAuthors.com
STORY SENSE / STORY LOGIC hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 20th www.SavvyAuthors.com
COVERING YOUR BASES: PROMOTIONAL AND PERSONAL USES FOR POD and KINDLE hosted by
Writers Online Classes www.writersonlineclasses.com
SEPTEMBER
4-week workshops
AND WITH A COMPOSITIONAL FLOURISH: USING RHETORICAL DEVISES TO IMPROVE YOUR PROSE
hosted by Maryland RWA beginning the 1st www.marylandromancewriters.com
NOT SO WEST BUT STILL WEIRD: STEAMPUNK SETTINGS IN OLD NEW YORK, BOSTON, CHICAGO
AND ELSEWHERE IN THE INDUSTRIAL EAST hosted by Low Country RWA beginning the 1st
www.lowcountryrwa.com
BREAKING THINGS DOWN INTO THREES hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 3rd
www.SavvyAuthors.com
FLIPPING THE DUST BUNNIES! REWRITING AND RECYCLING THE ABANDONED MANUSCRIPTS
HIDING UNDER YOUR BED AND ON THE FLOOR OF THE CLOSET hosted by Savvy Authors beginning
the 3rd www.SavvyAuthors.com
FORMAT YOUR MANUSCRIPT FOR KINDLE and NOOK and POD hosted by Savvy Authors beginning
the 3rd www.SavvyAuthors.com
OCTOBER
4-week workshops
GALLOPING OFF TO SEE THE ELEPHANT: SPINNING AN HISTORICAL SET IN THE AMERICAN WEST
hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 1st www.SavvyAuthors.com
STEAMPUNK AMERICAN STYLE: WEIRD WEST AND WEIRD EAST hosted by Savvy Authors beginning on
the 22nd www.SavvyAuthors.com
NOVEMBER
4-week workshops
CORSETS. GOGGLES, AIRSHIPS, OH MY! RESEARCHING AND WRITING STEAMPUNK hosted by
Outreach International RWA beginning the 1st www.oirwa.com
HISTORICAL ANGLES: WRITING HISTORICAL FICTION hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 5th
www.SavvyAuthors.com
DECEMBER
1-week workshop
TWISTING HISTORY: WRITING THE ALTERNATIVE HISTORICAL NOVEL hosted by Savvy Authors
beginning the 3rd www.SavvyAuthors.com
4-week workshop
FINDING WORDS/KILLING WORDS: BRINGING YOUR MANUSCRIPT IN AT THE RIGHT WORD COUNT
hosted by Savvy Authors beginning the 3rd www.SavvyAuthors.com
The workshop schedules for 2013 will be up in October/November 2012.
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