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Sunday, Feb. 22
Workshops/ Leaders:
9 AM
Getting Black on White - from Blank Screen to Manuscript
Leader: Gillian Roberts
For those facing blank computer screens: strategies for developing (or finding) ideas, creating characters that engage the reader, working with a sense of place, planting and hiding clues, and moving (dragging, hauling, kicking) your plot along until you're got a complete first draft.
10 AM
Researching
Leader: Cara Black
With Lyn Hamilton, Stephen Booth, Tony Broadbent, and Lauren Haney
Use what you already know and research what you don't to develop a good mystery novel -- with emphasis on exotic locales and history.
11 AM
Editing and Polishing
Leader: Lora Roberts
With Jonnie Jacobs
Learn how to polish your manuscript for clarity and punch, and to avoid the most common mistakes made by new mystery writers.
Noon
Selling and Marketing Your Book
Leader: Mark Coggins
With Kathleen Antrim and Simon Wood
Come hear from three authors who used "guerilla marketing" techniques without a large budget or help from professionals to achieve marketing coups.
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