Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Workshops

From our Vice President, Lupe Gonzalez:

Self-Editing Workshop
Nov. 15-21

Want to perk up the pace of your prose?
Don’t know what to look for?
Contest judges getting you down?
Never learned the difference between POV and Show vs Tell?
Join two Roses of Roses Colored Glasses for the Self-Editing Workshop

Your Instructors: Layla Chase and Shayla Kersten
This workshop will help make your writing shine! Through the use of checklists, lectures and all new writing exercises, we give you tangible examples of what to look for and how to fix it. You'll get interactive assistance from editor and award-winning author, Layla Chase, and multi-published author Shayla Kersten.

Passive Vs Active voice, Power words & pumping up your sentences
Eliminating implied or unnecessary words
Gerunds, misplaced modifiers, dangling participles
POV and Show Vs Tell
Grammar & Punctuation Style

To enroll, send your $20 payment through Paypal from the workshop page on www.rosescoloredglasses.com.

Deadline for enrollment is Nov. 14th.

Testimonials
"... even more than the wonderful tips and checklist and exercises, this workshop taught us how to discipline ourselves, which I love. Thank you, thank you, thank you."
"I did learn some of the little tidy ends which as a novice I didn't realize the importance of "don't does" in writing novels."
"Great workshop! I will be recommending it to my writer friends."

****Permission granted to distribute** ***

Linda Carroll-Bradd
~~Dreams of Gold in Lawmen & Outlaws anthology, June 09
~~Only For One Night, Lone Star Angel
~~One Last Time; Business is Blooming
~~Ten Fantasy Wishes; A Legend of Ireland
www.lindacarroll-bradd.com
www.thewildrosepress.com


Workshop: Writing the Blurb
given by multi-published sci-fi author, Masha Holl


*Workshop Starts November 8*
*Registration Open NOW*

*Blurbs! The hated word!*
Let me make it just another minor task.
One week.
Hands-on.
Certified for the faint of heart.

Where do you start? What do you include?
How can you squeeze a whole book into 50 words?

Let's work on it together!

/*One week, $10. Lots of Practice.*/

/Free Workshop Files to Download/

Visit http://ottercreations.mashaholl.com for more information

You can also click on the link below or copy and paste the URL into your web browser:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/webpage101/join

Follow the directions in the email you will receive.

Lupe M. Gonzalez
http://www.myspace.com/lesmora
Writing stories by and about Latinas and their lives and loves.
Released Sep 23, 2009 - A Love for Eternity, TWRP, Vintage Miniature Rose
Too Late For Romance? (Debut Book, Jun 2008, The Wild Rose Press)