What’s Holding You Back? Fifteen Common Errors Made By Aspiring Writers
Data dumping, point-of-view and blocking—oh my! Are you starting in the right place? Do you understand the basic rules of point of view? Is your story not quite making the grade with agents or editors? It could be that you’re making one or more of the 15 most common errors new and aspiring writers often encounter. Join multi-published author and frequent contest judge Marie Force as she leads you through the fifteen common errors and helps you apply the lessons to your work in progress.
Marie Force is the award-winning, bestselling author of three contemporaries: Line of Scrimmage
, Love at First Flight
and Everyone Loves a Hero
. Love at First Flight
recently reached no. 5 on the Kindle bestseller list and her two self-published contemporaries, True North
and The Fall
, have reached numbers 12 and 52 respectively on Kindle’s contemporary bestseller list. She is also the author of the Fatal books, a romantic suspense series set in Washington, D.C., from Harlequin’s Carina Press. Fatal Affair
and Fatal Justice
will be joined later this year by Fatal Consequences
and Fatal Destiny
with Fatal Flaw
coming early next year. Marie has been married to her husband Dan for more than 18 years and is the mother of two children, a daughter, 15, and a son, 12. The family resides in Portsmouth, RI, with their 15-month-old wild-child dog (and Facebook star) Brandy. Read more about Marie at www.mariesullivanforce.com and reach her at marie@marieforce.com.
Upcoming Meetings
Please note: From March to June, meetings will be held in the Seminar Room at the Cumberland Library not the Community Room. The Seminar Room is on the first floor.
May 7, 2011: Jo Ann Ferguson “Revision Ramifications”
June 4, 2011: Patricia Grasso “Plotting with Panache”
