Mini Conference
Rhode Island Romance Writers
Write-Mind Mini-Conference 2011
Are you talking to me?
Getting to know the voices in your head
November 5, 2011 9am to 4pm
Community Room, Cumberland Public Library
Three great workshops
Linda Cardillo Setting Your Voice Free
Denise Robbins Bringing Characters to Life
Teagan Oliver Creating Believable Villains
Breakfast and lunch included
Cost: RIRW Member (must be currently registered) $35/Non-Members $50
Linda Cardillo – Setting Your Voice Free
Bio:
Linda Cardillo is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Dancing on Sunday Afternoons and Across the Table. After graduating from Tufts University with a degree in American literature, she worked as an editor of college textbooks and then earned an MBA at Harvard Business School at a time when only 15% of the class were women. Armed with her Harvard degree, she managed the circulation of a magazine during its successful start-up, founded a catering business and then built a career as the author of several works of nonfiction, from articles in The New York Times to books on marketing and corporate policy. She later went on to teach creative writing at Drew University and the Hilltop Writing Retreat before her debut novel, Dancing on Sunday Afternoons, launched Harlequin’s Everlasting Love series. She is currently working on her fifth book, a work of historical fiction set in 16th century Italy.
Visit her website at www.lindacardillo.com
Workshop:
Your writer’s voice is as distinctive as your fingerprint or the pattern of your iris. It is an expression of “you” in a deeply personal and visceral way. But as writers we often flounder trying to achieve a distinctive voice. Rather than seeking to capture your voice, come discover how to set it free. We’ll explore the roles perception, memory and emotional honesty play in developing and refining your unique voice as a writer.
Denise Robbins – Bringing Characters to Life
Bio:
High-tech becomes high-risk in Denise Robbins’ novels. The New Hampshire based author uses two decades of experience in computers to explore the killer possibilities in technology. Denise integrates her knowledge of computers and technology along with secrets, intrigue, suspense, and even a little romance into all of her techno-romantic thriller novels. Readers and reviewers agree Denise writes stories that will keep you at the edge of your seat and clamoring for more.
Published novels: It Happens in Threes, Killer Bunny Hill, Connect the Dots, Never Tempt Danger
Future release: Phish NET Stalkings
Workshop:
Characters who are compelling and believable, who display understandable actions and justifiable emotions, are the heart of good fiction. Fictional characters draw a reader in through familiarity and conflict. Believable characters, with credible traits keep a reader interested and coming back for more. The protagonist, or main character, should be likable and sympathetic, but not perfect. Who wants perfection anyway? Imperfections make a character more real, more human. Readers need to be able to identify with, and care about, the protagonist. Or even better, to be the protagonist.
When you picture your character as a living, breathing, person their nature and personality come to life. The more you know about your characters, the more real they become to the reader, and the more they bring your story. The character development (make your hero/heroine come to life) workshop will focus on helping you get to know your characters, make them real, and have them jumping off the page.
Teagan Oliver – Creating Believable Villains
Bio:
Bethany Gott Oliver writes Romantic Mystery and Paranormal under the pseudonym Teagan Oliver. Her romantic suspense, Three Truths is available as an ebook through Amazon Kindle. When not writing, blogging or giving workshops she spends her time investigating the paranormal and hanging out with her family on the coast of Maine. Check out her website and blog at
www.TeaganOliver.com and www.teaganoliver.blogspot.com Also, be sure to friend her on Facebook and Twitter @TeaganOliver.
Workshop Info:
Part of what makes suspense interesting, complete and satisfying are the motivations behind all the characters, good and bad. Every antagonist is the hero of his own story and what life choices they made, what doors opened… or closed, made that character what he or she becomes when the reader opens to the first page. This stepped approach shows you how to amp up the antagonist’s motivations beyond surface conflict to create a truly worthy opponent.
Registration closes October 29, 2011; prior registration is required. Please fill out the form below and click Send to submit the registration form. On the next page, you can select your form of payment, either check or PayPal.