Date: August 11, 2009
Topic:
Speaker: Christie Craig

Photojournalist, Author and Speaker

Christie Craig is an award-winning, multi-published writer whose non-fiction and photography have appeared in almost three thousand national magazines. A Golden Heart finalist, and a finalist in more than fifty RWA-sponsored contests, she has gained a well-deserved reputation for writing romance fiction that has both witty humor and a suspenseful, sexy tone. Published by Silhouette in the 90s, she recently broke back into fiction in a big way, making four book sales in one day. Her first single title romance novel, DIVORCED, DESPERATE & DELICIOUS published by Dorchester, will hit the stands in December 07. Her latest non-fiction book, to be released September 08, is THE EVERYTHING GUIDE TO WRITING A ROMANCE NOVEL.

After the workshop, those who have submitted material in advance will be splitting into groups for critique sessions (see below for details). If you don’t choose to participate in the critique, you’re welcome to stick around and write!

Where: Twin Oaks Branch of the Austin Public Library
Please contact special-projects at austinrwa dot org for the new location.
When: 10:15am - 4:30pm, Saturday May 30th
To Bring: Please bring a sack lunch and printouts of any material you’re critiquing
Cost: $10

Please pay now to confirm your space:

Critique Information:

If you’d like to participate in the critique portion of the May 30th writing day, you need to send in your pages by May 18th - that’s this coming Monday. Send them to: special-projects@austinrwa.org.

You should send in one scene, up to 10 pages. Please make sure the scene breaks at a natural point - don’t cut or extend mid-scene to get exactly 10 pages. If you need to go over by one or two pages, that’s fine, and it’s also fine if you only want to send in 2 or 3 pages total.

The scene can be from anywhere in your manuscript or short story. If it’s any scene other than the opening scene, please include a brief set-up paragraph explaining where we are in the story. Optionally, you can include specific questions or aspects of the writing you’d like critiqued. (”I’m looking for general feedback on the character of Mary - do you find her motivation in this scene believable” for instance.)

Note that this time we’re asking for standard submission-style formatting. Standard submission format is double-spaced, in a readable font like Times New Roman our Courier. Remember to put page numbers, your name and the working title of the work in the header or footer. By using standard formatting rules, we ensure that everyone gets to read and critique roughly the same amount of material. Plus, material’s a lot easier to read this way!

For more details or to register, visit:
www.bdrwa.com/black_diamonds_chapter_of/online-classes-1.html