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BALANCING THE WRITER'S LIFE: As writers we often feel we have to perform a juggling act with our families, jobs, and our projects. And many days, it seems we've been short-changed on all accounts. This workshop helps sort out the priorities.

THE WRITER'S PASSION--FINDING YOUR INNER FIRE: Based on the principles from Janet's book, Managing Your Restless Search this workshop addresses the many ways we find the issues and themes and topics that uniquely belong to us.

THE WONDER OF CREATIVITY: Does your creativity fizzle out when you're stressed? Do you feel you've drained yours dry? Does your writing have slow starts and tedious middles? Learn some tips to keep your creativity fresh.

BE A BETTER WRITER FOR TEENS: Tips for writing successful teen books

BOOK REVIEWERS WORKSHOP: Find out what it takes to be a book reviewer.

RESEARCH: TURNING DRY BONES INTO LIVING WORDS: How research add authenticity to fiction.

TO PLOT OR NOT TO PLOT: Which is better, outlining, or plotting by the seat of your pants?

SHOW VS. TELL: Learn techniques to pull your readers into your story.

CHARACTERIZATION AND PLOTTING:  Collins helps participants better understand characterization and plotting.

 MIDDLE OF THE BOOK BLUES: Beating the sagging book middle.

CHARACTERIZATION, POV: Getting a handle on characterization and point of view

WRITING CLINIC:  Inner rhythm, writer's voice, querying agents, and a host of other subjects.

TACKLING WRITING PROBLEMS: Collins fields writing problems from participants.

MAKE THOSE SCENES ZING! Words, words, words. Authors can use too many,  too few, or get bogged down with flat non-descriptives. How can writers learn to use just enough?

AGENTS--WHO NEEDS 'EM? Tips to determine your need for an agent

NOVELS VS NOVELLAS:  What's the Difference?

WRITER/EDITOR INSIGHT: Writers take advantage of the opportunity to get some of their burning questions answered.

FINE ART OF WRITING  This fantasy author takes aspiring writers through the paces of creating more vibrant writing.

   GRIPPING BEGINNINGS, KILLER ENDINGS Learn storycraft from     the author of Christy award winning Reaping the Whirlwind.

IS SELF-PUBLISHING WORTH THE RISK? Many e-publishers today are drawing in hopeful authors with inexpensive self-publishing packages. Is seeing your words in print worth the expense?

CONFLICT IN FICTION: Does your story carry enough conflict?

BEYOND TALKING HEADS, BARE STAGE:  Breathe life into your characters and settings.

GUARDING THE WRITER'S HEART: Avoid having your heart shredded by elements in the writing industry.

WRITE A POWERFUL QUERY TO NET SALES: Learn to write queries that will gain the confidence of editors, save time and postage, and produce writing assignments.

BEATING THE LOW DOWN, DIRTY REJECTION BLUES: Find the silver lining in rejection letters.

QUERY WRITING WORKSHOP: Discover methods of writing successful query letters.

THE PLOT'S THE THING: Plot development is more than just determining what will happen from the beginning to the end of a short story, novella, or novel. Learn about time lines, plot development and demonstrates the simplicity and complexity of it all!

CHARACTERIZATION: Developing characters with character.

OPEN QUESTION NIGHT: Rene fields writing questions from workshop participants.

LITERARY AGENT  fields questions from authors.

DEVELOPING THE SPIRITUAL ELEMENTS OF FICTION:   Writing realistic scenes that are true-to-life.

GETTING TO KNOW YOU: Characterization tips.

 WRITING THE PERFECT SCENE: Utilize proven formulas for creating  scenes that will capture and keep your reader's attention.

 ROAD MAP TO GETTING PUBLISHED:  Where are you in your  writing career? Author Randy Ingermanson helps writers navigate the  road map toward publication.

TIME MANAGEMENT TIPS & WRITING GOALS: How to set realistic writing goals and manage time more effectively.

I SECOND THAT EMOTION: Weaving emotions through settings, dialogue, narration.

   PACING:  What it is and how to use it.

WRITING ROMANTIC SUSPENSE:  Gail Martin shares her secrets   for writing exciting, reader-grabbing stories.

BACKSTORY TECHNIQUES: Create Page Turning Stories.

CREATE THREE-DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERS: Discover methods to breathe life into your characters and make them more realistic to your readers. Experiment with a unique way to conquer writer's block.

STEPPING BEYOND THE PAGE:  Converting research into a gripping novel.

WRITING BOOTCAMP:  Everything a writer needs to know to  prepare professional looking manuscripts.

ACCELERATING YOUR WRITING CAREER:  Give your manuscript a tune-up with the "6 Cs of writing" and speed up the publishing process.

TURNING NONFICTION TO FICTION:  Has someone asked you to write their life story? Do you have life-events that might make good reading? Find out what it takes to make a nonfiction book and what is best translated into fiction:

DEEP POINT OF VIEW:  Mastering Deep POV can propel your craft to the next level and help eliminate those annoying show/don’t tell issues. Get the full benefits of this fun facet of fiction writing.

CREATING FANTASY :  Writers taken through progressive steps to create a fantasy.

WRITING FANTASY II:  Aspiring writers want more tips on writing fantasy.

WRITING FANTASY:  Donita K. Paul shares the ins and outs of   writing fantasy for today's market.

Raney, Deborah

08/22/2003

TO GET AN AGENT OR NOT: Author Deborah Raney frankly discusses her agent/no agent decisions in her writing career.

Salzmann, Cyndy

01/29/2008

GET ORGANIZED AND WRITE:Are your WIPs gathering more dust than steam? Do you wish you could find the time to tackle your writing projects? Get the help you need to get on track.

Seitz, Rebeca

07/28/2006

THE ART OF PUBLICITY: Glass Road Public Relations founder talks writers through the maze of publictiy.

Warren, Barbara

MORE TIPS ON EDITING: What to look for when self-editing.

08/26/2005

BRING OUT THE EDITOR: Content editor gives guidance to polish manuscripts.

Warren, Susan May

CREATING DYNAMIC DIALOGUE: Turn mundane character interactions into gripping scenes.

11/07/2003

PUT THE SPIRITUAL THREAD INTO YOUR STORY WITHOUT STRANGLING THE READER: Tips for flawlessly weaving the Good News and good storytelling.

11/02/2003

PLOTTING FOR THE HEART, SOUL AND MIND Techniques to help you create three-dimensional characters, and build plots that will touch readers hearts and souls. 

Wiesner, Karen

12/16/2005

FIRST DRAFT IN 30 DAYS Outlining doesn't stifle creativity!

Willis, Kathy Carlton

11/03/2006

TAKING THE NEXT STEP IN YOUR WRITING CAREER Tips for editing, marketing, publicity, and critique groups.

BOOK DOCTOR: Writers find out how book doctors work, and whether they need to consider using one.