Category Archives: Rock Soup

Notes from a presentation. Suspense writer’s job -Create a believable villain/credible threats -Keep reader on the edge of his/her seat -A plausible resolution -Maintain stress factor   Romance writer’s job -Create characters that are loveable -Build romantic tension -A high\ … Continue reading →

Quite a few months ago I attended a writing workshop called. I write. One of the presenters gave some wonderful ideas on how to write better romance. I thought I wrote down her name but I don’t see it seeing … Continue reading →

Quite a few months ago I attended a writing workshop called. I write. One of the presenters gave some wonderful ideas on how to write better romance. I thought I wrote down her name but I don’t see it seeing … Continue reading →

A number of months ago I attended, and I write workshop. There were some wonderful presentations on writing. This is a couple of notes I wrote up about page synopsis as presented by Donna K. Weaver. – Length, 250 words, … Continue reading →

  A friend of mine, who is a very successful author offers some writing workshops. Here they are for 2014.   http://davidfarland.com/writingworkshops/   Melva

One evening, not sure when, I attended a presentation given by the author Monteen Gordon. She is very nice advice about setting. Following are some of my notes from her lecture.   –          Get over the guilt of not writing … Continue reading →

Every year I try to attend a wonderful writers’ symposium called Life the Universe and Everything. One panel consisted of people in the military who talked about life in the military and military sf/f. Enjoy my notes.   –          An … Continue reading →

We have received some excellent advice this year in our storytellers retreat, Roots and Wings. I really liked hearing from a professional actress on techniques to present ourselves more professionally in our storytelling. Kym Mellen gave a presentation on the … Continue reading →

  Every year I try to attend a wonderful writers’ symposium called Life the Universe and Everything. Here are some notes I took from a panel of author(s) who were guests at the symposium. These notes are a continuation of … Continue reading →

Every year I tried to attend a wonderful writers’ symposium called Life the Universe and Everything. Here are some notes I took from a panel of author(s) who were guests at the symposium. Enjoy –        Book signings no longer mean … Continue reading →