Well, I attended the Romance Writers of America National Conference in Orlando, Florida the last week of July. I was lucky enough to be chosen to present a workshop with my fellow writer and three-time Golden Heart Finalist, Claire Cavanaugh. Our topic was Inside Scoop: Analyzing Openings as an Agent, Bookseller and Reader, Then Problem Solve as a Writer. (presentation, handout and support material are below). Somewhere between 200 and 250 people attended, and we didn’t scare anyone off, so it seemed to be a success.
In this workshop, we used small examples of openings from Orson Scott Card, Nora Roberts w/a J.D. Robb (more…)
Writer's Notes by Robin 