| CD
No. |
CD Title |
Speaker |
| 06RWA01 |
RWA 2006 National
Conference - Craft |
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Bootcamp for Beginning Romance Writers |
Simone Elkeles |
| Writing Is an Addiction - A Twelve Step Program to Success |
Sharon Sala |
| Writing the Selling Synopsis |
Nancy Robards Thompson & Katherine Garbera |
| Dialogue: It's More Than What You Say |
Julia Quinn |
| Fitzwilliam Darcy to Harry Potter: How Names Add Depth to Fiction |
Jo Beverley |
| Fresh Characters: Unlikely Heroines |
Emily Giffin & Stephany Evans |
| A Sagging Middle and What to Do About It |
Gail Martin |
| Writing Action Scenes |
Gail Dayton |
| Chilling Villains |
Karen Rose & Madeline Hunter |
| A Chick Lit Hero's Journey or It's Not Just About the Shoes |
Eileen Rendahl |
| Spice Up Your Romance Novel |
Annette Blair |
| The Bait, the Hook, the Catch: It's All About Chapter 1 |
Christie Ridgway |
| Who's Your Daddy? |
Robyn DeHart & Emily McKay |
| The Amazing Pace: The Elements and Enemies of Effective Pacing in Romantic
Suspense |
Roxanne St. Claire & Gayle Wilson |
| Men Talk Different |
Laurie Brown |
| YEX and Violence: How to Write Action without Losing Your Story |
Jenny Crusie & Bob Mayer |
| A Good Fit: Growing Your Novel into Single Title |
Stephanie Rowe & Michelle Grajkowski |
| Romantic Suspense - From Category to Single Title |
Rita Herron, Debra Webb, Allison Lyons & Stephanie Rostan |
| Theme--Taking an Old Fashioned Concept and Turning It into an Effective Way
to Market Your Voice |
Jennifer Greene & Barbara Keiler |
| Pitfalls of the Paranormal |
Susan Squires |
| Dangerous to Love: Action, Romance, and Writing the Kick-Butt Heroine |
Susan Grant & Cindy Dees |
| What are You Feeling and Why Should I Care? Writing Realistic Emotions |
Judie Aitken |
| We Don't Need No Stinkin' Rules |
Holly Jacobs & Susan Gable |
| Secrets of the Best-Selling Sisterhood |
Susan Elizabeth Phillips & Jayne Ann Krentz |
| Frankly, My Dear, We Do Give a Damn! |
Mary Alice Monroe, Mary Kay Andrews, Patti Callahan Henry & Kimberley Whalen |
| Plotting the Erotic Romance (Hint: It's Not Porn) |
Shelley Bradley & Jaci Burton |
| One from Column A, Two from Column B: Creating Believable Secondary
Characters |
Anna Genoese & Melissa Ann Singer |
| Writing with Magic (for Muggles) |
S.P. Sipal & Pamela Ahearn |
| Self Editing for Success |
Laurie Brown |
| Make It Last or Come Too Soon - How to Write Sexual Tension |
Linda Conrad |
| Layering Complexity, Texture and Theme Using Subplots, Secondary Characters
and Villains |
Robin Perini |
| Screw the Muse, I'm on Deadline |
Susan Mallery |
| Writing the Sweet Series: Not Just Your Grandma's Stories |
Donna Wright & Erin Niumata |
| Pointers on Point of View |
Lynnette Kent |
| Voice and Conflict: Blend Them and Make Ben and Jerry Proud! |
Leah Vale |
| Crafting a Great First Chapter |
Stacy Boyd & Susan Litman |
| Who's on Top? Intimacy, Control and Conflict |
Virginia Kantra |
| How to De-Latinize Your Latino Characters |
Lara Rios, Caren Johnson & Selena McLemore |
| How to Hook an Editor On the First Page |
Dianna Love Snell, Allison Lyons & Annie Oortman |
| Writing the Inspirational Novel:Keeping it Real and Relevant |
Terri Reed, Diane Dietz, Krista Stroever & Marta Perry |
| Unique Traits of Writing Action / Adventure for Women |
Vicki Hinze & Debra Webb |
| Three Women in a Book: Turning Novellas into a Novel |
Jenny Crusie, Eileen Dreyer & Anne Stuart |
| Three Act Structure: Pull the Reader In, Avoid the Sagging Middle, and Exit On a
High Note |
Ann Voss Peterson, Rebecca York & Patricia Rosemoor |
| A Cast of Thousands |
Suzanne Brockmann |
| Scents & Sensibility |
Ann Christopher, Eve Silver |
| Start Talking: Creating Unforgettable Dialogue |
Leslie Kelly, Brenda Chin & Julie Elizabeth Leto |
| I Do, I Do? Challenging Couples in Love |
Laurie Schnebly Campbell |
| Outlining Plot and Narrative Structure |
Bob Mayer |
| Teens and Tweens |
Nadia Cornier & Simone Elkeles |
| Plotting or Pantsing |
Sherilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love Snell & Kim Daniel |
| Writing on the Edge |
Jennifer St. Giles & Rita Herron |
| Pillow Talk: How to Avoid Making Bedroom Banter Sound Like an "Adult" Movie |
Heather Osborn, Sylvia Day, Cathryn Fox & Delilah Devlin |
| Doing It All Over Again: Writing Novels in a Series |
Eloisa James |
| 06RWA02 |
RWA 2006 National
Conference - Research, Writer's Life, Muse, Chats, Spotlights, Special |
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From Alleles to Zygotes: Updated DNA Analysis for Writers |
Jessica Andersen |
| From Pelisse to Chemise |
Heidi Hermiller |
| Crime in Mind |
Rae Monet & Karin Tabke |
| Drowned Dames, Mauled Men & Crispy Critters: A Body Disposal Primer for
Writers |
Jeanne Pickering Adams |
| Kilts: The History of a Scottish Icon |
Tonda Fuller |
| Trauma 101 |
Cathryn J. Lyons, MD |
| Real Women Kick Ass |
Lesley Mathews |
| After the Crime |
Dianne Despain |
| 50 Ways to (Nearly) Kill Your Lover |
Amber Green |
| Character and Culture |
Sharman Esarey |
| Fact or Fiction: Getting it Right at the Government |
Susan Egan |
| Google This! Tips and Tricks for Writers |
Virginia Kelly |
| Write 50 Books in a Year! |
Elle James & Delilah Devlin |
| Taming Your Internal Critic |
Jenna Kernan |
| Block-Busting: Getting the Joy Back |
Laurie Schnebly Campbell |
| Payoffs and Pitfalls of Contests |
Tanya Michaels |
| Finding Time: The Habit of Writing Daily |
Kim Louise |
Thursday Luncheon Keynote
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Meg Cabot |
| Saturday Luncheon Keynote |
Christina Dodd |
| Chat with. . . Julie Garwood |
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| Chat with. . . Nora Roberts |
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| Chat with. . . Carly Phillips |
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Spotlight on St. Martin's Press
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| Spotlight on Ellora's Cave |
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| Spotlight on Harlequin / Silhouette |
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| Spotlight on Dorchester |
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| Spotlight on Bantam Dell |
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| Spotlight on Pocket |
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| Spotlight on Kensington |
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| Spotlight on Red Dress Ink, HQN & MIRA |
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| Spotlight on Red Sage |
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| Spotlight on Warner |
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| Spotlight on Avon |
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| Spotlight on Luna and Other Paranormal Series |
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| Spotlight on TOR |
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| Spotlight on Avalon |
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| Spotlight on NAL |
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Leadership 101: An Introduction to Volunteer Activities Within RWA
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Carol Prescott |
| From Identity to Essence: Love Stories & Transformation |
Michael Hauge |
| 06RWA03 |
RWA 2006 National
Conference - Career, Pro Retreat, Publishing |
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When Everyone Stares: Presenting with Pizzazz |
Natalie Eggeman |
| Group Loops...and Blogs and Ads |
Dianne Castell, LuAnn McLane, Janice Maynard & Karen Kelley |
| Reinventing Your Career Success: Making It All Come Together |
Haywood Smith |
| PERSISTENCE--Do You Have What It Takes to Survive and Thrive? |
Jennifer Greene & Ruth Kaufman |
| Legal Issues For Writers |
Teresa Bodwell |
| Recognizing Change - In Yourself and in Your Characters |
Kellie Finley |
| Successful Storytelling in the Digital World |
Isabel Swift & Malle Vallik |
| Prepping for the Big Leagues: How to Be a Successful Unpublished Author |
Trish Milburn & Mary Fechter |
| How to Get the Most from Your Local Bookstore |
Bonnie Gardner |
| Breaking Away from the Pack in a Nudist Werewolf World |
Natasha Kern, Pamela Clare, Malena Lott, Lisa Renee Jones & Kimberly Raye |
| True Confessions of Contest Junkies: From Contest Wins to Book Contract |
Catherine Kean & Nancy Robards Thompson |
| What a Difference a Brand Makes |
Vicki Lewis Thompson |
| Surviving the Sophomore Slump |
Beth Pattillo |
| Ten Ways Dating Has Improved My Writing - and Not in the Way You Think |
Joan Johnston |
| Show Me the Money! |
Brenda Hiatt |
| RWA Idol |
Irene Goodman, Lucia Macro & Miriam Kriss |
| Author / Agent: A Marriage Made in Heaven or Hell |
Elizabeth Sinclair, Roberta Brown, Pattie Steele-Perkins & Vicki Hinze |
| Networking: Sowing the Seeds of Success |
Brenda Novak |
| Limbo-Limbo: A Fun Survival Class for the Not-Yet-Published |
Jeanne Pickering Adams |
| Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Having a Website but Were Afraid
to Ask |
Kellie Finley |
| Energy Healing for Writers |
Jade Lee |
| 60 Minutes to Your Marketing Strategy |
Deborah Pfeiffer & Blythe Gifford |
| Walking the Tightrope: Writing More than One Kind of Romance |
Jill Shalvis & Brenda Chin |
| An Arranged Marriage: The Editor / Author Relationship |
Raelene Gorlinsky, Kate Douglas, Sylvia Day, Erin McCarthy & Kris Starr |
| Guerilla Tactics for Reinventing Yourself |
Charlotte Maclay, Lori Wilde & Karen Kosztolnyik |
| Making the Most of Your Marketing Dollars: The Author, Publicist, & Publishing
Company Relationship |
Janice Lynn, Jo-Ann Power & Brianna Yamashita |
| To Target or Not to Target - That is the Question |
Madelyn Hill |
| YOU, New and Improved: Building a Brand |
Stephanie Bond |
PRO Retreat
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Rich, Crandall, Roberts, Cruise, Mayer, Hwang, Gorlinski, Farrell, Ruley |
| Finding Your Funky Bird: A New Approach to Marketing Your Manuscript |
Lani Diane Rich |
| Beyond the Basics: 10 Ways a Good Agent Can Benefit a Career Beyond
Marketing & Negotiating |
Jennifer Archer, Jenny Bent & Lisa Childs |
| Harlequin, Kensington and Virgin Books’ New Erotic Romance Lines: What they
want & how to get it to them. |
Sunny, Hilary Sares, Susan Pezzack, Kayla Perrin, Adam Nevill
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| The Birth of a Book |
Karen Harper, Miranda Stecyk & Sarah Rundle |
| Adventures in Love and Murder: Putting Romance Into a Mystery, and Do You
Really Want to Go There |
Linda O. Johnston, Paige Wheeler & Linda Zimmerhanzel |
| Jane Austen, the Mother of All Chick Lit |
Shanna Swendson & Kristin Nelson |
| Focus on Silhouette Intimate Moments: Back to the Future – with a Twist |
Nina Bruhns, Patience Smith & Linda Conrad |
| What Historical Slump? |
Shana Galen, May Chen, Robyn DeHart, Shirley Karr, Kimberly Logan, Margo Maguire & Anne
Mallory |
| Not a Virgin, No Secret Baby, Not Looking for a Hero: Meet the REAL Women of
Women’s Fiction |
Jennifer Archer, Gail Chasan, Nancy Robards Thompson & Lisa Childs |
| Breaking In (Without the Nervous Breakdown) |
Hilary Sares & Sulay Hernandez |
| What Editors Worry About and Why It’s Not the Size of Your Margins! |
Lucia Macro, Stephanie Laurens & Victoria Alexander |
| The A-Team |
Jenna Petersen, Miriam Kriss & May Chen |
| Yes They ARE Different! Cracking the Romantic Suspense Code at Harlequin /
Silhouette / Mira / HQN |
Nina Bruhns, Jessica Alvarez, Cynthia Cooke & Michele Hauf |