Workshops

The 2012 Silken Sands Conference will include a variety of workshops.  Whether you are just beginning your writing career or if you are a multi-published author, there are workshops for everyone! Our published authors and industry experts will present instructional workshops to help you get the most out of your conference at the beach.

Current Workshop Line-Up:

Guns and Roses: Firearms for Romance Writers (Presented by Arabella Stokes, Leslie Kitching & David Sessions)

Building Your Brand (Presented by Angela James)

Keys To Successful Blogging (Presented by Rita Van Fleet)

Five Reasons Writers Quit, and Ten Reasons Why You Shouldn’t (Presented by Lisa Stone Hardt)

Why? Why? Why? Creating Believable Motivation (Presented by Sherry Lewis)

The Erotic Story Arc – Not a Contradiction in Terms (Presented by Jeffe Kennedy)

The Novella: 100 Pages Can Pack A Punch (Presented by Cynthia Eden)

Get It Together (Presented by Fran McNabb)

Pitch Perfect (Presented by Casey Crow)

Color Your Characters (Presented by Sia Huff)

Everything You Thought You Knew About Story Plots and Didn’t. (Presented by Loretta C. Rogers)

Collaging Your Way to a Great Story (Presented by Susan Carlisle)

Of a Paranormal Persuasion: Using Fact to Create a Believable Paranormal World (Presented by Runere McLain)

Crafting Killers: Making Villains To Thrill and Chill (Presented by Cynthia Eden)

I’ve Finished the First Draft: Now What? (Presented by Joyce Moore)

Meet Your Muse: How to Capitalize on the Power of Your Subconscious Creativity (Presented by Kelly L. Stone)

People Skills: Building Your High Concept Trilogy from the Characters Up (Presented by Manda Collins and Holly Blanck)

Using Emotion and Sensual Description to Make Your Love Scenes Glow (Presented by Sayde Grace and Randi Alexander)