Ruffians, Rakes, and Rulers: Bringing History to Life

Presenter’s Biography:

Joyce Moore is an award-winning author, having won various contests such as Writing the Region, First Coast Writer Festival Contest, and others. More recently a historical novel won an award in the Mainstream Fiction category at the Florida Writers Conference. Her medieval romance, Jeanne of Clairmonde, rated four stars by Romantic Times, won First Place in the FWA Royal Palm Literary awards, published romance category. A historical novel will be released in October 2010 from Five Star. Joyce’s work has appeared in national publications and she frequently speaks before historical groups and at book events such as Times Festival of Reading and Book Talk, a TV production.

Present and past associations:

Historical Novel Society
Florida Writers Assn.
Toastmasters
South Carolina Writers Workshop
Pike’s Peak Writers
Romance Writers of America

Website: www.joycemoorebooks.com

Workshop Description:

This comprehensive workshop offers what every author of history-based fiction or non-fiction needs to know: how to sort the chaff from the wheat when doing research. Using information compiled from years of workshops and browsing through original sources, Joyce offers tips and tricks every writer can use.