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Lecture Packets
Power Plotting
Weekend Workshops
Have you always wanted to write a novel but didn’t
know how to get started? If you have questions we
have answers.

New York Times best-selling author Dianna Love and
award winning author Mary Buckham, co-authors of  
Break Into Fiction® Power Plot Your Novel, offer
aspiring writers helpful advice and  resource tip sheets
to help you get started writing your novel and guide you
on what it takes to publish a novel in today’s market.   

For more info visit:
http://www.kcls.org/events/index.cfm



July 10-12, 2009
New York City, NY

Dianna and Mary will be attending the International
Thriller Writers THRILLERFEST in New York. More
coming soon on their schedule at this event.  For
conference details go to
http://www.thrillerwriters.org/thrillerfest/index.html



July 11, 2009, 12:30-4:00 pm
Levittown Public Library, Long Island, New York
Long Island Romance Writers
Workshop

The first FIVE Pages: Or What it takes to break into
fiction and why getting it right the first time is important.

For more info visit: http://www.lirw.org



July 15-19, 2009
Washington D.C.
Two Workshops

Mary will present two workshops at  the RWA national
conference in Washington DC.  She and Dianna
Love along with Pocket Executive Editor Lauren
McKenna will  be presenting a panel workshop entitled
Do You REALLY Know What A Bigger Book Is?  on Friday
from 2:00-3:00 pm. . Mary will give a workshop on
Saturday at 3:15- 4:15 pm on Body Language: Writing
Compelling Characters of Both Sexes. More coming
soon on their schedule at this
conference.  For conference details go to
www. rwanational.org.



July 20-26th, 2009
Stock Signing tour along the Eastern Seaboard
From Washington D.C., to Richmond to Virginia Beach
south to Greenville and Charlotte SC. Check back for
list of speaking locations and email if you want to know
where to find a signed copy of BREAK INTO FICTION®



July 29, 2009
Olympia, WA
Borders Bookstore 7pm-9pm

Hot Summers Nights
Talk and Book signing
2415 4th Ave. West
Olympia, WA 98502
For details visit: www.olympiarwa.org


July 31, 2009
PNWA Conference
Seattle, WA
Panel Workshop with Megan Chance and Pat White

Breaking in, Breaking out, Breaking up -- No Limits
Writing
Join three  multi-published authors who will share tips
and tricks for getting published, staying published and
staying flexible for a long term career in publishing.
For conference details go to www.pnwa.org  


August 22, 2008  
Birmingham, Alabama
Full Day Workshop
THOUGHT to PLOT

Dianna and Mary Buckham will present a one-day Break
Into Fiction® retreat for Southern Magic Romance
Writers in Birmingham, Alabama.  Check back for more
details and visit
http://www.southernmagic.org/ for updates on the
retreat.



September 1-28, 2009
Online Month-long Workshop
SEX  BETWEEN THE PAGES: UNDERSTANDING AND
CRAFTING SEXUAL TENSION
Visit
www.WriterUniv.com for details.



September 19, 2009
NJRWA Special Event
One Day Workshop – Power Pacing

Woodbridge Hilton --Iselin, NJ  
For more info visit:
http://www.njromancewriters.
org/meetinginfo.asp



September 26, 2009
Port Townsend, WA
Free Talk 6:00pm-8:00pm

Break Into Book-Length Fiction

Trying to write that first novel but unsure how to get
started? Not sure what it is you’re even writing? Want a
sense of what the next step is if you’re stuck in the
middle of a novel or stalled near the end? Or just plain
curious about the book-length fiction market.

Sponsored by: The Writers Workshoppe
www.writersworkshoppe.com



October 2-4, 2009
Moonlight & Magnolia Conference
Norcross, Georgia
Live Workshop

Mary and Dianna Love are creating a special Sunday
morning program just for the Moonlight & Magnolias
conference being hosted by Georgia Romance Writers
in the Atlanta area. Go to
www.georgiaromancewritersorg/MMConf/2009/
MM09Home.php for all the details.



October 10, 2009
Seattle, Washington
Live Workshop - Pacing

Mary Buckham will present a two-hour workshop for the
Emeral City Writers Conference in Seattle, WA.
For more information, visit:
http://www.gsrwa.org/conference.php



November 7, 2009
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Florida Romance Writers
Full Day Workshop – POWER PACING

Mary will present a jam-packed full day workshop on
POWER PACING. More details to come at:
www.frwriters.org/workshops.html



November 13-15, 2009
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Full Day Workshop
THOUGHT to PLOT

Mary and Dianna Love will present a one day Break Into
Fiction® retreat for the Land of Enchantment Romance
Authors in Albuquerque, NM. Plus –Sherrilyn Kenyon
will attend as our official heckler  . The LERA chapter
won this retreat in Brenda Novak’s May Auction to help
cure Diabetes. More details to come at
http://www.
leranm.com/
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