| Sleuthfest 2012: "There's Nothing Slight about Short Fiction" Workshop, Orlando, FL |
| 3/1/2012
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| Royal Plaza Hotel - Orlando - FL 32830 |
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Stalled on your short story? Can't get past the great beginnning? Is it suffering from a saggy middle?
I'll discuss ways to help you diagnose the problem with your short story and fix it. One short story can be harder to write than an entire novel.
We'll talk about the craft at Third Degree Thursday at Sleuthfest at the Disney Royal Plaza Hotel.
For information and reservations go to: http://www.mwaflorida.org/sleuthfest.htm
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| Sleuthfest 2012: Disney Royal Plaza Hotel, Orlando, FL |
| 3/1/2012
to 3/4/2012
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| Royal Plaza Hotel - Orlando - FL 32830 |
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What a lineup for Sleuthfest: Charlaine Harris, creator of the Sookie Stackhouse, and thriller writer Jeff Deaver are the guests of honor. The hilarious -- and award-winning -- Chris Grabenstein is toastmaster.
Sleuthfest offers panels and workshops by bestselling authors including Donna Andrews, PJ Parrish, James Grippando, Karen Harper, Lisa Black, and more. They'll talk about the art and the craft of writing. You can get appointments with editors and agents and sign up for the short story contest. Saturday night, Heather Graham is throwing a party, and it's free.
Join us at the Royal Plaza Hotel, won't you?
http://www.mwaflorida.org/sleuthfest.htm
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| Sleuthfest 2012: "Laugh if You Must: Dying Is Easy, Comedy is Hard" panel, Orlando, FL |
| 3/2/2012
to 3/3/2012
/ 9:00 AM 9:50 AM
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| Disney Royal Plaza Hotel - Orlando - FL 32830 |
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Donna Andrews, Deborah Sharp, Joelle Charbonneau and I have something in common: We write funny mysteries. We'll give you our novel approach to mystery writing. Vincent O'Neil is moderating, heaven help him.
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| Sleuthfest 2012: "The Traditional Mystery: It Isn't Gone, It's Evolved" Orlando, FL |
| 3/2/2012
/ 9:00 AM 9:50 AM
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| Disney Royal Plaza Hotel - Orlando - FL 32830 |
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Dana Cameron, Joelle Charbonneau, Toni L. P. Kelner, and Alan D. Orloff are masters of the modern traditional mystery. I'm looking forward to moderating their panel about. We'll discuss where the traditional mystery is today, how it got there and where it's going.
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| Sleuthfest 2012: "Charlaine & Friends" panel, Orlando, FL |
| 3/3/2012
/ 3:30 PM 4:20 PM
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| Disney Royal Plaza - Orlando - FL 32830 |
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A free-wheeling conversation with Guest of Honor Charlaine Harris and her friends Toni L. P. Kelner, Dana Cameron, Brendan DuBois, and Chris Grabenstein.
I'll have fun moderating this panel.
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| Sleuthfest 2012: "Does Your Muse Need a Makeover: What to Do When Your Series Has Run Its Course" panel, Orlando, FL |
| 3/3/2012
/ 10:00 AM 10:50 AM
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| Disney Royal Plaza Hotel - Orlando - FL 32830 |
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No longer feeling the urge to kill? Tired of your characters and their problems? Has your series run its course, or do you need a change?
Veteran mystery writers Lisa Unger, Julie Kramer, Kris Montee (PJ Parrish) and Peter Abrahams, aka Spencer Quinn, have all faced these questions -- and found the answer that worked for them. I'm looking forward to moderating this panel of pros.
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