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Emerald City Writing Conference

October 1-3 at the West Coast Hotel in Bellevue

Early Registration is due by August 31> $199

Regular Registration is due September 26> $229

Agents:

Elaine English (Graybill&English)

Michelle Grajkowski (3Seas)

Editor:

Rose Hilliard (NAL/Penguin)

Keynote:

Patti Berg

Marianne Stillings Book signing!!!

Saturday, September 4th from 1:00 to 3:00 at the B.Dalton in the Northgate Mall for her newly released novel "The Damsel in this Dress."

Hello Greater Seattle Romance Writers,

Starting October 25, best-selling romance writer Susan Wiggs will be teaching a course at Field's End, a writers' organization affiliated with the nonprofit Bainbridge Public Library. The course is titled "The Story Within: Structuring Your Fiction."

Though not specific to romance writing, this class is "for any writer who has felt that flash of inspiration--the one that kept her pacing the floors at night or drove him from the couch to the computer-and is ready to take the next step on the journey of the working storyteller," Susan says. "The only prerequisite is a simple one: a vision of a scene, a character, a plot, a situation, or a compelling premise that inspires in you enthusiasm."

Participants will explore their own story ideas from the ground up, discover the story within, and begin shaping it into an emotionally resonant work of fiction. Susan will use lectures, discussions, creativity exercises, readings, and small-group critiquing workshops to help participants examine the mythic underpinnings of story, basic narrative structure, and the day-to-day process of bringing your fiction to life.

This 10-hour course meets five Mondays, Oct. 25 - Nov. 22, from 7:15 - 9:15 p.m. at the Bainbridge Public Library,1270 Madison Avenue North. Cost is $200, and the class is limited to 60 participants (first-come basis).

Field's End has started accepting applications for this course, and we thought your membership might be interested. Since offering its first writing classes three years ago, Field's End has attracted students from throughout the Puget Sound region. The quality of our instructors and courses makes the ferry ride worthwhile.

We'd appreciate you letting your members know about this course. More information about Field's End, the class, and Susan, as well as a downloadable registration form, are available at www.fieldsend.org.

Thank you!

Cordially,

Nikki Vick
Field's End Co-founder
and Communications Manager

WRITING CLASS OPPORTUNITY!!!

-----------FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ----------- CONTACT: ANDRE BECKER 212-974-8377

AUTHOR LEIGH MICHAELS TO LEAD ROMANCE WRITING WORKSHOPS AT WRITINGCLASSES.COM

COMPREHENSIVE 10-WEEK ONLINE CLASSES BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 2004

	Leigh Michaels, author of 75 Harlequin novels, will present basic and advanced romance writing workshops this fall

at WritingClasses.com, the online campus of New York’s celebrated Gotham Writers’ Workshop.  The online workshops,

selected “Best of the Web” by Forbes, include everything you would expect to find in a ‘live’ workshop including:

informative lectures, class discussions, writing exercises, and extensive feedback on your writing.

	During the comprehensive 10-week workshop, Leigh will use lectures, writing exercises, and analyses to illustrate

craft concepts like plot, structure, character development, sensuality and sex, dialogue, and more. An overview of the

romance genre and advice on finding your market niche are also examined.

	Enrollment in the workshops is strictly limited to 18 or fewer students. Basic romance writing workshops begin

in September and October; the advanced workshop is only offered in October.

Class:  Romance Writing I

Begins: September 14 and October 5, 2004

Class:  Advanced Romance Writing

Begins: October 6, 2004

For a more information, or to register, visit WritingClasses.com or call 1-877-974-8377 toll-free.

LEIGH MICHAELS is the author of 75 contemporary romance novels published by Harlequin Books, with over

thirty million copies in print, published in 25 languages. Six of her books have been finalists in the Romance Writers of

America competition for Best Traditional Romance of the year (the RITA contest). She also wrote Writing the Romance Novel

and Creating Romantic Characters and has produced a series of audiotapes on writing craft. She has taught at the Iowa

Summer Writing Festival, sponsored by the University of Iowa. Leigh holds a B.A. from Drake University.

GOTHAM WRITERS' WORKSHOP is the largest school in the country devoted exclusively to teaching creative writing,

enrolling over 6,000 students a year.  While based in New York City, its online division, www.WritingClasses.com,

has enrolled thousands of students worldwide since its inception in 1997 and was selected “Best of the Web” by Forbes.

With a faculty of over 100 professional writers, the school offers introductory and advanced classes in more than a

dozen forms of creative writing.

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