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Regional Advisor:
Genetta Adair
Assistant Regional Advisor:
Patsi Trollinger
Illustrator Coordinator:
Alison Lyne
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Historical Fiction Workshop
Featuring authors Tracy Barrett, Irene Latham, Candie Moonshower and Kristin
Tubb
Saturday, March 13th, 2010
9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 13, 2010
Davis-Kidd Booksellers Event Room (Inside the Bronte Bistro)
2121 Green Hills Village Dr.
Nashville, TN 37215
Cost: $45 for SCBWI members, $50 for
nonmembers
The workshop is limited to 30 participants, so sign up soon!
Topics include:
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Historical Research: Finding It,
Organizing It, Using It
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Writing What You Don’t Know: Choosing
Your Destination; Incorporating Historical Events Into Your Story, Real vs.
Invented Characters and More
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Tell It True: Authenticity in Dialogue,
Physical Details and Emotional Responses
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Growing a Plot: Creating A Plot from a
Single Line or Event, Using the Start and Finish of Historical Events to
Bookend Your Plot and More
Plus a Q & A session for your most pressing
questions!
For more information,
click here to download
the workshop brochure and registration form.
2010 Midsouth
Fall Conference
Friday-Sunday,
September 24-26
LOCATION: Embassy Suites Hotel-Vanderbilt, 1811 Broadway, Nashville, Tenn.
Keynote
speaker, Linda Sue Park, will present a two-part breakout session on scene
building!
(Stay tuned for more faculty
announcements)
Optional
query critiques breakout session with an editor or agent -- only 12 participants
max. at $10 additional fee for one hour.
Other Conference Activities include:
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September 24th - Third Annual Dessert Party / Book Signing 7-9 p.m.
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September 25th – Faculty
Presentations, First Pages Critiques, and more from 8 a.m.-6 p.m., plus a
special Yoga session from 8-9 p.m.
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September 26th
– Faculty Presentations, First Pages, Illustrator Art Screening, and more
from 8 a.m.-noon.
Click
here to read the blog from our 2009 conference.
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