Prepare to be stimulated, entertained, and challenged as you search for your inner muse and participate in activities designed to spark your imagination. This workshop will provide you with many strategies for tapping into the river of creativity within yourself—even if you feel that your river is merely a trickle right now. You will laugh, move, and write, and hopefully you will leave thinking about things in a new way.

The key to a successful writing career and relationship with your editor begins before you ever write the first word. This workshop offers tips for earning a spot on your editor's "favorite writers" team and provides suggestions for how to stay there.

Finally, your masterpiece is in print, and you're ready for the world to read it. Here's the skinny on getting it placed in the stores...along with some other things you need to know.

Using a question and answer format, Pat and Barry will cover basic copyright and other intellectual property laws. Pat will also be prepared to answer specific questions from attendees. Topics will include how to obtain copyright protection, common law versus federal law protection, the use of quotations and artwork from other publications and other issues common to writers.

Every story needs characters and a plot, and this workshop will expound on those and other elements that will capture and hold the reader's attention and give them a sense of satisfaction when they read "The End." Included will be tips on how to endear your main character to your readers, how to make your plot stronger, and ways to make the story more compelling.

In today’s market, self-publishing has become a viable option. This workshop will discuss using that option for your book as well as helping you recognize the red flags that indicate you are dealing with a vanity press. Urainah will then cover the basic process and how to avoid getting burned.

We will explore the tools for researching historical non-fiction and learn how to bring characters and places to life. We will also discuss ethical standards for writing about real people, both living and dead, which is the one of the biggest challenges the historical non-fiction writer faces. Dead men DO tell tales!

Whether you plan to self-publish your book or submit to a traditional publisher, a strong social media platform will be an essential part of that process. You will need it, and editors are going to require it. Here’s what you need to do.

From why you write and where to get ideas to finding the time to write, dealing with writer’s block and how you can develop a following, this workshop covers the basics. We’ll also talk about how to break into the devotional markets.

Editor and Publisher Ellen Sallas will discuss the importance of editing in both traditional and self-publishing. She will explain the “levels” of editing available, what each could cost, and how to do much of it yourself. Ellen will encourage new writers in their art, and established writers will have their flames rekindled by her passion.

 WS2A:"Not Every Word You Write is Precious:
   How Editing Can Improve Your Poetry"
  - Joe Whitten

We’ll work on improving our poetry by having the courage to cut words and phrases or by finding stronger words to replace the words we’ve used. Poets are welcome to bring a poem in progress to work with, or Joe will have examples for the group to edit.

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