I’m looking forward to the upcoming Romancing the West workshop in Perth, Western Australia on 1st May. Here is the programme, for anyone in the area who might want to attend some awesome workshops:

2010 Romancing The West Conference

Programme

Registration: 8:30am– 9:00am
Welcome 9:00am – 9:30am
1st session 9:30am – 11:00am

Choice of:

Room 1 Conflict & Finding the Zen of your Backstory – Fiona Lowe

Room 2 Fabulous First Chapter & Paragraph – Fiona Palmer

Morning tea 11:00am – 11:30am
2nd session 11:30am – 1:00pm

Choice of:

Room 1 Branding – Why You Need it Before You Sell – Nikki Logan

Room 2 Finding Your Voice – Juliet Marillier

Lunch 1:00pm – 1:45pm

Introduction to RWA 1:45pm – 2:00pm

3rd session 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Choice of:

Room 1 Tension – how to write a Page Turner and avoid a soggy middle – Fiona Lowe

Room 2 History, guesswork and wild imagination: Creating believable historical settings in your fiction – Juliet Marillier

Afternoon tea 3:30pm – 4.00pm

Author panel and Q & A 4:00pm -4:50pm

Close 4:50pm -5:00pm

Dinner –Restaurant – The Metro Hotel – 7.00pm

It is going to be good!