February 18, 2012
Location: Best Western Seven Seas
411 Hotel Circle South, San Diego 92108
MapCost: $25 for RWASD Members
$30 for Guests
Morning Session: "World Building" (Multi-Genre Focus)
Our own Jillian Stone and Chris Marie Green will be sharing tips about world building. Whether you’re constructing a paranormal setting full of shapeshifters, pulling together the details of a historical that’s set in Victorian London, or bringing to life a fictional, dust-bitten, small-Texas contemporary town, world building is a skill that will make your story come alive. As Jillian says, “Every writer world builds. But there is world building and then there is total immersion world building. If you are looking for reader immersion, then your world building has to integrate with character and plot on every page.” Chris has found that piecing together the environment that your characters inhabit is her favorite part; it’s an ongoing, flexible, “living” process that reaches beyond brainstorming and can shape the story itself going forward.
The afternoon promises to be just as productive, with returning chapter member Anne Elizabeth on hand to lead us in putting together a book package from concept to submission. Her workshop, will help everyone—from an author who is learning about how to “wow” an agent or editor to an established author who is reinventing her career and/or creating a big new series.
Jillian Stone
Jillian won the Golden Heart award for her debut novel, An Affair with Mr. Kennedy, the first adventure in her sensual and suspenseful new Gentlemen of Scotland Yard series. She is also author of The Seduction of Phaeton Black, a steamy Steampunk paranormal that is set to release this April. (For more, go to http://jillianstone.com!)
Chris Marie Green
Chris is the author of the urban fantasy Vampire Babylon series from Ace Books. Additionally, she writes romance as RITA nominated Crystal Green and the dark fantasy/postapocalyptic supernatural Western series Bloodlands as Christine Cody. You can get a peek at all her personalities at www.chrismariegreen.com, www.bloodlands.net, or www.crystal-green.com.
Anne Elizabeth
Besides having a BS in Business and a MS in Communications from Boston University, Anne is a published author, comic creator, and the monthly columnist for RT BOOK Reviews on the topic of comics, manga, and graphic novels (so come with any questions you might have about that, too!). She’s a former marketing consultant and a member of the Author's Guild and Romance Writers of America as well as a regular presenter at the RT BOOK LOVERS Convention. Among her published credits are stories with Atria/Simon & Schuster, Highland Press, Dynamite Entertainment, and an upcoming trilogy with Sourcebooks. She lives in the mountains above San Diego with her husband, a retired Navy SEAL. You can visit AE on the Internet at http://www.anneelizabeth.net/ .
Meeting Agenda:
9:30 to 10:00: Check In - Networking
(coffee and tea)
10:00: Welcome - Introductions &
Announcements
10:15: Morning Session
12:00: Lunch & Book signing
12:45: Chapter Business Meeting
1:30 Afternoon Session
2:45: Opportunity Drawing
3:00: Meeting Adjourned
