March 19 (2-6 PM) - March 20 (8 AM – 5 PM)
Roberta Isleib and Hallie Ephron
TSKW or Friends of the Library Member: $220
Non-members $265
Limited to 12
Sponsored by The Frances Street Bottle Inn
Skill Level: Ideal for the beginning to intermediate writer who is working on a book-length work of commercial fiction targeting a broad audience of readers.
This will be a hands-on workshop during which participants have their own work-in-progress critiqued and critique the work of others. Authors Hallie Ephron and Roberta Isleib will guide you in assessing and improving your work. We’ll focus on how to keep readers engaged from page one; how to craft an opening scene that hooks the reader; and how to create interesting, complex characters. There will also be a session on the business of writing and how to pitch your novel. Take-aways will be concrete ways to improve the manuscript.
Full Course Description HERE: Including Techniques, Schedule, Goals, and Supplies Needed
About the Instructors
Hallie Ephron (www.hallieephron.com) is a writer, book reviewer, and writing teacher. Her newest novel is a gripping psychological suspense novel, Never Tell a Lie(William Morrow). Publishers Weekly gives it a starred reviewed and calls it “stunning” and a “deliciously creepy tale of obsession.”
Hallie is an award-winning book reviewer for the Boston Globe where her On Crime column of crime fiction book reviews appears monthly. She is also the author of 1001 Books for Every Mood and The Bibliophile’s Devotional.
Hallie teaches writing workshops at conferences across the country, and she is the author of Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel: How to Knock ‘Em Dead with Style (Writers Digest Books). It was nominated for Edgar and for Anthony awards.
Roberta Isleib (www.robertaisleib.com) is a clinical psychologist and the author of eight mysteries published by Berkley Prime Crime including DEADLY ADVICE and ASKING FOR MURDER. Marilyn Dahl of Shelf-Awareness said this about Asking for Murder : “a charming and sometimes gritty mystery with an appealing protagonist who sleuths, cooks and psychoanalyzes.”
Roberta’s books and stories have been short-listed for Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. She is the past-president of National Sisters in Crime and the chair of the Mystery Writers of America Edgar best novel committee for 2010.
