Spring Fling 2010 down to the wire! By June

2010 SPRING FLING WRITERS' CONFERENCE - REGISTRATION IS ALREADY 83% FULL
April 23-24, 2010 Deerfield, IL

Don't miss out on a great line up of speakers, editors, agents, workshops,
book signing, and networking opportunities, all for $159. FEATURED SPEAKERS
New York Times and USA Today best-selling authors: CHERRY ADAIR and JULIA QUINN

EDITORS
Amanda Bergeron (Avon Publishing) Selena James (Kensington) Lindsay Faber
(Samhain Publishing) Kat O'Shea (The Wild Rose Press and Leap Books)

AGENTS
Paige Wheeler (Folio Literary Management) Laurie McLean (Larsen Pomada Agency)
Joanna Stampfel-Volpe (Nancy Coffey Literary Mgmt) Diana Fox (Fox Literary)

TWENTY-ONE WORKSHOPS ON THE CRAFT, CREATIVE AND BUSINESS OF WRITING:

BUSINESS AND CREATIVE TRACK:
From Suck to Success
(Kim Castillo)
Rejection Bootcamp
(Joelle Charbonneau)
Author's Brand Image
(Blythe Gifford)
Can We Talk?: Discuss Your Writing with Confidence (Ruth Kaufman)
When the Manuscript's Done, the Work's Just Begun! (Marianne LaCroix, Annmarie
Ortega, Kimberly Sullivan)
Perseverance and Perspective
(Nancy Parra)
The Importance of Tea in the English Culture (Sofia Motamedi)
Online Marketing 101
(Sarah Wendell)
Writing the Series
(Pat White)
Agent and Editor Q & A
(Agent and Editor Panel)

CRAFT TRACK:
Layer and Texture Your Novel for High Impact (Cherry Adair)
Dialogue: It's More than What You Say (Julia Quinn)
Plot or Character
(Sherrill Bodine, Patricia Rosemoor)
Deep POV - What Is It and Where Can I Get Some? (Laurie Brown)
Sex Scenes Viagra
(Elizabeth Hoyt)
Setting as a Character
(Jade Lee)
Beyond Research: Stronger Point-of-View & the Effective Use of Detail (Carrie
Lofty)
Conflicted about Conflict? Sign a Peace Treaty between You and Your Plot
(Lindsay Longford, Myrna Mackenzie, Margaret Watson)
Editing for Voice
(Courtney Milan)
Write Like You Mean It
(Jenna Petersen)
Getting It Done - Wrangling Your Muse (Allie Pleiter)

ABUNDANT CAREER BUILDING AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR $159:
Friday night Pasta buffet and Chocolate Reception including area librarians and
book sellers
REGISTER On or Before 3/15/10 and be entered into Raffle for a ticket to VIP
dinner
Saturday breakfast and lunch
Saturday gala dinner including a silent auction to benefit literacy
Saturday open to the public book signing
REGISTER NOW TO RESERVE YOUR SPACE!
For more information about Spring Fling 2010 and to register:
http://www.chicagospringfling.com
For more information about Chicago-North Romance Writers of America, please
visit: http://www.chicagonorthrwa.org
Questions? Contact us at: conference@chicagonorthrwa.org