Saturday, April 14, 2012

Workshop Weekend



Had a very busy week-end! My friend, Margo, and I drove to Dedham to attend a full day workshop with New York Agent and author of Writing The Breakout Novel, Donald Maass. There were about fifty sisters-in-crime in attendance from all six of the New England states and it was nice to see the familiar faces from Crime Bake. It was such a treat to see my friend, Karen, from Long Island. I only stayed one night, but wished I had reserved the room for two nights, because Karen and I didn't really have enough time to visit. The workshop was terrific, although it felt a little long by 2:30. (Another reason I was wishing I'd reserved the room for two nights).
After dinner on Friday evening, Margo, Karen and I did some brainstorming in a quiet area of the Hotel that Karen had found. It was so good - for all of us. We all took a great new idea home with us and Karen did a line item critique for Margo. You're the best, Karen!
I haven't yet learned to post photos from my computer, so I couldn't put them all up. I didn't even want the two I did post, where they landed. I was trying to get them at the bottom of this post. Lisa!!!!! Help!!!!!!

16 comments:

  1. So glad you had a good time! Pictures can be a little fickle on blogspot, but I can show you what I know.

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  2. Hey Dianne,

    I had a super time also. I started transcribing all those notes I took. Wow! Donald Maass gave us sooooo much information. Great suggestions and examples kept coming throughout the day. I'm dying to use them on my manuscript, but not so sure about throwing the pages up in the air.

    It was great to see Karen again. Now I'm itching to get to Crimebake.

    Margo

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    1. Crimebake, yippee!! Hey, some people took 30 pgs of notes. Yikes! I took 12.

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  3. I sounds like you had a great time. I look forward to seeing updated posts from you on here. (swellmomma from swap-bot follow me #5 swap)

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    1. Thank you. I had no idea this was the blog that would come up, or I would have updated it. Thanks for stopping by.

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  4. Sounds like you had a full and exciting weekend(: So glad you had a lot of fun!

    kcody03 Follow me #5

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    1. Thank you. Too bad I didn't have the right blog listed.

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  5. Ugh I hate when my pictures don't go where I tell them! I generally like to have mine centered so I hit the enter bar after a paragraph and then insert the photo. I also make sure the Center option is chosen. Hope thats some help! (suneflower for follow me #%)

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    1. Thank you, Allison. Once again, it wasn't this blog I was hoping to come up. I'll fix it!

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  6. Where do you find out about these workshops, they sound amazing? :)

    As for the photos, you can either click the options they give you or drag them but I would recommend you put them in while writing your post not after as they're a pain to move. Hope this helps!

    (Washi -Swapbot)

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    1. Thank you, Rosa. I belong to Sisters-in-Crime. It's a mystery writer's group. There's a conference in November, where we'll all meet once again. It sells out very early.

      Thanks for stopping by.

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  7. It seems that you had a lot of fun!
    If you want to change the place or the size of the pictures, after uploading it, just click the image and there will be opened a small bar with full of opinions! I usually upload one picture at a time, then it's easier to adjust the pictures in their right places :)
    -Jungpo (follow me #5)

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  8. I've read Writing the Breakout Novel, but it was a while ago. I'd love to be able to attend a workshop. I know there are several in my area, but my job prevents me from doing it.

    Smadroia - follow me #5

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    1. That's too bad. It was a great work-shop. What a smart guy he is.

      Thanks for stopping by.

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  9. Share us your work...glad you enjoyed the workshop...

    Geng
    genggay (swap-bot)
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