Elaine Powers
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Critiquing, Self-editing, and What Professional Editors Look For
Panel
Room Two
1:00pm- 50 minutesKris Bock, Claire A Murray, Elaine Powers
Good writing is rewriting, but how do you do it? We'll explore self editing your own work and discuss when to get outside help from a critique group or professional editor to get you one step closer to publication.
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Venomous vs Poisonous
Workshop
Room Two
11:00am- 105 minutesAdding local wildlife enhances any story. However, the animals’ behaviors must be accurately portrayed. This presentation will explore the differences between venomous and poisonous animals found in AZ.
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You Can Make it Up, But it Better be Right: The Value of Research in Fiction Writing
Panel
Room One
11:00am- 50 minutesAnna Dalhaimer Bartkowski, Patricia Bonn, Roberta Gibson, Elaine Powers
Characters need to be true to her/his place in society and time. Use of 21st century verbiage won't make sense if the story is set in the American West of the 1800s. Neither will the polished language of an elitist Harvard grad fit a cartel member in Texas. Fantasy and paranormal writers are freer to make stuff up—they are the creators of their worlds. Most of us work in the real world and need to research some of the minutia that would catch the reader's eye as out of place in the story.
