with Karen Whiting
Karen is a freelance author of ten books for women, families, and children, with three more contracted. Her writing experience includes more than 400 magazine articles, over 100 puppet scripts, and writing columns for magazines and newspapers. She wrote for Focus on the Family’s Parenting magazines until they ceased publication in 2009 and wrote for Charisma’s Children’s church programs for two years, until the sale of the division. She writes a time management column for Enrichment Magazine and is a writer with Suite101. Karen loves helping aspiring writers get published and led a productive critique group in Miami for ten years.
AGENDA:
9:15-9:30am Registration
9:30-10:00am Welcome/ Prayer/ Introduction
10:00-10:50am
Is Your Idea Write: Elements needed to make articles,
books, devotions, and even poems saleable
10:50-11:00am Break
11:00-11:50pm
Queries/Proposals/Pitches that sell:
Elements of each, presentation, standing out in the slush pile
11:50-1:00pm Lunch
1:00-1:50pm
Avoiding the Writers Cemetery: Avoiding pitfalls that keep you
from getting published, Setting goals that work
1:50-2:00pm Break
2:00-2:50pm
Basics of Good Writing: Active versus passive voice,
Effective focus or thesis statements, and Self-Editing
2:50-3:30
Questions, Book selling/signing,
Door Prizes and Good-byes
