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Online Workshops

The Northeast Ohio Chapter of RWA is pleased to announce our 2010 Online Workshops. Check back often for updates to the calendar! Upcoming Workshops

April 2010

Query Letters that Sell

INSTRUCTOR: Julie Rowe

WHEN: April 5 to April 16

WORKSHOP:

Taught from both a romance writer and magazine freelancer's perspective, this is a hands on class on how to write query letters, cover letters and submission packages that excite editors and agents.

The workshop will focus on writing fiction query letters from a freelancer's point of view. Participants will be coached on how to turn their fiction query letter into an effective sales pitch, their cover letter into a fabulous calling card and their submission package into one that stands out from the crowd.

Topics covered include:

  • What is a query letter?
  • Your writing credentials.
  • The pitch.
  • Endings & pulling it all together.
  • Query letter checklist & presentation tips.
  • I got a request for a partial/full - now what?
  • The submission package.
  • Interpreting rejection and revision letters.

Examples of successful fiction and non-fiction queries and cover letters will be provided. Participants should plan to edit and revise a query during the workshop.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: A double Golden Heart finalist in 2006, Julie Rowe has been writing medically inclined romances for over ten years. She's also a published freelancer with articles appearing in The Romance Writer's Report, Canadian Living, Today's Parent, Reader's Digest (Canada) and other magazines. Julie is an active member of RWA and its subchapters, Heartbeat RWA, Calgary RWA and RWA Online. She serves on the RWA Membership Committee and coordinates Book In A Week programs for Heartbeat and Calgary RWA.

Julie enjoys teaching and volunteering, and is a passionate promoter of life-long learning. She's the owner/moderator of the Announce Online Classes email loop, which promotes online classes hosted by a large number of writing organizations, for writers on a wide variety of topics and skill levels, taught by some of publishing's best writers and writing instructors. To subscribe to the Announce online Classes email loop, send an email to: http://www.Announceonlinewritingclasses-subscribe@yahoogroups.com You can also check out Julie’s website at http://www.julieroweauthor.com.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION:

Cost for the workshop is $15 for NEORWA members, $20 for all others. You do not have to be an RWA member to take our workshops!

Click here to register for Online Workshop

REGISTRATION CUT-OFF IS THE DAY BEFORE THE WORKSHOP STARTS

The registration deadline is the day before the workshop starts. Once registered, you will be subscribed to the workshop loop prior to and for the duration of the class.

For more information, please email Cathy Matuszak and Alaina Silvestrini

ABOUT NEORWA'S ONLINE WORKSHOPS:

Admission to the workshop depends on receipt of this form and payment fee before the cut-off date for the workshop chosen. If the fee is received after the cut-off date, the fee can be applied to another workshop of your choosing.

Note: You will receive an invitation to join the group from Yahoo! Groups. You must reply to it in order to take the course. The invitation is good for seven (7) days only. PLEASE check your spam filter for the invitation so you don’t miss anything in the workshop! There are no refunds if you fail to enroll yourself once being offered the invitation.

Upon receipt of your payment and registration form, you will receive an email confirming you have been registered for the workshop. If you do not receive a confirmation email, contact the NEORWA Workshops Coordinator Cathy Matuszak and Alaina Silvestrini before the workshop begins.

NEORWA REFUND POLICY

Registration fees will be refunded only in the event the workshop is canceled. All payments for a workshop must be received by the registration cut-off date. No refund will be given for withdrawing from a workshop. In the event the instructor cancels a workshop or there are technical difficulties with the list provider (Yahoo!), NEORWA will offer the participant the option of receiving a refund or enrollment in another workshop of the participant's choice.

If a workshop does not have 10 students enrolled by the cut-off date, the workshop may be canceled, and the participant can either receive a refund or be enrolled in another workshop of the participant's choice.