Host of the Las Vegas Writer's Conference
Raise your work to literary levels by consciously incorporating themes. Learn how to identify what you’re trying to say and actively nurture the subtler but greater questions you’re addressing. Enhance your writing with symbols as signposts, layers of grays and depths of meaning. Give the literary reader something to enjoy, Class will also consider the therapeutic […]
Las Vegas locals know that “literary Las Vegas” sounds oxymoronic to the rest of the world. Outsiders are convinced that the only books to be found in Sin City are sports books, and literacy is not a requirement for excelling at blackjack, playing the slots, or even holding down a job – because everybody in […]
Stop Sitting Behind Your Table: Sell Books At Conventions is designed to give authors who are planning to sell books at events a solid base from which to build their sales pitch as well as the tools necessary to begin pitching their books in person. The presentation includes examples of what types of setups perform […]
The Purpose is why we do the things we do, and the Plan brings the Purpose to life! This presentation will explore the necessary steps to discovering the Purpose and Plan for a successful book. It will cover the importance of knowing and keeping the Purpose for writing constantly present in our minds by exploring […]
Have you ever heard the phrase “Don't judge a book by its cover”? Everyone judges books by their covers, it is difficult not to. Humans are very visual and latch on to things that intrigue them. The challenge: summing up a book with one image, which might seem like an impossible feat. Remember this phrase: “A […]
A Study in Mystery Look behind the curtain of the formulaic, but eternally popular genre: the Mystery Story. Learn about its history, constructions, tropes, types and methods that make modern crime fiction and the everlasting whodunit. We’ll talk story and clues, herrings that are red, interviews, sleuthing, gimmicks and codas. Something to excite your little grey […]
