Workshop Speakers for POWer of Writers Caribbean Conference
*Not arranged in any particular order of appearance. Workshop speakers and events are subject to change. Please contact us for the latest information.
CARYN SUAREZ - Author/President OF POW! (Promoting Outstanding Writers)
Writing Your Memoirs - Author of the award winning book, "Living Crazy Like Fly", and guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Caryn will share how to collect and write your memoirs, both in a fiction and non-fiction form. We all have a story to tell. Caryn wil show you how to get them down for you, your family and the world to treasure. Handouts will be provided.
YVONNE VANDERLINDEN - Children's Author/Musician/Artist
Focusing On Your Creative Process
Award winning author, Yvonne VanDerlinden will show you how to utilize your creative talents in writing, art, music - how to get over feeling "blocked", ignite your inner muse. If you can't write on a blank piece of paper, then cut it up or draw on it! Having trouble writing that novel? Then break it up into award winning short stories. Focusing on your dream is the first step! You can do it!
Easy Sailing: How to Gain Fame and Fortune Through Publishing
Isn't it about time your ship came in? If you're ready to be recognized as an industry expert and have radio and television people call you just to hear what you have to say, then this is the workshop for you! In this fast-paced, fun-filled hour, award winning author, Gina Maria will share with you how to garner free publicity, become the prominent player in your field, and become the person to know!
REAZONDA SMITH-GRAY
Writing for Children
This award-winning author of the Editor's Choice Award for outstanding achievement in poetry will share with you the love of Christ and how to apply it to your everyday life. If you are a child at heart then you will love being aboard as Ms. Gray shares the joy of writing positive nursery rhymes and prayers for children. She will share with you how to take the words of a poem and turn them into song as well, as sharing beautiful poems will bless your life and everyone you share with them with.
MARV CONN - GRAPHICS DESIGNER/WEBMASTER/PHOTOGRAPHY
Website Don't Promote Themselves
Getting a website is only the first step in promoting an author or artist. Websites that are promoted have more visitors and generate more sales. Learn how to promote a website, get more hits and more sales. Handout provided.
Murder Made Easy
Would you like to write a murder mystery? Have you ever wondered how a tightlywound plot is conceived? Did you ever want to murder anyone? Join Diane Barton, in her "killer" workshop. The author of the award winning, "The Singing Sleuth", as she discusses the seven deadly questions to be answered in order to create a suspenseful murder mystery. Handouts will be provided.
The POWer of Painting Pictures With Words
Award winning author, Cissy Hassell will show you how to put more steam and sizzle into your writing and really put a little POWer behind the words. Ever wanted to give them more vision and intensity? Using an easy step by step method, you will learn how to create a vivid and more intense picture with your words and make them come alive.
DANA THOMAS - AWARD-WINNING AUTHER as MORGANA MaCARTHUR
In Search of Paradise: Reading Romantic Erotica While Cruising - Why we do it; what we find
One thing vacationers want is a good read. In this interactive session, learn why we all crave a great story. Justify the guilt and be empowered to "Read On!" Dana will explain what prompted her to craft her paranormal romance The Ditchwalkers and her action-escape tale Tradewind Island, and will offer a delicious inside scoop on the writing of the sexually tantalizing Silhouette. No matter which of her three novels readers choose to dive into during gthe week's sail, they won't be disappointed!
D.L. HAVLIN - AUTHOR/SPEAKER
Developing True Character, In Your Characters
Ever read something where the characters lacked an element of truth, but you couldn't quite see what was lacking? Avoid that pitfall. D.L. Havlin's "Developing True Character, In Your Characters" uses scientific personal relationship information to help generate tension between your stories' individuals. Make them react in ways appropriate for the behavior patterns you wish to develop, and create memorable personages your readers can identify with.
About POW!
"POW! is Promoting Outstanding Writers, but we do so much more. We're what's happening now! We pack the punch that sells and gets YOU known. It's all about building a rep, making money, having fun, mingling, canoodling, friendship... POW! is all about promoting, writers, performers, artists, photographers, anything and anyone to do with the arts". For more information, please visit www.pow100.com. |
