Romancing the West

This year, Swancon is joining forces with the WA chapter of Romance Writers of Australia to co-host the 2001 Romancing the West workshop day on the Saturday.

It's a wonderful thing – science fiction folks can be very dismissive of romance, so I love that the major sci fi con of the year is hosting a day for romance writers.

There's a day of workshops – most one hour, although Juliet Marillier's runs for two – dealing with a range of things for writing. Not all are specifically romance oriented, but will be promoted to and attended by romance writers (who will also get a day membership to Swancon as part of it all).

There's a mix of romance, spec fic and general writers giving the workshops, and I think they'll all be fantastic. Here's the itinerary:

9am – Writing sizzling sex scenes with yours truly.

10am – Finishing the Story with Kaaron Warren

11am – Old Bones, New Flesh-Inspiration from Fairytales with Juliet Marillier (I sooooo want to do this one)

1pm – Lunch with whoever you want to eat with [image error]

2pm – Structure of the Novel with John Cregan

3pm – Research-Not just a load of dusty old books with Anna Jacobs

4pm – Arousing your reader by Nikki Logan

At each workshop, there will be some prizes drawn, so not only do you get great information from some fabulous writers, but you could win something too!

Coming to Swancon? Plan on putting a bit of romance in your Saturday.

Not coming to Swancon? You totally should [image error] Day membership for the Saturday will get you into the Romancing the West, along with all the other Swancon events for the day.