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Did you know that the Novel Revision Retreat is available in a book? In 1999, I started teaching a retreat for beginning to intermediate writers, for those getting encouraging rejections, but could not quite get that acceptance letter. This year, there are four debut novels coming out of those retreats and so far, three more [...]
Thanks, Texas SCBWI! What a great time in TX last weekend. Here’s some blog posts about the retreat from the participants. Vonna Carter Shelli Cornelison Janet Fox Lynne Kelly Hoenig Yes, I’m booking for next year and have lots of open dates. Email me at darcy at darcypattison dot com. Here’s more from Facebook Photos: [...]
For an inside glimpse of the Novel Revision Retreat, here’s a short video podcast or trailer from the recent San Rafael, California retreat.
Speaking Schedule Here’s an update on my speaking schedule for the rest of the year. Novel Revision Reteat. SF & North & East Bay SCBWI, San Francisco, CA. July 16-19, 2009 (SOLD OUT) Novel Revision Retreat. Louisiana SCBWI. St. Joseph Abbey, Covington, LA. Download flyer for the LA retreat. Arkansas SCBWI Fall Retreat, Ft. Smith, [...]
What Do Writers Do All Day? I’m just back from Illinois where last weekend, I taught a Novel Revision retreat to a fantastic group of writers. One of the humorous things that happened: One writer had a chapter in which a character wrote about a condominium, but the character couldn’t spell, so wrote, “. . [...]
Why Some Distractions Are OK I am distracted these days from writing my novel. It’s partly because I’m teaching a Novel Revision Retreat in Illinois this weekend. But I also find these things to be distracting. Family. Well, of course, family interferes. Katherine Paterson has said that family takes up so much time and energy, [...]
Even if it is the week before Christmas, there’s lots of interesting discussions going on! Novel Revision Retreat. I’ll be teaching the Novel Revision Retreat in Illinois on February 27 – March 1 for the IL-SCBWI. Only nine spots remain! Register soon! See comments here from previous participants. Or see comments from Kirby Larson here. [...]
Kirby Larson, author of Newbery Honor book, HATTIE BIG SKY, says, “I didn’t know how to revise until. . .
Novel Secrets Series Author Nancy Sharp has designed a series of three retreats, which is unique in the writing world. It takes writers from an initial idea to a finished manuscript and an evaluation by an agent or editor–in JUST ONE YEAR. Awesome! Cynsations website is running a series of interviews with the speakers. One [...]
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