NJ Romance Writers: Previous Workshops

Previous Workshops

2024

January
Jeff Adams
Creating Accessible Social Media Content
February
Eloisa James
Doing It All Over Again: Writing Novels in a Series
March
Holly Darling
Email Marketing For Authors in 2024
May
Canceled
June
Sandy Upham
Author Brand Strategy

August
Paula Scardamalia
Using Tarot to Write Your Story
September
Kami Havens
Bringing Written Stories to life, One Word at a Time
October
Nancy Smay
Build A Romance Blurb that Sells Books!
November
Theresa Leigh
Crafting dynamic, character driven plots for romance novels

2023

January
Becca Puglisi
Hidden Emotion and Subtext: Making Dialogue Crackle with What Isn’t Said
February
Marin McGinnis
How To Read A Literary Contract
March
Jennifer Hilt
The Trope Thesaurus
April
JeRoWriMo Celebration
May
Teri Schnaubelt
Demystifying Audiobook Production

June
Amelia Rose
Patreon
August
Jenn Lassalle
It Takes a Village: Why Even the Solitary Writer Needs a Tribe
September
Troy Lambert
How to Craft Better Books in Less Time with Plottr
October
Special In-Person One-Day Event with Nora Phoenix
November
Carol Van Den Hende
In-Person Persuasion, Presence and Planning: Help Readers Fall in Love with Your Books

2022

January
Kathleen Sweeney, from BookBrush
Using Book Brush to Create Professional-Looking Images for Marketing your Book
February
Cherie Postill
How to Beta Test a Manuscript
March
Brenna Aubrey
How NOT to Get Lost in Translation
April
Gina Ardito
Hips Don't Lie: Body Language for Writers
May
Arell Rivers
Overcome your Facebook Group Fears!

June (Special Event)
Lila Dubois and Jayne Rylon
TikTok Sells Books!
August
Becca Syme
11 Myths of Productivity: Why We Should Stop Believing them Right Now
September
Laurie Cooper
Niching down and Branding
October
Elizabeth Ann West
Math is Money for Authors + Understanding the Amazon Store
November
Tee O'Fallon
Playing With the Boys

2021

January
Suzanne Cheesman
Increase Your Radio and TV Interview Chances
February
Sue Toth
Why Do I Need An Editor Anyway?
March
Judith Lynne
The Science of Dialogue
April
Zara West
Using the Arts
May
Alex Dawson, Professor at Rutgers
Write Hard-15 Rules for Writing

June
Evan Gow, Founder of Story Origin
Story Origin
August
Lesley Sagba, The Seymour Agency
How to Decide if a Literary Agent is Right for You and How to Find the Right One
September
Turn your Book into a Movie
October
Molly O’Keefe
Sexual Intimacy
November
Abigail Owen
Organizing your Writing Life

2020

April:
Jim Alkon, Booktrib
Marketing
May:
Jodi Payne
Writing with a Partner
June:
Carol Van Den Hende and Stacey Wilk
Public Speaking as a mindset
July:
Jen Bokal
Painless Novel Writing through Character Goals