Registration is now open for the Novel Concept Writing Intensive, sponsored by the Oghma Dragonwriters of Oghma Creative Media. One weekend, focused entirely on your writing, with professional advice, support, and direction. August 1-2, 2015. Aloft Hotel,
Rogers, Arkansas. The Novel Concept Writing Intensive is a full-immersion retreat and writing craft workshop taught by professional authors, edi
tors, and publishers, with the single goal of helping you—the writer—prepare your novel for publication. Submissions are open to all fiction genres, and you will be immersed in an open, creative environment, surrounded by fellow writers honing their craft with the help of publishing and writing professionals.
• Focused instruction to sharpen storytelling skills in characterization, POV and internalization, story and sentence structure, setting, dialog, and plotting and backstory.
• One-on-one guidance and critique from award-winning authors, editors, and publishers.
• Social time to meet and network with other writers, published authors, publishers, and other creative professionals.
• The opportunity to have your manuscript reviewed by the Oghma Creative Media Publishing staff for possible publication. You will meet:
• Award-winning novelists and writing instructors, including Dusty Richards, Velda Brotherton, Pamela Foster, Claire Croxton, M.G. Miller, Sorchia Dubois, Gil Miller, Sylvia Dickey Smith, and K.D. McCrite;
• The staff of Oghma Creative Media, including President Casey W. Creative Director Richard Howk, Marketing Director Staci Troilo, Business Manager Jessica Nelson, Editorial Director George "Clay" Mitchell, and Children's/YA Director Karen B. Nelson;
• Published Oghma authors such as J.B. Hogan, R.H. Burkett, J.E. Newman, Lori Ericson, and Rachel Fawn. For more information and application instructions, contact Staci Troilo, Novel Concept Registration Director at [email protected], or register online at www.oghmacreative.com. Act now, enrollment to the Novel Concept is limited.
