Women Writers' Winter Retreat
Women Writers Winter Retreat 2009
Friday Night Keynote Speaker, Plain Dealer Reporter, Joanna Connors, signs copies of her award-winning series for that paper.
Women Writers become friends at this Retreat.
The Fireplace adds to the warmth of the Homestead Bed & Breakfast.
Besides socializing, Writers Write, here with facilitator, Paula McLain.
No one goes hungry at this Writers Retreat.
Those who attend the entire weekend are still lively on Sunday morning.
Women Writers’ Winter Retreat
February 26 - February 28, 2010
Write, Read & Relax in Historic
Downtown Willoughby
Event Schedule
Friday:
4:30-6:00 p.m. – Registration,
Refreshments, Sign up For Writers’
Roundtable (interested participants)
6:00-7:00 p.m. – Dinner,
Beverages, Wine & Dessert
7:15-8:00 p.m. –
Keynote Speaker: Mary Faktor on
“Public Speaking for Writers: How To Gain Confidence and Win Over Your
Audience.”
Free Time
– Write, Rest, or Enjoy the Nightlife in Historic Downtown Willoughby.
Saturday:
9:30-10:00 a.m. –
Registration/Coffee /Juice
10:00-11:30 a.m. –
Session: “Getting on the
Write Track” with Barbara Snow
11:30-Noon -
Free Time - Read, Write, Relax
Noon-1:00 p.m. Lunch - On Us!
1:00-2:30 p.m. –
Session: “Building Tension and Adding Drama in Your Stories: Fiction or
Nonfiction” with Casey Daniels
2:30– 4:00 p.m. –
Writers’ Roundtable
(Prearranged Group) or Free Time
4:00-5:00 p.m.
– Refreshments, Networking
5:00-6:00 p.m.
Dinner
- On Us!
6:00-8:00 p.m. –
Open Mic (Participants’ reading of works)
Free Time
– Go Out, Write, Read, Sleep
Sunday:
10:30 – 11:15 a.m. –
Session:
“Editing Your Own Work” with Deanna R.
Adams
Registration Form:
*DUE TO ECONOMY, PRICES ARE
REMAINING THE SAME AS 2009!
Deadline for Registration is
February 15, 2010
NO REFUNDS AFTER DEADLINE
Send completed registration form
with check or money order to:
Deanna R. Adams, Coordinator
P.O. Box 356
Grand River, Ohio 44045-0356
Or Charge by Phone: (440) 946–1902. If charge, please email registration form to Deanna at DeeNCR@aol.com.
Please include
Registration Fee of $10 with your payment.
Complete Weekend Package:
Includes Friday and Saturday overnight suite stay, Sunday session, all meals and
workshops:
Single Room - $269
Shared Room - $199
Weekend Commute:
$135 - all sessions and meals except for breakfast (B&B guests only)
Saturday Event only:
$110 - 9:30 a.m.– 8:00 p.m., includes
lunch
and dinner
Full Name:
Address:
City& State:
Zip:
Phone:
Email:
*If
sharing a room, please include name of roommate.
**Alternative lodging available at Lawnfield Inn & Suites, 8434 Mentor Avenue,
at same special event price. See their website:
www.lawnfield.com
Call toll free at 866.205.7378. Questions? Please contact Deanna Adams at DeeNCR@aol.com or visit website: www.deannaadams.com.
Our
Presenters:
Our
Keynote Presenter this year is Mary Faktor: “Public Speaking for Writers: How To
Gain Confidence and Win Over Your Audience.”
If you’re a writer, there will be
a time when you’ll be asked to speak in front of a group, be it to read your
work at your book signing or perform it at a special event.
Mary Faktor is the perfect person to
demonstrate how to do this it with confidence and ease. She
is a writer, poet, professional actor, speaker and life coach. She is also a
member of the Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television & Radio
Artists, International Federation for Professional Speakers, International
Speakers Network, National Speakers Association, Cleveland Coaches Federation,
and National Association of Self-Esteem. For 28 years, Mary has made her living
performing her original one-woman comedy show, “The Six Ages Of Woman” and her
life balance workshop, “Inner Voices/Smart Choices,” nationally and
internationally. Her keynote presentation will help give you tools to breathe
life into your readings. Her advice will provide you with practical tools to
enable you to perform your work—and entice your audience to buy your book!
“Getting on the Write Track” with Barbara Snow:
The creative juices are flowing
and there are dishes in the sink. I
want to . . . but I need to . . .except . . . . Balancing isn’t always easy, but
sometimes we need to make time for ourselves.
This is a session that will encourage you, motivate you and get you
writing! Get ready to be energized, focused, and create! Silence that internal
censor and see where your writing and ideas can take you.
*Barbara Snow
has been a stringer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Lake County News Herald,
Northern Ohio Live, national websites, and has written speeches that were
delivered to United States Senate sub-committees.
She teaches a four-week creative writing course at Lakeland Community
College, speaks at writer’s symposiums, writes for examiner.com, and actually
writes three pages each and every morning. When she’s not writing (or thinking
about writing) this excellent chef is in the kitchen, writing recipes.
“Building Tension and Adding Drama into Your Stories: Fiction or Nonfiction”
with Casey Daniels:
Putting tension and drama into your work will keep your readers intrigued with
your storyline and gain you lifelong fans. Whether you're working on your
memoirs, personal essay, or fictional novel, prolific author, Casey Daniels will
help you take your work from the mundane into a “can’t put down” fascinating
piece of work!
*Casey Daniels
is author of 45 novels, including her most popular Pepper Martin Series. Dead
once applied for a job as a tour guide in a cemetery. She didn't get the
job, but she did get the idea for Pepper Martin, the heroine in her mystery
series. Pepper works in a historic Cleveland cemetery and solves mysteries
for the ghosts there. As Miranda Bliss, Casey also writes the
Cooking Class mystery series.
She began her writing career as a romance writer and has written both historical
and contemporary romance as well as books for young adults and children.
Casey has a background in teaching and journalism. Her latest book is
Night of the Loving Dead and her web
site is
www.caseydaniels.com.
“Editing Your Own Work” with Deanna Adams:
One of the hardest, and most tedious, jobs writers must do is edit their own
work. Now more than ever, writers need to submit clear, polished, well–written
manuscripts or agents and publishers won’t get past page one.
But there are ways to make this job less tedious and even enjoyable. Deanna will
provide editors’ secrets on cleaning up your prose and making your manuscript
look professional and interesting!
*Deanna Adams is an author, freelance writer, award-winning essayist, writing instructor, and conference coordinator. Her articles and essays have appeared in the Plain Dealer, Northern Ohio Live, Lake Erie Living, Cleveland Scene, Lake County Business Journal and other publications. Her book, Rock ‘n’ Roll and the Cleveland Connection (Kent State University Press, 2002) was named a 2003 finalist for the Ohioana Award for nonfiction, and for excellence in research for the 2003 ARSC Awards (Association for Recorded Sound Collections). Her second book, Confessions of a Not-So-Good Catholic Girl was released in 2008 and her next book is due out in January 2010.
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1st annual WWWR
It's cold outside but warm here in the Homestead House
Women Writers Get to Know Each Other
2nd annual WWWR
Erin O'Brien Gives the Friday Night Keynote Address
Saturday - Classes and Discussion
Saturday - Time to Write
Sunday Morning - Friends Say Goodbye till next year