syn·aes·the·sia – a subjective sensation that occurs in one sense modality when another modality is stimulated…. syn·aes·thet'ic – involving more than one sense
Professor Nattie Golubov (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico) Session 6.2 Power and Patriarchy I’m going to put the whole abstract this time, as it helps explain a lot of my shorthand bullet points later in the post. Most of the abstract is behind the cut. Abstract: This paper will discuss the geopolitical imaginary and the […]
Heather Schell (George Washington University, USA) Session 6.1 Power and Patriarchy Abstract: Political scientist Joseph Nye introduced the term “soft power” as a way of describing how nations might win hearts and allies without the us of military force or economics. Power, he says, is “a way to alter the behaviour of others to get […]
Dr Francesca Pierini (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) Session 5.3: History and Romance This was an interesting (and at times quite amusing) session looking at a subset of English-language romance authors who set their stories Italy. Apparently there is a whole Thing where people with Italian ancestry seek their roots in Italy and the ‘fall in love […]
Dr Stephanie Russo (Macquarie University, Australia) Session 5.1: History and Romance Abstract: Georgette Heyer’s fame, both in her own time and in ours, is inextricably connected to her representation of Regency England. However before Heyer wrote about the Regency, she was writing about the eighteenth century, setting her first novels in both England and France… […]
Top 3 things about writing Emotionally satisfying to tell stories Love of world building Exploring characters in my head Write your stories
Mel Scott (moderator), Keri Arthur, Denise Rossetti, Alison Goodman, C. S. Pacat CS Pacal Writes fantasy with gay princes Keri Arthur Dark urban fantasy Alison Goodman Fantasy, sci fi, crime Wearing steampunk shoes Denise Rossetti Sword and sorcery fantasy Science fiction Erotica World building is important, and needs to be consistent
Pippa Roscoe – Harlequin UK Moving into London Bridge Megan Farrell – Tulin Publishing Digital first, selected print Women’s fiction, romance, chicklit Marty Green – Pantera Press Boutique Sydney based publishing house Focus on authors not individual books – full career Lex – Penguin / Random House Works across multiple lines Sue Brockhoff – Harlequin […]
Known for writing on controversial subjects. In 2014 got the Nora Roberts lifetime achievement award. Writing conventions – a group of introverts pretending to be extroverts for a weekend who collapse in a heap when they get home. Thanks to conferences and the internet, writing is not the isolated experience it once was. Creativity and […]
Author Alison Stuart, runs Scrivener workshops for beginners. Scrivener is NOT a word processing program, it is a type of project management software to organise your writing and notes. How to create a new document: Select: New project Type of project eg fiction Type of fiction eg Novel / short story
Alison Goodman is an Australian writer of Young Adult fiction, including YA historical supernatural fiction set in the Regency period. Her seminar looked at four different diagnositic tools that can be used to analyse a scene to work out if it works, and what can be improved. Useful tools to take your scenes to the […]
