Thursday August 9th
| Time | Description | Convenor | Location | |
| 5.30pm | Registration | Registration Desk Opens 5.30-6.30pm | ||
| 7.00pm to 9.00pm | Grace Burrowes | The Prose Toolkit | Bronwen Evans | Rimu Room |
| The Prose Toolkit:
We tell our stories with words, and if the words take enough wrong turns, even the best story can end up in the reject pile, or worse, the Did Not Finish pile. Grace is a craft-hound, and has submitted to and judged for many contests. This workshop presents the top ten wrong turns Grace sees in contest submissions and in her own writing (still, alas), and some thoughts for how to repair ailing scenes, and keep the tension on every page. (2 hours) |
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Friday August 10th
| Time | Description | Convenor/Speaker | Location | |
| 7.30am | Registration Opens | |||
| 8.30am | Maori Blessing | Rimu Room | ||
| 8.50am | Welcome and introductions | Housekeeping | MC Catherine Robertson | Rimu Room |
| 9.00am | Plenary Session | Moving Characters | Damon Suede | Rimu Room |
| 10.30am | MORNING TEA | |||
| 11.00am | Plenary Session | Moving Characters Continued… | Damon Suede | Rimu Room |
| 12.30pm | LUNCH (Acacia Restaurant Novotel) | |||
| 1.15pm | Plenary Session | Scene and Sequel | Damon Suede | Rimu Room |
| 3.15pm | AFTERNOON TEA | |||
| 3.35pm | Plenary Session | Scene and Sequel Continued… | Damon Suede | Rimu Room |
| 5.15pm | Workshop close | |||
| 6.15pm | Registration Desk Opens | |||
| 6.30pm | First Timers Get Together – Meet Outside the Rimu Room | |||
| 7.30pm | Conference Cocktail Party
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Theme: ‘Rocktail’ Party – come as your favorite rock star, or favorite music decade etc. it’s up to your imagination! | MC Catherine Robertson
F.Housden Raffle drawn 9pm |
Rimu Room |
| 9.00pm | See You in the bar | |||
Saturday August 11th
| Time | Description | Convenor/Speaker | Location | |
| 7.15am to 8.45am |
Registration Open | |||
| 7.30am to 8.30am |
Cold Reads | Editor
Editor |
Leah Hultenschmidt | Rimu 1
Rimu 2 |
| 8.00am – 8.30am | Published Authors Get Together | Kauri room | ||
| 8.45am | Welcome, Housekeeping and Guest/Speaker Introductions – MC Catherine Robertson (Rimu Room) | |||
| 9.00am | Plenary Session | Indelible Dialogue | Damon Suede | Rimu Room |
| 10.05am | Plenary Session | Market Tips and Trends | Leah Hultenschmidt | Rimu Room |
| 10.35am | MORNING TEA | |||
| 10.55am to 12.05pm | BREAKOUT WORKSHOPS 1 | A) ROMANCING THE PLOT A romance-centric perspective on creating your novel’s structure Grace Burrowes |
B) BEYOND PRONOUNS: Writing Rainbow Romance in the 21st Century Ada Maria Soto, Jamie Sands, Louise Waghorn (Writing as Gillian St. Kevern) |
C) WRITING A GREAT ROMANCE: TROPES, CLICHES, AND WHAT WILL REALLY SELL YOUR BOOK Kathleen Scheilbling |
| 12.05pm | LUNCH (Acacia Restaurant Novotel)
(Grab a plate and head on in the Draft2Digital Session.) |
DRAFT2DIGITAL SESSSION AND Q&A A focus on how Draft2Digital fits in a writer’s toolkit, and details about what’s currently selling best in the different romance subgenres (and how our sales compare to the US market). Dan Wood |
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| 1.00pm | Plenary Session | Focus on Self Publishing | Bella Andre | Rimu Room |
| 3.05pm | AFTERNOON TEA | |||
| 3.30pm to 4.30pm |
BREAKOUT WORKSHOP 2 | A) FORENSICS FOR FICTION: Make Your Crime Pay Geoff Symon |
B) GETTING THE BEGINNING RIGHT Keri Arthur |
C) BETTER TOGETHER: Successful Multi-author Anthologies Jude Knight and Lizzie Tremayne |
| 4.40pm | RWNZ AGM | AGM
Introducing the new Executive |
Chair- TBC | Rimu Room |
| 5.00pm | Tidy Up |
RAFFLES DRAWN Out of Towner’s Draw |
MC Catherine Robertson | Rimu Room |
| 7.30pm – 10.30pm | 25th ANNIVERSARY Silver Awards Dinner |
Theme – It’s our silver anniversary so come sparkle in silver. | MC Catherine Robertson | Rimu Room |
Sunday August 12th
| Time | Description | Convenor/ Speaker | Location | |
| 7.30am – 8.30am | Cold Reads | Editor:
Agent: |
Jo Mackay
Lizzie Poteet |
Rimu 1
Rimu 2 |
| 8.40am | Day 2 Opens | Housekeeping – Introduction Grace Burrowes | MC’s Catherine Robertson | Rimu Room |
| 8.45am | Plenary Session | Trad, Bad, & Dangerous To Know: Why this business can drive you nuts |
Grace Burrowes | Rimu Room |
| 9.50am | Plenary Session | Spotlight on the Harlequin | Jo Mackay / Kathleen Scheibling | Rimu Room |
| 10.20am | MORNING TEA | |||
| 10.40am – 11.40am | BREAKOUT WORKSHOP 3 | A) INTENSE INTIMACY: Keep your sizzle fresh at any heat level. Damon Suede |
B) YOU’VE GOT MAIL: Creating a Reader-centric Mailing List Steff Green (writing as Steffanie Holmes) |
C) BACKSTORY: Why it’s important and how to use it. Yvonne Lindsay |
| 11.50am to 12.40pm | HARLEQUIN LUNCH | Acacia Restaurant | ||
| 12.45pm | Plenary Session | KEYNOTE: ASK ME ANYTHING | Bella Andre | Rimu Room |
| 1.45pm to 2.45pm |
Plenary Session | WRITING SERIES | Nalini Singh | Rimu Room |
| 2.45pm | AFTERNOON TEA | |||
| 3.00pm – 4.00pm | BREAKOUT WORKSHOPS 4 | A) IT’S LIKE A MARRIAGE: Your relationship with your agent Lizzie Poteet |
B) WRITE THE BEST BOOK YOU CAN: Plotting for pantsers Sophia James |
C) WRITING ROMANTIC COMEDY Janet Henderson |
| 4.05pm – 4.30pm | Plenary Session | GUEST SPEAKER PANEL – Ask any questions | Damon Suede, Bella Andre, Grace Burrowes, Nalini Singh, Geoff Symon, Lizzie Poteet, Leah Hultenschmidt, Kathleen Scheibling, Dan Wood | Rimu Room |
| 4.30pm | Where to? Conference 2019 RAFFLE DRAW |
CONFERENCE CLOSE 4.45pm |
Bronwen Evans | Rimu Room |
The Conference Programme is subject to change.
Workshop rooms will be designated and set up to cater for participants using your selected registration options so please honour the selections you have made at time of booking. Please be considerate of the presenter and other participants if you need to leave for pitch appointments.
As always, our conference is perfume free.
