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This wonderful Santa illustration is brought to you by Carlyn Beccia.  www.carlynbeccia.com Carlyn was featured earlier this year.  Here is the link: http://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2011/03/12/illustrator-saturday-carlyn-beccia/

Here is the Information for the Pearl S. Buck Novel Writing Workshop:

Writing enthusiasts in Bucks County, PA, have the advantage of practicing their writing skills at the home of author Pearl S. Buck through community writing events, such as the one being given in 2012 by Author and editor, Anita Nolan.

She will offer a new year-long writing workshop taking participants through the novel-writing process. It will meet for 6 teaching workshops geared for writers wanting to write manuscripts for middle school to adult audiences.

The Novel Writing Workshops will be held the fourth Saturday of the following months from 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM. (1/28, 2/25, 4/28, 6/23, 9/22, 11/17) at Pearl S. Buck International.

•Session One: (January 28th) Come with a plot idea or a character in mind, or just a desire to write a novel. We will discuss brainstorming, plotting, characterizations, and point of view, formatting, writing a pitch and a synopsis before writing the manuscript.

•Session Two: ( February 25th) Participants can submit their first pages in advance for an instructor critique. We’ll discuss issues found in those first pages to illustrate things done well or common problems. We’ll discuss what first chapters should include.

•Session Three: ( April 28th) Showing, not telling, voice, handling dialogue, tags.

•Session Four: ( June 23rd) Turning points, transitions, subplots, writing in scenes.

•Session Five: (September 22nd) Conflict, adding tension on every page, creating a backstory.

•Session Six: (November 17) What’s next? Wrapping it all up.

Register by January 15th.

Fees: $25.00 per session OR pay $120.00 in advance and receive the following extras:

•March 31st and July 21st. Morning write-ins. Spend the morning working on your manuscript. No lesson these sessions, but instructor will be available to help you over hurdles.

· Enjoy unlimited participation in the Yahoo Writing Group that will be formed to exchange ideas, work out problems, and keep track of participant’s progress.

Questions? Email [email protected]  or call 215-794-2562 or 267-421-6203

Anita will be doing a Writers’ Intensive Workshop on Friday June 3rd at the New Jersey SCBWI Conference for writers wanting to get all the basics down for children’s books.

Illustartors: Do you have a holiday illustration you would like to send and show off? I am putting up an illustration each day until the end of the year. You can send a blurb about you and I will put it up along with a link to your site. Make sure you note in the Subject Box. “Holiday Illustration.” Please submit a .jpg of at least 500 pixels wide to the e-mail below.

Remember you can also submit an illustration depicting a celebration for posting on December 31st. Please send a 500 pixel wide .jpg by December 27th to kathy(dot)temean(at)gmail.com. It will be a wonderful way to end this year and welc