Here&rsquo\;s the big secret about writing fiction and writing first novels: The hardest part is finishing what you start. Great ideas tire out. Real life gets in the way. Doubt overtakes th e dream. In this interactive workshop\, Larry D. Sweazy will share proven tips and help you to build the s kills a new writer needs to finish that special first novel or writing pro ject. Topics discussed will be time management\, building a toolbox\, find ing support\, writing tips\, and most importantly living life as writer ev en if you&rsquo\;re not published. Attendees should be prepared to write in class. Registration is required. \;Ten attendees se lected at random will receive a paperback set of \;the Marjorie Trumai ne Mysteries\, including See Also Murder\, See Also Deception \, and See Also Proof!
\nBio: Larry D. Sweazy is the c ritically acclaimed\, multiple-award-winning author of nineteen novels\, o ne short story collection\, and forty short stories\, including the Trusty Dawson\, U.S. Deputy Marshal Westerns\, the Sonny Burton series\, the Jos iah Wolfe Westerns\, and the Marjorie Trumaine Mysteries. A two-time Spur Award winner and recipient of the Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award\, h e has also received four Will Rogers Medallion Awards\, the Elmer Kelton B ook Award\, the Best Books of Indiana Award\, the Willa Award\, has been a Derringer Award finalist and shortlisted for the Indiana Authors Award th ree times. He lives in Noblesville with his wife\, Rose\, where he is hard at work on his next book.
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\nThis program is made possible with the suppor t of Indiana Humanities and Glick Philanthropies.
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