Weekend With the Writers
We are back, January 8-11, 2025!
Lynette Eason
Event Host & Author
Lynette Eason is the best-selling, award-winning author of over sixty-five books. She writes for Revell and Harlequin’s Love Inspired Suspense line. Her books have appeared on the CBA, ECPA, Publisher’s Weekly, Parable, and USA Today’s bestseller lists. She has won several awards including the Carol Award, Christian Retailing’s Best, the Holt Medallion, the Selah, Killer Nashville’s Readers’ choice award, and more. Her book, Her Stolen Past, made into a Lifetime Movie Network movie, aired in February 2018. Lynette is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), Mystery Writers of America (MWA), International Thriller Writers (ITW), and Faith, Hope, and Love. Lynette can be found online at www.lynetteeason.com and www.facebook.com/lynette.eason and @lynetteeason on Twitter.
Is your head spinning from all of the writing and publishing information out there and you're not sure what your next step is?
Do you want to improve your craft?
Do you want to spend one on one time with an author who has been where you are?
Do you want to spend one on one time with an agent who is actively seeking new clients?
*Are you currently working on a fiction novel?
If you answered yes to any or all of those questions, then...
Join Lynette Eason and friends for WEEKEND WITH THE WRITERS.
This is our 5th WWTW Event!
*PREREQUISITE: MUST HAVE A FICTION NOVEL IN PROGRESS
The Details
Spend valuable time with best-selling, award-winning author Lynette Eason and special guests. The special thing about this conference is that SPACE IS LIMITED to the first 30 people who register. You will join Lynette and friends for this exciting conference.
This smaller, more intimate crowd will give you time to:
ask questions in a round-table type forum
ask questions related to the novel you are currently working on
learn self-editing tips and tricks
learn from a social media expert
learn from authors who remember well what it was like to seek publication
soak in information about what agents are looking for and how to make yourself and your writing stand out
one one one appointments with faculty (appointments are limited and are available on a first come first serve basis only)
gain valuable insight as to how you can grow as a writer
network with like-minded writers and develop lifelong friendships
AND MUCH MORE!
A four-day writing Intensive
with Lynette Eason and friends!
Instruction, critiquing, one-on-one meetings and more!
$250 non-refundable deposit to hold your spot
Price includes:
Lodging - Grand Cayman, Myrtle Beach, SC
One page critique of first 2500 words (submitted ahead of time)
In-depth workshops designed around YOUR work
One 30 minute 1-on-1 with Lynette with the potential for more
Comprehensive workbook that will be yours to keep!
Swag Bag
Private Facebook Group
Edie Melson
Director Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference
Edie Melson is an author, blogger, and speaker who has written numerous books, including her most recent fiction – Alone, and nonfiction – While My Child is Away. She’s also the military family blogger at Guideposts.org.
Her popular blog, The Write Conversation, reaches thousands each month and is one of Writer’s Digest Top 101 Websites for Writers. She’s the director of the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference and the Vice President of the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, as well as the Social Media Director for Southern Writers Magazine.
Alycia W. Morales
Alycia W. Morales is an award-winning freelance editor and author. Her clients have won the Selah Award, BRMCWC Director’s Choice Award, and many others. Her writing has been published in Thriving Family magazine, Splickety Love, and several compilation books. She is a member of ACFW, the president of Cross n’ Pens critique group, and a BRMCWC Conference Assistant.
Alycia blogs at The Write Editing and Life. Inspired. Connect with her on Facebook and Twitter.
Tamela Hancock Murray
Literary agent
Tamela Hancock Murray is a full-time literary agent with The Steve Laube Agency. She has been involved in publishing since the mid-1990s, and has been a literary agent since 2001. In her earlier life as a bestselling, award-winning Christian author, she published nonfiction with Barbour Publishing and fiction with Barbour Publishing and Summerside Press.
As a literary agent, Tamela finds great reward in helping talented authors find homes for their work with top publishers. Christians have much to offer and teach through books, and Tamela is humbled and honored to partner with many successful authors.
Tamela has been married to her own Prince Charming for over thirty years, and they have been blessed with two lovely princesses. She enjoys Christian romance novels and finds great inspiration in reading the devotional works of authors such as Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross. She enjoys spending time with her family, preparing gourmet meals for them, and can often be seen tooling around Northern Virginia in her little red sporty sedan.
Hotel is NOT included.
CONFERENCE HOTEL:
Grand Cayman, Myrtle Beach, SC
Transportation is NOT included.
******THIS IS A SCENT FREE CONFERENCE****** Please, no perfumes or scented lotions. Some of our attendees and faculty are extremely sensitive and may become sick if exposed to the scents. THANK YOU!
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:
Friday – 5p-9:30p
4:45 arrival and greetings
5:00 – 6:00 - dinner
6:05 – 6:20 – Break (15 min appt)
6:20 – 7:15 – Workshop 1 – Biggest mistakes in fiction and how to avoid them/First Page Feedback - Lynette Eason/Tamela Hancock Murray
7:20 - 7:35 – break (15 min appt)
7:35 – 8:30 – Workshop 2 – Characters your readers will love—and love to hate - Lynette Eason
8:30 – 9:00 – questions, snacks, and wrap up - mingle with faculty
9:00 - 9:30 - break (15 min appts)
9:30 - depart for hotel
Saturday 9a-5p
8:45 – arrive on time – grab some coffee/juice/water
9:00 – 9:55 – Workshop 3 – Plotting – creating scenes that rivet your readers/avoiding episodic writing - Lynette Eason
9:55 –10:10 – Break/snacks/coffee
10:10 – 11:05 – Workshop 4 – Self-Editing for writers – Alycia Morales
11:10 - 11:25 – Break (15 min appt)
11:25 - 12:20 – Workshop 5 – Conflict and Cliffhangers - Lynette Eason
12:20 - 1:30 – lunch and Q&A with authors and agent
1:30 – 2:30 – Workshop 6 – Social Media tips and tricks for fiction writers – Edie Melson
2:30 - 3:15 – Break and pictures (15 min appt)
3:15 - 4:15 - Workshop 7 – Agents and more - Tamela Hancock Murray
4:15 – 4:30 – break and (15 min appt)
4:30 – 5:00 – questions/wrap-up/goodbyes
Sunday
Breakfast
9:00AM-12:00PM (with short breaks at 10:00 and 11:00)
MORNING BRAINSTORMING SESSION
*Additional $90 per person.
Lunch on your own.
