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Writing the kick ass heroine and keeping her real

By Katherine Garbera
Date: October 2-8, 2006
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About the Class

Writing a heroine who can keep up with the boys and even save them is appealing and realistic, but how do you keep her real without turning her into and overachieving Amazon? How does the kick ass heroine and her action driven plot have room for romance?

Award-winning Silhouette Bombshell author Katherine Garbera will share her techniques, including:

• Defining the kick ass heroine
• Storylines that lend themselves to kick ass heroines
• Weaving subplots & dovetailing them into the main plot
• Balancing romance and suspense and tying the romance to the suspense

About the Speaker

Katherine Garbera is a best-selling, award-winning author. She has published more than 25 books since she began writing including the highly acclaimed series for Desire, “King of Hearts” and one of the Silhouette Bombshell series launch books. She is a past recipient of Georgia Romance Writer's Maggie Award of Excellence. Her books have been recognized as finalists numerous RT Book Club Awards. Her titles are consistently on the Walden Books Top Ten Bestseller list for Series Romance. Her latest releases are BODY HEAT from Kensington Brava and HER HIGH-STAKES AFFAIR from Silhouette Desire.

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