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SUMMARY:Sex is Not a Four-Letter Word with Laura Castoro
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday(s) July 1\, 8 & 15\, 2025 6:30-8:30pm CDT Hybrid (available online via Zoom and in-person) \nNonmember $150\, Member $129; Student/Educ/Mil $105 \n*EARN CPEs\n \n_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ \nAre you a writer looking for a fresh approach to sex scenes\, or are you a newbie ready to write your first R-rated interaction? Learn how to write memorable sex scenes that fit your characters and your plot!  \nThis is a frank\, fun\, respectful workshop about the ‘birds and the bees\,’ and what goes on between the sheets\, or on the kitchen floor\, or maybe out at sea. This class will allow participants to explore the many ways of writing about sex no matter the genre or fictional interest–Thriller\, Science Fiction\, Romance\, Suspense\, Mystery\, Western\, Saga\, General Fiction\, and more. \nThe classes will include writing prompts based on examples from books\, song lyrics\, visual images\, short videos\, and more. Writers will be asked to interpret them by writing their own versions. Each class will include in-class writing and homework assignments. Writers will be encouraged to share their own work in progress. \nThis course is open to fiction writers 18+. \nBy the end of the class students will:  \n\nLearn how to decipher the needs of a sex scene vs. a romantic scene\nWrite a compelling scene in the genre of their choice\nIdeas on how to keep the creative process going\n\nRead Laura’s Writer’s Desk Q&A!\n_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ \n \n Laura Castoro\, a USA Today\, Amazon top 100\, and Apple Books bestseller\, has published 47 novels with major publishing houses such as Dell Books\, Berkley\, Avon\, Warner\, MIRA\, Harlequin\, Kensington\, Pocketbooks\, St\, Harper Collins\, Martins Press\, and William Morrow. She has also contributed to several fiction anthologies and has published non-fiction YA and short fiction in Good Housekeeping. Under the name Laura Parker\, she writes historical and contemporary romance\, westerns\, and sagas. As Laura Castoro\, she writes contemporary African American and contemporary women’s fiction. Writing as D. D. Ayres\, she publishes a romantic suspense series called the K-9 Rescue Series. Her current release as Laura Castoro is Love On The Line (2021) through William Morrow. Laura has won multiple national writing awards. In 2005 she was inducted into the Arkansas Writers’ Hall of Fame. She is a past president of Novelists\, Inc. (2013)\, an international professional fiction writers’ organization. She is a past president and board member of the Writers Colony at Dairy Hollow\, a writer residency program in the AR Ozarks. She is a speaker at numerous conferences and workshops in the U.S. and abroad. Laura currently lives in San Antonio\, TX. Email: Laurapcastoro@gmail.com. website: www.ddayres.com \nLearn about Cancellation & Refund Policies at https://geminiink.org/registration/ 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/sex-is-not-a-four-letter-word-with-laura-castoro/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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