Jennifer Crusie's Blog: Argh Ink

One of my favorite people in the world, Anne Gracie, is doing a very good thing, and I think you all should know about it. Here are the deets:

Bronwyn Jameson and Anne Gracie are offering a 4 week on-line romance writing course to raise money to help pay the massive hospital bills fellow author Jo Leigh is facing after her husband died of cancer earlier this year. A place in the course will cost US$100 –we are hoping to raise $1000.

The course description: Start the New Year with a gift to yourself, honing your story idea or draft with Anne Gracie (Berkley Historicals) and Bronwyn Jameson (Silhouette Desire.) Anne and Bronwyn are award-winning authors and multiple RITA finalists, much in demand as writing presenters down-under. Presented on-line over the month of January, the course will include lectures, exercises and workshopping. Topics include: mining your premise for gold, exploring your theme, delivering on emotion, creating page-turning tension, structuring memorable scenes, and more. Restricted to 10 participants.
To secure a place in this course bid here: http://tinyurl.com/5axhdq
To read more about the fund-raiser: http://pbackwriter.blogspot.com/2008/06/auction-for-jo-leigh.html

There are only ten spots, so don’t shilly shally, you blokes. Or whatever it is they say down under.

And just to show you how fabulous Anne is, she pointed me to this website, too:

http://www.handcraftedfantastictoys.com/view_more_toys.html

Beautiful paper dolls and a great chance to improve your writing. Must be Christmas.