Time: 10 am
Location: Williamson County Library
Workshop: Community Building for Connected Books
World-building is always an important tool for authors and, when written
well, your fictional town, apartment building or spaceship can become the basis
for a long-running book series, allowing readers to return again and again to a
place they love. Come hear from two multi-published authors about the pros and
cons of a repeat location and some tips to keep in mind as you build your
community for characters and readers.
Six-time RITA finalist Tanya Michaels is the award-winning author of over
fifty books and novellas, including her ongoing Cupid's Bow, Texas series for
Harlequin. She lives outside Atlanta with a wonderful husband and two smart-ass
teens who are a lot like their mother
Tennessee native and former Golden Heart finalist Sally Kilpatrick holds an
MA in professional writing and has published three women's fiction novels all
set in Ellery, Tennessee (with a novella and another novel on the way in 2017.)
Her tweets (as @SuperWriterMom) include info about her books, observations about
the world in general, pictures of her cats and proposed lyrics to what will one
day be the smash hit Laundry: the Musical!