UNFORTUNATELY, THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO THE AUTHORS’ INABILITY TO ATTEND. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING IT AVAILABLE NEXT YEAR.
The workshop is designed to help give writers a competitive edge in writing BDSM. We’ll discuss the value found in branding one’s self, writing in multiple genres, the importance of research, and marketing in a tasteful manner so an author’s work will appeal to readers. We’ll also discuss establishing trust within your readership and why choosing a publisher for your BDSM manuscript is so important. The workshop will give some helpful tips on how writers can stay true to their voice, how to be different and still appeal to an already established BDSM readership, and where to promote your BDSM romance books. This session is ideal for new BDSM writers as well as seasoned writers who are new to writing BDSM.
Presenters: Destiny Blaine and Shannon West
Award-winning, bestselling author Destiny Blaine uses several pseudonyms in various genres. Writing under the pen name Natalie Acres, some of her BDSM titles have claimed Amazon’s #1 spot in erotica. Her BDSM western and paranormal titles have been bestsellers at Bookstrand, ARE, and other third party retailers. Natalie and her husband live in East Tennessee. They’re blessed with two grown children, with an emphasis on grown, and two special little ones. When Destiny isn’t writing, she can often be found at a ballgame, casino, or sitting on a sandy beach with a book in hand. For more information, visit her website.
Shannon West currently lives in the South with her husband and large family. A lover and avid reader of M/M romances, she began writing them a few years ago and now has over forty short stories, novellas, and novels to her credit. Her best-selling series about wolf shifters, the Dark Hollows Series has nine novels, all of which became best sellers on Amazon, ARe and Bookstrand, including several at number one. Her latest series, Love Slaves of the Alphas, has also produced five bestsellers so far with two of them going to number one on the third party sites. Both of these series features extensive world-building and a number of strong alpha males. www.shannonwestbooks.com