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DFW Writers Conference

DFW Writers Conference

DFW Writers Conference Oct 4-5, 2025 Hurst Conference Center 1601 Campus Dr Hurst, Texas 76054 More than 300 attendees, 90+ classes, panels and workshops, 13 agents and editors, and a […]

FenCon–Attending!

FenCon — Attending! February 20-22, 2026 New hotel venue, stay tuned for more info FenCon is a literary science fiction and fantasy convention with quite a lot of filk programming, […]

WORKSHOP–First Page Fixes

First Page Fixes

FIRST PAGE FIXES Analyzing Your First Pages Using Bestselling Authors’ Techniques Instructor: Pat Hauldren Start Date: Monday, October 5, 2026 End Date: Friday, October 30, 2026 Type: Group.io Duration: 4 […]

WORKSHOP–Generating Gorgeous Genre

Generating Gorgeous Genre-Using Genre Elements and Tropes to Enhance Your Stories

GENERATING GORGEOUS GENRE Using Genre Elements and Tropes to Enhance Your Stories. I’ll be presenting a writing workshop on enhacing our stories with genre at the Fantasy, Futuristic, & Paranormal […]

WORKSHOP–Worldbuilding Wizardry

Worldbuilding Wizardry — constructing your setting through tropes, character, setting, culture and style.

WORLDBUILDING WIZARDRY Constructing your setting through tropes, character, setting, culture and style. This class a unique worldbuilding with romance, romantic elements, & relationship focus. Learn how to use your romantic/relationship […]

RWA Conference

RWA2025 July 16–19, 2025 | Niagara Falls, NY The Brock Niagara Falls-Fallsview (click for brochure) 5685 Falls Avenue Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2E 6W7, Canad

Worldbuilding with Words

Geography: panoramic display world, building

Worldbuilding with Words is a study of what makes great worldbuilding, from the word choices wemake to the entire universe we create. Students will learn tools to create fascinating worldbuilding […]

Workshop: Generating Gorgeous Genre

books on white wooden shelves

Jun 27 & Jul 5, 2022Generating Gorgeous Genre Both in the Apex Strategy session and at the Apex SFF Group, I was honored to present an hour-long workshop on Generating […]

Nano Novel Prep Time!

at Fantasy, Futuristic & Paranormal RWA New to NaNoWriMo? Or an old Mad Hatter? Never fear! Nano Novel class is here! We’ll play Pin the Tail on the Tagline, Tarot […]

Sold! New workshop 2012

Author Steven Johnson, How We Got to Now, Innovative Initiatives workshop, Innovative Technology Partnerships Office (IPTO)

My next online class is EXAMINING ONLINE MEDIA: HOW TO BUILD AN AUDIENCE BEFORE YOUR BOOK IS SOLD! and begins Feb. 6, 2012. Deadline to register is Feb 1. See […]

Start Date: Monday, October 5, 2026
End Date: Friday, October 30, 2026

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Bestsellers are bestsellers for a reason. Bestselling authors use their writing toolbox and skills to create a fascinating story. In this class, we will analyze bestselling authors and see how they created their bestseller and apply those techniques to our own. Bestseller here we come!

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Generating Gorgeous Genre-Using Genre Elements and Tropes to Enhance Your Stories

Start Date: Monday, July 6, 2026
End Date: Friday, July 31, 2026

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Your readers crave the essential elements that make their favorite genres irresistible—and it’s your job to deliver them brilliantly. Genre fiction thrives on tropes: those familiar yet powerful building blocks that readers expect and love. Master these elements, and you’ll have the tools to craft stories that satisfy genre expectations while standing out from the crowd. In this workshop, we’ll explore how to identify, adapt, and elevate classic genre tropes to create fiction that keeps readers hungry for more.

She’s running from the darkness. But what lurks inside her is darker.

The debut novel from award-winning author Pat Hauldren explores questions of who we think we are vs the truth of who we are, and the price we pay no matter the path taken.

Life is not simple for Zarachiel, freshly escaped from her drug-dealing foster parents in deep South Texas. In Dallas, she stays off the grid. She finds a new family in Gracie, from whom she leases an extra bedroom, and Katie, Gracie’s four-year-old daughter.

The cartel attacks just as Zarachiel makes contact with her biological father. They want what she stole from them.

Amid chaos and survival for both her and her new family, Zarachiel discovers her true nonhuman self as she fights for her freedom and the freedom of humanity.

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