Tag: workshops

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 […]

The Science in Science Fiction 2011

Pat teaching The Science in Science Fiction at Moonday at the Frontiers of Flight Museum 07/20/2011

Sunday I got to talk about “The Science in Science Fiction” at the National Space Society of North Texas‘ Moon Day event at the Frontiers of Flight Museum, celebrating the 42nd […]

Teaching at DFWCon!

I’m teaching a class Sunday, Feb 26, at 8:30 a.m. (gulp) at the 2011 DFW Writers’ Conference at the American Airlines Training Center! The class is “Examining Examiner: How to build an author’s […]

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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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