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This is the place to find transcripts of past workshops and pro-talk discussions. The most recent addition will be found marked as "new." Feel free to copy these for your own use, but please do not distribute them in any way, via the web or in printed form. They are the property of Verla Kay. If you want someone else to share them, please send them the URL so they can come and read them here.

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15 Ways to Avoid Rejection with Gail Martini

1998 SCBWI National Conference with Linda R. Rymill

Advantages of Conferences with Verla Kay

Agent Rebecca Sherman Speaks Out (Writer's House) 9/27/05

Agent Workshop with Steven Malk of Writer's House 8/15/06

Agent Workshop with Steven Malk of Writer's House 6/3/08

Approaching Authors, Editors & Agents with Linda Joy Singleton

Ask an Agent with Steven Malk 3/22/05

Ask an Author with Paula Danziger 10/10/00

Ask an Editor with Alice Pope 3/30/99

Behind an Editor's Door with Julie Strauss-Gabel 1/8/02

Breaking Writer's Block with Adrianne Fitzpatrick

Building Believable Characters with Miriam Hees

Cover Letters & Follow-Ups with Verla Kay

Creating Fantasy Worlds with Dawn Cloyd 8/22/00

Creating Exciting Non-Fiction with No Leader - Open Discussion

Creating Kid-Like Dialogue with Linda Joy Singleton

Editor Q&A with Megan Atwood of Llewellyn Publishing 8/12/03

Editor Workshop with Nicole Geiger of Tricycle Press 10/26/04

Eek! A Critique! (On-Line Crit Groups) with Verla Kay

Easy Readers with Anastasia Suen

Effective Critique Groups with Linda R. Rymill

Examining Viewpoints with Melody DeLeon 8/8/00

Finding Markets with Janis Waldrop Field

Finding More Markets with Janis Waldrop Fields

Freelance Editor Workshop with Harold Underdown 6/24/08

From a Writer to an Author with Anastasia Suen

Getting into Your Characters' Heads with Greg Fishbone, Esq. 7/25/00

Great Query Letters with Karma Wilson 1/12/99

ICL (Institute of Children's Literature) Course Information/Testimonials 4/10/01

Journey to the Imagination with Dianne de Las Casas

Know it, Don't Blow It! (Grammar & Punctuation) with Leslie Carmichael 12/11/01

Linda Sue Park Won the Newbery! ... an impromptu chat with newly honored Linda Sue Park

Linda Sue Park Q&A ... with Linda Sue Park 10/ 8/02

Magazine Editor Q&A with Associate Editor Julia Messina 1/14/04

Making Christian Characters Real with Melody DeLeon 1/26/99

Making the Most of Conferences with Editor Julie Strauss-Gabel 6/11/02

Marketing to Schools with Dianne de Las Casas

More About Editors with Jenny Reed 2/23/99

Mid-Grade Series Books with Linda Joy Singleton

Middle Grade Fiction with Linda Joy Singleton 2/9/99

Money, Money, Where's the Money? with Linda R. Rymill

Networking for Success with Linda R. Rymill

Overcoming Disappointment with Jessica Swaim 1/4/00

Plotting Christian Stories with Melody DeLeon 9/28/99

Plotting for Success with Linda Joy Singleton

Plotting Mysteries with Linda Joy Singleton 4/22/04

Procrastination & Perfectionism with Linda R. Rymill 1/9/01

Punctuation Problems with Gail Martini

Q&A Workshop with Editor Heather Delabre 10/11/05

Q&A Workshop with an Agent with Barry Goldblatt 5/31/05

Reading to Write with Linda Sue Park

Revision-Your Key to Success with Kate Johnston

Rhyming Right with Verla Kay

Self Promotion with Verla Kay 2/16/99

Self Promotion Panel with Toni Buzzeo, Verla Kay, & Linda Joy Singleton 4/10/01

Speak with an Editor with Julie Strauss-Gabel 2/13/01

Storyboarding & Easy Readers with Anastasia Suen

StoryTelling for Profit with Dianne de Las Casas

Submitting Articles with Alice Pope 3/7/00

Submitting & the Market with Alice Pope 1/19/99

Terrific School Visits with Toni Buzzeo 3/20/01

The Truth About Agents with Linda Joy Singleton & Verla Kay

To Publish or Not to Publish on the Web with Adrianne Fitzpatrick

Ups & Downs of a Writer with Anastasia Suen 1/5/99

Why Writers Get Rejected with Adrianne Fitzpatrick 6/13/00

Words That Work with Gail Martini

Working with an Agent with Steven Malk 9/10/02

Working with Editors with Kate Johnston

Writing Articles with Alice Pope 11/14/00

Writing Biographies with Pat McCarthy 9/14/99

Writing Humor with Greg Fishbone, Esq. 4/4/00

Writing for Inspirational Markets with Melody DeLeon

Writing Multi-Cultural Stories with Rukhsana Khan & Uma Krishnaswami 11/13/01

Writing for Young Adults with Linda Joy (L.J.) Singleton 9/19/00

Writing Picture Books with Verla Kay

Writing Right with Gail Martini

Writing UP, Not Down to Kids with Linda Smith