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THIS CONFERENCE WAS CANCELED
DUE TO THE CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC

LCC WILL RETURN IN 2021

Mara Purl – Presenter/ Panelist
Left Coast Crime Annual Book Con “Murder’s A Beach”
March 12 – 15th 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

San Diego Marriott Mission Valley
8757 Rio San Diego Dr,
San Diego, CA 92108

Left Coast Crime website
http://www.leftcoastcrime.org/2020/index.html

Left Coast Crime is an annual mystery convention sponsored by mystery fans, both readers and authors. LCC is held during the first quarter of the year in Western North America. Conventions have been held from Anchorage to El Paso, from Boulder to Hawaii, and various locations in between.

Mara will be one of the many authors participating in panel discussions and other programming on a wide variety of topics designed to allow interaction between readers and writers. This high-energy, dynamic and fun event is filled with opportunities for insights, connections, special meals, and is always an unforgettable event!

Mara Purl – Presenter/ Panelist
Left Coast Crime Annual Book Con “Murder’s A Beach”

San Diego Marriott Mission Valley
8757 Rio San Diego Dr,
San Diego, CA 92108

Left Coast Crime website
http://www.leftcoastcrime.org/2020/index.html

Saturday, March 14, 2020
Audio Book Panel
4:00 – 5:00 pm

Left Coast Crime is an annual mystery convention sponsored by mystery fans, both readers and authors. LCC is held during the first quarter of the year in Western North America. Conventions have been held from Anchorage to El Paso, from Boulder to Hawaii, and various locations in between.

Mara will be one of the many authors participating in panel discussions and other programming on a wide variety of topics designed to allow interaction between readers and writers. This high-energy, dynamic and fun event is filled with opportunities for insights, connections, special meals, and is always an unforgettable event!

THIS CONFERENCE IS POSTPONED
DUE TO THE CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC
CHECK BACK FOR RESCHEDULED DATE

Mara Purl – Presenter
Writers In Action Third Annual Conference “The Building Blocks of Story”
September ?? from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Facebook Event Page

A one-day interactive workshop for writers of all skill levels. Each 60-minute workshop will provide a 30-minute presentation by a skilled author followed by 30 minutes of writing time. Each workshop will flow naturally into the next with the writing segment building on the previous one. The final event will be a panel of authors who will provide feedback on the writing created throughout the day.

Each workshop segment will be professionally recorded by After Hours Recording Company. Following the workshop attendees will have the option of purchasing any, or all, of the recorded segments.

Mara Purl – Opening Session
“Premise & Theme”

PG&E Energy Education Center
6588 Ontario Road
San Luis Obispo, California 93405

Mara Purl – Presenter
Fiction Factors – Build Your Book and Soar into the Publishing Skyline
SLO NightWriters

Tuesday, April 11, 2023
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Meeting Room, United Church of Christ
11245 Los Osos Valley Road
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405

Join Mara Purl for a Master Class into writing fiction! This multi-segment interactive session takes you from core values to sophisticated techniques for writing you novel, novella, or series in your chosen genre. Fiction Factors: Build your Book and Soar into the Publishing Skyline takes you through seven separate power-point presentations, each of which is designed to create a breakthrough in critical aspects of your author-life and writing skills, and integrates your author and marketing goals:

• • Author Declaration.
  • Blueprint Premise & Theme.
  • Character Arcs & Crystal Clear Characters.
  • Narrative Voice & Structure.
  • Dialogue & Sub-Text.
  • Core Messaging.
  • Includes worksheet handouts and in-session work on your own project.