We hear it all the time from editors and agents: “I love your voice,” or “I’m looking for a strong voice.”  A writer’s voice is a combination of style, tone, and theme.  Voice is not your story, it’s the way you tell it.  The great thing about voice is that everyone has one (really!) and each one is unique.  The trick is to define your voice, to develop it, and to make sure it shines through in your story.  In this interactive workshop, you’ll engage in writing exercises aimed at identifying and developing your voice.  You’ll leave with a better sense of what makes your writing your writing and a set of tools to help you make your voice even stronger.

May 3, 2010 through May 30,2010

This workshop will be conducted via a Yahoo! email loop.  Email invitations will be sent 48 hours prior to the beginning of the workshop. 

Just register for the workshop and complete the payment process via PayPal.  The cost is $15.00 for FFnP members and $25.00 for non-FFnP members. 

Wendy Lyn Watson's checkered past includes stints as a graveyard shift Denny's waitress, a nanny, a video arcade attendant, and a federal court law clerk. These days, Wendy's day job is teaching constitutional law to college kids.

She also writes mysteries ... light, funny mysteries (because what could be funnier than murder?). "I Scream, You Scream: A Mystery a la Mode," the first in a series about the owner of a small town ice cream parlor, will be published by NAL in October 2009.

While she doesn't commit--or solve--murders in real life, her passion for ice cream is 100% real. She's also a devotee of Asian horror films, 80s music, and reality TV.

Visit her on the web for updates on her books and appearances (and some really yummy recipes) and check out her up latest release - I Scream, You Scream

Tallulah Jones, proprietor of Dalliance, Texas's old-fashioned ice-cream parlor, dishes up luscious ice cream that is simply to die for....

Unfortunately, Remember the A-la-mode's profits are melting faster than a snow cone in July--and Tally's stuck scooping sundaes for her two-timing ex-husband and his bodacious new girlfriend, Brittanie, at his company luau. To make matters worse, twenty years after she dumped him in the Tasty-Swirl parking lot, Tally's high school beau, Finn Harper, comes back to town--looking every bit as delicious as a double-dip raspberry mascarpone waffle cone.

The cherry on top? Brittanie drops dead, and Tally's suddenly the prime suspect in her murder investigation. To catch a killer, Tally will have to churn up Dalliance's darkest secrets and dip deep into the past. But can Tally freeze out the real culprit before a murder charge puts her dreams on ice for good?