Hi, everyone. We have another speaker lined up for the Yahoo group Plotspot. Todd Stone will be stopping by the week of October 22 to 28. 
He is going to sharing parts of his Novelists Boot Camp– “Take 3 Steps Toward Story Line,” “Turn On Your Turning Points,” and “Develop Your Exit Strategy”. You can preview some of his posts here.
As always tell any friends who might be interested in joining us. Or if you want to be added to the loop, just post me a message here. If you put your email address in the normal field where it asks for it, I’ll get it so I can sign you up. In the body just indicate that you want an invite.
It should be fun!!
Here is Todd’s bio: From mystery to military to making better fiction, from a tour de force through wealthy suburbia’s wholesome facades and sordid realities to tanks and infantry, multiple award-winning author and screenwriter T.A. (Todd) Stone has made his mark on the book world. His acclaimed guide to the discipline and creativity of writing NOVELIST’S BOOT CAMP—101 Ways to take your Fiction from Boring to Bestseller (Writers Digest Books, April 2006) provides the writer who desires to complete a book-length fiction with proven techniques to “take command of your novel,” Stone’s most recent mystery NO PLACE LIKE HOME debuted to 4-star reviews. He is also the author of the Digital Literature Institute Best of Fiction Winner and INDIE Mystery Winner CLOSE TO HOME and the NY Times Review of Books acclaimed military technothriller KRIEGSPIEL. His second military thriller, THE BEST DEFENSE, has received bestseller status and acclaim from around the globe.
Stone is also a contributor to the best-selling Electronic Publishing, the Definitive Guide. His articles regularly appear in nationally know writers’ magazines such as Writers Digest and on writing websites across the Internet.
The Head Writer for the interactive mystery website Crime Scene, Stone is a member of the Author’s Guild, Mystery Writers of America, EPIC (the Electronically Published Internet Connection), the National Writers’ Union, the Crime Writers’ Guild, and is a graduate of his local Citizens Police Academy. He is a founding member of the Board of the internationally renowned mystery/dark fiction conference Love is Murder.
Stone also consults on corporate communications in Chicagoland, teaches craft of writing workshops at the College of DuPage, and presents at writers’ conferences throughout the country.
An avid motorcyclist, Stone is a former Army Airborne/Ranger Infantry officer whose military assignments included duty as an Assistant Professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He has his undergraduate degree from Indiana University and his MA in English from Northwestern University. He lives with his family in a perfectly normal suburb outside Chicago, IL. For more information see http://www.storytellerroad.com
Lori, this sounds fabulous! What a coup to get him. :)
by Edie Ramer October 16th, 2006 at 9:30 am