
Shelagh Merlin
I’ve been an avid reader for as long as I can remember, devouring anything from romance to thrillers, suspense and crime fiction. Ive been a NetGalley professional reviewer since 2013 and am lucky enough to have access to a huge diversity of books as a result. When I’m not reading or reviewing I write though it’s doubtful any of my stories will ever make it to a publisher, let alone a book store of any kind. I am more of a dabbler when it comes to stories, playing with contemporary and historical rural romance, travel and biographical writing. I love it when I do it, but the draw of somebody else’s well written story is mostly too strong to resist. Other then reading and writing I do a spot of line editing, play in my garden with our dogs and in our chestnut orchard with our alpacas and resident kangaroos, all the while telling myself just how lucky I am to be living this life.
Sessions in which Shelagh Merlin attends
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- PART ONE: Writing a Best Seller ONE-DAY WORKSHOP - Liz Pelletier Online Virtual Venue - Wednesday Webinar Room
- 8:00 AM AWST - 10:00 AM AWST | 2 hours
- Workshop
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
- PART TWO: Editing a Best Seller ONE-DAY WORKSHOP - Liz Pelletier Online Virtual Venue - Wednesday Webinar Room
- 10:15 AM AWST - 12:15 PM AWST | 2 hours
- Workshop
1:05 PM
1:05 PM
- PART THREE: Marketing a Best Seller ONE-DAY WORKSHOP - Liz Pelletier Online Virtual Venue - Wednesday Webinar Room
- 1:05 PM AWST - 3:05 PM AWST | 2 hours
- Workshop
3:05 PM
3:05 PM
- PART Four: Questions and Answers Live with Liz Pelletier Online Virtual Venue - Wednesday Webinar Room
- 3:05 PM AWST - 4:05 PM AWST | 1 hour
- Workshop
4:10 PM
4:10 PM
- The Third Option - Doing the Unexpected - Laurie Steed Online Virtual Venue - Wednesday Webinar Room
- 4:10 PM AWST - 5:10 PM AWST | 1 hour
- Workshop
5:15 PM
5:15 PM
- Doctor Love - Rachel Bailey, Dr Amy Matthews, Dr Michelle Douglas, Dr Laurie Ormond, Dr Sandra Antonelli and Bronwyn Parry. Online Virtual Venue - Wednesday Webinar Room
- 5:15 PM AWST - 6:15 PM AWST | 1 hour
- Panel
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
- The Secrets of Networking - Tanya Nellestein Online Virtual Venue - Thursday Webinar Room
- 8:00 AM AWST - 9:00 AM AWST | 1 hour
- Workshop
9:05 AM
9:05 AM
- The Winning Submission: A Publisher's Perspective - Harlequin Online Virtual Venue - Thursday Webinar Room
- 9:05 AM AWST - 10:05 AM AWST | 1 hour
- Workshop
2:25 PM
2:25 PM
- Psychology Hacks for Social Media - Kara Lambert Online Virtual Venue - Thursday Webinar Room
- 2:25 PM AWST - 3:55 PM AWST | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
- Top 10 Tricks and Traps of Publishing Contracts - Alex Adsett Online Virtual Venue - Friday Webinar Room
- 8:00 AM AWST - 9:00 AM AWST | 1 hour
- Workshop
9:05 AM
9:05 AM
- The Things We Do with Words - Heather Graham Online Virtual Venue - Friday Webinar Room
- 9:05 AM AWST - 10:05 AM AWST | 1 hour
- Workshop
10:20 AM
10:20 AM
- Mastering Plot Structures - Carleton Chinner Online Virtual Venue - Friday Webinar Room
- 10:20 AM AWST - 11:50 AM AWST | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
12:50 PM
12:50 PM
- Turn up the Tension - Pamela Cook Online Virtual Venue - Friday Webinar Room
- 12:50 PM AWST - 2:20 PM AWST | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
2:25 PM
2:25 PM
- Sparkling Dialogue - Rachel Bailey Online Virtual Venue - Friday Webinar Room
- 2:25 PM AWST - 3:55 PM AWST | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
4:10 PM
4:10 PM
- How to Write Blurbs - Liz Pelletier Online Virtual Venue - Friday Webinar Room
- 4:10 PM AWST - 5:10 PM AWST | 1 hour
- Workshop
5:10 PM
5:10 PM
- Whodunnit? You can do it - Anna Boatman Online Virtual Venue - Friday Webinar Room
- 5:10 PM AWST - 6:10 PM AWST | 1 hour
- Talk
9:05 AM
9:05 AM
- Dynamics of Handgun Shooting - Michael John Barnes Online Virtual Venue - Saturday Webinar Room
- 9:05 AM AWST - 10:05 AM AWST | 1 hour
- Workshop
10:20 AM
10:20 AM
- Crafting your Query Letter - AJ Blythe Online Virtual Venue - Saturday Webinar Room
- 10:20 AM AWST - 11:50 AM AWST | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
2:25 PM
2:25 PM
- At the Scene of the Crime - Crime Scene Investigation with Simon Lewis Online Virtual Venue - Saturday Webinar Room
- 2:25 PM AWST - 3:55 PM AWST | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
5:10 PM
5:10 PM
- Saturday Closing Keynote - Heather Graham Online Virtual Venue - Saturday Webinar Room
- 5:10 PM AWST - 5:25 PM AWST | 15 minutes
- Keynote
9:05 AM
9:05 AM
- What Turns Agents Off from the Slush Pile - Tanera Simons Online Virtual Venue - Sunday Webinar Room
- 9:05 AM AWST - 10:05 AM AWST | 1 hour
- Talk
10:20 AM
10:20 AM
- Writing Real People - Defamation Law for Writers - Pamela Hart Online Virtual Venue - Sunday Webinar Room
- 10:20 AM AWST - 11:50 AM AWST | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
12:50 PM
12:50 PM
- Working with an Editor - Elizabeth Rolls Online Virtual Venue - Sunday Webinar Room
- 12:50 PM AWST - 2:20 PM AWST | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
2:25 PM
2:25 PM
- Lending Yourself to Libraries - Jaye Ford, Fiona McArthur Online Virtual Venue - Sunday Webinar Room
- 2:25 PM AWST - 3:55 PM AWST | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
4:10 PM
4:10 PM
- Marketing and Brand Building for Authors - Jacqui Greig Online Virtual Venue - Thursday Webinar Room
- 4:10 PM AWST - 5:10 PM AWST | 1 hour
- Workshop
5:10 PM
5:10 PM
- Sunday Conference Closing Keynote - Anna Hackett Online Virtual Venue - Sunday Webinar Room
- 5:10 PM AWST - 5:25 PM AWST | 15 minutes
- Keynote