Karen Odden’s newest workshop is “Finding your People: Developing your Community of Practice as an Author.” As the publishing industry has changed this past decade, authors are increasingly required to handle their own community outreach, including marketing, PR, their website, book launches and zoom events, and social media. Furthermore, Covid forever altered the way authors connect to readers, to libraries, to bookstores, to professional groups, and to each other.
With personal anecdotes and industry knowledge, Karen shares her journey toward discovering a “writing community mindset” and discusses some specific, professionally productive and emotionally fulfilling ways to engage with the writing community, to both find support and give back.
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Praise for Karen’s Workshops
“With extraordinary and original content, clear delivery and obvious skill, Odden demonstrates the master storyteller is also a master instructor.”
– Sisters in Crime Grand Canyon Writers
“Karen’s presentation kept my pen scribbling notes, and my mind scrambling to attach the personality types and functions to my own cast of characters. … A subplot I had been fumbling around with suddenly took on shape and emotional significance after listening to her presentation.” – Kathryn Helstrom, Vice President, Tulsa NightWriters
“Karen is an amazing teacher. She takes complex concepts and breaks them down so they are easy to understand. I enjoyed this class [on backstory] so much the first time Karen presented it that I signed up and took it again. It was even better the second time. Taking this class changed the way I approach my writing.” – Diana Georgelos
“I truly found this to be one of the best query workshops I’ve taken. Karen Odden’s workshop, “Can I Hook You on My Book,” is the perfect choice for anyone contemplating querying agents. She breaks the process down into easy steps, and her examples of bad and good query letters are excellent. Don’t send your query until you take this course!” – Jeanne Lyet Gassman, author of BLOOD OF A STONE
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About Karen
Karen received her Ph.D. in English literature from New York University and subsequently taught at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her first novel, A Lady in the Smoke, was a USA Today bestseller and A Dangerous Duet and A Trace of Deceit have won awards for historical mystery and historical fiction. Down a Dark River introduces readers to Inspector Michael Corravan, a former thief and bare-knuckles boxer. The sequel, Under a Veiled Moon was recently nominated for a Lefty Award. Karen lives in Arizona with her family, and she loves to hike the Sonoran Desert. Read More