Sign up for our July workshop with Ally Blue: Medical 101

July 5-18, 2010

Have you ever wondered about the truth—or lack thereof—behind some of the medical scenes depicted on TV, in the movies and in popular fiction? Ally Blue, a real-life RN for over twenty years, gets down to basics in this workshop to explain what’s real, what’s make-believe, and how to make your own medical scenes more realistic.

Topics covered will include:

• Deciphering doctor-speak: Medical terminology for the rest of us
• Them Bones (& all the other parts): A crash course in human anatomy
• Common medical, surgical & traumatic conditions & what the medical community tries to do about them
• You mean TV lied to me? Creating a realistic hospital environment
• Sorting fact from fiction: clearing up popular misconceptions
• Resources: Where to go for the facts you need

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The time has come to enter the RAE’s, RRW’s contest.

A message from the contest board 11/20/2010:

Thank you for your entry in this year’s Rainbow Awards For Excellence, the published author contest sponsored by the Rainbow Romance Writers.

There has been an unavoidable delay in the judging and subsequent announcement of a winner in our contest. We are, even at this writing, still judging books, filling out forms and tabulating scores. We are very optimistic that we will be able to announce a winner in the spring of 2011.

In gratitude for your patience, we have added some cash prizes and other small recognitions to be awarded to the winner.

Please visit our web site to stay informed regarding the progress of the contest.

If you are a publisher, we would appreciate if you would post this notice to your authors who may have entered the RAES. We have done our best to ensure that all entrants have been contacted, but we don’t want to inadvertently miss anyone.

Thanks again for your patience and cooperation.

Contest Timeline:

• June 1, 2010 – August 31, 2010. All submissions will be electronic
• Winners will be announced in spring 2011 (updated date 11/20/2010. Please note that Calendar date shown on site sidebar is approximate) . continue reading

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