Killer Instincts -- 2008 November
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Having A Website But Were Afraid To Ask
Instructor: Kellie Finley
Class Description:
Every serious writer, whether published or unpublished, needs a website. Whether it is used to introduce a writer to an editor, an author to a reader, or a writer to other writing colleagues, it is undeniably one of the most used communication tools in the industry today. Yet, as we gracefully move into this new millennium, many writers are still technology shy when it comes to having their own websites. Others embrace the technology but are overwhelmed with the many decisions surrounding the creation and maintenance of a website. And still another group is thrilled with the communication opportunities that websites provide, eager to grow in their knowledge but searching for a source of information. This workshop is about helping each of those writers – the shy, the overwhelmed, and the eager to grow – take the next step.
By the end of this workshop you will have a high level understanding of the difference between communicating information and communicating an image. You will know why some websites grab you and some turn you off before you even start reading what’s on the page. You will know what you want and don’t want on your website – how you want it to look and feel and what “image” you want to project – in other words the website will be a reflection of you and your writing.
This workshop is about communicating using a website. It covers a lot of information, but for the most part, it isn’t overly heavy or overwhelmingly technical. It will cause you to think…to wonder…and to have opinions. At the end of it, you will be ready to move forward with your own website and the many decisions required by it
Bios:
Kellie Finley is a romantic suspense writer, originally from central U.S.A., now living in western Canada. She is a member of RWA (website contest judge), the Calgary Association of RWA (newsletter editor, contest judge and category coordinator, conference committee), and the Mystery and Suspense Chapter of RWA, Kiss of Death (membership committee, COFFIN courses committee, contest judge, retreat committee). Not yet published in fiction, she has had numerous newsletter articles picked up by multiple RWA chapters and is published in freelance magazine work. With her fiction writing, Kellie finalled in two different contests, placing third in one of them, with her first manuscript.
Before pursuing a career writing fiction, Kellie spent fifteen years working for some of the largest computer technology and management companies in the world and founded and co-owned a small systems and management consulting company. She has an undergraduate degree in marketing and a master’s degree in business administration and has taught adult level courses and workshops at Illinois State University, the University of British Columbia, and the University of Alberta, as well as for several large corporate clients.
Questions? Email the Coordinator: Sally Morrison