Shea Berkley |
| Ruby Nickname: | Blood Red Berkley | | Biography: |   Shea Berkley has seduced men, fought vampires, boxed Irish mobsters, invaded siren waters, ran a covert military mission in the jungles of South America, killed evil Fae and far more on her journey as a storyteller. The world of make-believe is her preferred hang out, but when she's forced to associate with reality, she has been known to speak to writers' groups and mentor those interested in honing their writing craft. As a reward for her hours and hours of fun, she has finaled in RWA's prestigious Golden Heart contest (2006 and 2009) and several other contests. She writes primarily women's fiction and young adult fiction as her large and noisy family runs wild, terrorizing the neighbors. | | Hometown: | People live in one place long enough to call it home? Huh. | | Age: | old enough | | GH Year(s) | 2006, 2009 | | Completed Manuscript(s) | 8 | | Genre(s): | Women’s Fiction and Young Adult Fiction | | Started Writing: | I learned my ABC’s in Kindergarten, but I had trouble with my d’s and b’s until high school. Finished my first manuscript in 1999. | | Day Job: | embarassing my family | | For Fun: | Singing in my car, Kickboxing, riding horses, going to amusement parks, dancing in my PJ’s, hanging with my family | | Favorite Ruby Slipper: | Delicious Red pumps |
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Free-For-All Friday
By: Shea Berkley on April 30, 2010 at 12:05 am
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I’m back! Yep, if anyone has noticed, I’ve been absent from the sisterhood blog. (Did anyone notice? Anyone? Okay, I’m going to pretend you all did ‘cause I’m into deluding myself like that.) I had the honor of teaching a writing class for Writers Online Classes for the month of April. I had a great [...]
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You Complete Me: A Guide for Agent Hunting
By: Shea Berkley on April 1, 2010 at 12:49 am
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About 10% of you got the Call! You’re a Golden Heart Finalist! Congratulations!
But even if you didn’t get the call and you think your baby is ready to enter the big, wide world of publication, you may be asking yourself …
What’s next?
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Free-For-All Friday
By: Shea Berkley on February 12, 2010 at 12:00 am
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It’s Friday. The day we sit back, scratch our heads and wonder if our story is on track.
Okay. Maybe I’m the only one who does that. I don’t write on weekends so Friday is my grumble day. It’s the day after critique group where a trio of harpies … ahem, I mean my gracious friends [...]
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Fighting With Your Characters
By: Shea Berkley on November 11, 2009 at 12:01 am
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I’m not much of a blogger. I’m really more of a teacher so forgive me if I take you on a little side trip to what I’ve noticed is a problem in many manuscripts I’ve seen lately. I promise I’ll try to entertain you as much as educate you in the process. So let’s give [...]
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