Author Archives: lopopolo

July 1 Meeting 6:30 to 8 pm Goebel Adult Center Thousand Oaks, CA Dialog is the heart and soul of your novel or memoir. Learn from publishing pro Toni Lopopolo how to create charged, dynamic interactions between your characters. Click … Continue reading →

Wired for Story: Techniques To Write What The Human Brain Craves in Stories, with literary agent and instructor, Toni Lopopolo LET’S FACE IT. We’re all busy people, no matter what we do, we feel we should be doing something else.  So, … Continue reading →

The Ability to Communicate Writing is the art of communication. You need to be able to clearly express your ideas, thoughts, and emotions when speaking or writing. As an author, one of your goals should be to connect with your … Continue reading →

GP 215 – Writers’ Groups and Coaches Apr 9, 2017 Special guests writing coach Toni Lopopolo and editor/publicist Flo Selfman join host Gerald Everett Jones and his co-hosts Cheyenne Cockrell and Thomas Page discuss: How can a writer find her voice? … Continue reading →

THOG’S MASTERCLASS Neat Tricks. ‘The sinister doctor pointed a long emasculated finger …’ (Lionel Fanthorpe as Trebor Thorpe, ‘Voodoo Hell Drums’, Supernatural Stories 39, 1961) ‘I am among the last to retire, brushing my teeth with one drooping eyelid.’ (Tim … Continue reading →

These are published authors. THOG’S MASTERCLASS Facial Dept.: ‘Her nose held the memory of Spanish conquistadors. Her skin was the color of leaves just starting to turn. And beneath her dark eyes were full lips that looked as if they’d … Continue reading →

Listen to this lecture presented at the 2016 805 Writer’s Conference:

Sunday NOVEMBER 13, 10:00 am – 5± pm Click Here to Register Now you can! Literary agent Toni Lopopolo will help you craft your manuscript into a marketable book. A former executive editor at Macmillan and St. Martin’s Press, Toni … Continue reading →

Two amazing, intense workshops focused to develop your skills Each workshop is limited to 20 Writers. (less than 10 places left for either workshop) Both workshop instructors have the resumes and street creds to show you how to improve your … Continue reading →