CREATING YOUR SPACE MILITARY: Using What We Have to Invent What You Need (online only)

At ease, writers! Let RITA ® award winning science fiction romance author (and retired private detective) Linnea Sinclair and Michael Helfstein USNR (Ret.) show you how to mix real military facts with paranormal, science fiction, and fantasy inventions to create the space fleet, alien paramilitary, or alternate universe armed forces you need for your science fiction or urban fantasy novel. Learn how to create realistic yet otherworldly military characters, settings, ships, regulations, and more in this fascinating and fun class.   Whether you’re leading your vampires to victory or seducing an alien admiral, this is a class you need for your manuscript!

Winner of the prestigious national book award, the RITA®, science fiction romance author Linnea Sinclair is a name synonymous with high-action, emotionally intense, character-driven novels. Her books have claimed spots in the Locus Top Ten and received starred reviews in Publisher’s Weekly. Romantic Times BOOKreviews magazine consistently gives Sinclair’s books 4-1/2 stars (their highest rating). Starlog magazine calls Sinclair “one of the reigning queens of science fiction romance.”Her previous careers include news reporting and private investigation. Since 2000, she’s taught seminars in the craft of writing for all levels of writers via on-line writing sites and at writing conventions nationwide.   Sinclair resides in Naples, Florida with her husband, Robert Bernadino, and their thoroughly spoiled cats. Readers can find her perched on the third barstool from the left in her Intergalactic Bar and Grille at www.linneasinclair.com .