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• Author's Toolbox: Chris Eboch

  • When
    19 Mar 2026
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    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Registered
    13 registrants

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  Dazzling Description: How to Show-Not-Tell

  You’ve been told, “Show, Don’t Tell.” Now learn how. Kirkus Reviews praised Chris Eboch’s middle grade novel, The Well of Sacrifice, for its “richly textured depiction of ancient Mayan society.” Learn her secrets in this fun, hands-on-pen workshop. Make your settings sparkle, your characters come alive, your emotions explode on the page. We’ll discuss sense data, body language, and how to write in deep point of view.

  Chris Eboch is the author of over 100 books for children, including nonfiction and fiction, early reader through teen, plus the writing craft books You Can Write for Children and Advanced Plotting. She is a developmental editor, ghost writer and teacher who has given workshops around the world. 

  
  

  As Kris Bock, she writes mystery, suspense, and romance. In the Accidental Detective series, a witty journalist solves mysteries in Arizona and tackles the challenges of turning fifty. In the Tales of a Reluctantly Psychic Mystery series, a quirky loner who can read the history of any object with her touch gets drawn into mysteries at the museum of oddities where she works.

   

  Kris's Furrever Friends cat cafe sweet romance series features the employees and customers at a cat café as they fall in love with each other and shelter cats. In the Accidental Billionaire Cowboys series, a Texas ranching family wins a fortune in the lottery and discovers winning the lottery causes as many problems as it solves. Kris also writes a series with her brother, scriptwriter Douglas J Eboch, who wrote the original screenplay for the movie Sweet Home Alabama. The Felony Melanie series follows the crazy antics of Melanie, Jake, and their friends a decade before the events of the movie.

   

  Learn more at www.krisbock.com or sign up for the Kris Bock Mystery and Romance newsletter and get free Accidental Detective and Reluctantly Psychic short stories, a free 30-page sweet romance set in the world of the Furrever Friends cat café, and a printable copy of the recipes mentioned in the cat café novels. Chris lives in New Mexico with her spouse and their ferrets.

  
  

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• 2026 Storyfest Literary Retreat

  • Start
    24 Apr 2026
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    3:00 PM
  • End
    26 Apr 2026
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    1:00 PM
  • Location
    AC Hotel, 225 W. Main St., Spartanburg, SC 29306
  • Spaces left
    178

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  The South Carolina Writers Association is excited to present the 2026 Storyfest Literary Retreat Friday, April 24, through Sunday, April 26, featuring Pam Stone, actress, syndicated columnist and author of "Girls Like Her;" author Caleb Wycal, keynote speaker; Michael McGandy, director of USC Press, leading a panel of esteemed publishers; and Tayler Simon of Liberation Is Lit Pop-Up Bookstores.

  The event, to be held at the AC Hotel in downtown Spartanburg, will include talks and classes by writers, editors and agents from across South Carolina and the Southeast.

  Full details on all speakers, panels and schedule will be provided soon.

  The 2026 Storyfest Literary Retreat also will include optional masterclasses and manuscript and pitch critiques.

  Registration:

  Early Bird/Members: $200 (through March 31)
  Early Bird/Nonmembers: $325 (through March 31)
  Students: $125
  Saturday Only: $150
  Regular Registration/Members: $250 (starting April 1)
  Regular Registration/Nonmembers: $375 (starting April 1)

  If you are not a member of SCWA, join now to enjoy the member rate for Storyfest along with other SCWA benefits. Membership is $75 annually; go to Join Us. (Be sure to renew if you haven't already!)

  Registration may be canceled up until 14 days before the start of the conference for a full refund. No refunds after that date.

  THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS AND PARTNERS:

  Hub City Press
  University of South Carolina Press
  Warren Publishing

  

  HOTEL INFORMATION:

  AC Hotel Spartanburg
  225 W. Main St., Spartanburg, SC 29306

  Room Rate: $239.00 USD per night, plus taxes/fees
  Deadline to book under group: Wednesday, March 25, 2026

  Book your group rate for SC Writers Association

  Please note: There is a 2-night minimum length of stay required to book under the group block for Friday and Saturday nights. If a guest initially books a 2-night stay and later reduces it to 1 night, the reservation will be adjusted to the standard retail rate for that night. 

  There is a 48-hour cancellation policy associated with the group block, and the last day to cancel room reservations is Tuesday, April 21, 2026, without a cancellation fee (one night’s room & tax).

  If you need assistance with booking, please call our sales office at (864) 345-6918. 

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