Saturday, September 27

7:00-8:00 am Registration & Breakfast

8:00-9:00 am Welcome announcement

9:15-10:15 am Workshops & Interviews

1)   Fixing Stories That Stink Bob Early
2)   Free & Effective Internet Marketing Marilyn Haight
3)   Pitching the Heart of Your Writing Corey Blake
4)   Revving It Up Deborah LeBlanc
5)   After the Draft: Self-Editing Tips Bob Yehling

10:30-11:30 am Workshops & Interviews
6)   When Your Writing Well Runs Dry John Borchardt
7)   Great Break-in Markets (Christian and Children's) Mona Hodgson
8)   Writing Realistic Dialogue Harvey Stanbrough
9)   Nature Writing on the Edge Ken Lamberton
10)   The Art of the Interview Marilyn Noble

12:00-2:20 pm Lunch, Keynote and Book Signing With Corey Blake
    Topic: Your Book, Your Legacy

2:30-3:30 pm Workshops & Interviews

11)   Authors and Agents: How to Find the Right Fit Loretta Barrett
12)   A Stranger to This Life Erec Toso
13)   Selling Nonfiction in a Tight Market Bob Early
14)   Get the Word Out Pari Noskin Taichert
15)   Keep Writing . . . Change Genres Susan DeBow

3:45-4:45 pm Workshops & Interviews
16)   The Perfect Pitch (Script Writing) Victoria Lucas
17)   Traditional Publishing Panel Rapp, Uber, Eyklhof,
Cleary, Cook
18)   Secrets of Character Development Corey Blake
19)   Fantasy is the New Science Fiction John Vornholt
20)   In Twenty-five Words or Less Deborah LeBlanc

4:15-9:30 pm Book Room Open · Book Signings · Meet Authors (break for dinner at 6 pm)

5-6 pm Social Hour and Cash Bar

6:00 pm Dinner, Keynote and Book Signing with Taylor Mali
   - Topic: Performing Poetry



Sunday, September 28

7:30-9:00 am Breakfast & Networking - short presentation by Cherry
                       Weiner - Topic: Why Agents Reject Manuscripts

9:15-10:15 am Workshops & Interviews

21)   Get Your Career in Gear Carol Costa
22)   Three Ways to Publish Sam Henrie
23)   Telling Stories to Little Ones Mona Hodgson
24)   Branding Yourself David Cohen
25)   Magazine Writing Panel DeBow, Yehling, Lamberton,
Borchardt, Stahura, Noble

10:30-11:30 am Workshops & Interviews
26)   The Metaphor Factory Taylor Mali
27)   Shot from the Block Doc Corey Blake
28)   How-to Books That Change Lives Bob Yehling
29)   Strategies to Maximize Mag Writing Income John Borchardt
30)   Cutting to the Chase; Female Officers in Fiction Verna Dreisbach

12:00-2:20 pm Lunch, Keynote and Booksigning with Deborah LeBlanc
   Topic: When Everyone Else Says You Can't

2:30-3:30 pm Workshops & Interviews

31)  Emotion: the Heart of the Novel Brenda Novak
32)  Young Adult Fiction & the Reluctant Reader John Vornholt
33)   Keep the Mystery in Your Mystery Pari Noskin Taichert
34)   The Art of the Personal Essay Ken Lamberton
35)   Building a Tree House Mona Hodgson

3:45-4:45pm Workshops & Interviews
36)   Writing Short Fiction Harvey Stanbrough
37)   Self-publishing Panel Henrie, White,
Cleary, Burt
38)   Love to Cook? Write a Book Marilyn Noble
39)   Understand Editing Carolyn Hayes Uber
40)   The World of Romance Paula Eyklehof

4:15-6 pm Conference officially over but feel free to stay and socialize





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