Schedule

FINAL Schedule

 

Friday

 

 

 

8am – 9am	Registration
9am -12pm (noon)	Morning Intensives John Gilstrap   Adrenaline Rush: How to Write Suspense Fiction Part I Pat LoBrutto   Developing Character Chuck Sambuchino   Everything You Need To Know About Getting an Agent Part I Paul S. Levine The Legal and Business Aspects of Writing Fiction and Non-Fiction Books Part I
12pm (noon) – 1:30	Lunch
1:30pm – 4:30pm	Afternoon Intensives John Gilstrap   Adrenaline Rush: How to Write Suspense Fiction Part II Pat LoBrutto   Developing Character Chuck Sambuchino   Everything You Need To Know About Getting an Agent Part II Paul S. Levine The Legal and Business Aspects of Writing Fiction and Non-Fiction Books Part II
4:30pm – 6pm	Free Time
6:00 pm-7:00pm	Dinner
7:00 – 9:00pm	Reception

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday

 

8am – 8:30am Late Registration

 

9:00 am – 9:45 am Key Note Address Mr. John Gilstrap: Dare to Dream

 

General Sessions:

 

10:00 am – 11:00	Rebecca McClanahan 10am-12pm Word Painting: Writing More Descriptively This is an intensive two (2) hour block of instruction from 10am-12pm. After 10am no one will be admitted. Janelle Walden Aygeman* What you need to know about an agent and what an agent needs to know about you. Including Q&A Amanda Luedeke Navigating the Digital Age Donny Bailey Seagraves Children’s Literature Redwin Smith Historical Research God is in the Details or Feeding the Writing god Within Wally Eberhardt Brainstorming Your Magazine or Feature Idea Like an Editor Tony Burton Climbing the Mountain to a Great Story: Story Arc and the Three-Act Structure
11:15am – 12:15 pm	Rebecca McClanahan 10am-12pm Word Painting: Writing More Descriptively Two (2) hour intensive continued. John Gilstrap Broken Bones, Ballistics & Backdrafts: Technical Stuff That Writers Should Get Right Jackie Lee Miles Opening Lines That get Published Dac Crossley and Paige Mercer Cummings Self Publishing:Why the Heck Not? Wally Eberhart So You Want to be  a Columnist Terry Kay Author Talk: Questions and Answers with Terry Kay Evelyn Coleman Writing Children’s Books Tony Burton Climbing the Mountain to a Great Story: Story Arc and the Three-Act Structure
12:15 pm – 2:00 pm	Lunch
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm	Judy Iakovou Creating Dynamic Characters with Authentic Voices Susan Dansby Movies, TV, Fiction: Write it like a Pro Susan Olson By Grief Transformed:  Writing a Grief Memoir Beverly Varnado Inspirational Writing Robert Alan Black Developing Creativity: No More Writer’s Block Kevin O’Brien How to Make Difficult Subjects Entertaining or The Show Business of Writing John Fristoe Song Writing Tony Burton E-books: Marketing and Promoting
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm	Judy Iakovou Creating Dynamic Characters with Authentic Voices Susan Olson Creative Journaling: A Writing Workshop John Fristoe Song Writing Evelyn Coleman Writing the Thriller Doris Booth E Books How to be Your Own Publisher Mary Kole The Little Darlings: children’s market Picture books through Young Adult and Q&A? David Oates Capturing the Evocative Moment with Haiku and Senryu
4:45 pm – 5:45 pm	Judy Iakovou Creating Dynamic Characters with Authentic Voices John Fristoe Song Writing David Oates Reading and Performing Your Poetry and Prose Susan Mary Malone Writing Effective Scenes: The Backbone of a Great Novel Amanda Luedeke Query Letters that Work
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Book Signing
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm	Harriette Austin Writers Dinner and Dinner Theater Kevin O’Brien :Murder on the Disoriented Express
10:00 pm – midnight	Poetry Open Mike David Oates