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Program Schedule
(subject to change)
Thursday November 2
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Registration
Hotel Lobby
6:30PM - 8:30PM
Cocktail reception and Meet & Greet
Hotel Lobby
Daily Schedule Friday - Sunday
8:00AM - 9:00AM
Registration and Morning Coffee
Outside Breakout Rooms
8:00AM - 8:45PM
NanoWriMo Write-In
By Appointment
Carlos Ferro Small Group Voice Acting / Narration Classes
Breakout 3
TBD
By Appointment
Pitch Appointments with Agents and Editors
TBD
Friday November 3
9:00AM - 9:45AM
Breakout 1 and 2
Breakfast with the Agents & Editors
Start your day with our editors. Talking, taking question and just having fun.
Crowd-Funding your book
Have you ever thought of crowd-funding a book? Get tips from an author that has done it. Author and RPG storytelller Rick Heinz
Breakout 3
10:00AM - 10:45AM
Breakout 1
Breakout 2
Breakout 3
Unexpected ways to make your people pop
Kathy Lyons
World Building
Brian D. Anderson
Marketing, Branding and Promotion
William Joseph Roberts
11:00AM - 11:45AM
Breakout 1
Breakout 2
Breakout 3
Learn how to pitch
Kathy Lyons
How to deploy humor effectively within scenes
Jody Lynn Nye, MaryJanice Davidson
How to Write RPGs
Rick Heinz
11:45PM - 1:00PM
Lunch
On Your Own
We will have food available onsite to purchase
1:00PM - 1:45PM
Developmental Editing - Can you be your own Dev Editor
David Butler
Revising your novel or how many times can I write this darn book?
Erika Lance
Power of You: Fnd what will work for you from Branding to Voice
William Joseph Roberts
Breakout 1
Breakout 2
Breakout 3
2:00PM - 2:45PM
Breakout 1
Breakout 2
Breakout 3
From acceptance to print - What to expect during the publishing process
Erika Lance
How to successfully self-publish your book
Brian D. Anderson
Non-Fiction: Creating ripples of change beyond the NYT List
Cheryl Jefferson
3:00PM - 3:45PM
Breakout 1
Breakout 2
Breakout 3
Writing a children's book
Kathy Lyons, Joyce Sweeney
Getting Unstuck - How to refill the creative well
Erika Lance
Character Arc vs. Plot Arc
Jody Lynn Nye
4:00PM - 4:45PM
Breakout 1
Breakout 2
Breakout 3
In Depth Character Development
A.D. Neuman
How to create a great elevator pitch / log line
David Butler
TBD
Jody Lynn Nye
5:00PM - 5:45PM
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal Panel
Breakout 1 and 2
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Drinking With Authors Podcast Live
TBD
Saturday November 3
9:00AM - 9:45AM
Breakout 1 and 2
Breakfast with the Authors
Start your day with our authors. Talking, taking question and just having fun.
Just Write!
The Traveling Typist Kay Kro has brought her antique typwriters for you to create on and be inspired
Breakout 3
10:00AM - 10:45AM
Breakout 1
Breakout 2
Breakout 3
Working with outside PR panel
A.D. Neuman, Garnett Kilberg Cohen, Emily Bleeker
Writing for film and television
Soman Chainani
Writing Action
Jamie Freveletti
11:00AM - 11:45AM
Breakout 1
Breakout 2
Breakout 3
Self-Editing: Your novel will never be perfect, how to let go
Erica Lance
Writing from a perspective you don't share
Emily Bleeker
Armed with Intellectual Freedom: Current Challenges and Next Steps
Joyce McIntosh will share information about the current wave of censorship challenges experienced in every corner of the United States, and the tools that our public and school librarians can use to navigate them. She will then share the resources available to help each of us become informed and active advocates.
11:45PM - 1:00PM
Lunch
On Your OwnWe will have food available onsite to purchase
1:00PM - 1:45PM
Memoir and Non-Fiction - How to tell a true story and keep an audience engaged
Jill Wine-Banks
How to write a great short story and how to get it published
Garnett Kilberg Cohen
Breakout 1
Breakout 2
Public Persona: Social Media and Interviews
Sherrill Bodine, Debi Catenacci
Breakout 3
2:00PM - 2:45PM
Breakout 1
Breakout 2
Breakout 3
How to Elicit Deep Emotions from your Reader(s)
Sherrill Bodine
Writing Science Fiction
Richard Chwedyk
Writing for Social Justice Panel
A.D. Neuman, Jamie Freveletti, C.M. Alongi
3:00PM - 3:45PM
Breakout 1
Breakout 2
Breakout 3
Everything Young Adult
Soman Chainani
The First 10 Pages
Jamie Freveletti
A conversation about A.I.
Erica Lance, William Joseph Roberts
4:00PM - 4:45PM
Breakout 1 and 2
Breakout 3
General Fiction Panel
Just Write! Poetry
The Traveling Typist Kay Kro has brought her antique typwriters for you to create on and be inspired
7:30PM - 11:00PM
Dinner and Awards Ceremony
Ballroom
Sunday November 3
9:00AM - 9:45AM
Breakout 1
Audiobook Panel
Audiobook narrators discuss the best way to write for audiobook and how to get your self-published work on audio
Q & A with Soman Chainani
Breakout 2
TBD
Breakout 3
10:00AM - 12:00PM
Breakout 1 and 2
Author and Editor Speed Dating
Brief one on one discussions with our Authors and editors. Ask all your burning questions. These are not pitch sessions.
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