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Friday,
July 18
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| 8:00-9:00 AM Conference Registration |
| 9:00-12:00 Noon Intensive Workshops |
| 1-a |
Michael Seidman
— A day with Michael Seidman |
| 1-b |
Terry Kay
— A day with Terry Kay |
12:00-1:30 PM Lunch
with Terry Kay and Michael Seidman
1:30-4:30 PM Intensive Workshops
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| 2-a |
Michael Seidman
— A day with Michael Seidman |
| 2-b |
Terry Kay
— A day with Terry Kay |
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| 5:00-7:00
PM Conference Registration |
| 7:00-9:00
PM Reception with agents, publishers, and writers |
| 9:15-10:00
PM Lake Simon live radio
production |
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Saturday,
July 19
|
| 8:00-9:30
AM Late registration |
| 8:30-9:40
AM |
General
Session: Keynote by Robert Vaughan
"Observations
from a 40-year writing career"
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9:50-10:50 AM
| 1-a |
Jenny
Baumgartner — "What is inspirational
or Christian fiction?" |
| 1-b |
William
Clark — "Making the Sale: What Happens After
You Find an Agent?" |
| 1-c |
Judy
Long — "The Complete Intelligent
Person's Guide to Writing a Winning Proposal" |
| 1-d |
Lyn
Deardorff — "How to get your
children's book manuscript published" |
| 1-e |
Jackie
Miles — "Opening Lines That
Get Published" |
| 1-f |
Terry
Cooper — "How is a Crime Scene Really Processed?" |
| 1-g |
Carroll
Dale Short — "Narrative
Boot Camp"
|
11:00 AM -12:00 PM
| 2-a |
Dennis
Christen — "Writing and adapting
for the screen" |
| 2-b |
Ralph
McInerny — "Fiction Writing: Crafting the Novel" |
| 2-c |
Greg
Tobin — "The Book Publishing
Contract: Proceed with Caution" |
| 2-d |
Penny
Warner — "Writing for
Children: It's Bunny Eat Bunny" |
| 2-e |
Jim
Hornfischer — "How
to Get an Agent's (or Editor's) Attention in 15 Seconds or Less" |
| 2-f |
Marla
Lawson — "Forensic
Reconstruction Techniques and Establishing Identification” |
| 2-g |
Jennifer
Richardson — "Let's
Get Crazy !! -- Psychological Aspects of Character and Motivation"
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12:00-1:30 PM Lunch — Announcement of the Winners
of the Authorlink 2003 International New Author Awards Competition
| 1:30-2:30
PM |
| 3-a |
Patrick
LoBrutto — "Publishing:
What the &%$*& is going on?" |
| 3-b |
Jeff
H. Herman — "Write
Perfect Book Proposals, Query Letters, Pitches, and Story Summaries" |
| 3-c |
Doris
Booth — "In Search of That Mysterious Element Called
Voice" |
| 3-d |
Marika
Flatt — "Vital
Book Publicity: You Can't Succeed Without It" |
| 3-e |
Kelly
James-Enger — "Get
into Writing for Magazines" |
| 3-f |
Dr.
Jim McCarthy — "Forensic Dentistry: Taking a Bite
Out of Crime" |
| 3-g |
Peter
Reinhart — "The Leaven Factor:
Bread Baking as a Metaphor for How Touching Others With Words Changes
You" CANCELLED
|
| 2:40-3:40
PM |
| 4-a |
 Andrea
Brown — "De-Mystifying
the Children's Book Business" |
| 4-b |
Michele
Pezzuti — "Whose Book
Is It Anyway?" |
| 4-c |
Georgia
Review —
"Inside the Literary Magazine: The Editors Tell
'All'" |
| 4-d |
Michael
Seidman — "Dialogue
Can Sell a Story . . . or, Kill It!" |
| 4-e |
Eddie
Suttles — Bookstore Panel: "How
to Get Into Bookstores" |
| 4-f |
Marla
Lawson — "Forensic Reconstruction Techniques
and Establishing Identification" |
| 4-g |
Harriette
Austin Writing Program — "The Austin Technique, Internet
Workshops & more"
|
| 3:50-4:50
PM |
| 5-a |
Brant
Rumble — "How to Grab an Editor's
Attention" |
| 5-b |
Andrea
Parnell
— "The Writer's Journey Workshop" |
| 5-c |
Bobby
Christmas — "Rev Up Your Writing!" |
| 5-d |
New
Successes — |
Sherry
Austin, Terri DuLong, Karin Gillespie, Denise Swanson |
| 5-e |
Steve
K. Brown — "The Seven
Worst Mistakes Writers Make With Their Fictional PIs" |
| 5-f |
Terry
Cooper — "How is a Crime Scene Really Processed?" |
| 5-g |
Vaughan,
Flatt & Robison — "How
to Sell a Book"
|
| 5-h |
David
Spiselman
— "The
Future of Publishing - The Growing Relevance of eBooks"
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5:00-6:00 PM
Authors' Mega Book Signing |
