8am-2pm
Registration
9am-9:45am
Panel: How I First Got Published – B.Reese, A.Silver, R.Venditti, N.McFarland
Speed Dating a Book Editor — Marc Jolley
Sm. Group: Idris Goodwin – Words in Motion: on performance
Sm. Group: Michael Meija – Working with the Novella
Sm. Group: Josephine Bennett – People Actually Read My Blog!
Sm. Group: Freelance Hustle – Chris Horne, Angel Collins & Rhett Thomas
Sm. Group: Gail Simone – Getting into Comics
Cancelled: Caroline Zimmerman & Katherine Flynn – How to Find an Agent
10am-10:45am
Panel: Writing on the South – T.Kay, L.Hannon, R.Ivey & R.Atkins
Talk: Jay Parini – History and Fiction: What’s the Difference?
Sm. Group: Anya Silver – a poet’s tips on writing
Sm. Group: Sarah Domet – 90 Days to Your Novel
Sm. Group: Joe Kovac – Keys to Non-Fiction Storytelling
Sm. Group: Emilie Bush – Self-Publishing 101
Sm. Group: Jack McDevitt – Creating a Real World in Fiction
11am-11:45am
Panel: Lessons I Learned the Hard Way – A.Davies, A.Friman, T.Whittle, T.Lee
Talk: Adam Mansbach & Idris Goodwin — “Here’s what I tried…” Marketing Your Work
Sm. Group: Margaret & Frank South – Four Traits of the Screen Hero
Sm. Group: Tony Grooms – Strategies for Compression in Short Fiction
Sm. Group: Lauretta Hannon – Busting Balls, Blocks & Barriers
Sm. Group: Allen Gee — Finding your fiction a home in print
Sm. Group: Nora McFarland – Dying to Write: How to Write a Mystery
noon to 2pm
LUNCH BREAK
2p-2:45pm
Panel: Get the Writing Done – J.McDevitt, T.Ansa, S.Domet, N.Edmondson
Speed Dating a Book Editor (2nd Session) — Marc Jolley
Sm. Group: Adam Davies – Writing a novel and adapting it for film
Sm. Group: Raymond Atkins – From Idea to Publication
Sm. Group: Jackie Cooper – Little Bit of Everything: Writing for the Web
Sm. Group: Emilie Bush – I’ve seen the future and it’s E-books: how digital reading is changing the publishing world
Sm. Group: Robert Venditti – Writing for Comics and Graphic Novels
Cancelled: AmeriLit Idol w/ Katherine Flynn & Caroline Zimmerman
3pm-3:45pm
Panel: The Trick to Getting Published – M.Jolley, S. Corey
Talk: Jeffrey Stepakoff – Getting Your Work Noticed in Hollywood
Sm. Group – Alice Friman: So you want to be a poet?
Sm. Group – Terry Kay – Energy, Tension & What Keeps Us Reading
Sm. Group – Ad Hudler – How memoir-writing saved my marriage
Sm. Group – Jodi & James Palmer – what your editor wants
Sm. Group – Tina Whittle – Finding the Spine
4p-4:45pm
Panel: When I Started… – M. Meija, T. Grooms, J. Stepakoff, S. Freeman
Talk: Adam Mansbach – Choosing Your Creative Outlet
Sm. Group – Robert Perry Ivey — Narrative Poetry
Sm. Group – Tina McElroy Ansa – Problems & Challenges of Being a Writer
Sm. Group – John Jung – On My Way to the Retirement Home
Sm. Group – Stephen Corey – the Secret Life of Editors
Sm. Group – Barry Reese – How To Get the Most Out of Murder and Mayhem
5pm-5:45pm
Panel: The Truth is Stranger Than Fiction – J.Parini, J.Cooper, J.Kovac, J.Jung
Talk: Rick Moody – Imagination & Revision
Sm. Group – Tony Morris — a Poet’s Craft
Sm. Group – Tim Lee – Poetry, Performance & Dialogue
Sm. Group – Scott Freeman – The Art of Writing About Music
Sm. Group – Marc Jolley – What you can do to get an editor’s attention
Sm. Group – Nathan Edmondson – The Line Between Sci-Fi and Fiction
