KEYNOTE SPEAKER
JACQUELYN MITCHARD
SATURDAY LUNCH
Schedule
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2008
4:00 - 5:00: Registration for Early Arrivals
8:00 - 10:00: Music, dancing and cash Bar ~ Ed Shockley & Friends
FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2008
8:30 - 10:00: Coffee, juice, light breakfast - Beach House
9:00 - 10:15: Registration
A. Workshops 10:30 - 12:30
1. Write Brain Workout ~ Bonnie Neubauer
2. Writing Down the Funny Bones (Mixed Genre) ~ Marian Fontana
3. Pitch Perfect ~ Lauren Mosko
4. Blogging for Writers ~ Louise Crawford
5. What Remains: Story and Form ~ Sheri Reynolds
6. Deadline Time Already??? ~ Fay Jacobs
B. Conversations 10:30 - 12:30
1. Weaving Your Own Red Carpet ~ Mary Kay Zuravleff
2. Self Publishing ~ Richard LaMotte
3. Manuscript Review (Poetry) ~ John Hoppenthaler
C. 12:45 - 2:15: Lunch, Opening Remarks & Reading Series: Grand Ballroom
D. Workshops 2:30- 5:15
1. Writing Beautifully About Ugly Things (nonfiction) ~ Tom Horton; Mark Reutter
2. Songlines (songwriting) ~ Randy Lee Ashcraft
3. Walking the Tight Rope: Using Dialogue to Create High Drama (fiction) ~ Bob Bausch
4 How Sound and Form Enhance Meaning (poetry) ~ Michael Waters
5. Narrative Poetry ~ Dave Smith
6. The Art and Craft of Screen writing ~ Khris Baxter
7 Places Everyone! (Setting in Fiction) ~ Liam Callanan
E. Conversation 2:30 - 3:40
1. Manuscript review (nonfiction) ~ Jennifer Storm
2. Manuscript review (Poetry) ~ Jim Harms
3. Manuscript Review (novel) ~ Marisa de Los Santos
4. Biography of a Novel: From novelist to Agent to Editor to Review
5. Passionate Imagination: Writers Over Fifty
F. Conversation 3:50 - 5:15
1. So You hate Your Mother: Writing & Confession
2. Marketing Boot Camp
G. 6:00 - 7:30: Cocktail Party - Browseabout Books
Reading & Book signing ~ Meet the Authors! Dinner on your own
SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2008
H. 8:00 - 10:00: Light breakfast & Reading Browseabout Books
Sheri Reynolds & Carolyn Parkhurst
10:00 - 11:15: Writing Workshop for Young Writers (age 10-15)~ Bonnie Neubauer
Forget about grammar and spelling and just write, write, write! (Free to all young writers ages 10-15) ~ Bonnie Neubauer
I. Workshops 10:15- 12:30
1. Once Upon a Line: Narrative Poetry for Beginners ~ Erin Murphy
2. Line Break of Desire (Poetry) ~ Shara McCallum
3. Who's in Charge Here? Gaining Command of Your Prose (Editing) ~ Bill O' Sullivan
4. What we do: Characters at Work (fiction) ~Mary Kay Zuravleff
5. History of Places (nonfiction) ~ Mark Reutter
6.The Ninth Letter: Developing Persona in Autobiographical & Personal Essays ~
Kim Dana Kupperman
7. Juxtapostion: Collage Prose (fiction & nonfiction) ~ Leslie Pietrzyk
8. The Song and the Story (interactive song round with participants & musicians)
9.The Art of Making a Scene (fiction & nonfiction) ~ Dustin Beall Smith
10. The Story and the Song: Music Round
J. Conversations & Manuscript Review: 10:15 - 11:25
1. Manuscript Review (nonfiction) ~ Jennifer Storm
2. Manuscript Review (query letters) ~ Lauren Mosko
3. Who Is Our Audience Anyway ~ The Role of the Literary Journals (conversation)
4. What does it mean to be an American Writer? Why Does it Matter? (conversation)
5. The Art of Laughter (or How to be Funny) (conversation)
K. Conversations 11:30 -12:40
1. Manuscript Review (nonfiction/humor) ~ Fay Jacobs
2. Manuscript Review (nonfiction) ~ Marian Fontana
3. Flying by the Seat of Your Pants (conversation)
4. Writing and Morality (conversation)
L. 12: 45 -2:00: Lunch, Readings
M. Conversations and Manuscript Review 2:15 - 3:30
1. Manuscript Review (poetry) ~ Erin Murphy
2. A Hard Day's Work (conversation)
3. Writing the Region (conversation)
4. Size Does Matter: From Flash Fiction to the Novel (conversation)
5. Sensual World workshop ~ Lisa Couturier [MOVED FROM FRIDAY]
N. Conversations and Manuscript Review 3:40 - 5:00
1. Manuscript Review (fiction/nonfiction) ~ Mark Drew
2. The Truth About Publishing (conversation)
3. Writing Real Women: The Case Against Chick Lit
O. Author Dinners 6:00 - 7:45
P. Music and Memories ~ Reading: Erik Hedegaard, Shara McCallum, Dave Smith, Maribeth Fischer, Marian Fontana
SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 2008
Q. WORKSHOPS 9:30 - 11:30
1. Take Ten ~ Bonnie Neubauer
2. Deadline Time Already? Writing a Weekly Column ~ Fay Jacobs
3. The Art of Making a Scene (fiction & nonfiction) ~ Dustin Beall Smith
4. Story and Structure (All genres) ~ Khris Baxter
5. The Art of Ambiguity: Writing Effective Flash Fiction ~ Nathan Leslie
6.The Ninth Letter: Developing Persona in Autobiographical & Personal Essays ~
Kim Dana Kupperman
R. CONVERSATIONS & MANUSCRIPT REVIEWS
1. Manuscript Review (fiction) Carolyn Parkhurst
2. Brainstorming Session: Marketing Your Book ~ Richard LaMotte
3. Magazine Publishing Tool Kit: What You Need ~ Bill O' Sullivan & Terry Plowman
4. Poetry Round
5. Narrative Poetry ~ Dave Smith
6. The Art and Craft of Screen writing ~ Khris Baxter
7 Places Everyone! (Setting in Fiction) ~ Liam Callanan