9:00 – 4:00
Fiction
Writing with Timons Esaias
1:00 – 4:00
Plotting
and Subplotting with Loree Lough
MAY
14, CONFERENCE DAY ONE
8:00 Registration Opens
9:15 – 10:15
Pitch
Perfect with CJ Lyons
The
Publishing Labyrinth with Maria V. Snyder
Ins
and Outs of Contracts with agent Jenny Bent
Travel
Writing with Don Helin
10:30 – 11:30
Character
Motivation: Why They Do What They Do with Loree Lough
Elements of Mystery Writing with Ramona Long
Tossing
the Dice with agent Alex Glass
Be
Your Own Editor, Part I, with Lisa Kastner
12:00 - 1:00 Networking Lunch (open to all)
11:30 - 1:15 Published Authors Luncheon (must have Published Penn status)
1:30 – 2:30
Getting
Conflict on the Page with Tim Esaias
Horror, SciFi, and Fantasy Markets with editor David Pomerico
Inside
Publishing for Children with editor Barbara Lalicki
Be
Your Own Editor, Part II with Lisa Kastner
2:45 – 3:45
Dialogue:
Say What?! with Marta Perry
Why YA? with Cyn Balog
Agent
Panel
5:00 Dinner with Keynote James Rollins
8:00 Read and Critique Sessions
MAY 15, CONFERENCE DAY
TWO
8:00 Breakfast and General Meeting
9:15 – 10:15
Hooking
Your Reader with Cyn Balog
Writing Thrillers with Jonathan Maberry
Editor
Panel
The
Epic Quest with Jack Hillman
10:30 – 11:30
Character
Relations: Platonic to Lusty with Donna Fletcher
Book-Length Nonfiction with Jenny
Gardiner
Query
Clinic
Marketing
Made Easy with Nate Hardy
12:00 Lunch with Keynote Elizabeth Kann
1:30 - 2:30
No
Rules, Just Write with CJ Lyons
Writing Romance with Marta Perry
An
Hour with Agent Jennifer Jackson
No
One Ever Died Writing a Synopsis with Loree Lough
2:45 – 3:45
Getting
Plot on the Page with Tim Esaias
Writing Graphic Novels and Comics with Jonathan Maberry
Effective
Social Media with agent Janet Reid
Rejection:
Make It Work for You with Jack Hillman
3:45 Booksigning
Dinner on Your Own
8:00 “Heroes and Villains” Masquerade Party
MAY 16, CONFERENCE DAY
THREE
8:00 Breakfast Buffet
9:15 – 10:15
Showing
vs. Telling with Maria V. Snyder
Putting History in Historical Fiction with Pam Jenoff
Go
One Step Farther: Mining Your Novel for Magazine and Newspaper Articles with
Jim Rada
Short
Stories: Size Matters with Ramona Long
10:30 – 11:30
Making
Revisions with Anita Nolan
Writing
Your Life: Essays, Memoirs, Blogs, and Columns with Jenny Gardiner
Lights,
Camera, Action: Being Interviewed for TV with Nancy Daversa
11:45 Basket Auction and Closing Ceremony
