Friday
9AM – Registration Opens
11:30 AM – Welcoming Remarks – John G. Hartness, L. Marie Wood, Jeffery Deaver
1PM – L. Marie Wood Keynote and Q&A
3PM – Craft – Gail Z. Martin: Using Local Lore and Legends
3PM – Business – James P. Nettles – Writing Scams and How to Avoid Them
4:30PM – Craft – A.J. Hartley – Writing Outside Your Culture
4:30 PM – Business – Darin Kennedy – Running a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign
6:30 PM – Craft – Nicole Givens Kurtz – The Art of the Short Story
6:30 PM – Business – Theresa Glover & John G. Hartness – Networking for Writers and Other Introverts
9PM – Karaoke & Networking Party
Saturday
9AM – Craft – Gail Z. Martin – Building a Consistent and Coherent World
9AM – Business – Rick Gualtieri – Creating Online Communities
11AM – Craft – Jeffery Deaver – How to Write Successful Commercial Fiction
11AM – Business – Stuart Jaffe – Newsletters: Everything Authors Need to Know
12:30 – 2 – LUNCH
2PM – Craft – L. Marie Wood – Writing Believable Dialogue
2PM – Business – John G. Hartness – How to Pitch to a Publisher
4PM – Craft – Susan Roddey – Creating Dynamic Book Covers
4PM – Business – Jeffery Deaver – The State of Publishing Today
5:30-7PM – Dinner
7PM – Craft – Rick Gualtieri – The Trick to Writing an Irresistible Series
7PM – Business – John G. Hartness – Contract Red Flags – When to Negotiate and When to RUN
9PM – Mingle & Mentoring/Open Pitch Sessions
Sunday
9AM – Craft – Misty Massey – What Does My Editor Want?
9AM – Business – James P. Nettles – The Ethics of AI
11:30 AM – Craft – Lucy Blue – The Power of Romance
11:30 AM – Business – Nicole Givens Kurtz & Misty Massey – Working with a Small Press
1PM – Craft – A.J. Hartley – Blending Mystery and Thrills into Your Work
1PM – Business – K.E. Mair – Social Media for Authors
2:30PM – Closing Remarks and Thanks!