Thursday, Feb 13th, 2014

Need the bag stuffing crew by 10am. We will be in the volunteer room. These are all of you who signed up to help Thursday. Please check this!	Bring a lunch, since no lunch tickets today. We have a refrigerator in for your food.
Tessa B Eric Bratcher Paula Chinick Eleanor Chiicolo- Floater Brooke Cooley Carrie D. Shaw Tara Farquhar Susan Freeman Joy Jones, Kim Kaplan, Dale King G Karl Kumfert Denise Larson	Bree Lemarie Robin Levin Steve Levine Marlon MacAllister Sylvia McCleary Shelia McDonald Therese Oxford Apollo Papfrango Dawn Pier, late afternoon Lisa Provost Jacob Richardson Anglea Yarbrough
Registration be there by 12:00-5/6	Editor Sign Ups/Info Desk 12–5/6
Lissa Provost-Reg Julaina Kleist-Reg Barb Santos Rich Santos	Mary Knippel Angela Yarbrough
Morning Classes 9am-12:00 Rooms not assigned yet	Volunteers for Classes\| Be there at 8:30 am
WRITING IN THE ZONE: 5 Steps to Inspired Flow	Shelia McDonald
WHAT’S THE BIG-OR LITTLE- IDEA? *Creating a Concept That Will Succeed*	Lori Saltis
3 STEPS TO A WINNING PROPOSAL Michael Larsen What Every Author Needs to Know About Selling or Publishing a Nonfiction Book	G Karl Kumfert Tessa Bertoldi
PITCHCRAFT: How to Make the Perfect Pitch	Brooke Cooley
BEING AN AUTHOR FOR THE LONG HAUL: How to Balance Writing and Marketing	Carrie D Shaw

AFTERNOON CLASSES 2:00 – 2:45 p.m.	Volunteers be there by 1:30
THE TRUTH ABOUT FICTION: Finding Your Story and Understanding How to Tell It Charles Adams, Algonquin Books (A condensed version of this evening’s class)	Eric Bratcher Laura Joyce Davisn Rm California
CROSSING BOUNDARIES: Creating Characters of Another Sex or Culture Jewelle Gomez, Joan Steinau Lester. Moderator: Cara Black	Joy Jones rm Barclay, 2 Dale King
PLOT FOR MIDDLE GRADE AND YOUNG ADULT STORIES: Martha Alderson Plot Your Story Scene-by-Scene to Move Your Readers	Denise Larson Therese Oxford rm Stanford, M
PITCHCRAFT: Convincing Agents and Editors to See Your Work with a Dynamite Pitch , Katharine Sands	Catherine Bramkamp \| Six Continents, M Bree LeMaire
PICKING THE BEST PUBLISHING OPTIONS FOR YOU AND YOUR BOOK Mark Coker, Lee Foster, Brian Felsen, Randy Kuckuck. Moderator: Jody Rein	Marlon MacAllister rm Willard, 2 Jacob Richardson
THE TWO-PERSON POET: Building Your Craft and Productivity with a Writing Partner Brad Henderson, Andy Jones	Shelia McDonald \|Boardroom
3:00 – 4:15 p.m.	Volunteers be in rooms by 2:40
FICTION PITCHATHON: Bring your pitch and a panel of pros will give you feedback on it. Sorche Fairbank, Laura Tisdel, Ciji Ware. Moderator: Katharine Sands	Sylvia McCleary California Rm Jacob Richardson
NONFICTION PITCHATHON: Bring your pitch and a panel of pros will give you feedback on it. Nina Amir, Jody Rein, Ann Seymour, Ken Sherman, Terry Whalin. Moderator: Michael Larsen	Brooke Cooley Dale King Six Continents, M
CHILDREN’S, MIDDLE GRADE AND YA PITCHATHON Laurie McLean, Stephanie von Borstel, Natashya Wilson	G Karl Kumfert \|Stanford Rm Paula Chinick
MEETING THE FREELANCE EDITORS: How to Make Your Work Rejection Proof Tanya Egan Gibson, Mary Knippel, Heather Lazare, Wendy Nelson Tokunaga. Moderator: David Colin Car	Susan Freeman \|rm Willard, 2 Joy Jones
DOES YOUR POEM HIT HOME? Making Your Verse Better \|Joan Gelfand	Laura Joyce Davis Boardroom, M
4:30 – 5:15 p.m.	Volunteers be in rooms 4:10
BLOOD MONEY: The Essential Elements of Bestselling Crime Fiction Sheldon Siegel (Condensed version of this evening’s class)	Apollo Papafrangou Tara Farquhar California Room, C
OTHER TIMES AND PLACES: The Art of Science Fiction & Fantasy Bill Petrocelli, Laurie McLean, Ransom Stephens	Marlon MacAllister Lori Saltis Rm-Taylor, C
TO SELF (PUBLISH) OR NOT TO SELF? How to Decide \| Jody Rein	Jacob Richardson \| Willard 2 Therese Oxford
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Query Letters That Receive Yesses Brian Klems, Rayhane Sanders, Terry Whalin	Joy Jones Bree LeMarie rm Barkley
YOU DID WHAT? Misbehaving Characters in Books for Children and Teens	Carrie D Shaw, Stanford Rm Denise Larson
7 WAYS TO BUILD YOUR AUDIENCE AND SELL BOOKS ON AMAZON Special Guest Alicia Dunams	Dawn Pier, Boardroom, M
6:00 – 8:00 THE FAERY MARKET *with New York Times* Bestselling YA author Julie Kagawa**	Kate Farrell Room of the Dons, Lobby Level
NIGHT CLASSES 6:30-9:30
BLOOD MONEY: The Essential Elements of Bestselling Crime Fiction / Sheldon Siegel
THE TRUTH ABOUT FICTION: Finding Your Story and Understanding How to Tell It/Chuck Adams
PLOT FOR MIDDLE GRADE AND YOUNG ADULT STORIES: Plot Your Story Scene by Scene to Move Your Readers/Martha Alderson
PREPPING YOUR IDEA AND YOURSELF FOR SUCCESS: – 9 Steps for Developing a Winning Business Plan for Your Book/Nina Amir
SELLING BOOKS IN THE AGE OF MICROMEDIA: – Rusty Shelton How to Think Like a Media Outlet to Grow Your Platform and Get More Publicity

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