Friday
May 16, 2003

8:00 to 9:00 a.m.

• Registration and Coffee
• Sign Up for One-on-One Sessions
  

9:00 to 10:15 a.m.

• Kathy Pories and Scott Morris - The Author-Editor Relationship
• Peter Bowerman - Well-Fed Writing: From Fantasy to Full Time
• Cassandra King - Turning Life Experience into Fiction
• Laura Parker Castoro - Diversity in Characterization
  

10:30 to 11:45 a.m.

• Ann Hyman - Turning Information into History
• Gary Buffone, Peter Bowerman, Bill Dougherty and Rona Brinlee - The Agony and the Ecstasy of Getting Published
• Dan and Mary Hubley - Writing, Illustrating and Publishing Children’s Books
• Cricket Pechstein - Working with an Agent
  

12:00 to 1:30 p.m.

• Luncheon with Keynote Speaker Ray McNiece - Poetry from the Page to the Stage: Narrative, Dramatic and Lyric Poetry
  

1:45 to 3:00 p.m.

• Eddie Bell - Reading Your Poetry: Improving Your Public Performance
• David Poyer - A Philosophy for a Working Writer
• Ad Hudler - Turning Life Into Fiction
• Jacky Sach - Working with an Agent
• Paul Sinor - Dialog: Give Your Characters Something to Say that We Want to Hear
  

3:15 to 4:00 p.m.

• Allison Glock - Celebrity Journalism; Or Why Alcohol is So Important to Cover Good Stories
• S.V. Daté and Steve Brown - Ask the Experts
• Les Standiford - Stolen from the Movies: The Secrets of Best-Selling Fiction
• Bill Belleville - A Moment in Time: Creating a Sense of Place
  

6:30 p.m.

• Reception and Book Signings
  

7:30 p.m.

• Banquet with Keynote Speaker Doug Marlette (Editorial Cartoonist, Cartoonist and Novelist) - Images To Words: The Hows and Whys of a Cartoonist Turning to Fiction
  

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