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Presidents' Day Weekend, February 17-20, 2012

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Friday, February 17th, 2012

12:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Walk-In Registration
Registration Open
Cricket Abbott | Rick Ochocki | Melanie Hooks

1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

Workshop:
Business & Alternative
Publishing Now: Do You Really Know What You Think You Know?
Lynn Price

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Workshop:
Read & Critique
Read & Critique 1
Matthew J. Pallamary
Workshop:
Fiction:
Non-Fiction
Rewriting Novels and Narrative Non-fiction
Jean Jenkins
Workshop:
Non-Fiction
Getting To The Heart Of Non-Fiction: What Makes Personality Tick?
Sylvia Mendoza
Workshop:
Business & Alternative
Publishing Law Today: Author Agreements, Copyright and Fair Use
Mark I. Reichenthal
Workshop:
Fiction:
Non-Fiction
Writer Primer 1: Responsibilities to Reader
Laura Taylor
Workshop:
Business & Alternative
Why Some Authors Get Published—and Some Don’t

3:40 PM - 5:10 PM

Workshop:
Read & Critique
Read & Critique 2
Sylvia Mendoza
Workshop:
Fiction
Plotting from Scratch
Andrew Peterson
Workshop:
Non-Fiction
Non-fiction for Newbies: Is It a Book or Isn’t It?
Marla Miller
Workshop:
Fiction:
Non-Fiction:
Business & Alternative
Killer Queries & Snappy Synopses: The Key to Getting a Request
Maralys Wills
Workshop:
Fiction:
Non-Fiction
Writer Primer 2: Application Through Read & Critique
Laura Taylor

5:20 PM - 7:00 PM

Panels & Special Events
No Host Mixer & Booksigning

7:10 PM - 8:00 PM

Panels & Special Events
Welcome And Introductions
Michael Steven Gregory | Wes Albers

8:00 PM - 8:50 PM

Panels & Special Events:
Evening Speakers
Special Guest Speaker 1
Frederick Ramsay

9:00 PM - none

Workshop:
Read & Critique
Rogue Read & Critique 1
Mark A. Clements
Workshop:
Read & Critique
Rogue Read & Critique 2
Matthew J. Pallamary
Workshop:
Read & Critique
Rogue Read & Critique 3
Laura Taylor
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Saturday, February 18th, 2012

7:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Walk-In Registration
Registration Open
Cricket Abbott | Rick Ochocki | Melanie Hooks

8:00 AM - 8:50 AM

Panels & Special Events:
Morning Speakers
Special Guest Speaker 2
Bettie B. Youngs

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Workshop:
Read & Critique
Read & Critique 3
Maralys Wills
Workshop:
Fiction
Defining the Difference Between Plot and Story
Frederick Ramsay
Workshop:
Business & Alternative
The Book Proposal – It’s Not Just For Nonfiction Anymore
Lynn Price
Workshop:
Business & Alternative
The New Game in Town: Your Book in the Hands of Every Reader in the World!
Bettie B. Youngs
Workshop:
Fiction
NovelCram®: Building the Better Book
Drusilla Campbell
One-on-One Consultations
Advance Submission Critique (San Diego)

10:40 AM - 12:10 PM

Workshop:
Read & Critique
Read & Critique 4
Andrew Peterson
Workshop:
Fiction:
Non-Fiction
Making Sex Scenes Sexy
Kirsten Imani Kasai
Workshop:
Non-Fiction
Writing Memoir/Biography – Make Them Care
Lynn Price
Workshop:
Business & Alternative
Marketing the Muse: Query Letter Critique
Marla Miller
Workshop:
Fiction
NovelCram®: Building the Better Book
Drusilla Campbell
One-on-One Consultations
Advance Submission Critique (San Diego)

12:10 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch On Your Own

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Workshop:
Read & Critique
Read & Critique 5
Frederick Ramsay
Workshop:
Fiction
World Building for Speculative & Paranormal Fiction
Kirsten Imani Kasai
Workshop:
Fiction:
Non-Fiction
The Truth is in the Detail
Judy Reeves
Workshop:
Business & Alternative
Hot Seat: What’s Your Book About?
Marla Miller | Jennifer Silva Redmond
Workshop:
Fiction
NovelCram®: Building the Better Book
Drusilla Campbell
One-on-One Consultations
Advance Submission Critique (San Diego)

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM

Workshop:
Read & Critique
Read & Critique 6
Judy Reeves
Workshop:
Fiction
From Inspiration to Publication: Using What-Ifs to Flesh Out a Story
Linda Thomas-Sundstrom
Workshop:
Business & Alternative
Before You Submit: The Complete Package
Kirsten Imani Kasai
Workshop:
Business & Alternative
Should I self-publish?
Andrew Zack
Workshop:
Business & Alternative
A Writer’s Website: First Principles, And Winning Tactics
Jeremy Lee James
Workshop:
Fiction
NovelCram®: Building the Better Book
Drusilla Campbell
One-on-One Consultations
Advance Submission Critique (San Diego)

4:20 PM - 5:30 PM

Panels & Special Events:
Agents Panel
Agents Panel
Marisa Iozzi Corvisiero | Paul Fedorko | Kathleen Rushall | Babette Sparr | Andrew Wetzel | Andrew Zack

6:40 PM - 8:00 PM

Panels & Special Events
SCWC*SD Banquet

8:00 PM - 8:40 PM

Panels & Special Events:
Evening Speakers
Special Guest Speaker 3
T. Jefferson Parker

9:00 PM -

none

Workshop:
Read & Critique
Rogue Read & Critique 4
Mark A. Clements
Workshop:
Read & Critique
Rogue Read & Critique 5
Matthew J. Pallamary
Workshop:
Read & Critique
Rogue Read & Critique 6
Andrew Peterson
Workshop:
Business & Alternative
Write Site Live: Build & Launch Your Website Tonight
Jeremy Lee James
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Sunday, February 19th, 2012

7:30 AM - 6:00 PM

Walk-In Registration
Registration Open
Cricket Abbott | Rick Ochocki | Melanie Hooks

8:00 AM - 8:50 AM

Panels & Special Events:
Morning Speakers
Special Guest Speaker 4
Claire LaZebnik

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Workshop:
Read & Critique
Read & Critique 7
Laurel Corona
Workshop:
Fiction:
Non-Fiction
The Art of the Short Story
Gregg Gutierrez
Workshop:
Fiction
Historical Fiction: How Much Look Up, How Much Make Up?
Frederick Ramsay
Workshop:
Business & Alternative
Creative Intelligence for The Creative Age
Orna Ross
Workshop:
Business & Alternative
Social Media + Game Plan = Less Time Suck
Indy Quillen
Workshop:
Fiction
NovelCram®: Building the Better Book
Drusilla Campbell

10:40 AM - 12:10 PM

Workshop:
Read & Critique
Read & Critique 8
Laurel Corona
Panels & Special Events
To Be Announced
Workshop:
Non-Fiction
When a Story Chooses You: Going Forward & Following Through
Gregg Gutierrez
Panels & Special Events
To Be Announced
Panels & Special Events
To Be Announced
Workshop:
Fiction
NovelCram®: Building the Better Book
Drusilla Campbell

12:10 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch On Your Own

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Workshop:
Read & Critique
Read & Critique 9
Judy Reeves
Workshop:
Fiction
Creating Microtension Line-By-Line
Justine Musk
Workshop:
Fiction
Writing for Teens? Then Think Like One
Deborah Halverson
Workshop:
Fiction:
Non-Fiction:
Business & Alternative
Legal-based Plot Points: Bolstering Believability
Martin S. “Marty” Rudoy
Workshop:
Fiction
Immaculate Conception: From Book Birth to Book Sales
Ken Kuhlken
Workshop:
Fiction
NovelCram®: Building the Better Book
Drusilla Campbell

2:40 PM - 4:10 PM

Workshop:
Read & Critique
Read & Critique 10
To Be Announced
Workshop:
Fiction
To Outline Your Story or Not?
Mike Sirota
Workshop:
Fiction:
Non-Fiction
Show Don’t Tell: Moving the Audience from Reading to Experiencing
Judy Reeves
Panels & Special Events
To Be Announced
Workshop:
Fiction
NovelCram®: Building the Better Book
Drusilla Campbell

4:20 PM - 5:30 PM

Panels & Special Events:
Morning Speakers:
Evening Speakers
Special Guest Speaker 5
To Be Announced

5:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Dinner On Your Own

8:00 PM - 8:50 PM

SCWC Awards and Farewell
Michael Steven Gregory | Wes Albers

9:00 PM -

none

Workshop:
Read & Critique
Rogue Read & Critique 7
Workshop:
Read & Critique
Rogue Read & Critique 8
Workshop:
Read & Critique
Rogue Read & Critique 9
Workshop Leader - TBA
Workshop:
Business & Alternative
A Writer’s Website: First Principles, And Winning Tactics
Jeremy Lee James
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(Schedule subject to change. Final schedule available at conference.)

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