SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
updated 4/11/2007

7:00
to
8:00

Registration - Continental Breakfast

8:00
to
8:15

OPENING REMARKS – AUSTIN S. CAMACHO, MWA PRESIDENT

8:30
to
9:30

SESSION I

Daring to Write

Lauren Eisenberg Davis

Marketing yourself – before publication

Karen Syed

Those Critical Ten Minutes

Loree Lough

The Publishing Matrix

Gregg Wilhelm

Copyright and Contracts Panel

9:45
to
10:45

SESSION II

Topic and Speaker TBD

Creating Writing Workshops

Sonia Linebaugh

Critique Group: Finding the Right Mix

Speaker TBD

Death By Query

Karen Syed

Publishing Options Panel

11:00
to
12:00

SESSION III

Interjecting Humor in Writing

Steve Lubs

Promoting your Book

Kelly Powers

The Power of Great Dialogue

Austin Camacho

Creative Romance Writing

Loree Lough

Agent Panel

12:15
to
2:00

LUNCH – KEYNOTE ADDRESS – Rafael Alvarez

Writing – From A to Z

2:00
to
2:50

SESSION IV

Writing and  Rewriting

Toby Devens

Question and Answer Session

Rafael Alvarez

How to Write for Young Adults

Speaker TBD

Developing your Characters

Mathew Gill

All about Freelance Writing

Jane M. Frutchey

3:30
to
4:30

SESSION V

So You Want to be a Travel Writer

Beth Rubin

Marketing and Publishing Non- Fiction

Kerry Dunnington

Poetry

Moira Egan

Non-Linear Story Telling

Steve Lubs

Screenwriting

Rosemary Toohey

4:30
to
6:30

NETWORKING SOCIAL / BOOK SIGNINGS