Schedule

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Friday, October 20

Noon - 5:00	Check-in
Noon - 3:00	Member Book Sales & Signings	Pre-function area
Workshop	1:00 - 4:00
Scott Tilley	Writing with AI	Amphitheater
Workshops	1:00 - 3:00
Mary Flynn	The Writer as Presenter	Conrad
Ginnye L Cubel	Beyond the Newsletter: Advanced Email Marketing Strategies for Writers	Crystal AB
Christina Farley	The Different Paths to Publishing	Crystal C
Lisa Black	What Mystery Writers Need to Know about Forensics	Crystal D
Franklin Ritch	Writing for Film	Crystal E
3:00 - 3:30	Break & Networking
3:30 - 4:30	Breakout Sessions
José Pablo Iriarte & Elle E. Ire	Networking for Writers	Amphitheater
Sarah McGuire	Step Away from the Sledgehammer: Using the Overlooked Tools in Your Writer's Toolbox	Conrad
Shutta Crum	Pump Up the Muscle in Your Poems	Crystal AB
Nancy J. Cohen	Self Publishing Made Simple	Crystal C
Janice Hardy	Avoiding the Info Dump in Created Worlds	Crystal D
Vic DiGenti	The Not-So-Secret Life of a Ghostwriter	Crystal E
4:30 - 5:30	Break & Networking
5:30 - 7:30	Meet & Greet Mixer	Crystal DE
7:30 - 9:00	Open Mic	Crystal DE
Saturday, October 21
7:00 - 5:00	Check-in
7:00 - 8:30	Hot Breakfast	Crystal CDE
9:00 - 11:00	Faculty Book Sales & Signings	Capital 1&2
9:00 - 3:00	Member Books Sales & Signings	Pre-function area
8:30 - 4:00	NextGen Writers Experience is a conference within the conference designed exclusively for middle & high school students — the next generation of writers! Details and registration ... 8:30 – 8:50 Welcome 9:00 – 9:45 Writing From Inside Your Characters – Janice Hardy 10:00 – 10:45 The Different Paths to Publishing – Christina Farley 11:00 – 11:45 TBA 11:45 – 2:00 Youth Awards Luncheon & Collection Book Signing 2:15 – 3:15 StoryTelling in the Time of Robots – Noel Zamot 3:30 – 4:00 Closing	Royal Palm
8:30 - 8:45	Break & Networking
8:45 - 9:45	Lisa Black: Keynote Address	Crystal CDE
9:45 - 10:15	Break & Networking
10:15 - 11:15	Breakout Sessions
Anne Dalton	Secrets of Publishing Contracts: 10 Tips to Protect Your Writing and Yourself	Amphitheater
Sarah Hendess	Breaking Into Book Reviewing	Crystal AB
José Pablo Iriarte	How to Write and Sell Short Fiction	Crystal C
Arielle Haughee	Your Publishing Timelines: Stay on Track & Don't Miss a Beat	Crystal D
Noel Zamot	Storytelling in the Time of Robots, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love ChatGPT	Crystal E
11:15 - 11:45	Break & Networking
11:45 - 1:30	Youth Awards Luncheon & Annual Membership Meeting	Crystal ABCDE
1:30 - 2:00	Collection Volume 15: Secrets Book Signing	Capital 1&2
2:00 - 2:15	Break & Networking
2:15 - 3:15	Breakout Sessions
Ben Sharpton	Thoughts from Veteran Wizened Writers	Amphitheater
Fred Koehler & Sarah McGuire	Sprinting Towards Failure: A Fil Fast Method for Character and Story Arcs	Conrad
Shutta Crum	That's a Poem? The Crazy World of Poetry Today	Crystal AB
Joni M. Fisher	Writing Quotable Dialogue	Crystal C
Tara Lynn Masih & Kim Bradley	Short Story How To: Creating, Compiling & Marketing Short Story Collections	Crystal D
Vic DiGenti	How to Create a Literary Legacy: Writing Your Life Story	Crystal E
2:30 - 4:30	Faculty Book Sales & Signings	Capital 1&2
3:15 - 3:30	Break & Networking
3:30 - 4:30	Breakout Sessions
Scott Tilley	Chat GPT and the Future of Writing	Amphitheater
Fred Koehler	Writing Between the Lines: How an Illustrator Thinks About Your Picture Book Manuscript	Conrad
Sylvia Whitman	Voice: the Secret Sauce that Endears Your Characters and Defies AI	Crystal AB
Joni M. Fisher	Writing for Magazines & Paid Blogs	Crystal C
Nancy J. Cohen	Book Marketing on a Budget	Crystal D
Jaimie Engle	Beyond the Borders	Crystal E
4:30 - 5:30	Break & Networking
5:30 - 6:45	Royal Palm Literary Awards Mixer	Royal Palm
7:00 - 10:00	Royal Palm Literary Awards Banquet & Awards	Crystal ABCDE
Sunday, October 22
7:00 - 8:15	Continental Breakfast
8:15 - 8:30	Break & Networking
8:30 - 9:30	Breakout Sessions
Anne Dalton	What's So Fair About Fair Use?	Amphitheater
Sarah Hendess	What's Hot & What's Not: Current Trends in Historical Fiction	Conrad
Elle E. Ire	Query Letters Done Right	Crystal AB
Christina Farley Janice Hardy Sarah McGuire	The Heartstrings Method: Techniques for Creating Emotional Impact in Your Writing	Crystal C
Arielle Haughee	Crisp Up That Prose	Crystal D
Ginnye L Cubel	Don't Follow Me: How to Create Impactful Marketing Without Social Media	Crystal E
9:30 - 9:45	Break & Networking
9:45 - 10:45	Breakout Sessions
Jaimie Engle	Character Groups to Sustain Series	Amphitheater
Wyne Karnath	Emerging Technology in Science Fiction Conrad	Conrad
Vic DiGenti Lisa Black Arielle Haughee Fred Koehler Scott Tilley Noel Zamot	PANEL: AI: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly AI has been hailed as a timesaving, inspirational tool for writers, while others warn of impending doom. Our panel will explore the many sides of this revolutionary technology and how it’s changing the way we work and write. Embrace it or hate it, AI is here to stay. But have no fear, change is good—at least for now.	Crystal AB
Marty Ambrose	From Planning to Product Using the Notebook Method	Crystal D
Ken Pelham	Economical Graphics for Writers: Finding and Using Images Without Breaking the Law or the Bank	Crystal E