Saturday, February 1, 2025
Saturday Breakfast
Saturday, Feb 1, 2025, 8:00 – 9:15 AM
The Cove
Check-in, breakfast, and networking.
Opening Remarks & Keynote
Saturday, Feb 1, 2025, 9:15 – 10:30 AM
Sterling
Saturday Pitch Sessions
Saturday, Feb 1, 2025, 10:40 AM – 3:00 PM
Pitch Room
Crafting the Synopsis
Kaitlyn Katsoupis
Saturday, Feb 1, 2025, 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Elkmont
During this session, Kaitlyn highlights the best ways to tackle the synopsis to create a clear and concise document for agent...
Medicine, Manuscripts, and Mayhem!
Jillian David
Saturday, Feb 1, 2025, 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Sterling
Medical situations can make fiction more dramatic and can hook readers—just ask fans of General Hospital, the long...
Faculty Meal Access
Saturday, Feb 1, 2025, 12:00 – 12:15 PM
Banquet Room
During this time, only faculty members will be allowed in the banquet room.
Saturday Lunch
Saturday, Feb 1, 2025, 12:15 – 1:45 PM
Banquet Room
Writing an Exciting Middle to a Story...Ways to Avoid the Dreaded Sag
Clay Stafford
Saturday, Feb 1, 2025, 1:45 – 3:00 PM
Writers can conceive of great beginnings and exciting endings, but the middle becomes a dreaded chore and often the subject o...
Saturday Critique Sessions
Saturday, Feb 1, 2025, 3:00 – 4:30 PM
Pitch Room
Rock Star Publicity: Book Promotion for the Bold and the Bashful
Marika Flatt
Saturday, Feb 1, 2025, 3:15 – 4:30 PM
Sterling
Books don’t sell themselves. It takes a marketing-savvy author to create a successful book project. We will discuss promoti...
Closing Remarks
Saturday, Feb 1, 2025, 4:30 – 4:45 PM
Sterling
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Sunday Breakfast
Sunday, Feb 2, 2025, 8:00 – 9:00 AM
The Cove
Breakfast, coffee, and networking.
Sunday Pitch Sessions
Sunday, Feb 2, 2025, 9:00 AM – 12:20 PM
Pitch Room
Incorporating Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Romance, and Action into Any Work
Clay Stafford
Sunday, Feb 2, 2025, 9:00 – 10:00 AM
Sterling
The pentalogy of an exceptional story incorporates mystery, thriller, suspense, action, and romance. One will be your focus; ...
Fastdrafting 101: From Concept to First Draft in 4 Days
Jillian David
Sunday, Feb 2, 2025, 10:10 – 11:10 AM
Sterling
Love the idea of "write every day" but crazy life and hectic schedules intrude? Want to find a way to get that first draft on...
TBD
Anjanette Barr
Sunday, Feb 2, 2025, 11:20 AM – 12:20 PM
Faculty Meal Access
Sunday, Feb 2, 2025, 12:20 – 12:35 PM
Banquet Room
During this time, only faculty members will be allowed in the banquet room.
Sunday Lunch
Sunday, Feb 2, 2025, 12:35 – 2:00 PM
Banquet Room
Sunday Critique Sessions
Sunday, Feb 2, 2025, 2:00 – 3:20 PM
Pitch Room
Workshops 12 & 13
Sunday, Feb 2, 2025, 2:00 – 3:15 PM
Elkmont, Sterling
Closing Keynote & Remarks
Sunday, Feb 2, 2025, 3:30 – 4:45 PM
Sterling
Pitch Sessions
Saturday, Feb 1, 2025
- 10:40 AM – 10:50 AM
- 10:50 AM – 11:00 AM
- 11:00 AM – 11:10 AM
- 11:30 AM – 11:40 AM
- 11:40 AM – 11:50 AM
- 11:50 AM – 12:00 PM
- 1:50 PM – 2:00 PM
- 2:00 PM – 2:10 PM
- 2:10 PM – 2:20 PM
- 2:40 PM – 2:50 PM
- 2:50 PM – 3:00 PM
Sunday, Feb 2, 2025
- 9:00 AM – 9:10 AM
- 9:10 AM – 9:20 AM
- 9:20 AM – 9:30 AM
- 9:50 AM – 10:00 AM
- 10:00 AM – 10:10 AM
- 10:10 AM – 10:20 AM
- 10:40 AM – 10:50 AM
- 10:50 AM – 11:00 AM
- 11:00 AM – 11:10 AM
- 11:30 AM – 11:40 AM
- 11:40 AM – 11:50 AM
- 11:50 AM – 12:00 PM
Critique Sessions
Saturday, Feb 1, 2025
- 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM
- 3:20 PM – 3:40 PM
- 3:40 PM – 4:00 PM
Sunday, Feb 2, 2025
- 2:00 PM – 2:20 PM
- 2:20 PM – 2:40 PM
- 2:40 PM – 3:00 PM
