8:00-8:30 Registration
8:30 - 8:45 Welcome and Introductions
8:45 - 10:00 Linda Apple
Building your Platform
Daily experience often inspires human growth. The desire to share through inspirational
creative nonfiction requires us to learn not only to write well, to sell our work, but also to market ourselves as dependable
professionals.
10:00 - BREAK - 10:15
10:15 - 11:30 Dr. Fred Pfister
Turning Your Past into Cash
We harbor personal histories rife with memories of family, friends, teachers, preachers, lean
times, laments, last laughts. How do we capture the moments of our greatest intensity in words we can sell as memoir?
How do we sell to the magazine market? What do magazine editors expect from writers?
11:30 a.m.. - 1:00 p.m.
Luncheon and Contest Awards Ceremony
1:00 - 2:30 Velda Brotherton
The Romance Market of Today
From the intersection of Romance with History comes one successful in the marketplace.
Romance intersects also with fantasy, mystery, or science fiction. What does today's market dictate? Let us hear
of Mammon and the Archer.
2:30 - BREAK - 2:45
2:45 - 4:00 Dr. Terry Engel
How to Read Like a Writer
How does a writer read differently from anyone else? Does a writer learn the craft in
part through reading? Let's learn to read like a writer as we learn to write for publication. Finding an agent,
submitting work, keeping records for each piece we send off - all will be covered in this session.
