AGENDA
October TBA
8:45
AM
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
15 minutes
Morning Announcements
Room A
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
45 minutes
Lynn Crandall: Keep On Rising By Investing In Your Career
Many writers create successful careers. Many create successful careers but don’t know they have. Many writers feel they miss the mark that gives them the successful career they want. And many, many writers invest in their writing career in ways that are detrimental to it. They neglect fundamental health needs, and misunderstand where and how they can sustain good health. They don’t see how they can even enjoy a writing career when they don’t achieve best seller status. They define themselves as failures when they don’t need to.
Lynn Crandall will teach you how to build and sustain a meaningful, healthy writing life.
9:00
AM
Room B
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
45 minutes
Hallee Bridgeman
Room C
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
45 minutes
Suzan Tisdale
Room A
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
45 minutes
Scrivener Workshop
10:00
AM
Room B
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
45 minutes
Gregg Bridgeman
Room C
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
45 minutes
Linda Rae Sande: Authorpreneurship for Authors
Room D
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
45 minutes
Chastity Bowlin: Career Planning for Newbie (and Oldie) Authors
You can fly by the seat of your pants writing your books, but not mapping out your career and what it takes to be a professional author without the safety net of a day job. This workshop will touch on how to plan financially for taxes, health insurance, unexpected business expenses and the importance of utilizing technology to stay abreast of book keeping when you're not the most diligent at it. We'll also talk about what it takes to make it as a mid-list author in today's market by discussing how many books to publish per year, how length of books can impact your number of releases and your bottom line. In short, this is the down, dirty, and sometimes ugly truth about how unglamorous the #writinglife really is.
11:00
AM
Room A
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
45 minutes
Schrivener Q&A
Room B
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
45 minutes
Allie Pleiter: How to Write When Everything Goes Wrong
Room C
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
45 minutes
Sue Toth: Why Do I Need an Editor Anyway?
You’ve written a great book. You love your story, and you’re sure your audience will, too. It’s ready to go just the way you’ve written it…right?
Not so fast! Before you release any book, it needs to have an experienced editor read it. But why, you ask? You’re probably thinking an editor will just tear your book apart, make all kinds of changes, and it won’t even sound like your book anymore, right?
Not exactly. You do need an editor. In this session, fiction editor Sue Toth will give you the inside scoop on editors, including:
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Why you need one
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What the author/editor relationship should look like
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Where and how to find the best editor for you
Room D
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
45 minutes
Vellum
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
30 minutes
Keynote-Webinar (Live)
12:00
PM
12:30
PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
90 minutes
Lunch & Social Hour
Room A
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
45 minutes
Diversity Panel
Writing Sensitively During a Crisis of Ethnic Inequality.
Panelists: Matt Orson, RL Jackson, Hallee Bridgeman, E. Ardell, Jolanthe Alexander, Debra Holland
2:00
PM
Room B
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
45 minutes
Aaron Michael Ritchey
Room C
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
45 minutes
TJ Mackay: Writing PG in an R-Rated World
In today’s world it seems the ever darkening landscape of offerings is making it nearly impossible for the light of clean, quality writing to shine. But, it’s not! There is a greater demand now more than ever for clean, PG-rated books. You just have to know how to set them on that hill! In this presentation, you will better understand the industry biases, then learn to work around them, using savvy marketing tips to place that story where it needs to be and take your book from great to greatly profitable.
Room A
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
45 minutes
Carole P. Roman: Navigating the Indie World of Children's Books
Carole P. Roman is the award-winning author of over fifty children's books. Whether it's pirates, princesses, and spies, or discovering the world around us, her books have enchanted educators, parents, and her diverse audience of children.
In her workshop, you will learn how to navigate the indie world of Children's Books. How to publish, where to publish, and using social media to your advantage.
3:00
PM
Room B
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
45 minutes
Jamie Lee Scott: 5 Killers - Or How to Write a Mystery the Reader Won't Solve Early
Room C
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
45 minutes
RL Jackson: FADE IN: A Screenwriting Workshop with Writer RL Jackson
This workshop is designed to guide authors through the beginning stages of the script writing process, adapting your novel into accepted industry standard form.
We will discuss Planning, Screenwriting Software, Loglines (what are they and how to write a compelling one), Proper Formatting, Resources, and so much more. We will see it in action, examples from novel to script to screen.
Room A
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
45 minutes
Kathryn Lynn Davis: My Agent's Pajamas OR Writing Makes Strange Bedfellows
Times Bestselling Author, Kathryn Lynn Davis will discuss the ins and outs of writing, traditional publishing.
4:00
PM
Room B
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
45 minutes
Sue Burdorf: How to Be Present in Your Own Life
Learn the steps to a better YOU! Susan will teach you how to forgive yourself, prioritize what is important, and getting rid of negativity.
Room C
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
45 minutes
The Author Show
Room A
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM
45 minutes
Historical Romance Panel
5:00
PM
6:00
PM
Room A
6:00 PM - 6:45 PM
45 minutes
Social Hour
Room A
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
3 hours
RONE Awards Webinar
7:00
PM
Room A
10:00 PM - 12:00 PM
2 hours
Happy Hour After the RONEs and End of Conference Celebration
10:00
PM