10:00 - 10:30 - Opening & Welcoming by Christina Barber
followed by a short discussion on e-publishing by Vickie Kennedy of eTreasures
Publishing. What e-publishing is, why it's essential now, and will have on
hand a writing course on CD-ROM to help writer's get a head start on
submitting a professional manuscript and developing a characters, dialogue, plot, and much
more.
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10:30 - Book Signing Tables Open for the rest of the
day. Open to the public to meet and greet Authors and Publishers
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10:30 - 11:15 - Discussion Panel: Self-Promotion for the Author -- The How-to on Self-Promotion
Presented by Christina Barber - Award Winning Author
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11:30-12:30 - Swanee
Ballman, president of Jawbone Publishing
Corporation and an editor and award-winning author, will
offer a workshop on the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of book publishing.
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12:30 - 1:30 - Lunch Break
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1:30 - 2:15 - Forrest Shultz will present a panel on Writing News Releases
-- Authors can learn greatly from this discussion
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2:30 - 3:15 - Author Paige Cummings will hold a discuss panel on Conferences, Classes, & Critique Groups
A very interactive session!
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3:30 - 4:30 - Ms.
Ballman will be offering a workshop on script writing for films! A
must for the writers wanting to make an impact in Hollywood!
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4:30 - 5:00 - Break
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5:15 - 6:00 - Law Enforcement Agencies - They're Not All The Same -- With Mike Swanson
-- Find out the differences you need to know when creating crime scenes
and investigations for your novels!
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6:15 - 7:15 - Discussing the Genre: Urban Fantasy --Presented by Christina Barber - Award Winning Author
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7:15 - Closing of Conference
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7:30 - 8:00 Meet Authors & Publishers
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Book Signings
Authors will be on hand to sell and sign copies of their books
and e-books.
e-books will be on CD-ROM
Find out what great books these authors have written!