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							                                                                Saturday, May 19 – DFW Writers Conference
Legend     Blue = Business Track                               Yellow = Craft Track                                       Red = Limited Attendance Workshops – Advance Signup
           Ballroom/Atrium             Rooms 1/2                 Rooms 3/4                  Rooms E/F                 Rooms G/H                Room 5                     Oval Office
7:30 AM                                                                 Registration Starts, Exhibitors Open in Atrium

8:40 AM    Agent Consultations         How to Network            Social Media Tactics to       How to Pitch to an     Guerilla Tactics for    How to Research Non-
           start at 9:00 in ballroom   Effectively at a          Sell Your Books – Fred        Agent – Candace        Writers in a Slump –    Fiction – Harry Hall
                                       Writer’s Conference –     Campos                        Havens, Rosemary       Special Guest Lori
                                       Brenna Smith                                            Clement-Moore          Wilde

9:40 AM                                The High-Impact           How to Hold a                 Wild West of           Putting the Thrill in   Understanding Your Style
                                       Writer – Dave Lieber      Successful Booksigning –      Publishing – Cheryl    Your Thriller – James   of Writing – Leann Harris
                                                                 Harry Hall                    Ammeter                Rollins

10:40 AM                               Ask the Agents Panel      Panel: The Changing           Panel: The Great       Workshop: Sparking      Building Your Platform in   Workshop:
                                       1 – Sara Crowe, Alec      Face of Publishing –          Agent Search – A.      Creativity – Special    a Dynamic Marketplace –     Publishing Your
           Lunch setup in ballroom     Shane, Marcy Posner,      Shelton, McLean,              Lee Martinez,          Guest Jodi Thomas       Stephanie Barko             E-Book Step By
           starting 11:30              Lauren Ruth, Jennie       Ammeter, Rollins,             Rosemary Clement-                                                          Step – Russell C.
                                       Goloboy                   Fadden, Barnes, Barney        Moore, Jenny Martin                                                        Connor

12:00 PM                                                          Lunch and Keynote Address by James Rollins in Ballroom

1:30 PM                                                                                    Exhibitors in Atrium
2:10 PM    Agent consultations         Discoverability and       Writing Love Scenes –         Working With a         Writing Deeper –        Write Horses Right: The     Workshop:
           start at 2:00 pm in         the New World of PR       Roni Loren                    Printing Company for   Special Guest Jodi      Worst Mistakes Writers      Jumpstart Essays
           ballroom                    – Rusty Shelton                                         Maximum Impact –       Thomas                  Make About Horses -         and Memoirs –
                                                                                               Coral Gates                                    Becky Burkheart             Beatriz Terrazas
                                                                                                                                                                          (ends 3:30)
3:10 PM                                How to Write for Boys     Panel: The Bestsellers –      Anatomy of a Book      Crime Scene             Writing for Television –
                                       – Alec Shane              James Rollins, Lori           Launch – Laurie        Investigations:         Cheryl Ammeter
                                                                 Wilde, Jodi Thomas            McLean, Kristen        Fingerprints, Truth &
                                                                                               Lamb, Kait Nolan       Myth – Peter Salicco

4:10 PM                                                                           Query Gong Show in Ballroom

5:10 PM                                                                       Exhibitors and door prizes in Atrium

6:10 PM    Reception setup

7:00 PM                                                Agent/Writer Reception in Ballroom and on Patio (weather permitting)

8:00 PM
                                                               Sunday, May 20 – DFW Writers Conference
Legend    Blue = Business Track                                     Yellow = Craft Track                             Red = Limited Attendance Workshops – Advance Signup
          Ballroom/Atrium           Rooms 1/2                Rooms 3/4                Rooms E/F                   Rooms G/H                Room 5                   Oval Office
                                                                                                                                                                    (upstairs)
8:00 AM                                                                          Exhibitors open in Atrium
8:40 AM   Agent Consultations       Legal and Business       Applying Classic         Writing Real-Life           Fast Draft – Candace     Finding and
          start at 8:40 in          Aspects of Writing –     Business Growth          Characters – Leann Harris   Havens                   Strengthening Your
          ballroom                  Paul Levine              Strategy to Writing –                                                         Voice – Jenny Martin
                                                             Sally Harding

9:40 AM                             Inside Publishing: A     Power of One? Hire       Writing Science Fiction,    No More Carriage         Understanding Your       Manuscript
                                    look at the publishing   Help or Go It Alone? –   Fantasy and Paranormal      Accidents! Realism in    Antagonist – Kristen     Critique –
                                    world – Jill Marsal      Mark Fadden              Novels – Lucienne Diver     Historical Fiction –     Lamb                     Martinez, Moore,
                                                                                                                  Jenny Goloboy                                     Havens, Martin

10:40                               Ask the Agents Panel     Panel: Declaring         Panel: The Agent/Author     Revision Hell: Candace   Voice,                   Workshop:
AM                                  2 – Marlene Stringer,    Independence: The        Relationship – Rosemary     Havens                   Characterization and     Writing A
          Lunch setup in ballroom   Paul Levine, Sarah       Decision to Self-        Clement-Moore, Lucienne                              Pace – Stacey Barney     Compelling First
          starts 11:30              Lapolla, Becky Vinter,   Publish – Fadden,        Diver, A. Lee Martinez,                                                       Chapter
                                    Ann Collette             Ammeter, Connor,         Sally Harding, Jenny                                                          Workshop –
                                                             Nolan, Burkheart         Martin, Sara Crowe                                                            Elizabeth Evans

12:00                                                            Lunch in Ballroom followed by exhibitors in Atrium
PM

1:10 PM   Agent Consultations       Leveraging Self-         Understanding Brand      The Young Adult Hero’s      Writing Emotion:         Narrative Nonfiction –
          start at 2:00 pm in       Published Works          for the Digital Age –    Journey – Rosemary          Make ‘em Laugh,          Becky Vinter
          ballroom                  Toward Traditional       Kristen Lamb             Clement-Moore               Make ‘em Cry, Make
                                    Publication –                                                                 ‘em Scream – Special
                                    Meredith Barnes                                                               Guest Lori Wilde

2:10 PM                             How to Really Get an     Middle Grade and         Erotic Romance 101 –        The 5 Most Important     12 Do's and Don'ts of
                                    Agent: Things You        Young Adult Fiction –    Roni Loren                  Things You Can Do as     Thriller and Mystery
                                    Knew and Things You      Laurie McLean                                        a Writer – James         Writing – Ann Collette
                                    Should Know – Eddie                                                           Rollins
                                    Schneider

3:10 PM                                                          First Page Gong Show in Ballroom, closing remarks

4:15 PM   Go home. Write. See
          you next year!