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<< BackThursday, September 12, 2013 | ||
| 12:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Registration/Appointments | Regency Foyer |
| 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Optional Early Bird Session: The Last 10% by Lisa Rector-Maass | Cosmopolitan |
| Friday, September 13, 2013 | ||
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Registration | Regency Foyer |
| 8:00 am - noon | Appointments (at Registration) | Regency Foyer |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | First Time Attendees | Cosmopolitan AB |
| 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm | General Session: Welcome and Worship Keynote Address - Robin Jones Gunn | Regency Ballroom |
| 5:00 pm - 6:15 pm | Genre Dinner: Celebrate genre and story...Feel free to dress in costume, character, or the historical era in which you write, if you choose. | Regency Ballroom |
| 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Spotlight On...Featuring Publishing Houses | |
| 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Spotlight On...Featuring Publishing Houses | |
| Saturday, September 14, 2013 | ||
| 8:00 am - noon 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Registration | Regency Foyer |
| 9:00 am - noon 1:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Appointment Desk | Studio Lounge-2nd Floor |
| 8:00 am - 8:45 am | Zone Breakfast: With tables designated by zones for this meal, you can make important connections with others in your area. | Regency Ballroom |
| 8:45 am - 9:15 am | Announcements Worship | Regency Ballroom |
| 9:45 am - 11:45 am | Continuing Education Sessions: CE 1-Level A: FINISH THE BOOK!: A Procrastinator's Guide to Reaching THE END & Pressing Send--Kathleen Y'Barbo CE 2: Level B: Mastering the 3-Act Structure for Your Novel--Susan Meissner CE 3-Level D: Xtreme! Master Workout for the Middle of Your Book!--Rachel Hauck and Susan May Warren CE 4-Level E: Live Free. Write Free.--Allen Arnold and James Rubart | |
| 9:45 am - 11:45 am 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | All Day Session: Level C: Quantum Story--James Scott Bell Limited to first 200 paid registrants who sign up. | Cosmopolitan B |
| Noon - 1:00 pm | Lunch | Regency Ballroom |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | WS1-Level B: The First 50 Pages--Jeff Gerke WS2-Level C: Working with an Agent in the New Publishing Economy--Chip MacGregor WS3-Level D: Cooperating for Success: Editors, Agents and Authors--Natasha Kern, Julie Gwinn, Julie Lessman WS4-Level E: Tight Writing and Sentence Rhythm--Brandilyn Collins | |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | WS5-Level A: Building A Writing Career While Working Full Time--Lisa Jordan WS6-Level B: The Business End of Writing--Deborah Raney WS7-Level C: Discover Your Core Story--Natasha Kern WS8: Level E: The Editors' POV--Sue Brower and Ami McConnell | |
| 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm | Harp & Bowl: Musical worship and prayer | Regency Ballroom |
| Sunday, September 15, 2013 | ||
| 8:00 am - noon 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Registration | Regency Foyer |
| 9:30 am - noon 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Appointment Desk | Studio Lounge-2nd Floor |
| 8:00 am - 8:45 am | Breakfast | Regency Ballroom |
| 8:45 am - 9:15 am | Announcements/Worship | Regency Ballroom |
| 9:45 am - 11:45 am | Continuing Education Sessions: CE 1-Level A: FINISH THE BOOK!: A Procrastinator's Guide to Reaching THE END & Pressing Send--Kathleen Y'Barbo CE 2: Level B: Mastering the 3-Act Structure for Your Novel--Susan Meissner CE 3-Level D: Xtreme! Master Workout for the Middle of Your Book!--Rachel Hauck and Susan May Warren CE 4-Level E: Live Free. Write Free.--Allen Arnold and James Rubart | |
| 9:45 am - 11:45 am | Two Hour Workshop HOW TO SUCCEED IN HOLLYWOOD (WITHOUT LOSING YOUR SOUL)--Ted Baehr | Cosmopolitan B |
| Noon - 12:45 pm | Lunch | Regency Ballroom |
| 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm | Keynote Address--Robin Jones Gunn | Regency Ballroom |
| 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm | WS9: Level B: Author Voice: Discover, Develop, and Dodge the Pitfalls-Karen Witemeyer WS10: Level B: PANEL Publishing Journeys: (Ask the Authors Anything!)-Tosca Lee, Ronie Kendig, Robert Liparulo, James Rubart, Susan May Warren, and Dan Walsh WS11: Level C: How Do I Decide? Self-Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing-Rachelle Gardner WS12: Level D: Public Speaking Prowess-Jenny B. Jones WS13: Level D: Marketing Plans Made Easy-Amanda Luedeke | |
| 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm | WS14: Level A: Distilling It Down: How to Craft a High Concept Premise for Your Novel-Beth Vogt WS15: Level B: Making Unsympathetic Characters Sympathetic-Tosca Lee WS16: Level C: Rapid-Fire Your Fiction - When To Pull the Trigger-Ronie Kendig WS17: Level C: Why Getting Published Isn't Personal-Beth Adams WS18: Level D: The Care and Feeding of Your Publishing Relationships-Tamela Hancock Murray and Steve Laube | |
| 5:45 pm - 10:00 pm | ACFW Awards Gala 5:45 pm - Finalists Enter 6:00 pm - General Admittance 6:30 pm - Dinner 7:15 pm - Awards Presentation 9:15 pm- Closing of Conference-Colleen Coble, ACFW CEO | Regency Ballroom |
| Monday, September 16, 2013 | ||
| 8:30 am - 11:30 am | Optional PS Session Post Conference Session-Rachel Hauck and Susan May Warren Attend My Book Therapy Live – a live critique of a synopsis and first chapter. | Regency Ballroom |
You must be 18 years old to attend conference without a parent/guardian present with you at all times.
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