Thursday, November 18
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Event
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Time
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| Welcome |
8:00 – 8:15 a.m. |
| Workshops |
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The #ABCs of Online Pitch Events
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8:30 – 9:30 a.m. |
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Horses, Riding, & Saddles, Oh My!
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8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
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The Hero’s Journey and Tarot
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8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
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The Pleasure of Writing Love Scenes
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8:30 – 10:15 a.m. |
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The Heroine's Journey
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10:00 – 11:00 a.m. |
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Miniseries: Maximum Payoff
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10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
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W.R.A.P.P. Your Publishing Career
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10:00 – 11:00 a.m. |
Industry Showcase
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10:00 – 11:00 a.m. |
Librarians Day Keynote & Ask Me Anything with Kimberla Lawson Roby
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11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
Librarians Day Workshops
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12:00 – 5:30 p.m. |
Workshops
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12:00 – 7:00 p.m.
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Going from Indie Back to Traditional Publishing
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12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
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Making a Plan and Sticking With It
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12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
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Making Romance More Accessible: Not Everyone Reads with Their Eyes
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12:00 – 1:00 p.m. |
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The Five Principles of Creating Clarity
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1:30 – 2:30 p.m. |
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Town Hall with Publishers Weekly's Cevin Bryerman
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1:30 – 2:30 p.m. |
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Writing the Romantic Graphic Novel
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1:30 – 2:30 p.m. |
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Lost in Austen: 5 Tips from Jane Austen for Emotional World Building
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3:00 – 4:00 p.m. |
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Special Programming at Your Local Library
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3:00 – 4:00 p.m. |
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What Romance Writers Can Learn from Marvel and Pixar
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3:00 – 4:00 p.m. |
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The World of Short Story Romance
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3:00 – 4:00 p.m. |
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Crash Course: Interactive & Episodic Fiction
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4:30 – 5:30 p.m. |
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Leverage Your Time and Resources: Utilizing the Services of a Virtual Assistant
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4:30 – 5:30 p.m. |
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Library Thing
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4:30 – 5:30 p.m. |
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Spotlight on Tule Publishing
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4:30 – 5:30 p.m. |
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Author on a Budget Series: Using Canva to Build your Author Starter Kit (Part 1)
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6:00 – 7:00 p.m. |
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Author Websites: From Blah to Boss
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6:00 – 7:00 p.m. |
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Mastering Amazon: Ads, Your Backlist, and the Perfect Book Launch
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6:00 – 7:00 p.m. |
| Librarian and Author Meetup |
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. |
| Evening Writing Sprint |
7:30 – 8:30 p.m. |
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Friday, November 19
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Event
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Time
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Morning Writing Sprint
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8:00 – 9:00 a.m. |
Workshops
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Stop Pantsing Your Career: Creating A Production Calendar You Can Live With
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8:00 – 8:30 a.m. |
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Spotlight on Reedsy
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9:00 – 10:00 a.m. |
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Writer's Law School: Protecting Your Artistic Rights
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9:00 – 10:00 a.m. |
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Writing About Place: Five Keys to Immersive Setting
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9:00 – 10:00 a.m. |
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Book Mapping or Being Your Own Developmental Editor
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9:00 – 11:00 a.m. |
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Opening Pages that Work
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10:30 – 11:30 a.m. |
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Plan to Succeed
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10:30 – 11:30 a.m. |
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Researching the Online Materials of the Library of Congress
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10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
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Write 10K in a Day & Avoid Burnout
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10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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#15minWIP: Time Management Techniques for Writing Around Distractions
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12:30 – 1:30 p.m. |
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Craft, Characters, Creativity, and Career
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12:30 – 1:30 p.m. |
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Making the Leap from 5 to 6 Figures
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12:30 – 1:30 p.m. |
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Works Well with Others: Critique Groups
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12:30 – 1:30 p.m. |
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Sapphic Romance: Truths & Myths
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2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
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Success in a Sentence
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2:00 – 3:00 p.m. |
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What is Your Publishing Personality? A Cosmo Quiz to Determine Your Future in the Biz
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2:00 – 3:00 p.m. |
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Writing the Male POV: Creating Better Heroes
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2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
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Digging into the Past: Ancient Greece and Rome
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3:30 – 4:30 p.m. |
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From Beginning to Middle to End: Step by Step
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3:30 – 4:30 p.m. |
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Secrets of a Bestselling Amazon Book Page
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3:30 – 4:30 p.m. |
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Should I Hire a Freelance Editor?
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3:30 – 4:30 p.m. |
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Make Book Marketing Fun & Easy With Book Brush
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5:00 – 6:00 p.m. |
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Making Your Own "Happy Ever After": How to Save for Retirement
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5:00 – 6:00 p.m. |
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Mindset Mastery for Writing and Life
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5:00 – 6:00 p.m. |
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Using Emotional Wounds and GMC to Create Compelling Stories
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5:00 – 6:00 p.m. |
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Author on a Budget Series: Using Canva to Build your Author Starter Kit (Part 2)
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6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
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A Fiction Writer’s Secret Weapon: Show, Don’t Tell
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6:30 – 7:30 p.m. |
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Meet REI: RWA's Romance Education Initiative
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6:30 – 7:30 p.m. |
Industry Showcase
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10:30 – 11:30 a.m. |
| The Hotel Bar Meetup |
6:30 – 7:30 p.m. |
| Evening Writing Sprint |
7:30 – 8:30 p.m. |
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Saturday, November 20
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Morning Writing Sprint
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8:00 – 9:00 a.m. |
Workshops
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AMA with Beverly Jenkins
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9:00 – 10:00 a.m. |
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Harness Your Marketing Mindset Superpowers
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9:00 – 10:00 a.m. |
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Master "Show, Don't Tell" with These Five Tips
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9:00 – 10:00 a.m. |
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Forever Young: Writing YA Fiction
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9:00 – 11:00 a.m. |
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The Indie Toolkit
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10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
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Niching Down: Using Genre-Targeted Promotions to Promote Your Book(s)
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10:30 – 11:30 a.m. |
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Size Does Matter: Crafting Fantastic Fiction At Any Length
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10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
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Writing Romantic Suspense
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10:30 – 11:30 a.m. |
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Humor and Heat: How to Write Funny Without Sacrificing Sexual Tension
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12:30 – 1:30 p.m. |
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Lover's Lane Is Not a Dead End: Using Place to Drive Your Romantic Fiction
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12:30 – 1:30 p.m. |
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Spotlight on Wild Rose Press
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12:30 – 1:30 p.m. |
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Turbocharging Your Series
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12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
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Can We Be Friends? How to Cross-Promote with Other Romance Authors
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2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
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Rejections, Bad Reviews, and Mean People
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2:00 – 3:00 p.m. |
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Tension's the Thing
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2:00 – 3:00 p.m. |
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Loosing Your Inner Vixen: Writing Character-Driven Love Scenes
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2:00 – 3:30 p.m. |
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Author on a Budget Series: Using Canva to Build your Author Starter Kit (Part 3)
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3:30 – 4:30 p.m. |
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The More the Merrier: Writing Ménage and Reverse Harems
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3:30 – 4:30 p.m. |
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Researching Real People: Finding Romance in the Past
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3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
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The Three-Step Formula for Building an Author Platform
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3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
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The Power of Where: Place, Settings, and the Hero's Adventure
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5:00 – 6:00 p.m. |
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Indie Author’s Guide to Indie Editors
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5:00 – 6:00 p.m. |
| The Hotel Bar Meetup |
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. |
| Evening Writing Sprint |
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. |