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Wednesday, August 6 |
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3:30 p.m. |
Your choice of a 90 minute earlybird workshop at Holiday Inn Select:
Practice your pitch with Kathryn Mackel
or
Discovering Your Gift with Lisa Crayton
Cost - only $20.
Combine either of the above earlybirds with Lisa Samson's
6:30 workshop
(see below) for only $35.
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5:00 p.m. |
Dinner in Brady's at Holiday Inn Select -
served all evening. Cost NOT
included in conference registration.
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6:30 p.m.
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Earlybird
workshop - More than a Story with Lisa Samson at Holiday Inn Select
Cost with 3:30 workshop, $35
for both OR $20 for just one.
First-timer's orientation or for
the perpetually nervous
with
Pam Halter and Joyce Moccero at Holiday Inn Select
(no charge)
Is this your first conference? Feeling a little lost and nervous? Have
you attended a conference in the past, but left feeling like you missed
something? This is the workshop for you! All earlybirds are invited to
meet with children's author, Pam Halter, and Joyce Moccero, novelist, at
Holiday Inn Select at 6:30 p.m. for
discussion and prayer. Come and be encouraged and enjoy
the conference with the confidence you need to relax and learn.
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8:00 p.m. |
Faculty gathering in Hospitality Suite at Holiday Inn Select
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9:30 p.m. |
Prayer fellowship at Holiday Inn Select |
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Thursday, August 7
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7:00 a.m.
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Breakfast at
Philadelphia Biblical University
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8:00 a.m.
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Conference
registration
at Philadelphia Biblical University, Stearn's Lobby
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8:30
a.m. |
Worship
Bible
Study with Jim Watkins
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9:00
a.m. |
General Session: Letting
God Take Your Story Where It Needs to Go - James Scott Bell
(Open free of charge to the public.)
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9:45
a.m. |
Coffee Fellowship & Pass
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10:00 a.m. |
Special for Youth Leaders with Jeff
Edmondson - $25 or no charge if
you're registered for the conference
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10:15
a.m. |
Continuing Sessions
(Choose one for the entire conference.)
1 - Book Marketing A through Z - Carmen Leal
2 - From Start to Finish for First-Time Authors - Kevin Wayne Johnson
3 - Get Ready, Get Going, Get Writing, Get Published - Mary Tatem
4 - Making Your Living as a Writer - Mark & Jeanette Littleton
5 - Nangie for Beginning Novelists - Nancy Rue & Angie Hunt
6 - Polishing Your Manuscript for Publication - Andy Scheer
7 - The Write Way: 30 Tips/Techniques for Writing Nonfiction - Colonel
Henry Gariepy
8 - Transforming the World from the Inside Out - Mary DeMuth
9 - Writing a Novel They Can't Put Down - James Scott Bell |
Appointments are during the
continuing sessions & workshops
but you may come and go from your classes. |
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11:45
a.m. |
Pass
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12:00
p.m. |
Lunch
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1:00
p.m. |
Panels: Writers' Helps
or
Ask the Agents
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2:00
p.m. |
Pass
Teens Write! (2:00 - 5:00)
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2:15
p.m. |
Clinics (by application due no later than July 16))
Nangie for Advanced Novelists with Nancy Rue & Angie
Hunt
Nonfiction Books with David Fessenden
Not Yet Published Novelists with Lisa Samson
Polish & Shine Your Kids' Novel with Kathryn Mackel
or
Workshop I
(choose one)
1A - Listening to Hear His Answer - Kathi & Mark
Wilson
1B - I Got a Bite! - Susan May Warren
1C - Mystery Novels - Down Those Mean Streets - Brandt Dodson
1D - Writing Through Your Pain - Jan Coates
1E - The Changing World of Book Publishing - Bill Jensen
1F - Author Marketing - Wendy Wood
1G - Trends in the Children's & Tweens' Markets - Karen Whiting
or
Teens Write!
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3:15
p.m. |
Coffee Fellowship & Pass
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3:45
p.m. |
Clinics
(see above)
or
Workshop 2
2A - Overcoming Writer's Block - Dr. Dan Collins
2B - Putting Words in Their Mouths - Tim Shoemaker
2C - Fairies and Elves and Dwarves, Oh My! - Pam Halter
2D - Communicate to Change Lives - Jim Watkins
2E - Establishing a Publishing Brand - Chip MacGregor
2F - Promoting Yourself Into a Best Seller - Patricia Haley
2G - Writing on Social Justice Issues - Steven Lawson
or
Teens Write!
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4:45
p.m. |
Pass |
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5:00
p.m. |
Dinner
(Faculty Dinner in Eagles' Nest) |
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6:15
p.m. |
Continuing Sessions
- Part 2
(see above) |
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7:15
p.m. |
Pass |
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7:30 p.m. |
Concert/Worship
Experience - Marty Goetz
(Open free of charge to the public.) |
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Friday, August 8
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7:00
a.m. |
Breakfast at Philadelphia
Biblical University |
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8:30
a.m. |
Worship
Bible Study with Tim Shoemaker
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9:00
a.m. |
Pass |
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9:15
a.m. |
Magazine & Book Editors'
Panels |
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10:00
a.m. |
Coffee
Fellowship & Pass |
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10:15
a.m. |
Continuing Sessions
- Part 3
(See Thursday, 10:15 am, above) |
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11:45
a.m. |
Pass |
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12:00
p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:00
p.m. |
Panels: Self-Publishing
or
Will They Read On?
Book
editors and agents will read first page of conferee-volunteered novels or nonfiction book
manuscripts. Two
separate panels.
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2:00
p.m. |
Pass |
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2:15
p.m. |
Clinics
(See Thursday
2:15 pm)
or
Workshop 3
3A - Called to Write - Tracey Michae'l Lewis
3B - Redemptive Writing at Home in Any Market - Jonathan Friesen
3C - CIA 101: Investigative Techniques from the Trenches - Jeanette Windle
3D - Hallmarks of Best-selling Nonfiction - Marianne Hering
3E - Book Proposals that Make an Impression - Bill Jensen
3F - The New Roles in PR - Pam Perry
3G - How to Build a Speaking Ministry - Barbara Hibschman
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3:15
p.m. |
Coffee Fellowship & Pass |
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3:45
p.m. |
Clinics
(See Thursday,
2:15 pm)
or
Workshop 4
4A - Tickling Ears or Tackling Fears? - Becky
Spencer
4B - Plotting for the Heart, Soul, and Mind - Susan May Warren
4C - More Than a Story - Joyce Moccero
4D - Spiritual Brokenness - Do I Write My Story? - Dr. Taffy Anderson
4E - 30 Things You Need to Know to Make a Living at Writing- Chip
MacGregor
4F - How to Market through Publicity & Promotion - Jan Coates
4G - Devoted to Devotional Writing - Kathleen Hayes
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4:45
p.m. |
Pass |
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5:00
p.m. |
Dinner |
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6:15
p.m. |
Continuing Session
- Part 4
(see Thursday, 10:15 am above) |
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7:15
p.m. |
Pass |
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7:30
p.m. |
Worship
Mission Moments - Children of Swaziland
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7:45 p.m. |
General Session:
Write His Answer - various faculty
(Open
free of charge to the public) |
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8:45p.m. |
Round Tables |
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Saturday, August 9 |
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7:00
a.m. |
Breakfast at Philadelphia
Biblical University |
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8:30
a.m. |
Worship
General Session - Living Intentionally,
Writing on Purpose - Lisa Samson
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9:15
a.m. |
Pass |
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9:30
a.m. |
Book & Magazine
Editors Panels |
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10:15
a.m. |
Coffee Fellowship & Pass |
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10:45 a.m.
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Clinics
(See Thursday,
10:15 am)
or
Workshop 5
5A - Organize and Write! - Cheryl Carter
5B - Life's Good, Bad, & Ugly - Making Fiction Ring True - Jeanette Windle
5C - Writing Romantic Suspense - Susan May Warren
5D - Crossing Over with the Cross - James Watkins
5E - Now that You Have an Offer - Bill Jensen
5F - Capturing Your Market - Candy Abbott & Diane Cook
5G - Christian Blogging in a Secular World - Bonnie Calhoun
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11:45
a.m. |
Pass |
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12:00
p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:00
p.m. |
Clinics
(See Thursday,
10:15 am)
or
Workshop
6
6A - The Role of Devotions in Writing - Dr. Tai
Ikomi
6B - Mirror Mirror - A Look at Self-Editing Fiction - Brandt Dodson
6C - Feds, Firearms, and Forensics - Glenn Rambo
6D - Tell Me a Story - Lisa Crayton
6E - Head Home with a Plan - Karen Whiting
6F - The Secrets of a Successful Interview - Nancy Sebastian Meyer
6G - Writing for Picture - Carol Wedeven
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2:00
p.m. |
Pass |
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2:15
p.m. |
Continuing Session - Part 5
(See Thursday, 10:15 am) |
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3:45
p.m. |
Pass |
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4:00
p.m. |
Worship & Awards |
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4:30
p.m. |
Closing Session: I
Have a Dream! - Jim Watkins
(Open free of charge to the public.) |
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5:15
p.m. |
Time of Commitment |
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5:30
p.m. |
Depart |
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I enjoyed the agents panel last summer
and I will never forget the conference itself.
I felt it was a combination of excellent writers, missions, prayer
and praising the Lord with sisters and brothers.
It all seemed like a preview of heaven.
Wynn Bauman, 2007 conferee from North
Carolina |
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