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8:00am PDT

Wakeup Willamette! Lloyd Ballroom

8:30am PDT

Development 101 & The Note Behind The Note Jefferson/Adams Drafts One: Novel or Memoir Ross Island/Morrison First Paragraph Lab Mount Hood Storyfixing: The Pursuit of a True Final Draft Mount Bachelor/ Three Sisters Fantasy: Make It Feel Real Weidler Achieving Authenticity in Fiction Sellwood/ Morrison The Indie Author’s Launch Kit: Best practices in packaging your self-published book Mount St. Helens

9:00am PDT

Pitch Marketplace Pacific NW Ballroom

10:30am PDT

Own your time like a boss Sellwood/ Morrison Dramatic Dialogue: Choreographing for Action, Emotion, and Place Mount Hood The Anchor Scenes Mount Bachelor/ Three Sisters Eleven Rules for Writing Science Fiction Weidler How to Write and Sell Magazine Articles PART 1 Mount St. Helens How to Write to Please an Editor Jefferson/Adams All Eyes on Your EBook: Discovery strategies for search engines, readers, and retailers Ross Island/Morrison

12:00pm PDT

New York Times Bestseller Authors Lunch Panel Lloyd Ballroom

1:30pm PDT

Get Your Story a Stage Mount Bachelor Subtext: What Lies Beneath Ross Island/Morrison The Essentials of Comedy Writing Mount St. Helens Draft Two: Novel or Memoir Mount Hood Having a Blast With the Past: Researching and Writing Historical Fiction Weidler Hook, Line, and Sinker: How Successful Novels Hook and Hold Their Readers from the Very First Page Hawthorne/Sellwood How to Develop an Author Platform Jefferson/Adams Print Design: You Got This Three Sisters Pitch Marketplace Pacific NW Ballroom

3:30pm PDT

Titles Do Sell Books Ross Island/Morrison Negotiate the Best Book Contract Jefferson/Adams Why One Book? Make It a Series Three Sisters Dreamworld: The Irreducible Image in Fantasy and Horror Hawthorne/Sellwood How to Write and Sell Magazine Articles PART 2 Mount St. Helens Revising Novel-Length Fiction Lab Mount Hood Podcasting 101 - Producing Your Own Audiobook Weidler WebSeries Frontier: Marketing and Production Mount Bachelor

5:00pm PDT

Success Reception/Award Winners Panel/Timberline Review Launch Party Lloyd Ballroom

6:15pm PDT

FiLMLaB Lloyd Ballroom

7:00pm PDT

Conference "Write-In" Ross Island/Morrison 50th Anniversary Gala Cascade Ballroom

9:00pm PDT

Open Mic Nite Multnomah Grille