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You may have heard the rumors... they're true! We finally took the plunge and planned a fully accessible Writing Conference for you. This free, virtual collaboration is 40 presentations, created just for you and donated by industry professionals who want to see you succeed. We're excited to talk and share this with you this weekend, March 15-17, on YouTube and Discord. Presentations will be available indefinitely but presenters are only available this weekend to chat!
Here's the basic schedule so far. Throughout this week, I'll provide more detailed information about each talk and presenter (plus handouts and discounts!) so you can prepare. On average, these videos run 25-35 minutes; you'll have roughly 15 minutes between each video to take care of necessities and chat.
Friday, March 15
8am Eastern (12pm UTC)
Charlotte Bismuth
Fact Checking
9am Eastern (1pm UTC)
Jennifer Navarre
Chat With a Kidlit Editor
10am Eastern (2pm UTC)
Nicky Shearsby
Leveraging Social Media
11am Eastern (3pm UTC)
Kate Erickson
Taming the Blank Page
12pm-2pm Eastern (4pm UTC)
BREAK with optional write-ins in Discord
2pm Eastern (6pm UTC)
Elizabeth Bradfield
Chat with Broadsided
3pm Eastern (7pm UTC)
Lynda Rush Myers
Writing Practice, Process, Ritual: imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
4pm Eastern (8pm UTC)
Katie Chambers
The Beauty of Beats and Free Indirect Speech
5pm Eastern (9pm UTC)
Frances Turner
Claiming Your Voice as a Writer
6pm-8pm Eastern (10pm UTC)
BREAK with optional write-ins in Discord
8pm Eastern (12 am UTC)
Kate Vacek
What You Can Learn From Writing CNF
9pm Eastern (1am UTC)
Katie Evans
Writing for Middle Grade
10pm Eastern (2am UTC)
T.M. Jacobs
Ghostwriting: A How-To
11pm Eastern (3am UTC)
Judy L Mohr
Hidden Traps of an Online Platform
Saturday, March 16
7am Eastern (11am UTC)
Srivalli Rekha
The Hive Publishing
8am Eastern (12pm UTC)
Zac Lindsey
The Ethnography of Our Heroes: anthropology in SFF
9am Eastern (1pm UTC)
CoffeeQuills
Writing on Twitch
This starts right after Coffee's regular scheduled (Saturday) livestream
10am Eastern (2pm UTC)
Stacey Covell
References and Citations
11am Eastern (3pm UTC)
Amy Nielsen
Reading for Writers
12pm-1pm Eastern (4pm UTC)
BREAK with optional write-in in Discord
1pm Eastern (5pm UTC)
Kailei Pew
Picture Book Beginnings
2pm Eastern (6pm UTC)
Jessica Klimesh
Understanding Rejection
3pm Eastern (7pm UTC)
Sarah Bailey
Query Packages & Submissions Guidelines
4pm Eastern (8pm UTC)
Anne Marie Stoddard
Chat With a Mystery Author
5pm Eastern (9pm UTC)
Ginny Myers Sain
Making Setting a Character
6pm-7pm Eastern (10pm UTC)
BREAK with optional write-in in Discord
7pm Eastern (11pm UTC)
S.E. Reed
Tips for Busy People
8pm Eastern (12am UTC)
Erik J. Brown
The Art of Writing Believable Dialogue
9pm Eastern (1am UTC)
Brittany McMunn
Chat With an Editor
10pm Eastern (2am UTC)
Jennifer Della'Zanna
Technical Jargon in Writing
11pm Eastern (3am UTC)
Deb Lerew
Based on a 'Boo' Story: turning unexplained experiences into ghost story gold
Sunday, March 17
7am Eastern (11am UTC)
Abigail Wild
TikTok Marketing 101
8am Eastern (12pm UTC)
Casie Bazay
Writing for Teens
9am Eastern (1pm UTC)
Patti Procopi
Telling Your Story
10am Eastern (2pm UTC)
EL Johnson
Murder Mystery: how to write a whodunit
11am Eastern (3pm UTC)
Sally Lotz
Author Bios
12pm-1pm Eastern (4pm UTC)
BREAK with optional write-in in Discord
1pm Eastern (5pm UTC)
Penni Askew
Find the Manual to Your Brain: work WITH your brain to optimize outflow
2pm Eastern (6pm UTC)
Eva Langston
Beta Readers and Using Feedback
3pm Eastern (7pm UTC)
Olivia Bedford
Self-Revising Strategies
4pm Eastern (8pm UTC)
Tiffany Chacon
Plotting Techniques for Plotters, Pantsers, and Plantsers
5pm-6pm Eastern (9pm UTC)
BREAK with optional write-in in Discord
6pm Eastern (10pm UTC)
Natalie Silver
Transferrable Skills in Writing & Editing
7pm Eastern (11pm UTC)
Dayna Reidenouer
For Love or Money
8pm Eastern (12am UTC)
Dana Hawkins
Finding a Spark: believable romance
9pm Eastern (1am UTC)
Julian Winters
Journey to Publication
Look for more updates in the coming days, see you soon!
About the author: Theresa is a co-founder of The Writer's Workout, a crime/thriller/horror writer, and a freelance developmental editor at Premier Literary Services. Her works are published in various magazine and journals under a pseudonym.