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Thursday, February 6
 

10:15am MST

Conversations: How We Craft
Thursday February 6, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am MST
Gunnison
A Look At The Books That Make Us — Bestselling author Todd McCaffrey dives into how the books we read influence the books we write.
Speakers
avatar for Todd McCaffrey

Todd McCaffrey

New York Times Bestselling Author Todd J. McCaffrey has over sixty books in print including eight in the classic Dragonriders of Pern® series. He holds degrees in art and engineering, is a licensed pilot, and an Army veteran.
Thursday February 6, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am MST
Gunnison
  Session

11:30am MST

Writing Dialogue as Action
Thursday February 6, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm MST
Gunnison
Characters don't speak lines of dialog to inform the reader. They lie, exaggerate, threaten, and seduce, in order to get what they want! Bring stories or WIP to share and we'll work through some techniques to bring your dialog to life.
Speakers
avatar for D.J. Butler

D.J. Butler

D.J. (Dave) Butler has been a lawyer, a consultant, a corporate trainer, and a registeredinvestment banking representative, and he is now a Senior Editor for ARK Press. He plays guitarand banjo whenever he can, and hangs out in Utah with his wife, their children, and the familydo... Read More →
Thursday February 6, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm MST
Gunnison
  Session

2:00pm MST

Mastering the Human Connection in Writing
Thursday February 6, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm MST
Gunnison
Learn how to master the human connection between reader and character that will make your books truly unputdownable.
Speakers
avatar for Lydia Sherrer

Lydia Sherrer

Lydia Sherrer is the award-winning and USA Today Bestselling author of the Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus universe of books which have sold over three-quarters of a million copies worldwide. She has also published the TransDimensional Hunter series with NYT bestselling author John Ringo... Read More →
Thursday February 6, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm MST
Gunnison
  Session

3:15pm MST

Node Writing: How to Bust Writer's Block
Thursday February 6, 2025 3:15pm - 4:15pm MST
Gunnison
Writer’s block doesn’t need to be a death sentence or even a speed bump.
Speakers
avatar for Todd Fahnestock

Todd Fahnestock

Todd Fahnestock is an award-winning, #1 bestselling author of fantasy for all ages and winner of the New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age Award. He is a founder of Eldros Legacy—a multi-author, shared-world mega-epic fantasy series—three-time winner of the Colorado... Read More →
Thursday February 6, 2025 3:15pm - 4:15pm MST
Gunnison
  Session

8:30pm MST

Gaming and Social
Thursday February 6, 2025 8:30pm - 10:00pm MST
Gunnison
Game Time!
Thursday February 6, 2025 8:30pm - 10:00pm MST
Gunnison
  Special Event
 
Friday, February 7
 

8:45am MST

Deep 6: Using Deep POV to Take Your Writing to the Next Level
Friday February 7, 2025 8:45am - 9:45am MST
Gunnison
Using Deep POV to Take Your Writing to the Next Level
Speakers
avatar for Amy Cowan

Amy Cowan

Amy Cowan, a seasoned professional with nearly a decade of experience in publishing, excels in acquisitions, editing, and financial intricacies. Presently the Publisher at Young Dragons, an imprint of Roan & Weatherford Publishing Associates, she spearheads Children’s and Middle... Read More →
Friday February 7, 2025 8:45am - 9:45am MST
Gunnison
  Session

10:00am MST

That’s Not What I Wrote: Listening and Learning From Your Editor
Friday February 7, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am MST
Gunnison
Whether you’ve hired an editor to help take your book to the next level or your agent/publisher has made editorial suggestions, changing your manuscript can be hard. This course will go through the most common editorial mistakes (and how not to make them), what to do when the editor wants you to change more than you are willing, and how to come to terms with the changes you know you have to make. We will walk you through the right questions to ask after you get your edits and the best ways to go about making your changes.
Speakers
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Sabine Berlin

Sabine is an avid reader, writer, and editor. She has a BA in History, a Certificate of Proficiency in Editing and Document Design, and an M.Ed in Higher Education Leadership. During the day she works in higher education. At night she reads, writes, edits fiction, and watches K-dramas... Read More →
avatar for Lindsay Flanagan

Lindsay Flanagan

Lindsay Flanagan is an award-winning editor with an MA in English and Creative Writing.Her debut novel, AnnaGrey and the Constellation, was published by Young Dragons Press in August 2023, with two more books about AnnaGrey slated for publication in 2024 and 2025.She’s edited for... Read More →
Friday February 7, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am MST
Gunnison
  Session

11:15am MST

The Plot Module
Friday February 7, 2025 11:15am - 12:15pm MST
Gunnison
When you're starting out as a writer (or even if you're experienced) sometimes it's a lot of work to fully plot out your novel. You might have heard of certain "beats" you're supposed to hit. But what if you had an exact guide that walked you through the entire plotting process, chapter by chapter, so you wouldn't have to guess what happens next? That's what you'll discover in Jason's Plot Module, an easy-to-follow and flexible plotting template that will take away the guesswork.
Speakers
avatar for Jason Hamilton

Jason Hamilton

Jason Hamilton is a mythic fantasy author, former content manager at Kindlepreneur, and now runs the largest YouTube channel about the use of AI in creative writing (The Nerdy Novelist). His Story Hacker membership (StoryHacker.ai) has helped hundreds of authors write their first... Read More →
Friday February 7, 2025 11:15am - 12:15pm MST
Gunnison
  Session

1:45pm MST

Fantastical Implications: Enhancing Magic, Story, and World with the Magic-System Blueprint
Friday February 7, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm MST
Gunnison
Explore how the Magic-System Blueprint can systematically elevate your fantasy writing by creating richer, more impactful fantastical elements that deepen your storytelling and expand your world-building.
Speakers
avatar for Clark Rowenson

Clark Rowenson

Fascinated by magic since pine cones could be fireballs, C. R. Rowenson (Clark) is an award-winning author, blogger, and writing coach that studies magic building like others study oil-painting. His prime directive is to help storytellers craft and repair unforgettable magic systems... Read More →
Friday February 7, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm MST
Gunnison
  Session

3:00pm MST

Let's Trim That Word Count
Friday February 7, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Gunnison
This workshop will explore techniques for reducing your word count and getting your book into a lean, mean, competitive shape.
Speakers
avatar for David R. Slayton

David R. Slayton

David R. Slayton (he/him) grew up in Guthrie, Oklahoma, where finding fantasy novels was pretty challenging and finding fantasy novels with diverse characters was downright impossible. Now he writes the books he always wanted to read. His epic fantasy, Dark Moon, Shallow Sea, won... Read More →
Friday February 7, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Gunnison
  Session

8:00pm MST

Gaming and Social
Friday February 7, 2025 8:00pm - 10:00pm MST
Gunnison
Game Time!
Friday February 7, 2025 8:00pm - 10:00pm MST
Gunnison
  Special Event
 
Saturday, February 8
 

8:45am MST

Intense Plotting vs Pantsing
Saturday February 8, 2025 8:45am - 9:45am MST
Gunnison
I have plenty of successful friends who swear they write from the seat of their pants—a fact that boggles me. I plot intensively, scene by scene, chapter by chapter. Does that lock me in? Good question. We’ll talk about what’s worked for me—and what hasn’t—over the course of twenty-seven books.
Speakers
avatar for Marc Cameron

Marc Cameron

New York Times bestselling author Marc Cameron has written short fiction for The Saturday Evening Post and Boys’ Life Magazine. He’s the author of thirty books—Westerns, Jericho Quinn Thrillers, Arliss Cutter Mysteries featuring a deputy US marshal based in Alaska, and seven... Read More →
Saturday February 8, 2025 8:45am - 9:45am MST
Gunnison
  Session

10:00am MST

A Fistful of Commas: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Punctuation
Saturday February 8, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am MST
Gunnison
Dive into the world of punctuation and demystify those pesky dots and dashes.
Speakers
avatar for Lisa Mangum

Lisa Mangum

Lisa Mangum is the Managing Editor for Shadow Mountain. She is also the author of four national best-selling YA novels, several short stories and novellas, and the nonfiction book Write Fearless. Edit Smart. Get Published. She regularly teaches at writing conferences. She lives in... Read More →
Saturday February 8, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am MST
Gunnison
  Session

11:15am MST

The Art of Villainy: Writing Great Antagonists
Saturday February 8, 2025 11:15am - 12:15pm MST
Gunnison
A story is only as strong as the antagonist, so learn how to craft memorable villains that will elevate your story.
Speakers
avatar for Jennifer Brody

Jennifer Brody

Jennifer Brody (a/k/a Vera Strange) is a Bram Stoker Award Finalist and the author of A SACRIFICE OF BLOOD & STARS, DISNEY CHILLS, THE 13TH CONTINUUM trilogy, STAR WARS: STORIES OF JEDI AND SITH, and SPECTRE DEEP 6, prompting Forbes to call her “a star in the graphic novel worl... Read More →
Saturday February 8, 2025 11:15am - 12:15pm MST
Gunnison
  Session

1:45pm MST

Plot on the Spot
Saturday February 8, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm MST
Gunnison
Audience participation time! We work with the audience to pull together their suggestions of characters, settings, and situations to build a plot in 45 minutes.
Speakers
avatar for JanaLee Brown

JanaLee Brown

Jana S. Brown has been involved in publishing as an Author, Editor, Presenter, slush reader, executive secretary, and marketer for nearly 30 years. She is the acceptance editor for Book Cave and an editor and author coach specializing in self-publishing. She writes the weird and the... Read More →
Saturday February 8, 2025 1:45pm - 2:45pm MST
Gunnison
  Session

3:00pm MST

The Productive Author's Guide to Dictation
Saturday February 8, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Gunnison
A talk that covers the many ways to dictate a novel effortlessly and cleanly
Speakers
avatar for Michael La Ronn

Michael La Ronn

Michael La Ronn (also known as M.L. Ronn) has published over 100 science fiction & fantasy novels and self-help books for writers.Michael also runs the award-winning YouTube channel “Author Level Up,” with over 40,000 subscribers and 2 million views. Writer’s Digest voted the... Read More →
Saturday February 8, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm MST
Gunnison
  Session

4:15pm MST

Revision Strategies for Every Writer
Saturday February 8, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm MST
Gunnison
Here's the bottom line on how to edit and revise your writing!
Speakers
avatar for Jonathan Maberry

Jonathan Maberry

Jonathan Maberry is a New York Times bestselling author, 5-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, and comic book writer. His vampire apocalypse book series, V-WARS, was produced as a Netflix original series. He writes in multiple genres including suspense, thriller, horror, science fiction... Read More →
Saturday February 8, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm MST
Gunnison
  Session

8:00pm MST

Gaming and Social
Saturday February 8, 2025 8:00pm - Sunday February 9, 2025 12:00am MST
Gunnison
Game Time!
Saturday February 8, 2025 8:00pm - Sunday February 9, 2025 12:00am MST
Gunnison
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