Superstars Writing Seminars 2025

Superstars Writing Seminars 2025

Darren Lipman

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

https://thewritingwolf.wordpress.com

About me

Speculative fiction writer and high school math teacher

7:30am MST

Check-In Registration Desk

8:30am MST

Opening Remarks and Announcements Colorado

9:15am MST

Playing God: Creating Planets and Peoples for Prose and Profit (Part 1) Manitou

11:00am MST

Playing God: Creating Planets and Peoples for Prose and Profit (Part 2) Manitou

2:00pm MST

Top 20 Mistakes (Part 1) White River I

3:45pm MST

Top 20 Mistakes (Part 2) White River I

7:00pm MST

Bookstravaganza! Centennial Release Party/Signing Event for Weird Wilderness Superstars Anthology Arapaho

8:30am MST

Opening Remarks and Announcements Colorado

9:00am MST

How to Keep on Keeping On Colorado

10:15am MST

Conversations: How We Craft Gunnison Query Letters 101 Workshop (Part 1) Rio Grande The Literary Professional: 12 Pillars to Make You the Writer Every Publisher Wants Manitou

11:30am MST

Query Letters 101 Workshop (Part 2) Rio Grande The Pitfalls of Literary Contracts Arkansas Writing Dialogue as Action Gunnison

2:00pm MST

Mastering the Human Connection in Writing Gunnison Publicity for Newbies Platte Writing Craft and Character Death Colorado

3:15pm MST

The Science of Science Fiction Amphitheater (EPR) Node Writing: How to Bust Writer's Block Gunnison

4:30pm MST

Plotters vs. Pantsers and Everyone in Between Amphitheater (EPR) Career Paths For Writers: One Size Does not Fit All Colorado

5:30pm MST

Announcements Colorado

8:30am MST

Announcements Colorado

8:45am MST

A New Take on Raising the Stakes Manitou Deep 6: Using Deep POV to Take Your Writing to the Next Level Gunnison

10:00am MST

How to Make Money as a Writer Colorado That’s Not What I Wrote: Listening and Learning From Your Editor Gunnison

11:15am MST

Diversity and Inclusion in Publishing White River I Author Branding for Success Platte Tax Myths Costing Authors Money Arkansas TribeTalks: “Ted Talk” Style Presentations from Tribe Manitou

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Live Editing and Q&A White River I Fantastical Implications: Enhancing Magic, Story, and World with the Magic-System Blueprint Gunnison How to Catch a Trend: Romantasy and the Business of Trends & Genre Mash-ups Rio Grande

3:00pm MST

Panel: Writers of the Future Colorado Writers Beware Amphitheater (EPR) Combating Burnout Rio Grande Creating Calm Waters and Navigating Personal Finance with Ease Arkansas Editing and Polishing Your Manuscript in MS Word Arapaho Let's Trim That Word Count Gunnison

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Announcements Colorado

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A Special Presentation: Drawing Out the Dragons Colorado

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Banquet (Ticketed Event) Cheyenne

8:30am MST

Announcements Colorado

8:45am MST

Masters of Publishing and Genre Fiction White River I Write (or Revise) to a Theme Manitou

10:00am MST

Build a Strong Marketing Foundation (Part 1) Platte Culture, Ethnicity, and Worldbuilding (Part 1) Rio Grande

11:15am MST

The Genesis of Creation: Where We Get Our Ideas Arkansas Build a Strong Marketing Foundation (Part 2) Platte Culture, Ethnicity, and Worldbuilding (Part 2) Rio Grande The Art of Villainy: Writing Great Antagonists Gunnison

3:00pm MST

My Origin Story Colorado

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Fantasy: Making it All Up From Soups to Settings Amphitheater (EPR) YA/MG: How to Write and Market to Readers AND Their Guardians White River I Find Your Superpower as a Writer Colorado Revision Strategies for Every Writer Gunnison The Wonder of the Poetic Arapaho

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Endowment Auction and Announcements Colorado

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Banquet (Ticketed Event) Cheyenne

8:15am MST

Announcements Colorado

8:30am MST

Things I'd Tell My Younger Self Colorado

10:45am MST

End of Conference Q&A Colorado

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End of Conference Q&A Colorado