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Wednesday
, February 5
Amphitheater (EPR)
9:15am •
From Idea to the End (Part 1)
11:00am •
From Idea to the End (Part 2)
2:00pm •
Characterization and World Building (Part 1)
3:45pm •
Characterization and World Building (Part 2)
Arapaho
7:00am •
Eggs Benedict Breakfast for scholarship recipients
7:00pm •
Release Party/Signing Event for Weird Wilderness Superstars Anthology
Arkansas
9:15am •
Outlining Mastery: How to Outline Books that Sell (Part 1)
11:00am •
Outlining Mastery: How to Outline Books that Sell (Part 2)
2:00pm •
Chasing Hollywood (Part 1)
3:45pm •
Chasing Hollywood (Part 2)
9:00pm •
Gaming and Social
Centennial
7:00pm •
Bookstravaganza!
Colorado
8:30am •
Opening Remarks and Announcements
9:15am •
Supercharge Your Sales by Mastering the Customer Connection (Part 1)
11:00am •
Supercharge Your Sales by Mastering the Customer Connection (Part 2)
2:00pm •
Strata: the Underlying Layers of Skillful Writing (Part 1)
3:45pm •
Strata: the Underlying Layers of Skillful Writing (Part 2)
5:30pm •
Announcements
Manitou
9:15am •
Playing God: Creating Planets and Peoples for Prose and Profit (Part 1)
11:00am •
Playing God: Creating Planets and Peoples for Prose and Profit (Part 2)
2:00pm •
Automate to Dominate: Transforming Direct Sales with Email Automation (Part 1)
3:45pm •
Automate to Dominate: Transforming Direct Sales with Email Automation (Part 2)
None
9:00am •
Break
10:45am •
Break
12:30pm •
Lunch On Your Own
3:30pm •
Break
5:45pm •
Dinner On Your Own
Platte
9:15am •
Sustainable Project Management for Creatives (Part 1)
11:00am •
Sustainable Project Management for Creatives (Part 2)
2:00pm •
Sharpening Your Writer's Third Eye (Part 1)
3:45pm •
Sharpening Your Writer's Third Eye (Part 2)
Registration Desk
7:30am •
Check-In
Rio Grande
9:15am •
Setting the Stage on the Page: Making the WHERE Matter (Part 1)
11:00am •
Setting the Stage on the Page: Making the WHERE Matter (Part 2)
2:00pm •
The Cover Story: A Workshop on Cover Design (Part 1)
3:45pm •
The Cover Story: A Workshop on Cover Design (Part 2)
White River I
9:15am •
Making Your Scenes Three-Dimensional Through the Five Senses (Part 1)
11:00am •
Making Your Scenes Three-Dimensional Through the Five Senses (Part 2)
2:00pm •
Top 20 Mistakes (Part 1)
3:45pm •
Top 20 Mistakes (Part 2)
9:00pm •
Diversity Meetup
Thursday
, February 6
Amphitheater (EPR)
10:15am •
The Art of the Con
11:30am •
A Beginner's Guide to Indie Publishing
2:00pm •
Poetry: Beat by Beat
3:15pm •
The Science of Science Fiction
4:30pm •
Plotters vs. Pantsers and Everyone in Between
Arapaho
7:00am •
Eggs Benedict Breakfast
2:00pm •
Offset Printing and Book Distribution for Projects and Direct Sales
3:15pm •
Herding Cats: Project Management for Anthologies
4:30pm •
Collaborative Work: Tips and Tricks of the Trade
Arkansas
10:15am •
Better Cash Management: A Hands On Workshop for Authors — with M&Ms!
11:30am •
The Pitfalls of Literary Contracts
2:00pm •
Anatomy of a Deal
3:15pm •
Practical Computer Security for Authors
4:30pm •
Reversion 101
8:30pm •
First Pages Party
Centennial
5:45pm •
Welcome Mixer
Colorado
8:30am •
Opening Remarks and Announcements
9:00am •
How to Keep on Keeping On
10:15am •
Unlocking Success: The Unmatched Advantages of Traditional Publishing
11:30am •
Agent AMA
2:00pm •
Writing Craft and Character Death
3:15pm •
Your Book is Talking Now: A Narrator Jam Session
4:30pm •
Career Paths For Writers: One Size Does not Fit All
5:30pm •
Announcements
Gunnison
10:15am •
Conversations: How We Craft
11:30am •
Writing Dialogue as Action
2:00pm •
Mastering the Human Connection in Writing
3:15pm •
Node Writing: How to Bust Writer's Block
8:30pm •
Gaming and Social
Manitou
10:15am •
The Literary Professional: 12 Pillars to Make You the Writer Every Publisher Wants
11:30am •
The Care and Feeding of your Cover Artist
2:00pm •
It Shouldn't Hurt to Write: Ergonomics for Writers
3:15pm •
Mastering Book Formatting in Vellum
4:30pm •
Author Assistants: The Secret to Avoiding Burnout
None
10:00am •
Break
11:15am •
Break
12:30pm •
Lunch On Your Own
3:00pm •
Break
4:15pm •
Break
Platte
10:15am •
Digital Book Delivery via BookFunnel
11:30am •
The Marketing Conundrum
2:00pm •
Publicity for Newbies
3:15pm •
Mastering Facebook Marketing
4:30pm •
Making The Most of Digital and In Person Hand-Selling
8:30pm •
Cover Copy Party
Registration Desk
7:00am •
Check-In
Rio Grande
10:15am •
Query Letters 101 Workshop (Part 1)
11:30am •
Query Letters 101 Workshop (Part 2)
2:00pm •
Agent Live Critique
3:15pm •
Sell Loads of Books with TikTok
4:30pm •
Publishing 101
White River I
10:15am •
Creating Audiobooks
11:30am •
AMA: Book Marketing Services
2:00pm •
Collaborating with Other Writers
3:15pm •
Guerilla Marketing for Indies
4:30pm •
Upmarket: Finding That Sweet Spot
8:30pm •
Diversity Meetup
White River II
10:15am •
Pitch Practice
11:30am •
Pitch Practice
2:00pm •
Pitches / Career Counseling
3:15pm •
Pitches / Career Counseling
4:30pm •
Pitches / Career Counseling
Friday
, February 7
Amphitheater (EPR)
8:45am •
The Economics of Self-Publishing
10:00am •
The State of Traditional Publishing
11:15am •
Patreon
1:45pm •
The Future of AI in Publishing
3:00pm •
Writers Beware
Arapaho
7:00am •
Eggs Benedict Breakfast (Ticketed Event)
1:45pm •
Build Your Author Platform Through Writing & Selling Magazine Articles
3:00pm •
Editing and Polishing Your Manuscript in MS Word
Arkansas
8:45am •
Legacy Planning: The Literary Side
10:00am •
Copyrights 101
11:15am •
Tax Myths Costing Authors Money
1:45pm •
International Rights 101
3:00pm •
Creating Calm Waters and Navigating Personal Finance with Ease
Cheyenne
7:00pm •
Banquet (Ticketed Event)
Colorado
8:30am •
Announcements
8:45am •
Get Out Of Your Own Way
10:00am •
How to Make Money as a Writer
11:15am •
6 Secrets about 6-Figure Kickstarter Success
1:45pm •
Writing Real Law Enforcement Characters
3:00pm •
Panel: Writers of the Future
4:15pm •
Announcements
4:30pm •
A Special Presentation: Drawing Out the Dragons
8:00pm •
Romance: A Hot Genre That Keeps Getting Hotter
Gunnison
8:45am •
Deep 6: Using Deep POV to Take Your Writing to the Next Level
10:00am •
That’s Not What I Wrote: Listening and Learning From Your Editor
11:15am •
The Plot Module
1:45pm •
Fantastical Implications: Enhancing Magic, Story, and World with the Magic-System Blueprint
3:00pm •
Let's Trim That Word Count
8:00pm •
Gaming and Social
Manitou
8:45am •
A New Take on Raising the Stakes
10:00am •
Avoiding the Sophomore Novel Slump
11:15am •
TribeTalks: “Ted Talk” Style Presentations from Tribe
1:45pm •
Elephants and Elevators: Demystifying Marketing
3:00pm •
Indie Author Book Services
None
9:45am •
Break
11:00am •
Break
12:15pm •
Lunch On Your Own
2:45pm •
Break
4:00pm •
Break
6:30pm •
Dinner On Your Own
Platte
8:45am •
Sustainable Social Media Strategies
10:00am •
Transforming Profit Margins: A Guide to Direct Sales and Special Edition Books
11:15am •
Author Branding for Success
1:45pm •
Badass Book Covers 101
3:00pm •
Book Marketing In 2024
Rio Grande
8:45am •
Getting Ready For Your Close-up
10:00am •
Level Up: Turning Your Intellectual Property into Successful Games
11:15am •
AMA: Running a Seven-Figure Author Business
1:45pm •
How to Catch a Trend: Romantasy and the Business of Trends & Genre Mash-ups
3:00pm •
Combating Burnout
White River I
8:45am •
Collaborating With Experts
10:00am •
Using Social Media in Your Book Marketing Strategy
11:15am •
Diversity and Inclusion in Publishing
1:45pm •
Live Editing and Q&A
3:00pm •
Mystery: Keeping Readers in Suspense
8:00pm •
Freewriting
White River II
8:45am •
Pitches / Career Counseling
10:00am •
Pitches / Career Counseling
11:15am •
Pitches / Career Counseling
1:45pm •
Pitches / Career Counseling
3:00pm •
Pitches / Career Counseling
Saturday
, February 8
Amphitheater (EPR)
8:45am •
How to Sell Books Directly to Your Readers
10:00am •
Blending Genres
11:15am •
Kickstarter
1:45pm •
Ethical Considerations of AI in Publishing and Illustrating
3:00pm •
Horror: Scaring Up an Audience
4:15pm •
Fantasy: Making it All Up From Soups to Settings
Arapaho
7:00am •
Eggs Benedict Breakfast (Ticketed Event)
11:15am •
Kaffeeklatsch (invitation only)
1:45pm •
Making Magic with Reader Magnets
4:15pm •
The Wonder of the Poetic
Arkansas
8:45am •
Book Cover Trends
10:00am •
Thrillers: Keeping Readers on the Edge of Their Seats
11:15am •
The Genesis of Creation: Where We Get Our Ideas
1:45pm •
AMA: Working with Your Author or Voice Talent
3:00pm •
A Modern Approach to Collaboration
4:15pm •
Tips from the Editors
Cheyenne
7:00pm •
Banquet (Ticketed Event)
Colorado
8:30am •
Announcements
8:45am •
Creating a Successful Podcast
10:00am •
Diversification Strategies to Build an Ironclad Author Career
11:15am •
The Author and the Narrator Can Be Friends
1:45pm •
Level-Up Your Self-Publishing Game: Five Pillars of a Thriving Author Career — Intermediate Level+
3:00pm •
My Origin Story
4:15pm •
Find Your Superpower as a Writer
5:30pm •
Endowment Auction and Announcements
8:00pm •
Science Fiction: the Sweeping Stakes of Space Opera
Gunnison
8:45am •
Intense Plotting vs Pantsing
10:00am •
A Fistful of Commas: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Punctuation
11:15am •
The Art of Villainy: Writing Great Antagonists
1:45pm •
Plot on the Spot
3:00pm •
The Productive Author's Guide to Dictation
4:15pm •
Revision Strategies for Every Writer
8:00pm •
Gaming and Social
Manitou
8:45am •
Write (or Revise) to a Theme
10:00am •
Write on Time: Secrets to Staying Organized and Stress-Free
11:15am •
Best Practices: Author Bio & Photo
1:45pm •
Agile for Project Management for Authors
3:00pm •
Bringing Historical Fiction to Life (the Village Idiot Way)
4:15pm •
The Importance of Loglines
None
9:45am •
Break
11:00am •
Break
12:15pm •
Lunch On Your Own
2:45pm •
Break
4:00pm •
Break
6:30pm •
Dinner On Your Own
Platte
8:45am •
Successful Indie Publishing: Bringing Your Book to Market
10:00am •
Build a Strong Marketing Foundation (Part 1)
11:15am •
Build a Strong Marketing Foundation (Part 2)
1:45pm •
A Baker's Dozen: 13 Lucky Ways Authors Can Leverage Draft2Digital Tools & Resources For Writing Success
3:00pm •
Unlock the Power of Custom Books with BookvaultBespoke
4:15pm •
Leverage Your Assets
Rio Grande
8:45am •
The AI Editor Is In
10:00am •
Culture, Ethnicity, and Worldbuilding (Part 1)
11:15am •
Culture, Ethnicity, and Worldbuilding (Part 2)
1:45pm •
Think Like a Retailer
3:00pm •
Diversifying Your IP
4:15pm •
How to Survive in an AI Saturated World
White River I
8:45am •
Masters of Publishing and Genre Fiction
10:00am •
Industry Tools Discussion
11:15am •
How to Curate a Successful Anthology
1:45pm •
Self Publishing Round Up With Industry Service Pros
3:00pm •
Resilience for Writers
4:15pm •
YA/MG: How to Write and Market to Readers AND Their Guardians
White River II
8:45am •
Pitches / Career Counseling
10:00am •
Pitches / Career Counseling
11:15am •
Pitches / Career Counseling
1:45pm •
Pitches / Career Counseling
3:00pm •
Pitches / Career Counseling
4:15pm •
Pitches / Career Counseling
8:00pm •
Karaoke
Sunday
, February 9
Colorado
8:15am •
Announcements
8:30am •
Things I'd Tell My Younger Self
9:45am •
Drawings / Vendor Bingo
10:00am •
End of Conference Q&A
10:45am •
End of Conference Q&A
11:15am •
End of Conference Q&A
11:45am •
Farewell
None
9:30am •
Break
10:30am •
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