2024 Conference Schedule At-A-Glance

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Friday, May 3

 

Time

Title

Presenter

Room

 

12—4 p.m.

Registration

Lobby

1—1:50 p.m.
Breakout sessions

Blog Tours and Podcasts and Bios, Oh My!

Carmen Leal

Henrietta

“But Is It a Story? And How Do I Know for Sure?”

William Gillard

Thistle

Perfecting Your Pitch, Part 1 (Attend both parts)

Dan Cramer

Hutchinson

2—2:50 p.m.

Breakout sessions

A 10-Step Plan for Self-editing

Nichols Chiarkas

Henrietta

Subject Specialist—Forensic Anthropology

Dr. Jordan Kartsen

Thistle

Perfecting Your Pitch, Part 2 (Attend both parts)

Dan Cramer

Hutchinson

2:50—3:20 p.m.

Break

3:20—4:10 p.m.
Breakout sessions

The Art of Anxiety: How to Introduce Tension…

Sarah Read

Henrietta

So You Want to Start A Writers’ Group

Patrick McCorkle

Thistle

How to Harness the Power of Branding

Malinda Andrews

Hutchinson

5:00—6:30 p.m.

Dinner (on your own, or join a group— sign up in lobby!)

7—9 p.m.

After Hours Open Mic, Oshkosh Public Library

Public Library

Saturday, May 4

 

7:30-8:30 a.m.

Lakefly Book Fair vendor set-up

Paul L.

7:30 a.m.—2 p.m.

Registration for Lakefly Writers Conference

Lobby

9 a.m.—4 p.m.

Lakefly Book Fair

Paul L.

9—10 a.m.

Keynote Speaker

Holly Day

North Breakout

10—10:30 a.m.

Coffee, tea, and time to visit the Lakefly Book Fair 

Paul L.

10:30—11:20 a.m.
Breakout sessions

Developing & Revealing 3-Dimensional Characters

Emily Conrad

Henrietta

Zines

Maxwell James

Thistle

Between The Lines: Poetry and Imagination

Jeff McAndrew and
Thomas Cannon

Hutchinson

11:30 a.m. —
12:20 p.m.
Breakout sessions

Subject Specialist—Nursing: The Real Story

Karen Leavitt

Henrietta

Monologue: Developing Characters

Gayle Johnson

Thistle

Self-publishing On a Shoestring

Bailey Hansen

Hutchinson

12:20—1:30  p.m.

Lunch

North Breakout

1:30—2:20 p.m.
Breakout sessions 

Subject Specialist—Weapons: The Details

Jeff Miller

Henrietta

The Art of Misdirection: How to Hide Clues…

Beth Amos (Annelise Ryan)

Thistle

Settings

Kate Penndorf

Hutchinson

2:20—2:50 p.m.

Coffee, tea, and time to visit the Lakefly Book Fair

Paul L.

2:50—3:50 p.m.
Breakout sessions 

Fight Scenes: How to Write a Good One

Meadoe Hora

Henrietta

Writing a Memoir That People Want to Read

Tara Meissner Huck

Thistle

Me Talk Good For Money

Shaun Harris

Hutchinson

4– 4:30 p.m.

Door prizes & farewell

North Breakout

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