2024 Preliminary 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!

Carment Leal

Henrietta

Writing Poems Helps You Write Everything Else

William Gillard

Thistle

Perfecting Your Pitch, Part 1

Dan Cramer

Hutchinson

2—2:50 p.m.

Breakout sessions

A 10-Step Plan for Self-editing

Nichols Chiarkas

Henrietta

Subject Specialist—Forensics

Jordan Kartsen

Thistle

Perfecting Your Pitch, Part 2

Dan Cramer

Hutchinson

2:50—3:20 p.m.

Break

3:20—4:10 p.m.
Breakout sessions

The Art of Anxiety

Sarah Read

Henrietta

So You Want to Start A Writer’s Group

Patrick McCorkle

Thistle

Author 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

9-4

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 Three-Dimensional Characters

Emily Conrad

Henrietta

Zines

Maxwell Singletary

Thistle

Between The Lines: Poetry and Imagination

Jeff McAndrew and
Thomas Cannon

Hutchinson

11:30— 12:20 p.m.
Breakout sessions

Subject Specialist: Nursing

Karen Leavitt

Henrietta

Monologue: Developing Characters

Gayle Johnson

Thistle

Self-publishing On a Shoestring

Bailey Hansen

Hutchinson

12:20-1:30      Lunch—North Breakout

1:30—2:20 p.m.
Breakout sessions 

Subject Specialist: Police Officer

Jeff Miller

Henrietta

The Art of Misdirection

Annelise Ryan

Thistle

Settings

Kate Penndorf

Hutchinson

2:20-—2:50 p.m.

Break

2:50—3:10 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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