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Margena Holmes
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Friday
, April 17
8:30am
MDT
Emotional Resonance: Or How I Made My Dad Not Talk to Me for a Week
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Kevin Ikenberry
9:45am
MDT
Freelancers: Building a Business Mindset
Academy
Callie Stoker
They Want to Hear From You!
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Pippa Grant
11:00am
MDT
The Joy of Revision: Essential Self-Editing Strategies for Prose that Pops
Academy
Anita Mumm
12:15pm
MDT
Welcome Lunch
Ballroom
Pippa Grant • Mary Robinette Kowal • Reavis Z. Wortham
2:00pm
MDT
Why the First 10 Pages Make or Break Your Novel (with Live Editing)
Douglas
Jessica Berg
3:15pm
MDT
Ten Editing Hacks
El Paso
Jessica Snyder
Words, Words, Words
Palmer
Carol Berg
4:15pm
MDT
Snack Break
Ballroom
4:45pm
MDT
Beyond the Bedroom: Using Physical and Emotional Intimacy to Create Authentic Character Relationships
El Paso
Dawn Alexander
7:30pm
MDT
Dinner
Ballroom
9:00pm
MDT
Marketing
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Jenny Kate • Susan Mitchell
Saturday
, April 18
7:00am
MDT
Breakfast
Ballroom
8:30am
MDT
Decision Making for Authors
Palmer
Kevin Ikenberry
9:45am
MDT
Brainstorming Using the Plotting Board
Academy
Pam McCutcheon
11:00am
MDT
Book Clubs for Writers: Why and How
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Taryn Skipper
12:15pm
MDT
Lunch
Ballroom
Pippa Grant
2:00pm
MDT
Back Cover Copy That Sells
El Paso
Jessica Snyder
3:15pm
MDT
Book Fair Business
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Laurie Marr Wasmund
4:15pm
MDT
Snack Break
Ballroom
4:45pm
MDT
BookTok and Instagram for Writers
Academy
Jenny Kate
7:30pm
MDT
Banquet
Ballroom
Reavis Z. Wortham
Sunday
, April 19
7:30am
MDT
Breakfast
Ballroom
8:00am
MDT
Morning Meditation and Writer Wellbeing
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Johnny Worthen
9:00am
MDT
The Ins and Outs of Writing Series
El Paso
Carol Berg
10:15am
MDT
Marketing 101 for Writers (2 hours)
Palmer
Jenny Kate
12:30pm
MDT
Lunch
Ballroom
Mary Robinette Kowal
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