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Kit Dunsmore
Fort Collins, Colorado
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I'm a writer and artist with a deep love of nature. I am particularly interested in birds and animals. While chronic health problems interfere with my productivity, I hope to find ways to get more nature journaling into my life.
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Friday
, April 17
8:30am
MDT
Make It Make Sense: Logic, Logical Fallacies and Character Motivations
Academy
Taryn Skipper
9:45am
MDT
Read & Critique Session 2
Fremont
Carol Berg • Elisa Saphier • Kelly Stone
11:00am
MDT
The Joy of Revision: Essential Self-Editing Strategies for Prose that Pops
Academy
Anita Mumm
12:15pm
MDT
Welcome Lunch
Ballroom
Mary Robinette Kowal • Pippa Grant • 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
Read & Critique Session 5
Fremont
Kelley J. P. Lindberg • T.S. Ferguson • Drue VanDuker
4:15pm
MDT
Snack Break
Ballroom
4:45pm
MDT
Middles and Try-Fail Cycles
Douglas
Mary Robinette Kowal
7:30pm
MDT
Dinner
Ballroom
9:00pm
MDT
Sandboxes: Building Castles with Co-Writing
Palmer
H.Y. Gregor
Saturday
, April 18
7:00am
MDT
Breakfast
Ballroom
8:30am
MDT
Decision Making for Authors
Palmer
Kevin Ikenberry
11:00am
MDT
Lost in Translation: Writing distinct cultures, languages, accents, and soundscapes in your worldbuilding (Or: I Guess the Elves are British)
Douglas
Aaron Fors
12:15pm
MDT
Lunch
Ballroom
Pippa Grant
2:00pm
MDT
Why Genre (Really) Matters
Douglas
Callie Stoker
3:15pm
MDT
Writing Worlds That Work
Palmer
Carol Berg
4:15pm
MDT
Snack Break
Ballroom
4:45pm
MDT
Editing Beyond “Gut Feel”: A Checklist for Success
Palmer
Kelley J. P. Lindberg
6:00pm
MDT
Book Signing
Fremont
7:30pm
MDT
Banquet
Ballroom
Reavis Z. Wortham
Sunday
, April 19
7:30am
MDT
Breakfast
Ballroom
9:00am
MDT
The Ins and Outs of Writing Series
El Paso
Carol Berg
10:15am
MDT
Be the Author YOU Want to Be
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Bowen Gillings
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