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Loren Laureti
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About me: Women's fiction, Romantic comedy, turtles
Friday
, April 17
8:30am
MDT
Make It Make Sense: Logic, Logical Fallacies and Character Motivations
Academy
Taryn Skipper
9:45am
MDT
They Want to Hear From You!
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Pippa Grant
11:00am
MDT
Turn That Spark Into a Blaze: 7 Steps to Craft Compelling Conflict
El Paso
Dawn Alexander
12:15pm
MDT
Welcome Lunch
Ballroom
Mary Robinette Kowal • Pippa Grant • Reavis Z. Wortham
2:00pm
MDT
Story Spark Bootcamp: AI Hands-On Story Building Workshop
Palmer
Ana del Valle
3:15pm
MDT
Words, Words, Words
Palmer
Carol Berg
4:15pm
MDT
Snack Break
Ballroom
4:45pm
MDT
Middles and Try-Fail Cycles
Douglas
Mary Robinette Kowal
7:30pm
MDT
Dinner
Ballroom
Saturday
, April 18
7:00am
MDT
Breakfast
Ballroom
8:30am
MDT
♪ ♫ Do You Want to Kill a Snowman? ♪ ♫
Douglas
Sam Knight
9:45am
MDT
Brainstorming Using the Plotting Board
Academy
Pam McCutcheon
11:00am
MDT
The Human Side of Crime: Survivors, Detectives, and Emotional Intelligence
Academy
David Lyons
12:15pm
MDT
Lunch
Ballroom
Pippa Grant
2:00pm
MDT
Strong Character Voice: What It Is, What It’s Not, and How to Achieve It
Academy
Taryn Skipper
3:15pm
MDT
From Cardboard Cutouts to Compelling Characters: Using Authentic Action to Bring Life to Your Story
Douglas
Dawn Alexander
4:15pm
MDT
Snack Break
Ballroom
4:45pm
MDT
Inventing a New Author You
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Pippa Grant
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
A Feast for the Senses: Writing to Immerse Your Readers
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Anita Mumm
10:15am
MDT
Tell Me a Secret: How to Interview Anyone About Anything to Strengthen Your Fiction
El Paso
Kelley J. P. Lindberg
11:30am
MDT
SEND IT!?! What to Do—and What Not to Do—When an Editor or Agents Wants Your Manuscript
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Chris Mandeville
12:30pm
MDT
Lunch
Ballroom
Mary Robinette Kowal
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