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Lynda Whatley
Houston, Texas
About me
I'm starting my second act! I retired from teaching, and now I am a newbie working on a series of children's books.
Friday
, April 17
8:30am
MDT
Creative Writing Before and After AI: Navigating the New Literary Renaissance
El Paso
Ana del Valle
9:45am
MDT
The Art of the Elevator Pitch
Douglas
Nicole Luongo
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
Editor-Agent Sweet Spot
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Reavis Z. Wortham • Anna Michels
4:15pm
MDT
Snack Break
Ballroom
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
AI Is Here. Now What? Inside a Live Novel Build with AI
El Paso
Ana del Valle
11:00am
MDT
Through Animal Eyes: Adventures in Writing the Nonhuman
El Paso
Anita Mumm
12:15pm
MDT
Lunch
Ballroom
Pippa Grant
2:00pm
MDT
Why Genre (Really) Matters
Douglas
Callie Stoker
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
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
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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