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Austin Pena
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About me
Old Soul in a thirty-year-old body
I'm perfecting my poetry but I want to write stories, short and novel
Ask me about movies or dreams and we'll talk for hours
Add a Cuba Libre or a cigar and French press and we'll talk until the sun comes up
Friday
, April 17
8:30am
MDT
Make It Make Sense: Logic, Logical Fallacies and Character Motivations
Academy
Taryn Skipper
9:45am
MDT
Scene and Sequel
El Paso
Pam McCutcheon
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
The Gooey Guts of Horror
El Paso
Johnny Worthen
3:15pm
MDT
Short Stories: Good for the Novelist, Good for the Career, Good for the Soul
Douglas
Sam Knight
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
Working Through the Slush Piles
El Paso
Bowen Gillings
Saturday
, April 18
7:00am
MDT
Breakfast
Ballroom
8:30am
MDT
Don't Break the Spell:Protecting Reader Trust
El Paso
Callie Stoker
9:45am
MDT
The Super Power of Writing Sprints: Smash Writer’s Block (2 hours)
Palmer
Johnny Worthen
12:15pm
MDT
Lunch
Ballroom
Pippa Grant
2:00pm
MDT
Things No One Told Me
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Reavis Z. Wortham
3:15pm
MDT
Protagonists: The Center of Your Story
Academy
Kevin Ikenberry
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
9:00am
MDT
A Feast for the Senses: Writing to Immerse Your Readers
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Anita Mumm
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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