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Sean Johnson
About me
Speculative fiction writer with one book out there: Gray Song. I'm busy working on the next one.
Friday
, April 17
8:00am
MDT
Newcomers Briefing
Academy
Bowen Gillings
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
The Art of the Elevator Pitch
Douglas
Nicole Luongo
Scene and Sequel
El Paso
Pam McCutcheon
11:00am
MDT
Agent Panel
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Jessica Berg • T.S. Ferguson • Bowen Gillings • Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong • Elisa Saphier
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
Ask an Agent: Q&A with Elisa Saphier
Cherry Creek/Cripple Creek
Elisa Saphier
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
Working Through the Slush Piles
El Paso
Bowen Gillings
Saturday
, April 18
7:00am
MDT
Breakfast
Ballroom
8:30am
MDT
Story Bible Magic
Academy
Debbie Maxwell Allen
9:45am
MDT
AI Is Here. Now What? Inside a Live Novel Build with AI
El Paso
Ana del Valle
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
4:45pm
MDT
Inventing a New Author You
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Pippa Grant
7:30pm
MDT
Banquet
Ballroom
Reavis Z. Wortham
Sunday
, April 19
7:30am
MDT
Breakfast
Ballroom
9:00am
MDT
Self-Publishing: Is It Your Friend or Foe?
Palmer
Laurie Marr Wasmund
A Feast for the Senses: Writing to Immerse Your Readers
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Anita Mumm
10:15am
MDT
Write Lore Your Readers Won’t Forget (2 hours)
Douglas
Stant Litore
12:30pm
MDT
Lunch
Ballroom
Mary Robinette Kowal
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