8:15 to 9:00 am – Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 to 9:30 am – Morning Keynote Speaker, Leslea Newman
NOTE: Individual agent meetings will run concurrently with the morning panels, 9:45 to 12:30, by pre-arranged appointment.
PANEL SESSION I – 9:45 to 11:00 am -- Pick one
How to Write Great Beginnings (Andreola Room)
Moderator: Gary Urey
Panelists: Bob Flaherty, Kris Holloway, David Lovelace, Jacqueline Sheehan
When an agent or editor opens the envelope containing your manuscript, you have less than a page to grab their attention. Agents and editors are swamped with stacks of unsolicited manuscripts so it is virtually impossible for them to read through every one in their entirety. The beginning is the only chance you have to make a good impression. By the end of the first page your reader should be so involved in the story that there is no turning back. This panel will discuss in detail the panelists’ methods of crafting a Great Beginning.
Self-Publishing Success (Morrison Room)
Moderator: Joan Axelrod
Panelists: Fred Contrada, Nerissa Nields, Jason Rich
Self-publishing has come a long way since the old days of the vanity press. With so many self-published successes in the past few years, it’s now possible to win respect with a self-published book. And new technologies make it less expensive than ever. In this panel authors will discuss frankly why they’ve chosen self-publishing and how they’ve made it fit their needs. The panel should give you enough information to judge if this new medium is right for you.
Food for Thought: a writer, an editor and an agent discuss the delicious world of food writing (Executive Board Room)
Moderator: Celia Jeffries
Panelists: Elissa Altman, Lora Brody, Lisa Ekus-Saffer, Melissa Weinberger
Publishers agree: food writing has been and continues to be, a ‘bestseller.’ Witness the journey of “Julia and Me” from blog to book to movie. Our panelists will discuss food writing from all its perspectives – cookbooks, memoirs, culinary journalism, and fiction. This is a panel for writers who love food, and food-lovers who write.
PANEL SESSION II – 11:15 am to 12:30 pm -- Pick one
Polishing Your Prose, a fiction workshop (Andreola Room)
Moderator: Gary Urey
Workshop Leader: Dave King
Dave King will accept ten pages of fiction in all genres to use as samples for his workshop. Participants may send up to ten pages directly to Dave King before November 1. Please send samples by mail to Dave King Editorial Services, 209 March Road, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370. Participants may also email them in Word format.
Blogalogue: a conversation on blogs and blogging (Morrison Room)
Moderator: Susan Garrett
Panelists: Jeannine Atkins, Kathryn Hulick, B.J. Roche, Victoria Strauss
Blogging -- what's all the fuss? Do you think about starting a blog, but wonder why and how? Come for a lively discussion of blogging for a variety of purposes: self-expression, marketing, communication, and perhaps more. Our panelists have a range of experiences with blogs and are ready to share their insights.
It’s a Mystery to Me: mystery writing (Executive Board Room)
Moderator: Joan Axelrod
Panelists: Roberta Isleib, Lisa Kleinholz, Leslie Meier, Carole Shmurak
How do mystery writers craft their spine-tingling tales? Published authors describe the writing process: getting that first idea, creating characters, doing the research, and the daily writing schedule that gets it done. The panel will give you insight into how to create your own unforgettable sleuth.
12:30 to 1:30 pm – Buffet Luncheon
1:30 to 1:45 pm – Celebration of WriteAngles Community Grants (Morrison Room)
1:45 to 2:45 pm – Noon Keynote Speaker, Roland Merullo (Morrison Room)
PANEL SESSION III – 3:00 to 4:15 pm -- Pick one
How Agents Think (Morrison Room) -- New format this year!
Moderator: Elli Meeropol
Panelists: Victoria Horn, Kirsten Neuhaus, Jon Sternfeld, Lane Zachary
Have you wondered what makes an agent select one manuscript and not another? Here’s an opportunity to see that process in action. Participants are invited to bring the first page (double spaced, 12 point font) of a novel or nonfiction manuscript to the session, labeled only with the genre (not your name). Randomly chosen pages will be read aloud to the panel. Agents will explain what grabs their interest, what would make them stop reading, and why. Bring your best work and a thick skin!
I Sing the Body Electric, a poetry writing workshop (Executive Board Room)
Moderator: Daisy Mathias
Workshop Leader: Leslea Newman
This will be a poetry workshop that focuses on writing about the body. We live in our bodies but we are not our bodies. One’s relationship with one's body is primal, unique, intense, and lasts a lifetime. How does living in your particular body affect you? Or, if you are writing narrative poems about a character, how does that character’s body affect and influence him or her? We will read and then write poems about these wonderful containers we inhabit. Please bring your body, something to write with, something to write on, and an open mind and heart.
4:15 to 4:30 pm – Wrap-up (Morrison Room) – Names will be drawn for attendance prizes (you must be present to win).
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Are you ready to look for an agent for your book? If so, Write Angles will match you with an agent for a very quick chat. Four agents will be available to speak with writers to provide them with feedback and suggestions. We can't guarantee you a contract, but we can give you a few minutes of a face-to-face meeting with a seasoned agent. Here's how you do it. When you register, write in your email: "Sign me up for a meeting with an agent". Then, after you have paid your registration fee, we will send you instructions about writing a query letter and deadlines. Once we have an acceptable query letter from you, we will match you with an agent and forward the query letter to him/her. We cannot give you a time slot with an agent without a query letter. If all time slots are filled, we will put you on a waiting list.
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