| Room |
Lone Star I |
Lone Star II |
| 8 AM |
Registration opens in lobby |
| 9-10:30 AM |
Intent to Sell
Jeff Marks
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Writing the Female Sleuth |
| 10:45-12:15 |
The Sixth Sense:
All About Psychics
Kara Lennox
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Marketing Your Book
P.J. Nunn
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| 12:30-1:50 PM |
Lunch with Keynote Speaker Jeffrey Marks |
| 2-3:30 PM |
Nothing New Under the Sun: Historical Forensics
Anne Wingate
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All About E-Publishing
Rob Preece
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| 3:45-5 PM |
Editor/Agent Panel
Kristen Weber/Jim McCarthy
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| Authors from all sessions will sign outside MBTB table |
| Friday evening dinner is On Your Own |
| 8-10 PM |
Crime Scene Forensics
Reade Quinton M.D. |
| Room |
Lone Star I |
Lone Star II |
Trinity |
| 9-9:50 |
Author/
Agent
Creative/
Business Relationships Jim McCarthy
Victoria Laurie
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Formatting Your Electronic Submissions Catherine Dep-Wah Davis
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Writing Queries That Get Noticed
P.J. Nunn |
| 10-10:50 |
Getting Past the Dreaded Middle
Writing Synopsis Sandy Steen
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The New Face of Publishing Authors' Choices in a Changing World
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The Writer's Mind-Body Connection Kara Lennox |
| 11-11:50 |
Conflict, Suspense and Tension
Dee Stuart |
Self Defense Writing Kick-Ass Action Heroes
Rob Preece
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Murder and Mayhem
Patricia Springer
Jan Blankenship |
| 11:50- 12:15 |
All authors from morning sessions will sign outside MBTB |
| 12:30-2 |
Lunch with Featured Speaker Jan Burke
"Where Do You Get Your Ideas?" |
| 2-2:30 |
Jan Burke will sign outside MBTB |
| 2:40- 3:30 |
Using Chemical Poisons in Your Mystery Luci Hansson Zahray
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Marketing Without Money
Jeff Crilley
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Setting... Capturing the Flavor
Sylvia Dickey Smith
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| 3:40- 4:30 |
Poison Plants in Mysteries
Luci Hansson Zahray
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The Authors and Their Computers
Fight or Flight? James Gaskin
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Mike Simonds,
Tarrant County Sheriff |
| 4:30- 4:45 |
All authors from afternoon sessions will sign outside MBTB |
| 7-9 |
Evening Program and Banquet
Deborah LeBlanc, MWASW President
"When Everyone Else Says You Can't: How to Get Past the Roadblocks in Publishing"
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