2015 Schedule
Thursday, July 23
12:00 pm and beyond
Registration/Check-In
Pre-Conference Workshops
1:00 - 3:30 pm
Innovative Plotting
David Corbett, Author of The Mercy of the Night
Location: Event Room
1:00 - 3:30 pm
Creating Memorable Characters
Hallie Ephron, Author of Night Night, Sleep Tight
Location: Gallery
Conference Begins
4:00 – 5:00 pm
Making the Most of Your Conference Experience & Meeting Your Faculty
Cara Black (Co-Chair), David Corbett (Co-Chair), & Karen West (Event Director)
Location: Event Room
5:00 – 6:00 pm
John Lescroart, Author of The Fall
Interviewed by Nancie Clare
Introduced by Tim Maleeny
Location: Event Room
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Opening Night Dinner
Location: Patio
7:30 - 9:00 pm
An Evening with Don Winslow, Author of The Cartel
Introduction by David Corbett
Location: Event Room
Friday, July 24
8:00 - 8:30 am
Breakfast & Informal Gathering
Location: Patio
8:30 - 9:30 am
Once Upon a Crime: Opening Strategies
Bruce Holsinger, William Petrocelli, Kelli Stanley, & Nancie Clare (Moderator)
Location: Event Room
9:30 - 11:00 am
Writing Intensive: Weaving Your Character Web
Cara Black & Hallie Ephron
Location: Event Room
Writing Intensive: The Tyranny of Motive - Crafting Complete Characters
David Corbett & Tim Maleeny
Location: Gallery
11:00 - 11:15 am
Break
11:15 – 12:30 pm
The Enforcers: Law Enforcement Perspective
George Fong, Arthur Kerns, & Tony Broadbent (Moderator)
Location: Event Room
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Lunch & Consultations
1:30 – 3:00 pm
Scene of the Crime
Karen Catalona, David Corbett, George Fong, Vilaska Nguyen, & Judge Peter Busch (Moderator)
Location: Event Room
3:00 – 3:30 pm
Break
3:30 – 5:00 pm
The Agents: Breaking and Entering the Publishing World
Amy Cloughley, Lisa Gallagher, Elizabeth Kracht, Chelsea Lindman, Andy Ross, & Amy Rennert (Moderator)
Location: Event Room
5:00 – 6:00 pm
What's That Sound? Creating, Maintaing, and Intensifying Tension
Tony Broadbent, Joe Clifford, David Corbett, Tim Maleeny, Thomas Perry, & Hallie Ephron (Moderator)
Location: Event Room
Community Responds to Crime: Shires to Cities
Rhys Bowen, Bruce Holsinger, George Fong, & Cara Black (Moderator)
Location: Gallery
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Evening Recess
7:00 – 8:00 pm
An Evening with Thomas Perry (Author of A String of Beads)
Introduced by Otto Penzler
Location: Event Room
8:00 – 9:30pm
Late Night Critique Group
David Corbett & Tim Maleeny
Location: Event Room
Saturday, July 25
8:00 - 8:30 am
Breakfast & Informal Gathering
Location: Patio
8:30 - 9:30 am
The Protagonist: The Will to Justice
John Burley, George Fong, C.W. Gortner, & Tim Maleeny (Moderator)
Location: Event Room
9:30 - 11:00 am
Writing Intensive: Plot Fundamentals
Cara Black & Kelli Stanley
Location: Event Room
Writing Intensive: Advanced Plot Techniques
Hallie Ephron & Tim Maleeny
Location: Gallery
11:00 – 12:00 pm
Paths to Publishing
Sam Barry, Otto Penzler, & William Petrocelli (Moderator)
Location: Event Room
Revision: Writing is Rewriting
John Burley, Joe Clifford, Kelli Stanley, & Cara Black (Moderator)
Location: Gallery
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Lunch & Private Consultations
1:00 - 2:00 pm
400 Things Cops Know
Adam Plantinga, introduced by David Corbett
Location: Gallery
The Editor/Author Relationship
Thomas Perry & Otto Penzler, introduced by Elaine Petrocelli
Location: Event Room
2:00 - 3:00 pm
Forensic Psychiatry: The Minds of the Murderer
George Fong, Arthur Kerns, & David Corbett (Moderator)
Location: Gallery
3:00 - 3:30 pm
Break
3:30 – 5:00 pm
The Final Polish: Giving Your Draft the 3rd Degree
Cara Black, Tony Broadbent, John Burley, Joe Clifford, David Corbett, George Fong, C.W. Gortner, Bruce Holsinger, Tim Maleeny, Otto Penzler, Adam Plantinga, & Kelli Stanley
Location: Patio
5:00 – 6:00 pm
Wine & Crime
Location: Patio
6:00 – 7:00 pm
An Evening with Tony Broadbent, Author of The One After 9:09
Introduced by David Corbett
Location: Event Room
Sunday, July 26
8:00 - 8:30 am
Breakfast & Informal Gathering
Location: Patio
8:30 - 9:30 am
The Summons to Appear: Query the Court
Judge Peter Busch & George Fong
Location: Event Room
9:30 - 11:00 am
Writing Intensive: The Craft of Action - Scene & Dialogue
Joe Clifford & David Corbett
Location: Event Room
Writing Intensive: Taste It, Touch It, See It, Smell It - Writing Killer Sensory Detail That Takes Your Reader to a Time and Place
Cara Black & C.W. Gortner
Location: Gallery
11:00 - 11:15 am
Break
11:15 - 12:30 pm
FBI Case Study: A Writer's Interpretation
David Corbett & George Fong
Location: Event Room
12:30 - 1:30 pm
Lunch & Private Consultatioons
1:30 - 2:30 pm
Marilyn Wallace Memorial Lecture
Location: Event Room
2:30 - 3:30 pm
The Game's Afoot
Cara Black, David Corbett, & Tony Broadbent (Emcee)
Location: Event Room
3:30 pm
Carrying the Conference Forward & Closing Champagne Reception
Location: Event Room