2013 Schedule (Mystery Writers Conference)

2013 Schedule

Thursday, July 25

12:00 pm and beyond   
Registration/Check-In

Pre-Conference Workshops:

1:00 - 3:30 pm
The Character of Crime: Weaving the Character Web in the Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Sub-Genres
David Corbett
Location: Event Room

1:00 – 3:30 pm   
Turning Tell Into Show: 8 Techniques for Bringing Your Characters to Life
Hallie Ephron
Location: Gallery

Conference Begins

4:00 – 4:45 pm   
Making the Most of Your Conference Experience: Secrets Revealed
Sheldon Siegel (Conference Chair), Jacqueline Winspear (Conference Chair), & Karen West (Event Director)
Location: Event Room

5:00 – 6:00 pm   
Roger Hobbs (Author of Ghostman) & Ivy Pochoda (Author of Visitation Street)
Exciting new imprints under Dennis Lehane Books & Hogarth Books
Moderated by David Corbett
Location: Event Room   

6:00 - 7:30 pm   
Opening Night Dinner   
Location: Patio   

7:30 - 9:00 pm   
An Evening with John Lescroart (Author of The Ophelia Cut) in conversation with Alex Kava (Author of Stranded)
Introduced by Sheldon Siegel
Location: Event Room

Friday, July 26           

8:00 - 8:30 am   
Coffee & Informal Gathering
Location: Patio 

8:30 - 9:30 am   
Opening Pages: Start Strong
Roger Hobbs, D.P. Lyle, Kirk Russell & Cornelia Read (Moderator)
Location: Event Room 

9:30 - 11:00 am   
Writing Intensive: Developing Character
Tim Maleeny & Cornelia Read
Location: Event Room

Writing Intensive: Dexterity with Dialogue
David Corbett & Hallie Ephron
Location: Gallery 

11:00 - 11:15 am
Break 

11:15 – 12:30 pm   
Agent Angle: Getting Through to a Publisher
Kimberley Cameron, Lisa Gallagher, Brian Heller, Elizabeth Kracht, Andy Ross & Amy Rennert (Moderator)
Location: Event Room 

12:30 – 1:30 pm   
Lunch & Consultations

1:30 – 3:00 pm   
Scene of the Crime: Full Case Exploration
Peter Busch, Karen Catalona, David Corbett, George Fong, Vilaska Nguyen, Sheldon Siegel & D.P. Lyle (Moderator)
Location: Event Room 

3:00 – 3:30 pm   
Break

3:30 – 4:30 pm   
Firearms in Fiction
Matt Bayan
Location: Gallery

Bringing the Past to Life: Historical Fiction
Rhys Bowen, Elizabeth George, C.W. Gortner & Judy Greber (Moderator)
Location: Event Room

4:30 – 5:30 pm   
Polishing Your Prose: The Heartbreak & Necessity of Revision
Cara Black, David Corbett & Tim Maleeny (Moderator)
Location: Event Room

Road to Self-Publishing
Linda Watanabe-McFerrin
Location: Gallery

5:30 – 6:30 pm   
Setting Your Book Abroad
Elizabeth George, C.W. Gortner, Tim Maleeny, Jacqueline Winspear & Cara Black (Moderator)
Location: Event Room

What's Writing Got to Do With It? Marketing Your Work
Matt Bayan
Location: Gallery

6:30 – 7:30 pm   
Evening Recess

7:30 – 8:30 pm   
Charlie Huston in Conversation with Kirk Russell
Introduced by Tim Maleeny
Location: Event Room

8:30 – 10:00pm   
Late Night Critique Group
Sheldon Siegel

Saturday, July 27   

8:00 - 8:30 am   
Coffee & Informal Gathering
Location: Patio

8:30 - 9:30 am   
Takes on the Criminal MInd: Arresting Moments
Peter Busch, George Fong, William Gordon & Sheldon Siegel (Moderator)
LocationL Event Room 

9:30 - 11:00 am   
Writing Intensive: Plot ~ The Stand Alone
Tim Maleeny & Kirk Russell
Location: Event Room

Writing Intensive: Plot ~ The Series
Hallie Ephron & Judy Greber
Location: Gallery 

11:00 – 12:00 pm   
The Writer's Life
Elizabeth George & Roger Hobbs in conversation
Moderated by Elaine Petrocelli
Location: Event Room 

12:00 – 1:00 pm   
Lunch & Consultations

1:00 - 2:00 pm   
A Novelist Turns to Crime
Isabel Allende & D.P. Lyle in conversation
Location: Event Room 

2:00 – 3:30 pm   
Ripped from the Headlines: Fact to Fiction
George Fong, William Gordon, Arthur Kerns, D.P. Lyle & Cornelia Read
Location: Event Room

Three Arcs of Structure for Books, Film & Television
David Corbett & Peter Riegert
Location: Gallery 

3:30 – 4:30 pm   
Al Capone Shines My Shoes: Writing for a Young Adult Audience
Gennifer Choldenko
Location: Gallery

Amateur Sleuths & The Cozy Genre
Judy Greber & Susan Shea
Location: Event Room

4:30 – 5:00 pm   
Break   

5:00 – 6:00 pm   
Arc of Grief
David Corbett, Cornelia Read & Jacqueline Winspear (Moderator)
Location: Event Room

Getting Away with Murder: Creative Ways to Off Your Characters
Matt Bayan, George Fong, Arthur Kerns, Tim Maleeny & D.P. Lyle (Moderator)
Location: Gallery  

6:00 – 7:00 pm   
An Evening with Elizabeth George
Introduced by Jacqueline Winspear
Location: Event Room 

Sunday, July 28 

8:00 - 8:30 am   
Coffee & Informal Gathering

8:30 - 9:30 am   
Sustaining Your Writing Steam
Jacqueline Winspear
Location: Event Room 

9:30 - 11:00 am
Writing Intensive: Creating the Backdrop - Time and Place
Cara Black & C.W. Gortner
Location: Event Room

Writing Intensive: Mining Your Research - Time and Place
Cornelia Read & Sheldon Siegel
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 & Consultatioons 

1:30 - 2:30 pm   
Marilyn Wallace Memorial Lecture
Cornelia Read
Location: Event Room 

2:30 - 3:30 pm   
The Game's Afoot
David Corbett, Sheldon Siegel & Jacqueline Winspear
Location: Event Room 

3:30 pm   
Carrying the Conference Forward & Closing Champagne Reception
Location: Event Room