Southern
Expressions
Authors Conference 2011
- Schedule of Events -
| Friday: October 14, IP Casino Resort & Spa -- Biloxi MS | |||
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6:00 to 9:00 pm Cocktail Social & Silent Auction
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Plenary Session Keynote Speaker: Curtis Wilkie, author of The Fall of the House of Zeus, the story of Dickie Scruggs
Guest Speaker: Connie Moran, Mayor of Ocean Springs
Musical Entertainer: Phyllis Linton Her style is influenced by the rich musical traditions of jazz and blues, gospel, and soul, for which the Deep South is known. |
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| Saturday: Mary C. O'Keefe Art & Cultural Center -- Ocean Springs MS | |||
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7:45 to 8:30 am |
Registration |
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| 8:15 to 8:30 | Introductory Remarks | ||
| SESSION # | SPEAKER | TYPE | TITLE (See session descriptions) |
| 8:30 to 9:30 am | First Session | ||
| 1a Education room | Lorenz | Inspirational | Seven Ingredients for Nonfiction |
| 1b Trainor room | Pantelakis | Agent | What a Query Means to Me |
| 1c Wood room | Mann | Editor | Supe up your Protagonist |
| 1d Textile room | Van Wie | Editor | Drive an Editor Crazy |
| 1e HOSA room | Sprinkle | Mystery | Creating the Town that Isn't |
| 9:50 to 10:50 am | Second Session | ||
| 2a Education room | Panel One | Editors / Marketing | Van Wie, Mann, Simmons |
| 2b Trainor room | Drake | Agent | Submitting and Getting Read |
| 2c Wood room | Case | Publisher | Top Five Things to get Published |
| 2d Textile room | Bowerman | Publisher | Self-publishing Demystified |
| 2e HOSA room | Loren Niemi | Storyteller | The Power of Metaphor |
| 11:20 to 12:20 pm | Third Session | ||
| 3a Education room | Panel Two | Agents | Pantelakis, Draper, Bowerman |
| 3b Trainor room | Nettleton | Publisher | Finding a Publisher |
| 3c Wood room | Simmons | Marketing | Basic Publishing Information |
| 3d Textile room | O'Gorman | Poet | Poetic Forms to Unleash Meaning |
| 3e HOSA room | Webb | Romance | Capturing a Unicorn |
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12:30 to 1:30 pm |
Lunch, Keynote Speaker; George Thatcher, Poet |
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| 1:30 to 2:30 pm | Fourth Session | ||
| 4a Education room | Panel Three | Publishers | Nettleton, Case, O'Gorman |
| 4b Trainor room | Pantelakis | Agent | Synopsis and First Three Chapters |
| 4c Wood room | Sasser | Adventure | Participation Journalism |
| 4d Textile room | Van Wie | Editor | Goal, Motivation, and Conflict |
| 4e HOSA room | Niemi | Storyteller | The Arc of Caring |
| 2:50 to 3:50 pm | Fifth Session | ||
| 5a Education room | Panel Four | MS Writers | Thatcher, Simmons, Blackwell |
| 5b Trainor room | Drake | Agent | What's Selling, What's
Getting Read? |
| 5c Wood room | Mann | Editor | Shameless Self-promotion |
| 5d Textile room | Case | Publisher | Publishing on Kindle, Nook, & iPad |
| 5e HOSA room | Nettleton | Publisher | Working with your Publisher |
| 4:10 to 5:10 pm | Sixth Session | ||
| 6a Education room | Bowerman | Promotion | The Well-Fed Writer |
| 6b Trainor room | Levin | Freelance Writer | Publishing Your Book:
Conception, Creation, Construction, and Distribution |
| 6c Wood room | Simmons | Editor | Book Marketing |
| 6d Textile room | O'Gorman | Poet | Truth as a Requirement for Poetry |
| 6e HOSA room | Lorenz | Inspirational | From Publishing to Speaking |
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5:30 to 7:30 pm |
Music and Entertainment outside of the Mary C. |
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| Sunday: October 16, IP Ballroom - Biloxi MS | |||
| 9:00 to 11:00 am |
Brunch and Book Signing - over 40 authors, including speakers from the conference present their books and are available for discussions, sales and signings |
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| Sunday: October 16, WAMA - Ocean Springs MS | |||
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1:00 to 4:00 pm |
Storytellers Workshop - Loren Liemi hosts a three hour event at WAMA |
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