Conference Schedule

NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA®

2009 LET YOUR IMAGINATION TAKE FLIGHT CONFERENCE

FRIDAY, March 27, 2008

~~ subject to change ~~

Time

COMMONS

COMMONS 2

3:30 PM 5:30 PM

EXTRA! Workshop

Conquering the Dreaded Synopsis

LISA GARDNER

STELLA PRICE

Promotions for the Frugal Author

RAELENE GORLINKSY

Act it Out

5:40 PM

6:40 PM

Surviving the Editor/Agent Appointment

JESSICA ANDERSEN

JESSICA FAUST

Hooking Them In

7:00 PM 9:00 PM

DINNER IN THE BALLROOM

GRAND NORTH BALLROOM

9:00 PM 11:00 PM

DANCING AND DESSERT

GRAND NORTH BALLROOM


7:30 AM

BREAKFAST WITH KEYNOTE SPEAKER JENNIFER GREENE

GRAND NORTH BALLROOM

MARLBOROUGH

ASHLAND

SUDBURY NORTH

SUDBURY SOUTH

BOARDROOM

9:15 AM 10:05 AM

PAT GRASSO

Marrying Plot and Emotion

KRISTAN HIGGINS

12-Step Program for Revisions

TONI ANDREWS

Confessions of a
Contest Judge

ROSEMARY LAUREY

Banting with Multiple Personalities

LINDA CARDILLO/GERI KROTOW

Resistance and Resilience: Career and Creativity

10:15 AM 11:05 AM

JANET MULLANY
Busting the Servant Myths

KATHRYN SMITH

The Three Act Structure: Plotting for Everyone

Part 1

CHAT WITH

JENNIFER GREENE

HANK PHILLIPI RYAN

What I wish someone had told me…the scoop on your first novel

JODY BRIGHTMAN

The Mythic Muse: Archetypes Create Your Goals

11:15 AM 12:05 PM

KATHY COTTRELL

They Ain't All Named Bundy, Dahmer and Gacey

KATHRYN SMITH

The Three Act Structure: Plotting for Everyone

Part 2

EMILY BRYAN

Joy of Writing Sex

MARGARET MOORE

What Lies Beneath: Adding Layers to Characters/Conflict

LEEANN LESSARD

The Good, the Bad and the Small Press

12:15 PM 1:45 PM

LUNCH WITH JESSICA ANDERSEN

GRAND NORTH BALLROOM

MARLBOROUGH

ASHLAND

SUDBURY NORTH

SUDBURY SOUTH

BOARDROOM

2:00 PM

2:50 PM

SALLY MACKENZIE/ANNA DESTEFANO/LEAH HULTENSCHMIDT/JESSICA FAUST

Reaching Promo Zen

ANNETTE BLAIR

Painting Colorful Characters

CHAT WITH

BRENDA CHIN

RENEE COOPER/DI HALL

The Emotional Journey

ROBIN MATHESON

Crisis, Climax, Resolution: Writing to the End

Part 1

3:00 PM

3:50 PM

JAN COFFEY

I Am Suspense
(And so can you!)

JENNA KERNAN

Boot Camp for Writers: Getting Your Manuscript in Shape

AGENT/EDITOR PANEL

3:00 – 3:25 Editors

3:30 – 3:55 Agents

ROBIN MATHESON

Crisis, Climax, Resolution: Writing to the End

Part 2

4:00 PM

6:00 PM

BOOK FAIR FOR LITERACY

COMMONS