Updated Conference Schedule

NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA®

2009 LET YOUR IMAGINATION TAKE FLIGHT CONFERENCE

 

FRIDAY, March 27, 2009

Time

COMMONS 1

COMMONS 2

3:30 PM 5:30 PM

 

EXTRA! Workshop

Conquering the Dreaded Synopsis

LISA GARDNER

STELLA PRICE

Promotions for the Frugal Author

3:30 – 4:20 PM

RAELENE GORLINKSY

Act it Out

4:30 – 5:30 PM

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/CENTER BALLROOM

 

9:00 PM 11:00 PM

DANCING AND DESSERT

GRAND NORTH/CENTER BALLROOM

SATURDAY, March 28, 2009


7:30 AM

BREAKFAST WITH KEYNOTE SPEAKER JENNIFER GREENE
in GRAND NORTH BALLROOM

 

MAYNARD

 

 

 

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

CHAT WITH

JENNIFER GREENE

HANK PHILLIPPI 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

KATHRYN SMITH

The Three Act Structure: Plotting for Everyone

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

LUNCHEON WITH JESSICA ANDERSEN in GRAND NORTH BALLROOM

 

MAYNARD

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

BRENDA CHIN

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Harlequin, But Were Afraid to Ask

RENEE COOPER
The Emotional Journey

 

ROBIN MATHESON

Crisis, Climax, Resolution:
Writing to the End

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
* Panel discussions will not be taped.

 

ROBIN MATHESON

Crisis, Climax, Resolution:
Writing to the End

4:00 PM

6:00 PM

BOOK FAIR FOR LITERACY

COMMONS 1 AND 2