Saturday Schedule

Schedule of Events for Saturday, September 23

(The Green Center , Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO)

7:45 – 8:30 General registration, Author/illustrator book sales check-in, Book sales, Continental breakfast

8:00 – 8:30 Pre-Conference Session: Publishing 101 – Denise Vega

8:40 – 9:00 Welcome – Co-Regional Advisors Denise Vega and Colin Murcray

9:00 – 10:00 Keynote address: Welcome Home, Pilgrim - Kathleen Duey

10:00 – 10:15 Break, refreshments

10:15 – 11:15 (Choose one)

Editor's Corner - Jennifer Wingertzahn and Susan Burke
Author's Professional Roundtable: What Worked (and Didn't Work) for Me: Children's Writers on Children's Publishing
How to Get Your Illustrations Published in Today's Juvenile Market: Creativity versus Business Reality - Barbara Ciletti and Cathy Morrison

11:15 – 11:30 Break

11:30 – 12:30 (Choose one)

It Had To Be You: What Makes Me Fall For A Picture Book – Jennifer Wingertzahn
Anatomy of an Acquired Novel – Susan Burke
Live and Learn: Targeting the Educational Market for Your New and Published Material – Phyllis Perry
The Point of the Compass - Cheryl Phelps

12:30 – 1:45 Lunch, networking, book sales

1:45 – 2:00 Announcements, door prizes

2:00 – 3:00 (Choose one)

3:00 – 3:30 Bookapalooza - break, refreshments, book sales, autographing, public viewing of portfolios

3:30 – 4:30 (Choose one)

Developing Characters in Context – Erin Murphy
Beyond the Brilliant Idea: Writing, Revising (and Finishing!) Your Picture Book – Linda Ashman
Yikes! I Have To Market Myself? – Roberta Collier-Morales

4:45– 5:00 Announcements, door prizes, farewell

5:30 – 6:00 Optional cash bar at Golden Hotel

6:00 – 7:30 Optional buffet at Golden Hotel with after-dinner inspirational talk- details TBA

Please note that schedule details are subject to change