illustration © 2007 Gail Nelson

Schedule of Events
for Saturday,March 31, 2007
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7:45 - 8:40 Registration, continental breakfast, faculty book sales

8:45 - 9:00 Welcome and speaker introductions

9:00 - 10:00 Passion, Perspiration, Perseverance, Pride, Prevail, Publish – Craig Brown

10:00 - 10:15 Break/faculty book sales

10:15 - 11:15 (Choose one)

• Editor's Corner – Stacy Cantor
• Spinning Tales, Making Sales – Marianne Mitchell
• Kid's Book Illustration and the Research Quiz – Shawn Shea

11:15 - 11:30 Break/faculty book sales

11:30 - 12:30 (Choose one)

• First Pages: Novels – Stacy Cantor
• Beyond the Bookstore – Becky Cornwall and Roz Monette
• Mining for Story Ideas – Craig Brown

12:30 - 1:45 Lunch/faculty book sales

1:45 - 2:00 Announcements/door prizes

2:00- 3:00 (Choose one)

• First Book Panel – Laura Resau, Todd Mitchell, Danlyn Iantorno
• Character, Talk to Me! – Linda Arms White
• Websites and Blogs- How to Make Them Work for You – Olgy Gary
• Group Portfolio Reviews with Editor Stacy Cantor

3:00- 3:30 Break, refreshments, public portfolio review, faculty book sales, autographing

3:30-4:30 (Choose one)

• First Pages: Picture Books - Stacy Cantor
• The Alchemy of Re-Vision - Todd Mitchell and Laura Resau
• Picture Books – Beyond the First Draft – Linda Arms White
• Marketing the Picture Book: An Illustrator's Perspective – Craig Brown, Shawn Shea, Danlyn Iantorno

4:30-4:45 Announcements, door prizes

Please note that schedule details are subject to change