The 21st Annual Florida First Coast Writers’ Festival will be held at the Jacksonville Public Library’s Main Library Conference Center at 303 N. Laura Street in downtown Jacksonville.
Welcome reception - Crowne Plaza Hotel, Poolside with a reading by Peter Meinke
8:00 to 9:00 a.m. - Registration & Coffee
9:00 to 10:15 a.m. - Concurrent Sessions A
What is a Novel? - Sheila Ortiz-Taylor
Poetry & Fiction - Peter Meinke
Recording Oral Histories - Thelma Young
10:30 to 11:45 a.m. - Concurrent Sessions B
Asylum in the Grasslands: Finding Solace in Writing Poetry - Diane Glancy
Clues to Writing Mysteries for Kids & Teens - June Weltman
The Long and Winding Road to Getting Published - Carol O’Dell
12:00 to 1:30 p.m. – Lunch
Keynote Speaker: Carmen Agra Deedy - Love in the Library
1:45 to 3:00 p.m. - Concurrent Sessions C
Rejection, Rejection: Why it’s Happening to You, and How to Avoid It - Sorche Fairbank
Writing Well - Lenore Hart
Making the Scene: The Importance of Scene Structure in Screenwriting - Rick Reichman
3:15 to 4:00 p.m. - Concurrent Sessions D
On Writing & Reading - Brian Corrigan
The Novel Writer’s Tool Kit - Bob Mayer
Writing & Illustrating Children’s Books - Janet Bevan and Dana Garfinkel
6:00 to 7:00 p.m. - Reception at Boomtown Theatre
Entertainment with Hope Clayton, jazz singer
7:00 to 8:00 p.m. – Dinner
8:00 p.m. - Reader’s Theatre Performance
Ms. Spam Maps of Vegas by Lynn Veach Sadler, 2006 Writers’ Festival Playwriting Contest Winner
8:00 to 9:15 a.m. - Registration & Coffee
9:30 to 10:15 a.m. - Concurrent Sessions E
Writing about Mothers and Other: Memoir Writing - Carol O’Dell
The Dance Partner: Hand in Hand - Writing Creatively in the Native American Way - Diane Glancy
Writing Academic Non-fiction - Mike Reynolds
10:30 to 11:45 a.m. - Concurrent Sessions F
The Librarian as Storyteller, The Natural Transition - Carmen Agra Deedy
Breathing Life into Your Characters - Jessie Wise
On Writing Poetry - Patricia Waters
12:00 to 1:45 p.m. - Awards Lunch
Keynote Speaker: Brian Jay Corrigan - Finding Your Place in the Book World
2:00 to 3:15 p.m. - Concurrent Sessions G
Acting Out: How the Three Act Structure and Eight Major Turning Points Create a Great Script - Rick Reichman
Researching, Writing & Reading Historical Narrative Poetry - Ann Masters
More Tools for the Novel Writer’s Tool Kit - Bob Mayer
3:30 to 4:45 p.m. - Concurrent Sessions H
Writing the Winning Manuscript - David Poyer
Formal & Nearly Formal Poetry - Peter Meinke
The Art of Writing a Query Letter - Sorche Fairbank
8:00 to 9:00 a.m. - Registration & Coffee
9:00 to 10:15 a.m. - Concurrent Sessions I
Agents: Where to Find Them, How to Hook Them, and What to do With Them - Sorche Fairbank
Magazine and Feature Writing - Belinda Hulin
10:30 to 11:45 a.m. - Concurrent Sessions J
An Agent’s View on Getting Published – TBA
Publishing Options: Small Presses, Literary Journals and Online Ventures - Panel Presentation: Richard Mathews, William Slaughter and Thelma Young
12:00 to 1:30 p.m – Lunch
Keynote Speaker: Camille Cline - Self Editing Secrets and Traditional Publishing Tips
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