Conference Schedule

All times are Eastern Daylight Time.

Zoom will be available to connect at 8:15 A.M.

Day 1  September 17

8:45-8:55 Opening Remarks

A.M. Sessions

9:00   Keynote:  A Writer’s Journey
Speaker: Amanda Lamb, Author and WRAL News Reporter

10:00    Biography and Memoir

Dewey Cassell, Margaret Harrell

11:00   Plottr Demo   Ryan Zee

Lunch Break on your own  12:00-12:50 Open Chat and all folks will be able to talk with others

 

P.M. Sessions

12:55 Announcements

1:00  Editing and Publishing

Diana Henderson, Randy Peyser

2:00   Book to Screen

Charley Cox, Cole Russing

3:00   The Nature of Copyright

Denise Gibbon

3:45-4:15 Jam Session with panelists and attendees

 

Day 2  September 18

A.M. Sessions

9:00   Keynote 
Speaker: Larry Perkins,  Author and Former VP and AGM of PNC Arena and Carolina Hurricanes

10:00  Book Marketing

 Diana Needham, Omar McCallop

11:00

Write Your First Book

Daniel David  Wallace, Drew Becker

Lunch Break on your own  12:00-12:50 

P.M. Sessions

1:00  Poetry and Songwriting

Alice Osborn, Jim Skiff

2:00 Multi-Cultural Authors

Carolina Jimenez, Adonal Foyle

3:00  Closing Remarks

3:15-3:45 Jam Session with panelists and attendees