Friday, January 25, 2019
6:30 p.m.
Registration :: Lobby, Dana Science Building
[#12 on the campus map]
7 – 7:50 p.m.
Introductions
Keynote :: R.S. Belcher, “Before and After”
8 – 9 p.m.
Couch Q&A, Open Forum
Saturday, January 26, 2019
All classes will be held in the Dana Science Building
[#12 on the campus map]
8:30 a.m.
Registration :: Lobby, Dana Science Building
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Tom Tanner:: “Understanding Legal Structures and If You Need One” :: Babcock Auditorium
Angie Smibert :: “Creating a Sense of Place in your Fiction” :: Room 102
Bill Kovarik and Dan Smith :: “Communities Online: How to Structure, Finance and Develop Independent Local News and Media Services” :: Room 142
10:15 – 11:15 a.m.
Rod Belcher :: “Building the Ladder” :: Babcock Auditorium
Ran Henry :: “How to Write a Memoir That Sells” :: Room 102
Shari Dragovich :: “Writing Descriptively Through the Senses” :: Room 142
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Karen Prior :: “I Thought I Understood Virtue Because I Wrote a Book about It. Then I Got Hit by a Bus.” :: Babcock Auditorium
Terri Leidich :: “The Business of Publishing” :: Room 102
Margaret Edds :: “Navigating History: How to Write a Biography (or Autobiography)” :: Room 142
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch, Hollins Dining Hall, Moody Center [#24 on the campus map]
Please remember to bring your meal ticket.
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Mary Crockett Hill :: “Building Character in Young Adult (and Beyond) ” :: Babcock Auditorium
Mary Bishop :: “Telling Secrets: The Memoir that Made Me Feel Guilty” :: Room 102
Sarah Beth Rawz :: “Shoddy First Drafts: An Experiential Workshop” :: Room 142
2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
Roland Lazenby :: “Finding Your Writing Project” :: Babcock Auditorium
Ed Falco :: “Relying on the Senses: the Use of Detail in Fiction ” :: Room 102
Neva Bryan :: “Publishing Success is Like a Mullet” :: Room 142
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Harry Wilson :: “The Perils of Writing in a Politically Charged Field” :: Babcock Auditorium
Jim Crawford:: “Writing a Documentary for Film” :: Room 102
For more information, please contact the conference organizer, Liz Long, at roanokewriters@gmail.com.