All right, here’s my sched for the Muse Online Conference. Time is based on EST.
CHATS
OCTOBER 8
12:30pm, Aspects of Poetic Imagery, Liz Fortini
3PM, WORLD BUILDING, Kim Richards
6PM, FAITH IN FICTION, Colleen Drippe, Rose Dimond, Maya Bohnhoff and Karina Fabian
October 9
10 am, PUBLISHING THE SHORT STORY, ANDREW HOOK
9pm, Think Like a Producer-How to Get More Publicity, Cynthia Brian,
10 PM, The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward by Writing Zero- Tolerance Queries and Cover Letters, CAROLYN HOWARD-JOHNSON
October 10
7PM, Book Marketing for Shy and Frugal Authors
Travel the Path of the Hero to Overcome Blocks and Transform Your Career, SHEL HOROWITZ
October 11
2PM, HOW TO SELF-EDIT YOUR MG NOVEL, MARGOT FINKE
6PM, From concept to creation — moving from idea to draft to pitch to publication of the first novel: a 30 minute journey, MAGDALENA BALL
8PM, SYSTEMS OF FAITH AND MAGIC, MAYA KAATHRYN BOHNHOFF
October 13
11AM, The Art & Science of Self-Publishing, SUSAN K. STEWART
12PM, How to Write A Mystery, MARILYN MEREDITH
Oct 13, Meet Lida, LIDA QUILLAN
October 14
2PM, Pitch Perfect: Getting to the Heart of your Romance Novel, JANET WELLINGTON
9PM, Secrets of the Professional Freelancer Jump-start your freelance writing career; STOP dreaming and start DOING, BEV WALTON-PORTER
10PM, Assaulting A Writer’s Thinking, Lea Schizas
11PM, CONFERENCE CLOSING PARTY
WEEK-LONG WORKSHOPS
MARILYN PEAKE, Keys for Adding Depth to Fiction: Visualization, Symbolism and Intensive Research
Vickie Kennedy, How to Format Your Manuscript and How to Write a Proper Query Letter
DIANE J. NEWTON, J.D. WEBB, PEPPER SMITH, Building a ‘Can’t Put it Down’ Suspense Novel.
BARRI BUMGARNER, Making Crime Pay
PATRIKA VAUGHN, Writing Blunders & How to Avoid Them
K. L. NAPPIER
PROTECTING YOURSELF AND YOUR WORK
LYNDA S. BURCH, Writing for Kids and how to make the stories soar!
PAULINA B.JONES, Made-up Mayhem Learn the art and craft of creating fictional mayhem.
T. C. MCMULLEN, Novel Writing
LARRY MONIZ, SELF-PROMOTION FOR AUTHORS
KARINA L. FABIAN, Virtual Book Tour
TERRY WHALIN, Book Proposals that Sell
DEVON ELLINGTON, Dialogue Workshop
JANET ELAINE SMITH, THE LIFE OF THE PARTY: YOUR CHARACTERS.
RALEIGH PINSKEY, How to Keep Your Book Alive and Selling for a Long, Long, Long, Long Time.
JANE BERNARD, Fine tuning your 5 senses gives you the power to excite, entice and entertain with your writing.
EARL STAGGS, Writing Mystery That Sells
MARSHALL TURNER, Website Essentials and Internet Marketing for Authors
BETH BARANY, “Call to Action: The Writer’s Adventure”
HOPE CLARK, The Shy Writer - Self-Promotion That Hurts Less The Shy Writer isn’t just for the introverted soul. It also talks about common sense self-promotion.
Dyanne Davis, The workshop is designed to give aspiring writers a REAL view of the entire process.
Yes yes, I know what you’re thinking. How the heck will Mariella be able to manage that damn schedule? Well, honestly, I have no idea. But I’m not about to back out. 