Annual Conference
September 21st-24th, 2017
Grapevine, Texas
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Conference Workshops, Continuing Education Sessions, and General Sessions are recorded for a Conference Audio thumb drive which you may purchase at a discounted price while onsite. You will receive the drive in the mail approximately 6 weeks after conference.
Worship, Early Bird, and Post Conference Sessions are NOT included in the standard conference set. Flash drive options are listed below.
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SESSION #
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SESSION TITLE
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Early Bird
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EB
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Taking Your Fiction Deep So It Sells Wide
James Scott Bell
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Post Conference Session
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PC
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Power Up Emotion: How, When, and Wow!
Margie Lawson
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Spotlight Sessions
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| Agent Panel #1 | Timothy Beals, Keely Boeving, Jim Hart, and Steve Laube |
| Agent Panel #2 | Rachelle Gardner, Julie Gwinn, Jessica Kirkland, and Tamela Hancock Murray |
| Spotlight 01 | Bethany House Publishers |
| Spotlight 02 | Tyndale Publishing |
| Spotlight 04 | HarperCollins Christian Publishing |
| Spotlight 05 | Love Inspired |
| Spotlight 06 | Monarch Books and Lion Fiction at Lion Hudson |
| Spotlight 07 | Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group |
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Continuing Education
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| CE 01 | Using Chaos as Your Canvas
Level ALL |
| CE 02 | Secrets to Great Writing
Level Freshman |
| CE 03 | Peeling Back the Curtain on Publishing
Level Sophomore |
| CE 04 | Intermediate Self-Publishing - Getting to the Next Level
Level Junior |
| CE 05 | The Book Funnel Method:
Build Your Platform and Sell More Copies
Level Senior |
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SESSION #
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SESSION TITLE
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Workshops
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| WS 01 | Creating Settings that Become Characters
Level Freshman |
| WS 02 | Mentor-Mentee Partnerships:
How It Works
Level Sophomore |
| WS 03 | What Can a Freelance Editor Do for Me?
Level Sophomore |
| WS 04 | Patrol and Crime Scene Work
Level Junior |
| WS 05 | Beyond the Book Deal:
What an Agent Can Do for You
Level Junior |
| WS 06 | How Becoming A New York Times Bestselling Author Didn’t Change My Life
Level Freshman |
| WS 07 | Two Industry Experts Share Non-Industry Answers
Level Freshman |
| WS 08 | Book Marketing in 2017 – Pulling all the Levers
Level Sophomore |
| WS 09 | Everyone Can Spot a Fake:
How to Build Compelling Clues & Convincing Evidence
Level Junior |
| WS 10 | A Novel Career
Level Senior |
| WS 11 | Crafting the First Line
Level Freshman |
| WS 12 | Love ‘em To Death
Level Sophomore |
| WS 13 | Writing in Layers
Level Sophomore |
| WS 14 | Basic Personal Weaponry
Level Junior |
| WS 15 | Transform Your Facebook Presence TODAY
Level Senior |
| WS 16 | Marketing 10.0
Level Freshman |
| WS 17 | Cracking The Indie Egg—A Recipe for Publishing Your Book
Level Sophomore |
| WS 18 | From Proposal to Contract:
An Inside Look at the Acquisitions Process
Level Sophomore |
| WS 19 | An Agent’s View of Traditional, Self, & Hybrid Publishing
Level Junior |
| WS 20 | Marketing for Indies
Level Senior |
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