Friday, January 17, 2025
7 – 8:15 pm
Welcome Kickoff and Keynote Nelson Harris: The Stories Among Us
8:15 – 9 pm
Forum: Betsy Ashton, Kate Goggin, Debbie Seagle, Dan Smith: Authors Answer Your Questions about Publishing
Four Virginia-based share their path-to-publishing stories and discuss how RRWC energy contributed to their successful projects. Bring your questions about traditional, self- and independent publishing, and everything in between.
Saturday, January 18, 2025
All classes will be held in the Dana Science Building
[#12 on the campus map]
9 am – 10am
Auditorium: Nelson Harris, Saturday Class: Non-fiction Treasure Hunting
Room 102: Jess Britton, The Ins and Outs of Podcasting
Room 142: Cameron Ring, From Page to Screen
10:15am – 11:15am
Auditorium: Roland Lazenby, Strategic Thinking For A Writing Life
Room 102: Lori D’Angelo, Aliens, Vampires, and Zombies, Oh My: Writing Speculative Fiction
Room 142: Christina Linsin, A New Golden Age of Poetry: How Contemporary Poets and the Internet Reinvented a Genre
11:30am – 12:30pm
Auditorium: Diane Fanning, Nuts, Bolts and Murder
Room 102: Bill Kovarik, Ghost Stories
Room 142: Lindsey Hull, Dive Right In — The Art of Immersion Writing
12:30p-1:30p: LUNCH
1:30p-2:30p:
Auditorium: Lee Hunsaker, Stories That Shine: The Power of the Five Senses in Storytelling
Room 102: Lisa Archer, Eyes Wide Open — Leaning into curiosity and finding your story
Room 142: Anne Marie Wells, Synonyms for Grief
2:45p-3:45p:
Auditorium: Clint Atwater, Leaving a Legacy by Crafting Your Personal Narrative.
Room 102: Josh Urban, Start Now: On The Power of Short Form
Room 142: Beth Raps, How Would They Say That?: Writing in the Worlds Beyond English
4p-5p:
Auditorium: Tracy Wainwright, Creating Captivating Characters
Room 102: Liz Long, How to Win Projects and Influence Clients
Room 142: