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HACWN Fall Conference
November 12 - 14, 2009
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Thursday, November 12:
3:00-4:10 p.m.
How to Get the Most Out of
the Conference – Pamela Sonnenmoser
Beginning Writers – Lee
Warren
Query Letters – Carol
Russell
4:20-5:30 p.m.
Pitch and Promote Like a
Pro –Terry Burns
Hooks, Books, and Great
Beginnings – Mary Sue Seymour
From Idea to Finished
Article (or Book) – Dave Fessenden
Thursday Evening: 7:00-9:00
p.m. - Sanctuary
Meet the editors and learn
what they’re looking for.
Keynote: Cindy Kenney -The
Purpose-Driven Writer.
Friday, November 14:
8:30-8:45 General
gathering -Sanctuary
8:55-9:55
The Building Blocks of
Writing for Children – Cindy Kenney
Writing in the Golden Years
– LeAnn Campbell
Working with a PR Firm and
Building a Platform – Monica Foster
Negotiating Book Contracts
– Les Stobbe
Basic Fiction: Idea to
Proposal– Mark Littleton
10:05-11:05 Electives
Writing For Women – Ginger
Kolbaba
Ask the Agents – Terry
Burns, Les Stobbe, Mary Sue Seymour
The Writer as Speaker -- Pamela Sonnenmoser
Using Photography to
Enhance Your Writing – Jim Mathis
How to Manage Your Time –
Rusty Wright
11:15-12:30 Lunch –Fellowship Hall
12:30-1:30 Workshops
Marketing – LeAnn Campbell
Basic Article Writing – Lee
Warren
Blogging – Jeff Edmondson
Plugging into Youth Culture
– Amber Weigand-Buckley
Writing the Christian
Article -- Linda Canup
1:40-2:40 Workshops
Using the Five Senses in
Your Writing – Cindy Kenney
Write Articles That Editors
Will Love –Ginger Kolbaba
Manuscript Preparation –
Carol Russell
Building a Writer’s
Platform – Jeff Edmondson
Writing From the Skeletons
in Your Closet – Sally Jadlow
2:40-2:55 Coffee break
2:55-3:55
Creating a Fiction
Page-Turner: Pacing – Cindy Kenney
The Wired Writer: Plugging
into the Internet – Jim Watkins
How to Make the Most of
Public Relations – Monica Foster
Making a Living Writing – Terry Burns
Self-Publishing Q and
A -- Authors Who Have Recently
Self-Published
4:05-5:05 Workshops
Writing for Seekers and
Skeptics – Rusty Wright
Writing Tight: Eliminate
Wordiness – Rick Steele
Organizing Your Writing for
Beginners – Rebecca Thesman
Writing the Nonfiction Book
– Les Stobbe
How to Write Romance Novels
– Mary Sue Seymour
5:25-6:50 Pro/Faculty
Dinner – Fellowship Hall
7:00-8:30 Evening
Session: Skit, Contest Winners
Keynote: Terry Burns:
8:30-9:30 Autograph Party/Ice Cream Social
Saturday, November 15:
8:00-8:30
Registration
8:30 – 9:30
Writing for the So-What Crowd
– Ginger Kolbaba
Self-Editing for Better
Writing – Dave Fessenden
Top Ten Tips for a Terrific
Picture Book – Cindy Kenney
From Stage to Page: Turning
Your Speaking into Articles and Books – Jim Watkins
Using Fiction to Spread
God’s Word – Terry Burns
9:40-9:55 – Coffee Break
10:05 – 11:05
Writing Devotionals – Mark
Littleton
Using Humor in Your Writing
– Jim Watkins
The Write Personality –
Pamela Sonnenmoser
Collaborative Writing – Les
Stobbe
Finances and the Freelance
Writer – Lee Warren
11:10 – 12:00 First Pages
12:00 – 12:50 Lunch
1:00-2:00
Workshops
Things You Gotta Know About
Being a Writer – Ginger Kolbaba
Heavy Topics With a Light
Touch – Jim Watkins
Effectively Communicating
Christ to Secular Audiences –
Rusty Wright
Creative Nonfiction in
Today’s World – Rebecca Thesman
Poetry and Free Verse –
Charlotte Adelsperger
2:00-2:25 Coffee Break
2:25-3:15 Workshops
Dialogue Development in
Fiction – Cindy Kenney
Writing for Denominational
Publications – Dave Fessenden
Refresh: Tapping Your
Creative Well When You’ve Hit that Dry Spell – Amber Weigand-Buckley
Advanced Fiction – Mark Littleton
Lessons From Rejection
Letters: What to do when All You Want to do Is Cry -- Linda Canup
3:25-4:30 Final Session (Sanctuary)
Writer of the Year and
Cheerleader of the Year
Glimpses of Great Writing
–Fessenden, Burns
Keynote: Mark Littleton: The
Blessed Writer
LIST OF WORKSHOPS:
How to Get the Most Out of
the Conference – Pamela Sonnenmoser
Beginning Writers – Lee
Warren
Query Letters – Carol
Russell
Pitch and Promote Like a
Pro –Terry Burns
Hooks, Books, and Great
Beginnings – Mary Sue Seymour
From Idea to Finished
Article (or Book) – ?
The Building Blocks of
Writing for Children – Cindi Kenney
Working with a PR Firm and
Building a Platform – Monica Foster
Negotiating Book Contracts
– Les Stobbe
Basic Fiction: Idea to
Proposal– Mark Littleton
Building a Compelling Novel
– Mark Littleton
Writing For Women – Ginger
Kolbaba
Ask the Agents – Terry
Burns, Les Stobbe, Mary Sue Seymour
The Writer as Speaker -- Pamela Sonnenmoser
Using Photography to
Enhance Your Writing – Jim Mathis
How to Manager Your Time –
Rusty Wright
Marketing – LeAnn Campbell
Basic Article Writing – Lee Warren
Blogging – Jeff Edmondson
Plugging into Youth Culture
– Amber Weigand-Buckley
Using the Five Senses in
Your Writing – Cindy Kenney
Write Articles That Editors
Will Love –Ginger Kolbaba
Manuscript Preparation –
Carol Russell
Building a Writer’s
Platform – Jeff Edmondson
Writing From the Skeletons
in Your Closet – Sally Jadlow
Creating a Fiction
Page-Turner: Pacing – Cindy Kenney
The Wired Writer: Plugging
into the Internet – Jim Watkins
How to Make the Most of
Public Relations – Monica Foster
Making a Living Writing – Terry Burns
Self-Publishing Q and
A -- Authors Who Have Recently
Self-Published
Writing for Seekers and
Skeptics – Rusty Wright
Writing Tight: Eliminate
Wordiness – Rick Steele
Magazine Writing Today, and
Especially CTI publications –Ginger Kolbaba
Finances and the Freelance
Writer – Lee Warren
Screenplay Writing Basics
from Idea to Finished Product – Mark Littleton
Self-Editing for Better Writing – Dave Fessenden
Top Ten Tips for a Terrific
Picture Book – Cindy Kenney
From Stage to Page: Turning
Your Speaking into Articles and Books – Jim Watkins
Using Fiction to Spread
God’s Word – Terry Burns
Writing Devotionals for Fun
and Profit – Mark Littleton
Writing the Nonfiction Book
– Les Stobbe
Things You Gotta Know About
Being a Writer –Ginger Kolbaba
Using Humor in Your Writing
– Jim Wakins
The Write Personality –
Pamela Sonnenmoser
Collaborative Writing – Les
Stobbe
Heavy Topics With a Light
Touch – Jim Watkins
Writing for the Secular
Market – Rusty Wright
Creative Nonfiction in
Today’s World – Rebecca Thesman
Poetry and Free Verse –
Charlotte Adelsperger
Dialogue Development in
Fiction – Cindi Kenney
Writing for Denominational
Publications – Dave Fessenden
Refresh: Tapping Your
Creative Well When You’ve Hit that Dry Spell – Amber Weigand-Buckley
Writing for the So-What Crowd
– Giner Kolbaba
Les Stobbe
Things You Gotta Know About Being a Writer –Ginger Kolbaba
Using Humor in Your Writing – Jim Wakins
The Write Personality – Pamela Sonnenmoser
Collaborative Writing – Les Stobbe
Heavy Topics With a Light Touch – Jim Watkins
Writing for the Secular Market – Rusty Wright
Creative Nonfiction in Today’s World – Rebecca Thesman
Poetry and Free Verse – Charlotte Adelsperger
Dialogue Development in Fiction – Cindi Kenney
Writing for Denominational Publications – Dave Fessenden
Refresh: Tapping Your Creative Well When You’ve Hit that Dry Spell – Amber Weigand
Writing for the So-What Crowd – Giner Kolbaba
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