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FRIDAY	AFTERNOON	Police Academy (at the YWCA) max: 90 participants		maximum: 90
10:00 start		Presentations by L. Lofland and coroner; K-9 Unit demo
		Lunch
4:00 end		Tours of Police Station and County Morgue in groups
FRIDAY	EVENING	at Miami University Hamilton
Time	Duration	Activity
6:00pm		Registration begins
6:30-7:15p	45m	Meet & Greet: Dr. Launius; Welcome; light hors d'oeuvres (Wilks Conference Center)
7:30pm	60m?	Dr. Launius' Speech (Parrish Auditorium)
8:30-9:30pm	60m	Panel: Jane Friedman and F & W Media personnel: Writing Your Book (Wilks Conference Center)
		Night Owl: Murder, Mayhem, and the Macabre: A Story of Hamilton’s Bizarre Murders
SATURDAY		max per workshop: 50	max per workshop: 50	max per workshop: 50	max per workshop: 60	max per workshop: 60
Time	Duration	Fiction (*for scheduling purposes Sci-Fi listed under Nonfiction)	Nonfiction	Career	Police Academy	Police Academy
7:30am	30m	Registration and continental breakfast; short welcome	►	►	►	►
8:00- 9:15	75m	Comic Book Writing	Nonfiction Book Proposal	Write Tight (self editing)	Writing Realistic Fight Scenes	Interview & Interrogation
		Craig Boldman	Jane Friedman	Bill Brohaugh	Rick McMahan & Staff	David Swords
9:30-10:45	75m	Your Characters’ Storyline	Nonfiction Writing	The Creative Process; How to Start and Finish Your Project	Arrest Tech & Handcuffs	Writing Compelling Villains
		Nancy Pinard	Dr. Launius	Anne Paris	Rick McMahan & Staff	Lofland
11-noon	60m	Characters	Research	Marketing: It's Important	Police Tools & Equipment	Technology & Crime
		Nathan Singer	Diane Bengson	Jane Friedman	Dave Crawford & McMahan	Sheila Stephens
noon-1:30	90m	Luncheon-Lee Lofland's keynote address; bookstore opens	►	►	►	►
1:30-2:45	75m	Jumping the Fences: What a Writer of Children’s and Young Adult Literature Needs to Do to Leap the Hurdles	* Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy	Your Web Site- I	SWAT I	Prison & Jail, Slang & Gangs
		Trudy Krisher	BT Robertson	Ken Macke	Mike Black	Verna Dreisbach
3:00-4:15	75m	Writing & Illustrating Children’s Books	Magazine Writing	Your Web Site- II	Nonlethal Weapons	Hostage Negotiations
		Andrea Cheng	Amanda Boyd	Ken Macke	Sheila Stephens	Mike Black
4:30-5:00	30m	Options in Publishing	►	►	Primer of Handguns	Fingerprinting
		Linda Keller (30 m)	►	►	till 5:10 Rick McMahan & Staff	Crawford, McMahan, & Swords
5-6:00	60m	Panel: Publishing Your Book	►	►	5:20-6pm High Risk Traffic Stops	Kenesics: Human Lie Detecting
		April Eberhardt, Verna Dreisbach, Benjamin LeRoy, and Jane Friedman	►	►	Crawford & Staff	Lofland
6-7:00	60m	Book Signing and light hors d'oeuvres	►	►	►	►