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(PDF: 39KB) for Friday & Saturday's Writers' Conference events.
Friday, April 16: Murder & Mayhem
| Time | Duration | Activity | Location |
| 9:30-10:30am | Registration | YWCA Hamilton | |
| TBA | K9 Units; Fire Engine; Paramedic; Arson Q &A | YWCA Hamilton | |
| TBA | Box Lunch | YWCA Hamilton | |
| TBA | Tours (Transportation provided) | County Morgue, Butler Technical School's Police Training Facility (driving similation, shooting range, get your mug shot taken). Start/End YWCA | |
| TBA | Crime Scene Investigation: How-to with chalk body & clues | TBA | |
| 4-5pm | Mock Trial (reenactment of actual murder trial) | Old Municipal Building, 3rd Floor (historic courtroom) |
Friday Writers' Conference Events
| Time | Duration | Activity | Location |
| 5-7pm | 2 hrs. | Mad About Books | Old Municipal Building, 1st Floor |
| 7-8 pm | 1 hour | Welcome & Reception | Old Municipal Building, 3rd Floor |
| 8-9 pm | 1 hour | Panel Discussion: Current Trends in the Publishing Industry | Old Municipal Building, 3rd Floor |
Saturday Conference Events
| Time | Duration | Fiction | Non-Fiction | Career | Christian |
| 8:30-9:00am | 30m | Registration & Continental Breakfast, Short Welcome | |||
| 9-10am | 60m | Dialogue & Character Nathan Singer | Historical Non-Fiction Dr. Cynthia Crane | What Editors Look For... Regina Doman | Christian Fiction Vicki Moss |
| 10:15-11:30am | 75m | Scene vs. Naration Nancy Pinard | Creative NF:Essays, Memoirs & More Vicki Moss | Children's Markets Alice Pope | Writing Evil Characters Regina Doman |
| 11:45-12:45 | 60m | Keynote Speaker: Jane Friedman, Publisher/Editor of Writer's Digest presents "Marketing Using the Latest Tools" | |||
| 12:45-1:15 | 30m | Luncheon | |||
| 1:30-2:45 | 75m | Writing for Teens Emma Carlson Berne | Writing for Newspapers Ron Rollis & Teri Horsley | What Agents Want You to Know Sammie Justesen | Plot & Character... Shelly Shepard Gray |
| 3-4:15 | 75m | Writing for Children Andrea Cheng | Genre Hopping Marilyn Walton | Reading Like a Writer Nancy Pinard | Spiritual Thriller Rod Pennington |
| 4:30-5:30 | 60m | Writing a Novel Rick Robinson | Writing for Magazines Zachary Petit | Build your Author Website in an Hour Jane Friedman | Amish Fiction Shelly Shepard Gray |
