FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2007
3:30-4:30 PM Registration/Drop off First-Page Critiques at Registration Desk
4:30-5:00 PM Meet Your SCBWI Florida team.
5:00-5:45 PM Holly McGhee and Jenny Brown: How Do I get My Book Published? And Then What Happens After My Book Is Published?
4:30-5:45 PM Harry Bliss: Illustrator's Workshop
6:30 PM Reception at Books and Books 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables There will be a cash bar and light hors d'oeuvres. Meet your county's critique group leaders and sign up to join or start a group.
7:00 PM Dave Barry
7:30-9:00 PM Dinner on your own. Enjoy dining at Books & Books or on Coral Gables' famous Miracle Mile.
9:00-9:45 PM Informal Critique Groups at Books & Books at 9:00 PM.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2007
7:00-8:30 AM Registration. Drop off First-Page Critiques before 9:00 AM
8:00 AM-4:30 PM Art Exhibit: artists must pick up portfolios by 4:45 PM
8:30-8:45 AM Regional Advisor Linda Rodriguez Bernfeld and Assistant Regional Advisor, Vivian Fernandez: Welcome and Announcements
8:45-9:30 AM Bruce Hale: The Power of Story
9:30-10:05 AM Holly McGhee: The World Owes You Nothing; You Owe the World
Your Best Work
10:05-10:20 AM Break
10:20-10:55 AM Harry Bliss: Keep 'Em Laughing
10:55-11:30 AM Catherine Frank: Thanks, But No Thanks: Deconstructing the "Positive" Rejection Letter
11:30 AM-12:15 PM First-Page Critiques
12:15-1:00 PM Lunch. Present your ticket to pick up your box lunch.
1:00-1:30 PM Steve Mooser: Words! Action! Adventure­Writing For Boys
1:30-2:00 PM Jenny Brown: What Makes a Book Best?
2:00-2:15 PM Break
2:15-2:45 PM Barbara Seuling: Promises, Promises­Why Every Picture
Book Should Start with a Promise and How You, the Writer, Must
Fulfill that Promise
2:45-3:15 PM Melanie Cecka: Bloomsbury US Editors Drink Tea (But Why YOU Don't Have to in Order to Publish with Us)
3:15-3:30 PM Break
3:30-4:00 PM David LaRochelle: Tale of a Reluctant YA Writer
4:00-4:30 PM Rebecca Sherman: No I¹m Not an Editor: Defining a
Literary Agent . . .What They Do and How They Work.
4:45-6:15 PM Critiques
7:30-11:00 PM Storybook Ball

SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 2007
7:00-8:45 AM Critique Group Leaders¹ Meeting
9:00-10:30 AM Workshop 1 (choose one)
___ A. Q & A With Catherine Frank: Wonderful World of Revision
___ B. Bruce Hale: Seven Secrets of Building Suspense
___ C. Barbara Seuling: A Sound Foundation: How a Solid Structure Can Ensure the Success of a Picture Book
___ D. David La Rochelle: I Didn't Realize I was Being Funny: Writing Humor for Young Readers
___ E. Lisa McCourt: Power Up Your Productivity! How to Get the Highest Quality Writing Done in the Lowest Quantity of Time
10:30-10:45 AM Break
10:45 AM-12:15 PM Workshop 2 (choose one)
___ F. Laurie Freidman: Creating a Middle Grade Series
___ G. Melanie Cecka: 5 Writing Exercises to Help Keep You Fictionally Fit
___ H. Janeen Mason: How to Think Like an Illustrator (When You Are Not)
___ I. Steve Mooser: What's So Funny? Writing Humor and the Middle
Grade Series
___ J. Rebecca Sherman: How to Land a Literary Agent
___ K. Alex Flinn: Survival Techniques for Published Authors

Winners of the Barbara Seuling: Special First-Page Critique Session will meet during Workshop 2.

12:15-12:45 PM Main Meeting Room for Wrap-Up and Door Prizes

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