schedule of the day's events

8:45 AM -- General session, welcome, introduction of speakers
9:30 AM -- Stacy Cantor: Welcome to Our World: An Introduction to Bloomsbury and Walker Publishing Company Helen Ketteman: Write Visual David Diaz: Confidence
10:00 AM -- Stacy Cantor: A Day in the Life of Your Manuscript Helen Ketteman: Poetic Language in Picture Books David Diaz: Challenge
10:30 AM -- Stacy Cantor: Why So Glum: A (Hopefully) Optimistic View of the Current Picture Book Industry
10:45 AM -- Break
11 AM -- Helen Ketteman: Think Story David Diaz: Criticism
11:30 AM -- First Page Critiques ­ David, Helen and Stacy
12 ­ 1 PM -- Lunch
1:00 PM -- Stacy Cantor: The Right Word This session will include a writing exercise where participants must write an entire story using only one syllable words. Stacy will also discuss rhyme and choosing the right word because it's right, not simply because it rhymes.
2:00 PM -- Helen Ketteman: Put it Writing This session focuses on some of the basic things writers need to know. It will also go into detail about honing the language in your story. Helen will also discuss the importance of dummies in honing a story.
2:30 PM -- Break
2:45 PM -- Helen continues
3:15 PM -- David Diaz: The Art and Craft of Children's Books
4:30 PM -- END