CONFERENCE SCHEDULE OF SESSIONS

THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED FOR THE 2017 CONFERENCE AS THE SCHEDULE IS CONFIRMED

The following is from our 2015 conference, to give you an idea of the types of programs presented.

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Friday, June 26, 2015

	Grand Mesa A	Grand Mesa B/C	Atrium & Grand Mesa Ballroom
9am—noon	The Architecture of the Historical Novel – Larry Brooks	Broadsword Workshop – David Blixt	Conference Kick-Off Reception
noon – 1:25	Lunch – on your own	Lunch – on your own	and Dinner
1:30—4:30	Attitude and Altitude of Historical Novel – Larry Brooks	Rapier/Dagger/Smallsword workshop – David Blixt	Guest of Honor Chris C.C.Humphries
6 – 10 p.m.

Saturday, June 27, 2015

Conference Sessions

Grand Mesa Ballroom & Meeting Rooms – Second Floor

Bookstore Located in Chasm Creek – Open from 8 am – 7 pm

	Grand Mesa D/F	Grand Mesa A	Grand Mesa B (AV)	Grand Mesa C	Grand Mesa E	Grand Mesa Ballroom
8—9am		New Paths in Publishing: Erwin, Smith, Makansi, Willis	Beyond Google: Using Primary Sources to Bring Your American Characters to Life: Higginbotham	Prepping Your Manuscript before Submission: Dietz	It’s Been Done Before But Not Like This: Dray, Moran, Carroll, Shecter	Costume & Awards Banquet with Special Guest Speaker Diana Gabaldon
9:15—10:15am	Agents and Editors I	Trends in Historical Women’s Fiction: Lyon, Wessell, Quinn, Knight	It’s Mysterious and Historical! Clues to Writing an Historical Mystery Series: Burns, Huber, Thomas, Willig, Davis	(Re)creating the Past: Historical Fiction Without the Famous: Tod, Williams, Quinlan	The Gender Divide: Gortner, Jones, Humphreys, Dray, Blixt	Mistress of Ceremonies: Gillian Bagwell
10:30—11:30am		The Brass Tacks of Self-Publishing: Willis, Hollick, Belfrage, Clouston, Morton	Characters in Corsets: How to Write Fashion into Your Fiction: Aulerich-Mahone	Elizabeth Peters, Egyptology, and Historical Fiction Today: Hawker, Cherf, Patterson	Just the facts, Ma’am (or not?): Transforming Biography into Compelling Historical Fiction: Goodman, Biaggio, Carroll, George, Haeger
11:45 – 1 pm						Luncheon – Guest of Honor Karen Cushman
1:15—2:15pm		Selling Historical Fiction: The Good, the Bad, and the Dangerous: Gortner, Webb, Russo Morin	The Art of Book Cover Design for Historical Fiction: Sarah Johnson, Quinlan, Waldherr, Victorson, Michels	Finding (and Keeping) Critique Partners for Your Historical Fiction: Rodenberg, Brush, Kathryn Johnson	Shakespeare and Me: A novelist explores his greatest influence: CC Chris Humphreys
2:30—3:30pm	Dancing with the Darcys–Regency Dance Workshop	Social Media: A Help or a Hindrance?: Parker, Morrill, Royal	Art and Artists in Historical Fiction: The special challenges of writing about art and artists in HF: dos Santos, Cowell, White, Russo Morin, Burns	Midwifery: Magic or Medicine? : Thomas, Yarde, Rendfeld, Starkston, Gabaldon	Agents and Editors II
3:45—4:45pm	Dancing with the Darcys–Regency Dance Workshop	The Who, Why, and What Answers to Reader Satisfaction: Williams, Hopkins, Davies, Bruno	Primary Sources and “Touch and Try”: The Next-Best Thing to Time Travel: Delamere, Brockmole, Huber, Webb	Making It Relevant & Making It Real: Writing historical fiction that speaks to 21st century readers: Bagwell, Gortner, George, Bracewell	Diversity in Publishing: Porter, Greg Johnson, La Rue, Langer, Acevedo-Barron
6 p.m. – 12 a.m.

EXHIBITOR SESSIONS – MESA VERDE C – GROUND FLOOR

7:00am – 7:45am (Pick Up Your Continental Breakfast Items and Bring Them With You!)	Becoming An Outrageously Successful Author: How to Build Your Audience of Readers, Even Before You’re Published! – Shari Stauch, WhereWritersWin
10:30am – 11:15am	What Really Happens During a Historical Romance Cover Photo Shoot? Kim Killion, Killion Group, Inc.
3:45pm – 4:30pm	Book Marketing: Finding and Connecting with your Superfans –  Bill Van Orsdel, Book Fuel

Sunday, June 28, 2015

Bookstore Located in Chasm Creek – Open from 8 am – 11 am

	Grand Mesa D/F	Grand Mesa A	Grand Mesa B  (AV)	Grand Mesa C	Grand Mesa E	Thunderpass
7—8am						Future HNS Conference
8—9am		Out Loud and Proud in Front of a Crowd: Reading Your Work for an Audience: Carroll	The Red Pen and Historical Fiction: an Editor’s Perspective: Quinlan, Williams	Writing the West: Women who Bucked Tradition: Mailman, Tartarglio, Jorgensen, Wiederanders	Cold Reads
9:15—10:15am	Speak the speech, I Pray You: How Well Does Your Dialogue Work? : Bagwell, Carroll, CC Humphreys	Pressed for Time: Writing and Researching Historical Fiction When Life Gets in the Way: Willig, Thornton, Cowell, Thomas	The Past is…Where?: Beaulieu, Green	Writing Historicals for Children and Teens: Cushman, Mailman, McMahan	Cold Reads
10:30—11:30am	Ye Hielands and Ye Lawlands: McDuffie, Allen, Gabaldon	Starting a Chapter of the Historical Novel Society: Jefferson, Huber, Palmer	Quiz	Damsels to the Rescue: Reviving the Male Protagonist:  Blixt (Moderator) George, Smith, Penman	Cold Reads

EXHIBITOR SESSIONS – MESA VERDE C – GROUND FLOOR

7:00am – 7:45am (Pick Up Your Continental Breakfast Items and Bring Them With You!)	Book Reviews – How to Make Them Work Harder For You – Kiffer Brown, Chanticleer Book Reviews
8:00am – 8:45am	indieBRAG – Who We Are and What We Do – Bob Clouston, indieBRAG