Early Registration Deadline: September 17, 2019 - $49 ($39 for WWA members)
Late Registration: $55 ($45 for WWA members)
Vendor Registration: $64 ($54 for WWA members) includes six-foot covered table, conference, catered lunch, morning & afternoon refreshments.
Special Note: All WWA Members receive $10 discount. Join today at WiWrite.org
Register at: www.wiwrite.org
Lodging:
- St. Croix Inn, 11390 S. 5th St. E. Solon Springs, WI 715-378-4444
- Swanson Motel and Campground, 11829 S. Hwy 53, Solon Springs, WI 715-378-2215
- Airbnb, Inc. Available through search.
Conference Schedule:
8:30 AM Registration & Check-in, morning refreshments. Vendor review & book sales
9:00 AM Welcome & Introductions: Thomas Wayne King, WWA Board of Directors & author
9:15 AM Keynote Address: Brian Freeman, author
Thrill Seeker: A Writer's Life in the Northland
- During his fifteen years as a Midwestern writer, Brian Freeman has seen the publishing workld turn upside down and reinvent itself. But one thing hasn't changed: the love that readers have for a great story. Brian will take you through the evolution of his career, from writing award-winning Northland thrillers to taking on Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne franchise. He'll talk about the way he develops characters and stories for different settings, platforms, and audiences, and he'll answer yur questions about thriving in today's publishing industry.
10:45 AM Vendor Area & Networking
11:15: AM Poetry Introduction: Gary Banker, WWA Board of Directors & author
11:25 AM Guest Speaker: Karla Huston, Wisconsin Poet Laureate 2017-2018
Why Poetry Matters: Discussion and Reading
- So what's all the fuss about poultry? Those chickens work hard enough pluck-plucking at the bugs on the lawn. We need more poultry, not less! Those brown speckled eggs, those pretty red hens! Let's hear it for--what? Oh, poetry? Well that's different! Never mind. New Jersey poet William Carlos Williams said in his poem Asphodel, That Greeny Flower, "It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there." If you are curious or in a state of denial about the power of poultry--er, poetry--join former Wisconsin Poet Laureate Karla Huston to learn why poetry still matters.
12:30 PM Catered Lunch (included in conference fee), Vendor Area & Networking
1:30 PM Fiction Introduction: Naomi Musch, author
1:40 PM Guest Speaker: Abby Frucht, author
The Tarot of Character
- In this session, Abby will examine the reading of tarot cards as a method in the development of character and story in fiction and nonfiction. She's no fortune teller (sorry!) but her discussion will feature the arc of the cards and a look at the intersection of will and fate that accompanies any tarot reading, as well as any making of narrative. She'll also look at the tarot of place and the tarot of objects. Bring your favorite writing hear and a photo (or just a picture you keep in your ind is fine, too) of a person, place, or object that is important to you, for use in a simple, no-pressure writing exercise.
2:30 PM Afternoon Refreshment Break, Vendor Area & Networking
2:50 PM Editing Introduction: Marty Russo, author
3:00 PM Guest Speaker: Barry Wightman, WWA President, author, editor
Is Your Manuscript Ready for Prime Time? What Editors Do
- This session gets right to the heart of the matter: What makes a piece of writing publishable, ready to submit to literary agents or publishers? A fast-paced session sparked with real-world examples, this workshop covers what an editor actually does. Learn how he or she ca help not only with basic copy editing (punctuation, grammar, etc.) but developmental editing - help with structure, arc, rhythm, characterization, continuity, all that stuff...and Hemingway's famous Theory of Omission (what to leave in, what to leave out). A good editor serves your story.
3:50 PM Closing Comments and Evaluations: Thomas Wayne King, author
4:00 PM Adjourn
Special Thanks:
Room at the Table Catering and Bakery
Solon Springs Community Center, Village of Solon Springs
St. Croix Writers
Wisconsin Writers Association
U-Roast-Em.com / Headwaters Roasting
