All right — *deep breath* — here we go!
Live events are in green, and will be featured right here on the main site. Forum events are in blue, and they take place in the forum.
Many of our faculty have offered prizes, which you can enter to win by commenting on specific posts, so be sure to hang around for the duration of the conference.
Write On Con 2012 Schedule of Events:
*all times EDT
Monday, August 13:
- Ninja Agent officially opens in forum.
- Call for entries for Gennifer Albin’s Building Better Sentences workshop (submit the first 100 words – call for 100 entries, Genn will randomly pick 10 to crit) FORUM event.
- Call for query pitches for literary agent Peter Knapp’s forum event.
- Call for PB queries for Emma Walton-Hamilton’s forum event.
Tuesday, August 14:
6:00 AM: Welcome Keynote by literary agent Joanna Stampfel-Volpe and the cast and crew at New Leaf Literary
7:00 AM: How to Get Started With Social Media: DON’T Do All The Things! by Soho Teen publicist Meredith Barnes
8:00 AM: Choosing the Right Critique Partners by bestselling author Leigh Bardugo
8:30 AM: Picture Book Query Critiques by bestselling author Emma Walton-Hamilton – FORUM EVENT
9:00 AM: Interview with literary agent Daniel Lazar
10:00 AM: Live pitching event with literary agent Peter Knapp – FORUM EVENT
11:00 AM: Revision Toolbox by the YA Muses:
- Sustaining the Writing Groove
- Revision Toolbox: Characters
- The Revision Checklist
- The Index Card and Revision
- Mental Revision
– Call for social media questions for Pam van Hylckama Vlieg’s FORUM EVENT on Wed.
12:00 PM: Corey Rosen-Schwartz and Tiffany Strelitz-Haber discuss picture book writing
– 12:15 PM: LIVE FORUM EVENT: Corey and Tiffany critique PB stanzas
12:30 PM: Middle Grade Rules by author Shelley Moore Thomas
1:00 PM: Hooks and Killer First Lines by international bestselling author Lissa Price
2:00 PM: Author Denise Jaden and literary agent Michelle Humphrey talk about the agent/author relationship. LIVE EVENT
3:00 PM: Tips for Starting a New Project by bestselling author Marissa Meyer
3:30 PM: What is Voice, and How do I Get it? by author Jennifer A. Nielsen
4:00 PM: LIVE EVENT with editor Liesa Abrams and literary agent Jen Rofe
– Call for questions/twitter-style pitches for the Entangled editors in FORUM
5:00 PM: World-building in Science Fiction and Fantasy by author Mindee Arnett
5:30 PM: The Importance of Craft by editor Molly O’Neill
9:00 PM: Live Panel of Professionals – literary agents Mollie Glick, Cheryl Pientka, Emily Keyes, and editor Sarah Barley
Wednesday, August 15:
6:00 AM: Plotting with 3×5 cards by author Kimberley Griffiths Little
7:00 AM: Knowing When Your MS is Ready to Query by literary agent Lara Perkins
8:00 AM: Authors Lenore Appelhans and Phoebe North discuss Reading like a Book Blogger
9:00 AM: Being Orphaned by author Joy Preble
9:30 AM: Building Characters into Real People by author Frank Cole
10:00 AM: All Your Publishing Questions… Answered! by editors Molly O’Neill and Martha Mihalick, and literary agent Holly Root
11:00 AM: Blogging Basics by literary agent Pam van Hylckama Vlieg
– 11:15 AM LIVE FORUM EVENT: Q&A about social media/blogging
12:00 PM: He Said, She Said, Creating Sexual Tension Through Dialog by author Jessica Martinez
12:30 PM: Rhoda Belleza and Lexa Hillyer of Paper Lantern Lit talk Elements of Writing
1:00 PM: Gennifer Albin LIVE FORUM EVENT – critiquing previously submitted material in a Building Better Sentences Workshop
2:00 PM: Live Event with literary agent Sarah Davies and author Megan Miranda
3:00 PM: Differences between YA and MG (for the Writer Who Does Both) by Claire Legrand
3:30 PM: The Inside Scoop: Get Your Query Noticed by editor Leah Hultenschmidt
4:00 PM: Stacy Abrams, Heather Howland, and Alycia Tornetta of Entangled Publishing answer questions and take twitter-style pitches - FORUM EVENT
5:00 PM: The Lucky 13s “Back to Basic” Writing Tips by various PB, MG, and YA authors debuting in 2013
9:00 PM: Live Panel of Professionals — Literary agents Katie Grimm and Sarah LaPolla + Editors Sara Sargent and Alison Weiss
Sounds so awesome. I’ll definitely be stopping in when I can given that I have company visiting. The schedule sounds fantastic. I’ve shouted out twice on my blog about WriteOnCon and I’m seeing a lot of people doing the same.
Looking forward to the awesome!
By the way, there is a typo in this sentence:
Look for a post on Sunday will specific times for when these submissions open on Monday morning. (should be “with” instead of “will”)
Can’t wait for it to begin. I’ll be away on vacation, but have already warned the kids that their laptop is MINE MINE MINE for those three days.
Thanks so much for this!!! The schedule looks fantastic, and I can’t wait to stuck in to the forums again. xx
I am SOOO excited!! Are you sure we can’t start tomorrow?
This looks awesome. But one question: what time zone are using for the times here? EST?
Exhausted just looking at this, but I’m soooooo ready for all this learning! Bring it!
Exciting! This has become one of my favorite annual events! Going to enter as much as possible this year
RE: my last question… Wow. I can be clueless. I think my eyes just glazed over the super large font saying “All times EDT.” I’m not even sure how, but they did. *sigh*
I’m so excited. I’m putting the “Do not disturb” sign on the door and gluing my eyes to my lappy.
Quick question: If you posted pieces in the writing forums like a query crit, do you re-post them on Monday or keep them in the same thread as they are right now?
Thanks!!
This will be my first year, so I am excited and nervous both! I feel like a I did in college. Excited to be there, but not having a clue where to go or when to go or who to talk to.
Newbies. We are so funny sometimes!
WOOT! I LOVE WOC, and you guys are so awesome to do this for all of us out here.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
*Candy kisses for everyone!*
Yeah, it’s Eastern time. I actually have no idea if we’re on Daylight time or Standard time right now. But Eastern time zone.
Christine Danek, you just use one thread. You can update your query based on user feedback so your best one is at the top for agents to read when they come Ninja-ing.
Thanks for the heads-up about the typo. Will fix.
Oh lawd, I’ve died and gone to heaven. I can’t wait for Monday!
This is so exciting! I’m stoked on so many levels
This is my first time participating and I am so excited! Hurry up Monday!
I’m a new to this also and am trying to get prepared for MOnday morning. DO we just come to this website at the time listed on the schedule to find the “regular” events? (The one’s not in green or blue.) I wasn’t sure how to find these sessions. Thanks!
Carol, yes. The blogs and vlogs will be hosted right here on the main page. writeoncon.com.
I will be glued to my computer. Can’t wait!
What about the events in black? Where are they? (The main site?) How will the keynote speeches work? Are they just blog posts?
As always you guys are wonderful to work so hard to put on such an amazing event! Will tweet and share!!
Angela
WOW! Full schedule! I’ll need to send the kids to the pool all day
Absolutely loving WriteOnCon 2012 so far. Thanks again for putting on such an amazing event!
hi miss leigh!
wow what a lotta good advice for getting a good critiquer. i like a lot that you said if your cps can say whats cool and whats not so cool your set. for me cause im just a kid writer i think some of my the ons that read my stuff dont wanna hurt my feelings. but i like hearing the truth cause its gonna make me a way better writer. thanks for a neat post.
It was a great conference! Thanks everyone who donated time, gifts and advice!
Michael
So much good info. Thank you so much to everyone who donated time and energy.
WOW…I don’t know how I missed this…but you can be sure that next year I will block out the days of WriteOnCon 2013 and take a couple of days off from work so I can participate. This looks like a fantastic event for anyone who loves to write.