| 8:00 a.m. | Check in. Beverage service available. |
| 9:00 | Welcome and Announcements |
| 9:15 | Kathie Allen, From Little Red Riding Hood to Little Nutbrown Hare: What We Can Learn from Memorable Characters Past and Present. Through a survey of classic and current children's literature, Kathie will examine a cast of memorable characters, discuss what makes each outstanding, and offer techniques that writers and illustrators can use when developing their own characters. |
| 10:15 | Break; Book Sale; Autographing. |
| 10:30 | Ann Tompert, Plotting Picture Books. There are no new plots, only new characters, new settings, new twists to old themes. Have a great idea? Ann will show you how to develop it into a more saleable picture book manuscript. |
| 11:30 | Lunch; Book Sale. |
| 12:30 p.m. |
Concurrent sessions. For illustrators: Story Telling Through Pictures with Wong Herbert Yee. Anyone who has read a picture book to a child knows that long before the listener can read, he or she usually follows the story through its pictures. Although illustrations usually run parallel to the text, they can also provide interesting side trips. The goal of both is to deliver a page-turning adventure, arriving hand in hand at the end. Dummies, revisions, and decisions will be discussed. |
| 1:30 | Break. |
| 1:45 | Kevin Lewis, Is It Worth the Trees? Kevin will discuss the five questions he asks himself in determining his decision to accept or reject a manuscript for publication. |
| 2:45 | Professional Portfolio Display; Book Sale; Autographing. |
| 3:15 | Stephanie Gordon and Judy Enderle, How to Grab an Editor's Attention: The Importance of Your First Page. All participants are invited to anonymously submit the first page of a manuscript for analysis and critique in a professional forum. Judy and Stephanie will select some to be used in their presentation to show what's working, what's not…and how to fix it. Fun and informative! [Note: All who submit a first page will receive written comments.] |
| 4:30 | Book Sale and Autographing by Presenters. Last chance! |
| 4:45 | Announcement of Mentorship Competition Finalists and Presentation of Runner-Up and Grand Prize. Farewells and Door Prizes. |