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Allen, Howard: Howard Allen is professional actor/director turned into playwright, screenwriter, managing partner at CoyoteMoon Films.com and at ScriptDoctor.com, where the company’s national Contest Of Contest Winners has led finalists to representation, options and productions. Students have scripts currently in production, as well as two of his script evaluation clients.

Website: www.scriptdoctor.com

Workshop # 24: How to Write a Screenplay- learn the nuts and bolts of writing a dynamic film script

Bender, Sheila: published essayist, poet and book author; publisher of Writing It Real, an online magazine for those who write from personal experience

Website: www.writingitreal.com

Workshop # 8: Writing is the Best Therapy. Growing and changing through the magic of words

Workshop # 26: Writing Poetry. Put the poetic beauty within you on paper

Costa, Carol: published author of novels, stories & collections

Workshop # 22: Successful Shorts. Tips on writing short stories for contests and other markets

Dawson-Cook, Susan: published writer and professional editor

Workshop # 20: Writing for Magazines. Craft and sell articles to magazines and brainstorm on your ideas

Gunn, Elizabeth: published author of mystery series and stand alone titles

Website: www.home.comcast.net/~pgunn18ElizabethGunn

Workshop # 19 : Plotting Mysteries and Police Procedurals. How to do a who done it

Hopson, Dewanne: Professional actress in movies and TV, published author

Workshop # 14: Perfecting the Play and the Playwright: an actor’s take on how to make your play the best

Johnson, Jude: Independent Author

Website: www.scorchedhawkpress.com

Workshop # 29: Self-Marketing for Any Author

Marine, Matt: Author and Engineer

Websites: www.mattmarine.com, www.feisdad.blogspot.com, www.celticcrusader.com, www.experience-az.blogspot.com

Workshop # 9: Build Your Own Website Using Publisher, set up a website in less than an hour

Workshop # 25: Blogging 101

O’Gaea, Ashleen: published author and Wiccan priestess.

website: www.ashleanogaea.com

Workshop # 13: Writing Witches—Plausible Paganism in Your Fiction. Create believable fiction characters, with exciting rituals, magic, and experiences

TerryViale, Maggie: a psychic healer, clairvoyant, and artist

Workshop # 27: Paranormal Facts. Use authentic paranormal elements in your work

Turner, Sam: a freelance writer having contributed to Arizona Highways and The Aviation and Business Journal, and has taught memoir writing and beginning astronomy through Pima Community College. He and his wife, Phyllis, have published This Might Help: A Three-Year Walk Through the Valley With The Compassionate Friends, offering guidance, comfort and hope for parents who have experienced the death of a child.

Workshop # 17: This I Remember: write your memories—for yourself, your family, or just for fun

Webb, Betty: published author: two mystery series, journalist, and book reviewer for Mystery Scene Magazine

Website: http://www.bettywebb-mystery.com/index.html

Workshop # 12: Writing a Marketable Mystery. Required elements of successful mystery series

Workshop # 23: Five Plots a Day, Every Day! Tricks for coming up with ideas for stories and novels every day.

Barrett, Loretta: Founder and President of Loretta Barrett Books, Inc. NYC; Fiction and nonfiction projects all genres except for children’s books or sci-fi.

Website: www.lorettabarrettbooks.com

Workshop: Sunday Lunch: A Mock Book Auction

Dreisbach, Verna: Verna Dreisbach of Verna Dreisbach Literary Management is an award winning published author who has been featured in books, literary journals, magazines, and newspapers. Her Seal Press anthology on women and horses is due for publication in 2010. Verna is the founder of Capitol City Young Writers, a national non-profit organization that supports and encourages creative writing in aspiring youth. She is also in the process of finishing a MA degree in creative writing.

Website: www.dreisbachliterary.com

Workshop # 11: Impress an Agent with Your Query Letter: Bring your one-page query to this workshop.

McLean, Laurie: Larsen Pomada Literary Agents, CA; Adult genre books and middle/grade young adult books.

Website: www.larsenpomada.com

Workshop #’s 10 & 21: Wrapid Wrangling: Attendees may (but are not required to) bring four copies of the first page only of their manuscript to be read and evaluated by an agent, editor, and author.

Rosenkranz, Rita: Rosenkranz Literary Agency, NYC; Nonfiction books, all genres.

Workshop # 4: The Agent/Author Relationship, how it works to benefit you.

Workshop # 18: How to Write a Nonfiction Proposal that Wows

Whelchel, Andrew: National Writers Literary Agency, CO; All types of fiction and nonfiction book projects.

Website: www.nationalwritersliterary.com

Workshop # 32: Maximize Your Rights Digitally. Maximize your intellectual property rights in the digital age.

Zurakowski, Rachel: Books & Such Literary Agency, CA. Young/adult (20—30-something) titles. All genres of fiction represented by her agency.

Website: www.booksandsuch.biz

Workshop # 30: Writing for the New Twenty-Something Market. The new market between YA books and Adult titles.

Black, Faith: Senior Editor-Avalon Books, NYC; Westerns, Romances, Mysteries and Historical novels (no premarital or graphic sex or violence)

Website: www.avalonbooks.com

Workshop # 1: Wanted: Westerns & Romances. Learn how to submit to Avalon Books

Burt, Paul: Publisher-Pen and Publish Inc. All genres with an educational purpose.

Website: www.penandpublish.com

Workshop # 15: Books to Learn By

Cox, Tom: Senior Editor-Whitaker House; looking for all kinds of Christian fiction and nonfiction.

Website: www.whitakerhouse.com

Workshop # 7: Writing for the Christian Market.

Poisoned Pen Press: Annette Rogers became addicted to reading through childhood winters in Juneau, Alaska, when she read the city library from one side to the other. Now Acquisitions Editor of the Poisoned Pen Press, she searches for new, unpublished mystery writers. Recent successes include Carolyn Wall SWEEPING UP GLASS, Jeffrey Siger MURDER ON MYKONOS, and Edward Ifkovic LONE STAR. In addition she evaluates and edits manuscripts, corresponds with writers and agents, and fends off Facebook friend requests. Rogers published a bestselling travel book on EGYPT—translated into six languages, wrote for O, The Oprah Magazine, and covered court hearings on the Mormon Bomber case for Time/Life. She has a Masters Degree in History and English.

Website: www.poisonedpenpress.com

McNichol, Barbara: Nonfiction book editor who also does manuscript reviews. Barbara McNichol provides expert editing of nonfiction books, articles and marketing materials. She offers her e-guide Word Trippers: The Ultimate Source for Choosing the Perfect Word When It Really Matters at www.wordtrippers.com

Website: www.wordtrippers.com

Workshop # 2: Make Your Voice Sing: discover new ways to add power to your pen

Sanders, Mike: Editorial Director of Alpha Books-Penguin USA. Nonfiction books for Teach Yourself in 24 Hours & Complete Idiot Guides; stand alone titles in most nonfiction categories.

Website: www.penguinusa.com & www.idiotsguides.com

Workshop # 3: Nonfiction Titles in 30+ Categories

Workshop # 31: Selling a Book to a Brand Name Publisher

Simmons, Jerry: Publisher will help you publish and promote your book

Website: www.writersreaders.com

Workshop # 16: Choose the Right Publisher

Workshop # 28: Why Distribution Matters: the facet of publishing that makes or breaks a book.

Smith, J. Ellen: Champagne Books, Canada. All genres of novels, novellas, and erotica.

Website: www.champagnebooks.com

Workshop # 6: Secrets of Writing a Synopsis

Goldman, Scott: Movie & TV Producer-SLG Productions, CA. Novels that can be made into films. Scott Goldman produced "My Sister's Keeper" with Cameron Diaz and Abigail Breslin for Warner Bros., which is having a successful run in theaters this summer. He was also the Executive Producer of "The Tenth Circle" with Kelly Preston for the Lifetime Television Network, which aired last June to high ratings. Most recently, Scott is producing "Gross National Happiness," the golf comedy feature for National Geographic, to be directed by Peter Cattaneo ("The Full Monty").

Website: www.zoominfo.com

Workshop # 5: Screenplay Adaptations: “Based on the Book By…”