2017 Santa Barbara Writers Conference by medical writing

2017 PROGRAM & SCHEDULE

STAFF SANTA BARBARA WRITERS CONFERENCE STAFF

Welcome to the 2017 Santa Barbara

Writers Conference. Along with the volunteers, workshop leaders, speakers and panelists. I have been looking forward to this week for quite some time. We hope you have, too. It’ll be a busy six days – vibrant, challenging, exhausting – but something we believe you’ll ﬁnd tremendously rewarding. To be in the society of writers like yourself, pursuing the ongoing dream of the written word, speaking, living, breathing writing for this week on the beach in beautiful Santa Barbara, we hope you will have a wonderful experience. The conference was founded by Barnaby and Mary Conrad for just this purpose, and we’re carrying forth their tradition. It’s why we’re here. So be energetic and tireless, but take the time to introduce yourself to as many of your fellow writers as possible. Be optimistic about your work, but don’t let the pursuit of an agent or publisher distract you from the goal of simply being a writer. Seek out kindred spirits in our workshops, literary conﬁdants, fellow travelers. Make friends and enjoy your week with us. Find some smiles here and there while you hurry along to your next workshop, your next panel. As one of my favorite writers, Joan Didion, told me at this conference so many years ago,“Remember, doing this is fun!”

Monte Schulz

Y. Armando Nieto Logistics Coordinator

Marianne Dougherty Write On! Editor in Chief

Jim Alexander Chief of Operations

Margaux Hession Marketing & Financial Coordinator

Linda Stewart-Oaten Chief of Customer Service

Fred Klein Ombudsman

The Santa Barbara Writers Conference is a 12-ring circus that continues nearly 24 hours per day from Sunday afternoon to the wee hours of Saturday morning. To make this all happen requires the effort of a ﬂeet of dedicated volunteers who love the conference and want to support it. The volunteers pictured above have roles during the months leading up to the conference, and the people listed below work long hours during the week of the conference. SBWC owes them many thanks. Barbara Cunningham Cat Robson Ginger Swanson Hannah Holbrook Marilyn Whitehorse Lisa Angle

Mary Conrad Melinda Palacio Ned Bixby Nicole Archambeau Penny Madden Roberta Nadler

Sharon Dirlam Steve Beisner Susan Chiavelli Terra Trevor Toni Bixby Walter Halsey Davis

Grace Rachow SBWC Director

Special thanks go to our SBWC photographers. Many of their photos appear in this program and elsewhere without speciﬁc photo credit. We are very grateful that they have shared their talents with us.

Founders: Mary and Barnaby Conrad

Bob DeLaurentis • Hector Raul Javkin • Jane St. Clair • Rachel Sarah Thurston More thanks go to our sponsors. The Writer Magazine helped us with promotions. Gabriel Porras and Trisha Maas of BlueJay Technologies handle web mastering for SBWC. Lisa Angle of Ninety Degrees Media is our videographer. Matt Pallamary of Mystic Ink does weekly historical blog posts for SBWC. We are very grateful to Chaucer’s Books for being our conference bookseller. Special kudos to Susan Chiavelli for her amazing ﬂoral arrangements.

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BOOK SIGNINGS

SPEAKERS Fannie Flagg (Sunday, 8:00 p.m.) Fannie Flagg distinguished herself as an actress and a writer in television, ﬁlms, and the theater before she became the bestselling author of 10 novels. Her latest is The Whole Town’s Talking. Fannie Flagg’s script for the movie Fried Green Tomatoes was nominated for an Academy Award and the Writers Guild of America Award and won the highly regarded Scripter Award for best screenplay of the year. She is the winner of the Harper Lee Prize. She lives happily in California and Alabama.

On opening night of the 2017 Santa Barbara Writers Conference, novelist Fannie Flagg is slated to receive the Ross Macdonald Literary Award. This award is a U.S. book prize given some years by the Santa Barbara Book Council to “a California writer whose work raises the standard of literary excellence.” The award is named in honor of California mystery novelist, Ross Macdonald, whose novels were set in a ﬁctionalized version of Santa Barbara, California.

Ross Macdonald Award Past Recipients

2002 - Ray Bradbury 2003 - Dean Koontz 2004 - Sue Grafton 2005 - Mark Salzman 2006 - Robert Crais 2007 - T. C. Boyle 2008 - James Ellroy 2016 - Dennis Lynds

Angela Rinaldi (Monday, 4:00 p.m.) Angela Rinaldi is president of The Angela Rinaldi Literary Agency in Los Angeles. She established editorial expertise in New York as executive editor at New American Library and Bantam Books, and senior editor at Pocket Books (Simon & Schuster) and was manager of The LA Times Book Publishing Program. Her variety of experience as an industry professional developed the strong foundation she built her agency on and has given her the resources to expertly advise clients on all publishing options.

Leslie M.M. Blume (Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.) Lesley M. M. Blume is an award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author. She was an off-air reporter and researcher for ABC News Nightline with Ted Koppel in Washington DC. She helped cover the historic presidential election in 2000, the 9/11 attacks, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and myriad other events and topics. Now she specializes in stories on historical, cultural achievements. Her most recent book, Everybody Behaves Badly documents the genesis of Ernest Hemingway’s career in 1925.

Tracy Daugherty (Monday, 8:00 p.m.) Tracy Daugherty is the author of ten books of ﬁction, two essay collections, and biographies of Donald Barthelme, Joseph Heller, and Joan Didion. His latest book, Let Us Build Us a City, is an examination of cultural and literary history, exploring literary apprenticeship and mentoring, philosophy and politics. His work has been recognized with fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Catherine Ryan Hyde (Thursday, 4:00 p.m.) Catherine Ryan Hyde is the author of 32 novels. Her newest releases are Say Goodbye for Now, and Allie and Bea. Her bestselling 1999 novel Pay It Forward was made into a major motion picture. More than 50 of her award-winning short stories have been published in numerous literary journals. She is founder of the Pay It Forward Foundation. She has been sought out over the years as a professional public speaker, and she once shared the dais with then President Bill Clinton.

David Brin (Tuesday, 8:00 p.m.) David Brin is an award-winning author of 16 novels. His latest, Existence, is about our future survival. A ﬁlm by Kevin Costner was based on The Postman. Earth foreshadowed global warming, cyberwarfare and the world wide web. David appears on shows such as Nova and The Universe and Life After People, speaking about science and future trends. His nonﬁction book, The Transparent Society: Will Technology Make Us Choose Between Freedom and Privacy?, won the Freedom of Speech Award of the American Library Association.

Shanthi Sekaran (Thursday, 8:00 p.m.) Shanthi Sekaran lives in Berkeley and is the author of two novels. Her latest novel, Lucky Boy, was named an IndieNext Great Read and an Amazon Editors’ Pick. Her essays and short ﬁction have appeared in The New York Times, Canteen Magazine, Hufﬁngton Post, Marie Claire and Best New American Voices. She’s a member of the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto, and teaches writing and literature at California College of the Arts.

PANEL: Tuesday June 20, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Agents Panel

Where: El Cabrillo

Where: Vista III

Fred Klein (Moderator) spent 30 years as a vice president of Bantam Books, head of marketing and ultimately executive editor, working with a number of noted authors.

Michael Larsen (Moderator) cofounded Larsen-Pomada Literary Agents in 1972. Over four decades, the agency sold hundreds of books to more than 100 publishers and imprints.

Amy Cloughley enjoys literary and upmarket fiction of all types in addition to commercial, including well-researched historical and well-told women’s fiction. She also loves a page-turning mystery or suspense with sharp wit and unexpected twists and turns. She has a soft spot for distinctive, strong, contemporary characters set in small towns. Amy always looks for an unexpected story arc, a suitable pace, and a compelling protagonist. She is interested in narrative nonfiction when the plot and characters are immersed in a culture, lifestyle, discipline, or industry. She will also consider a travel or adventure memoir.

Paul Fedorko is looking for contemporary and literary fiction, mysteries, thrillers, suspense and historical fiction from turn of the 20th century through WWII. He’d like to see WWII thrillers, British-style mysteries, plus any fiction set in NYC midcentury and contemporary mysteries with a female PI, young adult and adult literary fiction. Paul has a wealth of experience in the publishing industry and understands transactions from both sides. His passion is helping authors develop their projects and partnering them with the right editor and publisher.

Julie Hill Literary Agency’s specialty is nonﬁction. Julie handles movie and TV rights as well as books. She seeks unique, innovative but market viable projects in the following subjects: reference, biography, history, religious, mind/body/spirit, health, travel, lifestyle, science, as well as memoir, self-help, and advice. She’s also interested in anything in regard to Jewish titles, such as books about the Holocaust. She especially appreciates authors who have an established audience already and a strong platform or active plans for building one. She advises all nonﬁction writers to be able to write a great book proposal.

Angela Rinaldi is interested in commercial and literary fiction, upmarket contemporary women’s fiction, suspense, narrative non-fiction, food narratives, lifestyle, memoir, current affairs, and psychology – health books that address specific issues, business and career. She is a literary agent and president of The Angela Rinaldi Literary Agency. The agency was founded in 1994. Prior to starting the agency, she was executive editor at NAL and Bantam Books, senior editor at Pocket Books (Simon & Schuster), and started the book publishing program for The Los Angeles Times.

Toni Lopopolo has a book-publishing resumé that began in 1970 in the publicity department of Bantam Books, where she publicized authors Philip Roth, Barbara Cartland, Louis L’Amour, and others. Toni scouts novels in Latina/Latino fiction, mysteries, both cozies and mainstream, mainstream women’s fiction and nonfiction, noir thrillers, paranormal, thrillers, LGBTQ fiction and nonfiction, young adult, and new adult, as well as paranormal within mainstream fiction, speculative and steam punk fiction. Nonfiction: personal journey, health, family, and business, and anything with or about dogs.

Patricia Nelson has been a literary agent with Marsal Lyon Literary Agency since 2014, representing women’s fiction, contemporary and historical romance, and select literary fiction, as well as all genres of young adult and middle grade fiction. Recent sales include books placed with St. Martin’s Press, Simon & Schuster, and Penguin Random House. Patricia holds master’s degrees with the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Southern California, and, prior to joining the world of publishing, spent several years teaching literature and writing at the college level.

Ken Sherman is president of Ken Sherman & Associates, an LA-based literary agency. The company was established in 1989 and handles ﬁlm, television, and book writers, as well as selling ﬁlm and television rights for books and life-rights. An agent for more than 20 years, Ken is also a popular and accomplished speaker, having taught and lectured extensively at venues including UCLA, USC, Loyola Marymount University, both in New Orleans and Los Angeles, The Santa Barbara Writers Conference, the American Film Institute, the San Francisco Writers Conference, and the Maui Writers Conference.

Annie Bomke is looking for a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction, including commercial and literary fiction, upmarket fiction, mysteries (hilarious cozies to gritty police procedurals and everything in between), historical fiction, women’s fiction, psychological thrillers, literary/ psychological horror,YA fiction, self-help, business, health/diet, cookbooks, memoir, relationships, current events, psychology, and narrative nonfiction. Prior to founding her own agency, Annie spent 8 years at Margret McBride Literary Agency, where she worked with internationally bestselling authors such as Ken Blanchard, Spencer Johnson, Bob Burg and John Assaraf.

BJ Robbins Literary Agency represents quality ﬁction, both literary and commercial, and general nonﬁction – mystery, suspense/thriller, biography, history, health, travel, sports, African-American, science, pop culture, and memoir. She’s open to any project that is fresh, original and well written. She has much experience in many aspects of the publishing industry and is able to offer this range of expertise to her clients. Her clients include NY Times bestselling authors and award-winning writers such as J. Maarten Troost, James Donovan, Deanne Stillman, and many others.

Eric Myers is looking for young adult and middle grade fiction, as well as adult nonfiction, especially in the areas of history, biography, psychology, health and wellness, true crime, performing arts, and pop culture. He represents thrillers, urban fantasy and historical fiction. He’s open to memoir from writers who already have a strong platform. Eric Myers founded Myers Literary Management in 2017, following two years with Dystel, Goderich, & Bourret LLC and thirteen with The Spieler Agency. Eric entered publishing as a journalist and author. 7

PANEL: Wed. June 21, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

PANEL: Friday, June 23, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

New Book: 4 Authors Celebrate 4 Forms of Writing

Navigating the Amazon: Building Your Author Platform

Where: El Cabrillo

Lorelei Armstrong (Moderator) Lorelei Armstrong leads a Pirate Workshop at SBWC. She is a novelist and has an MFA in screenwriting.

Marla Miller (Moderator) Marla Miller’s experience in traditional publishing inspired her to launch MarketingtheMuse Workshops at SBWC. She works with writers on the road to publication.

Marsha de la O’s latest book, Antidote for Night, won the 2015 Isabella Gardner Award and was published by BOA Editions. Her ﬁrst book, Black Hope was awarded the New Issues Press Poetry Prize and a Small Press Editors’ Choice Award. She was the recipient of the 2014 Morton Marcus Poetry Prize. De la O lives in Ventura, California, with her husband, poet and editor, Phil Taggart. Together, they produce poetry readings and events in Ventura County and are also the editors and publishers of the literary journal, Askew.

Lida Sideris is an author, lawyer, and all-around book enthusiast. She writes soft-boiled mysteries and was one of two national winners of the Helen McCloy Mystery Writers of America scholarship award for her ﬁrst novel, Murder and Other Unnatural Disasters. She is that rarity among authors who actually enjoys book marketing. Some might even say she’s addicted to book promotion. She’s appeared at numerous writers conferences, bookstores, libraries and wineries, and can be heard on podcasts and radio shows from coast to coast. Lida lives in Santa Barbara with her family, rescue dogs, and a ﬂock of uppity chickens.

Lori Hartman Gervasi worked on-air and behind the scenes as a television journalist for ABC News and Channel 9 News in Los Angeles for ten years. She is a black belt in karate and the author of the nonﬁction book Fight Like a Girl…and Win: Defense Decisions for Women (St. Martin’s Press). Faith Countryman is her ﬁrst novel (Waterfall Press). She has appeared on NBC Television’s Weekend TODAY and in an article for The New York Times.

Lisa Angle of Ninety Degrees Media is the ‘right Angle’ to help you write and sell your stories with websites, video, and social media. She earned a master’s degree in computer based education from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (SLO). While in SLO she worked as marketing director for the SLO Museum of Art and taught creative writing at Cuesta College. Writers Digest choose her website Angle on Writing as one of the 101 best sites for writers. She’s chief technology ofﬁcer for Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network and assistant marketing director for the Ojai Film Festival.

Best known for her book, The Story of Corn, Betty Fussell is the author of twelve books, ranging from biography to cookbooks, food history and memoir. Her essays on food, travel and the arts have appeared in scholarly journals, national magazines and newspapers over the past 40 years. She has lectured throughout the country from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art to Iowa’s State Fair. Her most recent book is Eat, Live, Love, Die: Selected Essays, published in 2016 by Counterpoint Press. She is completing a second memoir titled How to Cook a Coyote: A Manual of Survival.

Jason Matthews writes ﬁction and nonﬁction. He teaches self-publishing and works with writers all over the world. His books have been translated into 8 languages, and his video courses have been viewed by students in 125 countries. His self-publishing video courses are available at Lynda, Amazing and Udemy educational sites. Jason has reached #1 sales ranking on Amazon in multiple categories, including desktop publishing for his guide, How to Make, Market and Sell Ebooks. He has written more than 500 blog posts with over 3,000 followers. His Facebook group for authors has over 2,000 members.

Gerald DiPego is a prolific working author with five novels and 33 produced screenplays among his credits. His most recent film, Words & Pictures, starring Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche, was released in 2014. In 2015, his play 154 and Paradise had an eight-performance booking at Santa Barbara’s Center Stage. He has also taught at writing conferences around the country in order to share what he loves to do. Everything he learned in 45 years of professional creative writing has been poured into Write! Find the Truth in your Fiction. So when he gives advice on writing, it makes sense to pay attention.

Gail M. Kearns began her career in publishing in 1995 after working over 20 years in the motion picture industry as a production coordinator and development executive. In following years Gail helped dozens of authors shape their books for publication. Currently, she is president of To Press and Beyond, a full-service book shepherding agency that guides projects from inception to completion, providing a wide range of services, including ghostwriting, copywriting, writing for the web, and implementing innovative plans for marketing and PR.

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“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.” Ray Bradbury

MORNING WORKSHOPS How to Start Your Story Room 202 - M T W Th F Barnaby Conrad III

Right Brain Experience Room 177 - M T W Th F Marilee Zdenek

This workshop concentrates on the ﬁrst four pages to create tempting beginnings that set up the story. Nonﬁction author of a dozen books, Barnaby has published countless articles and worked as editor for several publications and publishing houses.

Dramatic Fiction Room 179 - M T W Th F Carmen Madden

This workshop emphasizes how to build your script for continuity, character and conﬂict. Assignments and reading of works in progress. Carmen is a novelist as well as screenwriter, producer and director.

This workshop offers techniques to deal with an inner critic, make characters more fascinating and bring depth to stories. Read and constructive critique. Marilee is the author of 7 books and a longtime educator on right-brain techniques.

What’s Driving You? Plot vs. Character Room 269 - M T Janis Thomas

This workshop covers elements of page-turning ﬁction: plot development, story structure, and story beats. Janis writes both women’s ﬁction and mysteries and is the author of three critically acclaimed humorous novels. She’s a passionate writing advocate.

Finding Your Voice in Memoir El Cabrillo - M Catherine Ann Jones

Travel Writing (Nonﬁction) Room 269 W Th F Jerry Camarillo Dunn, Jr.

7 Deadly Sins of Novel Writing Vista II - M T W Th F Gar Anthony Haywood

Mystery Writing Vista III - M T W Th F Leonard Tourney

Learn how to research and structure your life story with 3-dimensional characters and discover your voice. Catherine Ann is an award-winning playwright and Hollywood screenwriter.

This workshop will focus on identifying and eliminating manuscript ﬂaws that could stand in the way of publication. Gar is the Shamus and Anthony award-winning author of 12 crime novels.

Learn to write an engaging, lively travel piece, and, by extension, other types of nonﬁction stories. An award-winning travel writer, Jerry’s credits include more than 600 articles and eleven books for National Geographic and others.

It’s important to send in a polished manuscript. This workshop covers important writing techniques: what keeps the pace, suspense and plot moving, and what doesn’t. Leonard is author of ten novels and has taught writing for over 40 years.

Is Writing the Easy Part? El Cabrillo - W Paul Fedorko

This session answers all about agents, editors, publishers, and the mysteries of what happens after writing is done, but before it is published. Paul’s passion is helping authors develop projects and partnering them with the right editor and publisher.

Submitting Short Stories El Cabrillo Th Mac Talley

Poetry Room 270 - M T W Th F Perie Longo

This one-day workshop covers how and where to submit to literary magazines and on-line journals. Bring the opening 3 pages of a story for feedback on where to submit. Mac (Max) Talley is a novelist and short story writer and is a contributing editor to the Luna Review.

This is a poetry crafting workshop with consideration of structure, emotional content, language, imagery, and rhythm. Bring copies of your poems. Perie is a long time teacher of poetry as well as a past Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara.

Phantastic Fiction Vista I - M T W Th F Matt Pallamary

Nonﬁction with a Fiction Twist Room 234 - M T W Th F Susan Miles Gulbransen

Writing is Rewriting Gazebo - M T W Th F Melodie Johnson Howe

The Truth in Fiction El Monte - M T W Th F Wylene Wisby Dunbar

Susan Chiavelli is an award-winning poet, short story writer and essayist. Her work has appeared and is forthcoming in numerous literary journals. She was the coeditor of More Letters from the Heart:Words of Wisdom from Exceptional Women and Girls.

Fred Klein spent 30 years at Bantam Books as vice president, head of marketing, and, ultimately, executive editor. He was a book reviewer, helped create the Santa Barbara Book and Author Festival, and is creator of Literary Gumbo, a Channel 17 interview show.

Stephen Vessels is author of The Mountain, the Vortex and Other Tales. His ﬁrst novel is nearing completion. According to author Elizabeth Engstrom, “Stephen is one of those rare artists who comes along effortlessly cruising through genres.”

Charles M. Schulz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip, was a part of the Santa Barbara Writers Conference for many years. He graciously allowed us to use Snoopy as our SBWC mascot.

This workshop focuses on supernatural, new age, horror, fantasy, and science ﬁction. Matt is an award-winning author of short stories, novels, memoir, and more, and a popular teacher of writing.

This workshop covers the secrets to suspense, plot and the ﬁnal polish for your manuscript. Bring 5 opening pages to read. After a career in acting, Melodie turned to writing mysteries and thrillers.

This nonﬁction workshop focuses on the same techniques that cause readers to turn pages in novels and how to incorporate them into your nonﬁction writing. Susan is the “Beyond Books” columnist for Noozhawk and has made a career of writing about books and authors and all things literary.

In this workshop you will learn how to make your ﬁction powerful and transformative. Lecture, exercises, read and critique. Wylene is the author of 3 novels as well as a professor of philosophy and law.

MANUSCRIPT CONSULTANTS • LA CANTINA Michael Larsen is a nonfiction specialist. He wrote How to Write a Book Proposal and How to Get a Literary Agent. He co-founded Larsen-Pomada Literary Agency in 1972. He no longer takes new clients, but he does author coaching for nonfiction writers. Geoff Aggeler is a novelist, biographer and critic. His latest novel is Horses of the Night. He has taught writing or literature at University of Utah, UCSB, SBCC, and SBWC. He works as a freelance editor, and his clients have published both fiction and nonfiction. 12

Walter Halsey Davis has written 17 produced ﬁlms, won an Emmy, Writers Guild Award, and was nominated for a Golden Globe. He has published articles, plays and poems. He is available late mornings and over lunch breaks for longer consultations.

Various SBWC manuscript consultants will be available all week for one-on-one consultations. For more information, ask at the Info Desk.

AFTERNOON & PIRATE WORKSHOPS Harnessing the Narrative: Nonﬁction/Fiction Room 234 - M T W Th F Benjamin Sutherland

The Craft of Humor Writing Gazebo - M T W Th F T W Th F Ernie Witham

This workshop concentrates on ﬁnding humor in everyday situations. Learn to think funny. Bring 2 copies of your work for feedback. Ernie is a humor columnist and author of three humorous books.

This workshop is about finding the right voice or style to fit your story, novel or poem. Monte Schulz is author of five novels and has taught at UCSB’s College of Creative Studies. He is also a prolific songwriter and composer.

The Way of the Story El Cabrillo - M Catherine Ann Jones

Memoir Vista II - M T W Th F Jervey Tervalon

This workshop offers insight into “The Craft and Soul of Writing” for all genres. Learn how to integrate outer craft with the inner world of intuition and feeling. Catherine Ann is an award-winning playwright and a Hollywood screenwriter.

This workshop focuses on remembering what is important to a writer of memoir and transforming that into a compelling narrative. Jervey is a poet, screenwriter, novelist, dramatist and literary sage.

Finding Your Secret Story Room 269 - M T W Th F S.L. (Sid) Stebel & Karen Ford

Story Structure for All Genres Vista III - M T W Th F Dale Grifﬁths Stamos

Poetry Room 270 - M T W Th F Laure-Anne Bosselaar

This workshop takes a look at narrative structures in film and the lessons they hold for writers of both nonfiction and fiction. Benjamin is a reporter for The Economist, earlier for Newsweek, and was a staff screenwriter at Cinemarket in Paris.

This workshop focuses on 5 pages from your work in the context of your whole story. A synopsis is helpful. Dale is a playwright with numerous plays produced in the US and abroad.

Basic Fiction Room 202 - M T W Th F Duane Unkefer

This workshop covers the “nuts and bolts,” the basic elements for ﬁction writers. Lecture and discussion, but no read-aloud and critique. Duane is a best selling author of two novels and a writing book, Basic Fiction.

This workshop will cover the elements of writing and crafting poems. Bring multiple copies of poems for feedback. Laure-Anne is a much-published and award-winning poet who’s taught poetry at prestigious conference around the country.

Marketing the Muse Vista I - M T W Th F Marla Miller

Bring pages for feedback, a book proposal, introduction, chapter, synopsis or the ﬁrst 5 pages. The group listens for marketability and how to sell this project. Marla Miller’s experience in traditional publishing inspired her to launch MarketingtheMuse. She works with writers on the road to publication.

Voice and Style El Monte - M T W Th F Monte Schulz

Crafting Short Stories Room 177 - M T W Th F Yvonne Nelson Perry

This workshop will help you strengthen your short stories and learn where and how to get them published.Yvonne is author of The Other Side of the Island, a story collection, and she’s an energetic and excellent workshop leader.

This workshop focuses on feedback for opening pages of novels, plays, screenplays or short stories. Sid is a novelist, screenwriter and playwright. Karen is an award-winning short story writer and novelist.

The Art of the Query El Cabrillo Th Trey Dowell

The Pirates, 9:30 p.m. Vista III - Su M T W Th F John Reed

Screenwriting: Essential Story Structure Room 179 - M T W Th F Walter Halsey Davis

Pirate Workshop 9:30 p.m. El Monte - Su M T W Th F Lorelei Armstrong

This session focuses on the art of querying, how to spark curiosity and build anticipation. Bring your query letters for workshopping. Trey writes award-winning short ﬁction and is the author of a sci-ﬁ thriller published by Simon & Schuster in 2014.

All genres welcome. This workshop focuses on how plot develops out of character and how character is tested by conﬂict. Walter wrote 17 produced ﬁlms, won an Emmy, a Writers Guild award and a Golden Globe nomination.

This is a lively read-and-critique session stretching into the wee hours of the morning. John is an editor, a novelist, and he teaches writing courses and workshops around the country.

This workshop features in-depth read and critique into the small hours of the morning. All genres are welcome. Lorelei is a novelist and has an MFA in screenwriting. Snacks provided.

SCHEDULE Sunday June 18

Registration: Noon – Where: La Cantina

Monday June 19

Tuesday June 20

Wednesday June 21

Thursday June 22

Friday June 23

Information Desk Opens at 8:00 a.m. Where: La Cantina

Morning Workshops 9:00 – 11:30 a.m.

Chaucers Book Store 11:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m Where: La Cantina

Chaucers Book Store 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m Where: La Cantina

Open Mic Poetry Reading Noon – 12:45 p.m. Where: El Cabrillo

New Student Orientation 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Where: El Cabrillo

SBWC Scrapbook Movie 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Where: El Cabrillo No Host Bar 5:00 - 5:30 p.m. Where: The Vistas SBWC Opening Night Banquet 5:30 – 7:15 p.m. Where: The Vistas

Afternoon Workshops 1:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Guest Speaker 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Literary Agent

Two Agent Panels 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

New Book Panel 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.. 4 Forms of Writing Moderator: Lorelei Armstrong Gerald DiPego • Betty Fussell Lori Hartman Gervasi Marsha de la O

Guest Speaker 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Bestselling author of 32 books Catherine Ryan Hyde Allie and Bea Say Good Bye for Now Pay it Forward Where: El Cabrillo Book Signing Open to the public

Panel 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Navigating the Amazon Moderator: Marla Miller Lida Sideris • Lisa Angle Jason Matthews Gail M. Kearns

Angela Rinadi “Never start your book with a description of the weather.” Where: El Cabrillo

Moderator: Michael Larsen Where: Vista III

Open to the public

Where: El Cabrillo Book Signing Open to the public

Evening Speaker 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. Award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Lesley M.M. Blume Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway’s Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises Where: El Cabrillo Book Signing Open to the public

Where: El Cabrillo Book Signing Open to the public

Pirate Workshops 9:30 p.m. –

Evening Speaker 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. Actress, Bestselling author Fannie Flagg The Whole Town’s Talking Fried Green Tomatoes

Evening Speaker 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. Fiction writer, essayist, and biographer Tracy Daugherty The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion

Evening Speaker 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. Scientist, futurist, and novelist David Brin Chasing Shadows: Visions of Our Coming Transparent World

Where: El Cabrillo Book Signing Open to the public

Pirate Workshops 9:30 p.m. –

Where: Vista III Open to the public SBWC Dinner & Awards 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Where: El Cabrillo

SBWC Cocktail Party 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Where: Pool Area

Ross Macdonald Award 7:30 – 8:00 p.m. EI Cabrillo

Moderator: Fred Klein Where: El Cabrillo

Evening Speaker 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. Novelist Shanthi Sekaran Lucky Boy SBWC Talent Show 9:00 p.m. – Where: La Cantina

Pirate Workshops 9:30 p.m. –

WORKSHOP LOCATION GUIDE

Morning Workshop Leaders Barnaby Conrad III Carmen Madden Catherine Ann Jones Gar Anthony Haywood Janis Thomas Jerry Camarillo Dunn, Jr. Leonard Tourney Mac Talley Marilee Zdenek Matt Pallamary Melodie Johnson Howe Paul Fedorko Perie Longo Susan Miles Gulbransen Wylene Wisby Dunbar

9:00 – 11:30 a.m. Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Mon Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Mon, Tue Wed, Thu, Fri Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Thu Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Wed Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri

Room 202 179 El Cabrillo Vista II 269 269 Vista III El Cabrillo 177 Vista I Gazebo El Cabrillo 270 234 El Monte

Workshop How to Start Your Story Dramatic Fiction Finding Your Voice in Memoir 7 Deadly Sins of Novel Writing What’s Driving You? Travel Writing (Nonﬁction) Mystery Writing Submitting Short Stories Right Brain Experience Phantastic Fiction Writing is Rewriting Is Writing the Easy Part? Poetry Nonﬁction with a Fiction Twist The Truth in Fiction

Afternoon Workshop Leaders Benjamin Sutherland Catherine Ann Jones Dale Grifﬁths Stamos Duane Unkefer Ernie Witham Jervey Tervalon Laure-Anne Bosselaar Marla Miller Monte Schulz S.L. (Sid) Stebel & Karen Ford Trey Dowell Walter Halsey Davis Yvonne Nelson Perry

Pirate Workshop Leaders John Reed Lorelei Armstrong

1:00 – 3:30 p.m. Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Mon, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fr 9:30 p.m. – Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri

Room 234 El Cabrillo Vista III 202 Gazebo Vista II 270 Vista I El Monte 269 El Cabrillo 179 177 Room Vista III El Monte

Workshop Harnessing the Narrative The Way of the Story Story Structure for All Genres Basic Fiction The Craft of Humor Writing Memoir Poetry Marketing the Muse Voice and Style Find your Secret Story The Art of the Query Screenwriting Crafting Short Stories Workshop The Pirates Pirate Workshop 19

TIMELINE Sunday, June 18 12:00 noon Check-In 3:00 - 4:00 pm Orientation, Welcome 4:00 - 5:00 pm SBWC Scrapbook Movie 5:00 - 5:30 pm No Host Bar 5:30 - 7:15 pm Opening Night Banquet 7:30 - 8:00 pm Ross Macdonald Award 8:00 - 9:00 pm Guest Speaker: Fannie Flagg 9:30 pm. – Pirate Workshops Monday, June 19 8:00 am – Info Desk 9:00 - 11:30 am Morning Workshops 11:30 - 1:00 pm Lunch Break 1:00 - 3:30 pm Afternoon Workshops 4:00 - 5:00 pm Speaker: Angela Rinaldi 5:00 - 7:30 pm Evening Break 8:00 - 9:00 pm Speaker: Tracy Daugherty 9:30 pm. – Pirate Workshops Tuesday, June 20 8:00 am – Info Desk 9:00 - 11:30 am Morning Workshops 11:30 - 1:00 pm Lunch Break 1:00 - 3:30 pm Afternoon Workshops 4:00 - 5:00 pm Agent Panels 1 & 2 5:00 - 6:30 pm Cocktail Party 8:00 - 9:00 pm Speaker: David Brin 9:30 pm – Pirate Workshops Wednesday, June 21 8:00 am – Info Desk 9:00 - 11:30 am Morning Workshops 11:30 - 1:00 pm Lunch Break 12:00 - 12:45 pm Open Mic Poetry Reading 1:00 - 3:30 pm Afternoon Workshops 4:00 - 5:00 pm Panel: New Book 5:00 - 7:30 pm Evening Break 8:00 - 9:00 pm Speaker: Lesley M. M. Blume 9:30 p.m. – Pirate Workshops

The Santa Barbara Writers Conference Scrapbook is available in the Chaucers Book Store (Located in the Cantina).

27 West Anapamu Street, Suite 305 Santa Barbara, California 93101, U.S.A. +1.805.568.1516 www.sbwriters.com info@sbwriters.com

Thursday, June 22 8:00 am – Info Desk 9:00 - 11:30 am Morning Workshops 11:30 - 1:00 pm Lunch Break 12:00 - 12:45 pm Open Mic Poetry Reading 1:00 - 3:30 pm Afternoon Workshops 4:00 - 5:00 pm Speaker: Catherine Ryan Hyde 5:00 - 7:30 pm Evening Break 8:00 - 9:00 pm Speaker: Shanthi Sekaran 9:30 p.m. – Pirate Workshops Friday, June 23 8:00 am – Info Desk 9:00 - 11:30 am Morning Workshops 11:30 - 1:00 pm Lunch Break 1:00 - 3:30 pm Afternoon Workshops 4:00 - 5:00 pm Panel: Navigating the Amazon 6:00 - 8:00 pm Awards Banquet 9:00 p.m – SBWC Talent Show 9:30 p.m. – Pirate Workshops