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Sunday
May 22, 2005

8:00 to 9:00 a.m.

  • Registration and Coffee
  • Sign Up for One-on-One Sessions

9:00 to 10:15 a.m.

  • Amy Gash - Choosing Projects: What are Editors Really Looking For?
  • Rita Rosenkranz - How to Write an Irresistible Nonfiction Book Proposal
  • Katharine Sands - Making the Perfect Pitch
  • Howard Meibach - The Business of Writing for Hollywood

10:30 to 11:45 a.m.

  • David Zuckerman - Writing Your First Screenplay and Selling It
  • Jim McCarthy - Ten Things Agents Wish Every Author Knew
  • David Hale Smith - The Agent’s Role
  • Panel: Small Press Editors - “What We Are Looking For”
    • Rick Campbell, Anhinga Press
    • Jeanne Leiby, Florida Review
    • Richard Mathews, UT Press
    • R.M. Berry, FC2
    • Bill Slaughter, Mudlark

12:00 to 1:30 p.m

  • Lunch: Keynote Speaker Andrei Codrescu - “Things to Do on Tour to Alleviate Loneliness, Amuse Yourself, Produce Poetry, and Keep Your Editor Entertained!”

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For more information, contact Dr. Dana Thomas
Florida First Coast Writers’ Festival
Florida Community College at Jacksonville
4501 Capper Road, Jacksonville, FL 32218
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