2019 Conference Schedule

Breakfast at the hotel restaurant is included for guests staying at the hotel.
Lunch and light refreshments are included in the registration price.

7:00–8:00 p.m. Early Registration (Hotel Lobby)

8:00–8:30	Gather 1/2	Registration, Bookstore, Coffee, Refreshments
8:30–8:45	Gather 1/2	Welcome & Announcements
8:45–9:30 Keynote 1	Gather 1/2	Don’t Add and Don’t Take Away: The Christian Editor’s Challenge—Selma Wilson
9:45–11:00 Session 1	Gather 1/2	Coffee with Selma (Q&A)— Selma Wilson
9:45–11:00 Session 1	Gather 3	Editing for Suspense in Fiction—Joel Armstrong
11:15–12:30 Session 2	Gather 1/2	The Physiology of Proofreading—Robert Hudson
11:15–12:30 Session 2	Gather 3	Starting Your Freelance Editing Business—Christi McGuire
12:30–1:15	Gather 1/2	Lunch
1:30–2:45 Session 3	Gather 1/2	Order in the Book: How to Prepare a Manuscript for Publication—Christy Callahan
1:30–2:45 Session 3	Gather 3	Fiction Techniques to Make Your Nonfiction Book Stand Out—Joel Armstrong
3:00–4:15 Session 4	Gather 1/2	Substantive Fiction Editing—Karin Beery
3:00–4:15 Session 4	Gather 3	From Stage to Page—James Watkins
4:15–4:30	Gather 1/2	Afternoon Refreshments, Bookstore
4:30–5:45 Session 5	Gather 1/2	CWMS Q&A—Robert Hudson
5:45–6:00	Gather 1/2	Closing
6:00–6:30	Gather 1/2	Bookstore

6:00–8:30

Dinner on own

8:30–9:30

Gather 1/2

Worship and prayer time (tentative time)

8:00–8:30	Gather 1/2	Bookstore, Coffee, Refreshments
8:30–8:45	Gather 1/2	Announcements
8:45–9:30 Keynote 2	Gather 1/2	You Don’t Say: Good Editing for Bad Words—Robert Hudson
9:45–11:00 Session 6	Gather 1/2	Nerds Love Easter Eggs: Series Editing in Speculative Fiction—Amy Williams
9:45–11:00 Session 6	Gather 3	Crazy Spelling: How to Catch What Others Miss—Christy Callahan
11:15–12:30 Session 7	Gather 1/2	Scheduling Your Time for Effective Editing—Ken Walker
11:15–12:30 Session 7	Gather 3	Understanding Genres—Karin Beery
12:30–1:15	Gather 1/2	Lunch
1:30–2:45 Session 8	Gather 1/2	A Short Course on Permissions—Robert Hudson
1:30–2:45 Session 8	Gather 3	Don’t Become a Digital Dinosaur! Adapting to the Changing Publishing World—James Watkins
3:00–4:15 Session 9	Gather 1/2	Letting Your Creative Juices Flow—Ken Walker
3:00–4:15 Session 9	Gather 3	Your Baby Is Ugly: 10 Tips to Effective Communication with Your Author Clients—Amy Williams
4:15–4:30	Gather 1/2	Afternoon Refreshments, Bookstore
4:30–5:45 Session 10	Gather 1/2	Faculty Panel Q&A
5:45–6:00	Gather 1/2	Closing
6:00–6:30	Gather 1/2	Bookstore

Schedule is subject to change.