AGENDA
Friday, March 23, 2018 Location: Venice Center Mall Community Room, 240 Tampa Ave W, Venice, FL 34285
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm ..... Moderated Panel: “Today’s Youth Market”
Featuring: KIM COOL, STACY DEKEYSER, CLARISSA THOMASSON
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm ..... Moderated Panel: “From Inspiration to Publication: Four Authors Tell Their Story”
Featuring: DON BRUNS, SUSAN KLAUS, DIANE SAWYER, RICHARD WICKLIFFE
5:00 pm – 6:15 pm ..... Master Class for writers "Developing Characters" with: DON BRUNS
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm ..... Wine & Cheese Reception (following panels & classes)
Saturday, March 24th, 2018
9:00 am – 3:00 pm ..... Bookseller Tents, Centennial Park, 200 W Venice Ave, Venice, FL 34285 (no entrance fee or registration required)
Noon – 2:00 pm .......... Editor/Agent Pitches, (FULL/NO MORE APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE)
Thank You to the Speakers, Editors, and Literary Agents who have donated their time to this charitable event.
SPEAKERS - Friday, March 23 Moderated Panels and Master Class
Authors will be available to sign their books following their events.
Don Bruns
Don is a USA Today bestselling author of three mystery series. A musician, songwriter, advertising guru, painter, cook, stand-up comic and novelist, Bruns has no idea what he wants to be when he grows up.
WEBSITE: http://donbrunsbooks.com/
Kim Cool
Kim writes about Florida, its ghost stories, its travel destinations, and its history. She’s won non-fiction awards, and several journalism awards as a features editor of the Venice Gondolier Sun.
WEBSITE: www.historicvenicepress.com
Stacy Dekeyser
Stacy teaches that writing is a lot like walking through the woods. While there may be several possible paths, we only have to write one scene at a time, and then other things will become apparent.
WEBSITE: www.stacydekeyser.com
Susan Klaus
Susan is a web radio host of an authors show with 15 million listeners in 148 countries, and a winner of the Florida Writers’ Royal Palm Literary award for Best Science Fiction Manuscript.
WEBSITE: susanklaus.com
Diane Sawyer
Diane has written five mystery novels and numerous short stories. A former educator and a current docent at the Salvador Dalí Museum, her love of research weaves through her plots and the lives of her characters.
WEBSITE: dianewsawyer.com
Clarissa Thomasson
Clarissa taught English literature, creative writing, and journalism before becoming a writer of children's books and Florida historical novels.
WEBSITE: saltmarshpublications.com
Richard Wickliffe
Richard's writing borrows from the unique (scandalous, criminal or satirical) environments of Florida. Gold winner of Best Popular Fiction in the Florida Book Awards, a recent project has been optioned by 20th Century Fox.
WEBSITE: www.RichWickliffe.com