Schedule – Golden Gate Conference at Asilomar 2011

Friday, February 25

3:00 – 4:00 p.m.              Registration in Evergreen

3:15 – 4:00 p.m.            Spice up Your School Visits: Improv Games for Classroom                                                                         Presentations, Naomi Kinsman and Erin Dealey, Fred Farr

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.             Conference Kick-off, Fred Farr

5:00 – 6:00 p.m.             Welcome to the Wild Wild West: Children’s Apps and Digital Media                                                 in 2011, Rick Richter, Fred Farr

6:00 – 7:15 p.m.            Dinner

7:15 – 7:30 p.m.            Raffle and Announcements, Fred Farr

7:30 – 8:30 p.m.            Inspiration is for Amateurs, David Wiesner, Fred Farr

8:30 – 9:30 p.m.            Cocktail Party and Mingling, Fred Farr

Local Author Book Sale

Saturday, February 26

7:30 – 8:30 a.m.            Breakfast

8:30 – 8:45 a.m.            Raffle and Announcements, Fred Farr

8:45 – 9:15 a.m.            Apps, Enhanced eBooks, Vooks and You—An Agent Gives Her                                                             Perspective, Ginger Clark, Fred Farr

9:15  – 9:45 a.m.             An Agent’s ABCs: A Better Career, Josh Adams, Fred Farr

9:45 – 10:45 a.m.            The Do’s and Don’ts of a Great Protagonist, No Matter What Age                                                             You are Writing For, Courtney Bongiolatti, Fred Farr

10:45 – 11:00 a.m.            Break and Transition

11:00 – noon                        Cancer, Death & Mother Teresa:  Writing from Life, Fear & the                                                             Underbelly of the Ganges, Gianna Marino, Fred Farr

noon – 1:15 p.m.            Lunch

1:15 – 2:15 p.m.            Cinematic Storytelling, Mark Holmes, Fred Farr

2:15 – 3:15 p.m.            Pacing the Perfectly Pitched Story, Katherine Jacobs, Fred Farr

3:30 – 3:45 p.m.            Raffle and Announcements, Fred Farr

3:45 – 4:45 p.m.            How the Luddites Live: The Low Tech Side of Creating a Vivid                                                             World in Fiction That Goes Way Beyond Setting (No GPS                                                                         Required), Alexandria LaFaye, Fred Farr

4:45 – 5:45 p.m.            Faculty Readings, Fred Farr

5:45 – 6:15 p.m.            Portfolio Show, Oak Shelter Room

6:00 – 7:15 p.m.            Dinner

7:15 – 7:30 p.m.            Announcement of Second Annual Golden Gate Illustrator Award,                                                             Fred Farr

7:30 – 8:30 p.m.            The Plusses and Perils of “Writing What You                                                                                     Know,” Cynthia Lord, Fred Farr

8:30 – 9:30 p.m.            Faculty Book Signings and Cocktails, Fred Farr

Sunday, February 27

7:30 – 8:30 a.m.            Breakfast

8:30 – 9:30 a.m.            All Speakers Panel, Fred Farr

9:30 – 9:45 a.m.            Raffle and Announcements, Fred Farr

9:45 – 10:45 a.m.            Eavesdropping is Okay and Other Truths I’ve Learned from                                                             Authors and Illustrators, Namrata Tripathi, Fred Farr

10:45 – 11:00 a.m.            Announcements, Fred Farr

11:00 – noon                        Commitment Ceremony, Fred Farr

noon                                    Lunch and Checkout