Hilton Chicago - Waldorf Room

Sessions

Friday 10 August, 2012

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Dark Deeds
50 minutes, 10:00 AM CDT - 10:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Waldorf Room

Panel

Daniel Ehrenhaft (Moderator)

Holly Black (Participant)

Margaret Stohl (Participant)

Rebecca Sherman (Participant)

Amanda Hocking (Participant)

Sometimes, you must kill. (Well, in books.) Bad stuff has to happen in stories. Our panelists discuss the dark side: writing about murder and thing...
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Let's Talk About Self-Publishing
50 minutes, 11:00 AM CDT - 11:50 AM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Waldorf Room

Panel

Rebecca Sherman (Moderator)

Amanda Hocking (Participant)

Kate Schafer-Testerman (Participant)

Maureen Johnson, Says Who (Participant)

The book world is on fire with talk of self-publishing. But what does that really mean, and what does it entail? Our expert panel talks about the r...
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
How Not to Get Published
50 minutes, 12:00 PM CDT - 12:50 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Waldorf Room

Robin Wasserman (Moderator)

Kate Schafer-Testerman (Participant)

Rebecca Sherman (Participant)

Jennifer Laughran (Participant)

"Oh hello. I know you're in the bathroom, but I'll just slide this manuscript under the stall door!" Agents and editors share stories about weird w...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Is This Panel Too Dirty?
50 minutes, 2:00 PM CDT - 2:50 PM CDT

Hilton Chicago - Waldorf Room

Panel

For many, sex is a tricky and sometimes squicky business. How do you write a sex scene? Should there be sex in YA novels? Our panelists discuss the...