Schedule/Events

Coming to Las Vegas

September 20 - 23, 2012

-•- Schedule / Events -•-

Programming schedule and events will evolve as the year unfolds.

All information posted on site is subject to change

Quick and Dirty Grammar Tips for Fiction Writers:
This two hour workshop provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing. Covering the grammar rules and word choice guidelines that can confound even the best writers, "Grammar Girl" Mignon Fogherty makes complex grammar questions simple with memory tricks to help you recall and apply those troublesome grammar rules. Whether you're a seasoned author or a beginning writer struggling for that first professional sale, Grammar Girl’s punctuation, style, and business tips will make you a better and more successful writer."

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2012 (time yet to be scheduled) - Single Price: $35

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers:

A workshop focused primarily on writing style and mechanics that takes writers through the same critical process top-notch fiction editors use in polishing a piece of work and preparing it for publication. The content of the workshop is largely based on a book of the same name, currently in its fifth printing from HarperCollins.

Workshop will be run by R.J. Cavender of The Editorial Department.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2012 (time yet to be scheduled) - Single Price: $35

SPECIAL GRAMMAR GIRL & SELF-EDITING WORKSHOPS TWO-DAY PACKAGE
PRICE: $50

She's Back. And this time she'll be performing an ALIEN AUTOPSY!!!

Alien Autopsy: You've seen the faked-up video, right? But what would it really be like? What would gunshot wounds look like in a victim with scales or an exoskeleton? Defensive wounds on a creature with six limbs, not four? What about blunt force trauma? Strangulation? Sharp force injuries? Arson? Electrocution? We'll look at some famous human cases and use the laws of biology, physics and chemistry to extrapolate what an alien autopsy would look like, and what kinds of things might be a lot more (or less) deadly to non-humans.

The ever entertaining Pat MacEwen presenting.

Party Friday Night, September 21, 2012 sponsored by SHOCK TOTEM!

Party Saturday Night, September 22, 2012 sponsored by CUTTING BLOCK PRESS!