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CAC16 Schedule of Sessions Unlock the Secrets of Successful Publishing at CAC16 We have awesome presenters #CAC16! Please scroll down this page for the latest information on sessions, presenters, and events. Register for CAC16 Our Guidebook Schedule is Live! Download to your Mobile Device now. Or search for Guidebook in your App store, install it and then search for "Chanticleer Author Conference" in Guidebook. Regular Conference Sessions Begin Friday, April 29th Location: Hotel Bellwether 1 Bellwether Way, Bellingham, WA 98225 Rooms (See map on Right): Board Room Compass Room Admiral's Room Ballroom (across form main hotel) Sessions: Session Descriptions Session Schedule **Sessions are subject to change** Registration: Registration opens at 8:30am Friday morning in the Bellwether Ballroom and continues throughout the weekend (opens 8:45am on sat/sun). When you arrive, please check in with registration to receive your conference badge and information packet. We can't wait to see you! Scheduling in Progress, last updated March 17, 2016. SUBJECT TO CHANGE. As with any conference, all scheduled sessions are firm...until they are not. Thursday Time Special Masterclass Sessions (limit 15 attendees) **Held at the Bellingham Yacht Club** 9:30-noon Creating and Maintaining a Series - Pamela Beason 1:00pm-5pm Advanced Fiction Writing, Taking Your Writing to the Next Level - Robert Dugoni **Regular Conference Sessions (Fri-Sun sessions) are held at the Bellwether** Friday Time Board Room Compass Room Admirals Room Ballroom 9:00-10:00a x Making the most [...]

Schedule of Sessions at the Chanticleer Authors Conference 2015 This is the projected schedule as of September 24, 2015. Please check back frequently for updates and more details. Thank you! Download GUIDEBOOK on your smart phone for a mobile friendly (paperless) version of the schedule. You can check in as an attendee, see others who have checked in, add sessions to your itinerary, see speaker information, and more. After it downloads, register and search for Chanticleer. Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015 CAC15 Sessions and Events will take place at the Bellingham Yacht Club at Squalicum Harbor, Bellingham, Wash.  9:00 a.m. Registration Opens in the BYC Upper Lounge - coffee & tea & snacks provided 9:30 a.m.  Saturday  Sessions @ BYC Fireplace Room: Characterization---Creating Memorable Characters to Keep Your Readers Coming Back - Pamela Beason, award winning author, private investigator, editor Ward Room:  Social Media Savvy for Authors: Building and Author Platform Using the Best Social Sites for YOUR Audience, presented by Shari Stauch, CEO of Where Writers Win 10:45 a.m. Saturday Sessions  @ BYC Fireplace Room:  Community Marketing - James R. Wells Ward Room: Platforms (not shoes!): How to Position Yourself as Expert on a Topic - Cami Ostman 12:00  Saturday Casual Luncheon (included) in the BYC Lower Lounge and Deck - Sailor Burgers (Beef and Vegetarian) and Fixings - Bar is Open 1:10 p.m. Sessions and Workshops begin Fireplace Room: WattPad Wonderful, presented by Amanda June Hagarty Ward Room: Barnes and Noble's New Publishing Platform, presented by Stefanie Winger, Barnes and Noble Community [...]

Schedule of Sessions at the Chanticleer Authors Conference 2015 This is the projected schedule as of September 24, 2015. Please check back frequently for updates and more details. Thank you! Download GUIDEBOOK on your smart phone for a mobile friendly (paperless) version of the schedule. You can check in as an attendee, see others who have checked in, add sessions to your itinerary, see speaker information, and more. After it downloads, register and search for Chanticleer. Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015 CAC15 Sessions and Events will take place at the Bellingham Yacht Club at Squalicum Harbor, Bellingham, Wash.  9:00 a.m. Registration Opens in the BYC Upper Lounge - coffee & tea & snacks provided 9:30 a.m.  Saturday  Sessions @ BYC Fireplace Room: Characterization---Creating Memorable Characters to Keep Your Readers Coming Back - Pamela Beason, award winning author, private investigator, editor Ward Room:  Social Media Savvy for Authors: Building and Author Platform Using the Best Social Sites for YOUR Audience, presented by Shari Stauch, CEO of Where Writers Win 10:45 a.m. Saturday Sessions  @ BYC Fireplace Room:  Community Marketing - James R. Wells Ward Room: Platforms (not shoes!): How to Position Yourself as Expert on a Topic - Cami Ostman 12:00  Saturday Casual Luncheon (included) in the BYC Lower Lounge and Deck - Sailor Burgers (Beef and Vegetarian) and Fixings - Bar is Open 1:10 p.m. Sessions and Workshops begin Fireplace Room: WattPad Wonderful, presented by Amanda June Hagarty Ward Room: Barnes and Noble's New Publishing Platform, presented by Stefanie Winger, Barnes and Noble Community [...]

Chanticleer Conference Sessions - included in registration fee Want to be a Best-Seller? It’s All About the Influence!  How to Grow Your Audience Using Key Industry Influencers - Shari Stauch •    Why reviews and sharing reviews across your platform matters•    How to reach into the homes of readers via live book clubs•    Creating reader communities using local indie bookstores and libraries•    Cause marketing and its added benefit to authorsLearn how book reviewers, book bloggers and live book clubs can tip the sales scale in an author’s favor. This discussion includes sources for finding your reviewers and clubs as well as suggestions on how to approach them with your book(s).With WWW’s Shari Stauch It’s a Blog-Eat-Blog World: How to Find and Connect with Your Audience with Shari Stauch •    Why blogging increases your sphere of influence•    Today’s easy blogging platforms•    Expanding your blog audience in minutes a dayLearn why the blogosphere has become so influential in people’s reading and buying decisions and how to begin blogging and identify the topics and keywords relevant to your audience. Learn how to grow your audience using SEO and social media; and how to widen your circles of influence with free tools, exchanging guest blogs and more.With WWW’s Shari Stauch Data Driven Marketing: Engaging Readers & Driving Sales -- Elizabeth Dimarco Discovery that Matters - Kathy Weber Collaboration and Networking: The New Collaborative Economy and How it Affects  Today's Publishing;  --by Renata Kowalczyk This new age of publishing operates under a brand new set [...]

Books By the Bay Book Festival on Beautiful Bellingham Bay Sunday, September 21st, at the Hotel Bellwether Ballroom from 1 to 6 p.m. A FREE and FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT!  WIN DOOR PRIZES FREE Books from your favorite author! Complimentary Gift Cards to local restaurants Tee Shirts Fun Reader Swag Coffee Gift Cards Drawings will be held frequently and throughout the day! Author Panel Discussions:  1:30 p.m. -- SciFi &  Paranormal Panel Discussion - moderator Robert Slater "The Future Ain't What It Used To Be: Writing and Publishing Speculative Fiction in the new Millennium." Panelists:  Clete Barrett Smith, Bennett Coles, Terry Persun, Sharon Fisher, & Sara Stamey 2 :30 p.m. -- Mystery & Suspense Panel - moderator Pamela Beason "Settings, Characters, and Themes, Oh MY!"  Panelists: Clyde Curley, Jeanne Matthews, P.J. Alderman, Richard Mann, & Wendy Delaney 3:30 p.m. -- Women's Fiction Panel Discussion - moderator Kate Vale Topic: "Women's Fiction - What's That?" Panelists:  Lonna Enox, Tiffany Pitts, Wendy Dewar Hughes, & Judith Kirscht 4:30 p.m. -- David Beaumier Interviews Authors  Topic: Interviewer's Choice Panelists: Janet K. Shawgo, Mark Hartner, Joannah Miley, Lawrence Verigin, Candy Sary, & Michael Hurley