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Time
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De Anza I
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De Anza II
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De Anza III
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9-10 AM
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I Left My Gun in San Francisco: Is "only in San Francisco" really true when it comes to crime fiction?
Randal Brandt (M)
Robin Burcell
Mark Coggins
Eddie Muller
Claire Johnson
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Going Global or Up Close and Personal: High stake crimes, national/ worldwide disasters vs. misdeeds on a smaller scale.
Kathleen Antrim (M)
Nancy Baker Jacobs
Pari Noskin Taichert
W.H. Watford, M.D.
Tess Collins
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SinC Writers Track: Getting Black on White -- from Blank Screen to Manuscript: Strategies for developing ideas, characters, clues.
Gillian Roberts
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10-11 AM
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Making it Relevant: Bringing social (and even political) issues into mystery fiction.
Suzanne Epstein (M)
Christopher Rice
Ed Goldberg
Paula L. Woods
Lee Child
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A Funny Thing Happened...: Authors share humorous and not-so-humorous anecdotes about booksignings and other events.
Parnell Hall (M)
Valerie Wolzien
Ed Mitchell
John Maddox Roberts
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SinC Writers Track: Researching: Use what you know and research what you don't.
Cara Black
Lyn Hamilton
Stephen Booth
Tony Broadbent
Lauren Haney
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11 AM - 12 PM
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Sidekicks Who Steal the Show: Minor characters who threaten to take over the story. How the characters developed and how writers keep them in line.
J.J. Lamb (M)
Bette Golden Lamb
Ann Parker
Penny Warner
Steve Brewer
Lee Harris
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SinC Writers Track: Editing & Rewriting: Polishing for clarity and punch.
Lora Roberts
Jonnie Jacobs
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12-1 PM
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What Writers Read: What do writers read when they aren't writing? What books have influenced their fiction?
Margaret Lucke (M)
Stephen Booth
Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Elaine Flinn
Nadia Gordon
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The Lady Investigates: A history of the female sleuth in fiction.
Camille Minichino (M)
Rhys Bowen
Carolyn Wheat
Merrill Sanders
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SinC Writers Track: Selling/Marketing: "Guerilla marketing" for authors without a large budget.
Mark Coggins
Kathleen Antrim
Simon Wood
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