WHEN: Saturday and Sunday, June 13-14, 2009
   WHERE: The Hilton Pasadena, Pasadena, CA (click for info)
    KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Robert Crais and Laurie R. King

ROBERT CRAIS
photograph by
Jonathan Exley

 

Conference Rates:

Advance registration........$300

On-Site registration.........$325

 

 

LAURIE R. KING

 

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Theme: Breaking In and Breaking Out: Plotting the Write Course

SinC LA and SoCalMWA are co-sponsors of the inaugural California Crime Writers Conference scheduled for the weekend of June 13-14, 2009. The two-day event targets the needs of emerging and established writers alike.  

CCWC is an expansion of Sisters in Crime/L.A.’s successful biennial No Crime Unpublished Conference, held every other June. This new partnership will make it possible for more classes to be offered for established writers while also aiding those who hope to get published for the first time.

Conference Highlights and Details:

  • Two full days of workshops and breakout sessions from 8 AM – 5 PM Saturday

  • Luncheon keynotes each day featuring best-selling authors Robert Crais and Laurie King.

  • Top-flight faculty: Award-winning and best-selling authors including Gayle Lynds, Jerrilyn Farmer,  Christopher Rice, and Jan Burke; literary agents Jill Marsal (Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency), Irene Webb (Irene Webb LitTop-flight faculty: Award-erary), Timothy Wager (Davis Wager Agency), and Sandra Zane (Global Literary Management); editor Dan Smetanka, formerly of Ballantine/ Random House; legal and forensic experts including Corey Friedman of Nick Harris Detectives, intellectual property attorney Jonathan Kirsch, publicist Kim-from-L.A., D.P. Lyle, MD, and firearms expert T.J. Johnston.

  • Forensic sessions include NRA gun demonstration, mountain rescue team demonstration, crime scenes and cold cases with LAPD and Pasadena Police Department, and more.

  • Business sessions include online marketing, book contracts, e-publishing, book tours, agents’ and editors’ tips, media coaching, and more.

  • Craft workshops include plotting, pitching, character and voice development, query letters, rewriting and revising, adapting for TV, and more. 

  • Breakfast (Saturday), lunch (both days), and no-host cocktail party.

  • Bookseller: Vroman’s Bookstore, Pasadena

  • Vendor room, goodie bags, give-aways and raffle.