8:00 — 8:55 a.m. Registration, Continental
Breakfast, and On-site Bookstore, Books Inc.,
in Main Theatre Lobby
8:55 — 9:15 a.m. Welcome: Georgia Gero, WOW! Coordinator, and Victoria Morrow, President, Skyline College
9:15 — 10:10 a.m. Keynote Address: Julia Whitty, “The Fragile Edge”
10:10 — 10:30 a.m. Break — Book Signing on Stage — Please purchase your book before the program begins.
10:30 — Noon Morning Workshops — see below
12:00 — 1:00 p.m. Lunch (included in the registration fee) in the Cafeteria
Open Readings — Participants are invited to bring their own work to read. Upstairs, Building 6.
12:40 — 1:00 p.m. Book Signing — Workshop Authors
1:00 — 2:10 p.m. Book Talk:
Nona Caspers, Heavier Than Air
Micheline Aharonian Marcom, The Mirror in the Well
Yiyun Li, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
2:10 — 2:30 p.m. Break — Books Signing on Stage — Please purchase your book before program begins.
2:30 — 4:00 p.m. Afternoon Workshops — see below
4:00 p.m. Reception Building 6
WOW! WORKSHOPS 2009
MORNING WORKSHOPS
10:30 am – 12:00 p.m.
“Freeing Your Life With Words” — Susan Wooldridge
“When Life Hurts: Writing as a Way of Healing” — Sharon Bray
“The World Split Open: Finding your Poetry’s Truths” — Elline Lipkin
“Your Life as Story (Part 2)” — Tristine Rainer
“A Primer on Publishing” — Amy Rennert and Pat Walsh
“From Script to Screen: Writing the Movie of Your Dreams” — Laurel Minter
“Weaving Fact and Imagination: Using Historical Characters” — James Tipton
“The Language of Landscape: Poem-Making for Fun and Fulfillment” — Pamela Michael
“Passionate Attention: The Art and Practice of Writing from Our Every Day” — Katharine Harer
Afternoon Workshops
2:30 — 4:00 p.m.
“Launching Your Writing: Savvy Strategies to Promote Your Work”
Panelists: Sandy Boucher, Linda Watanabe McFerrin, Calvin Crosby, Susan Bono. Moderator: Kathleen McClung
“Slow Down, Fast Forward: Working with Narrative Time” — Kathleen de Azevedo
“High-Tech Storytelling” — Ellen Lee
“Inspiration Comes from the Most Unexpected Places/This Isn’t the Story I Planned to Write” — Wild Writing Women: Jacqueline Harmon Butler, Pamela Michael, Lisa Alpine, Carla King, Cathleen Miller, Suzanne LaFetra
“What’s the Plot? Finding the Heart of Your Play” — Joan Holden
“The Art of Memoir Writing” — Maureen Murdock
“Women in Transition: The Power of Writing” — Marcy Alancraig
“WOW! Open Poetry Slam” — Meliza Bañales
Questions? Contact Marijane Datson, WOW! Program Director, 650.726.1411, mjdat@pacbell.net