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Pikes Peak Writers Conference 2025
Pikes Peak Writers Conference 2025
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Kacey
About me
I have written a sci-fi romantasy and am seeking to get it published.
Friday
, May 2
8:30am MDT
Read & Critique Session 1
Fremont
John Gilstrap • Brenna English-Loeb • Leticia Gomez
11:00am MDT
Speed Pitch
Fremont
AJ Metzger
12:15pm MDT
Welcome Lunch
Ballroom
Avery Flynn
2:00pm MDT
Traditional Publishing vs. Independent Publishing
Academy
Leticia Gomez
Do Your Settings Work as Hard as You Do? (2 Hours)
Palmer
Kelley J. P. Lindberg
3:15pm MDT
Read & Critique Session 5
Fremont
David R. Slayton • Caitlin McDonald • Steve Saffel
4:15pm MDT
Snack Break
Ballroom
4:45pm MDT
Editor Panel
Academy
Leticia Gomez • Christina Lopez • Melissa Rechter • Steve Saffel
A Crash Course on Critique
El Paso
Christina Allen
7:30pm MDT
Dinner
Ballroom
9:00pm MDT
Instant Slushpile
Douglas
Lou J Berger
Saturday
, May 3
7:00am MDT
Breakfast
Ballroom
8:30am MDT
Weaponize Those 5 Love Languages to Develop Characters and Build Tension
Academy/Palmer
Kelley J. P. Lindberg
9:45am MDT
Short Story Generative Workshop (Part 1)
Douglas
Shannon Lawrence
11:00am MDT
Write What You Feel: Emotion in Fiction
Academy/Palmer
David R. Slayton
12:15pm MDT
Lunch with Keynotes
Ballroom
Ricardo Fayet • Alexandra Diaz • David R. Slayton • Avery Flynn • John Gilstrap
2:00pm MDT
Secrets of Pacing and Clarity
Pikes Peak/Royal Gorge
Steve Saffel
3:15pm MDT
Book to Film Strategies to Sell Your Story in a Single Sentence, Treatment, Pitch Deck or Bible
Douglas
Jennifer S. Wilkov
4:15pm MDT
Snack Break
Ballroom
4:45pm MDT
Plotting Your Character's Demise
El Paso
James Persichetti
7:30pm MDT
Banquet
Ballroom
John Gilstrap
Sunday
, May 4
7:30am MDT
Breakfast
Ballroom
9:00am MDT
Full-on Fight Scenes: Tools and Tips to Fit Your Tale
Fremont
Bowen Gillings • AJ Metzger
10:15am MDT
Short Story Generative Workshop (Part 2)
Seven Falls
Shannon Lawrence
11:30am MDT
Write Towards the Ending
El Paso
James Persichetti
12:45pm MDT
Lunch
Ballroom
David R. Slayton
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