UntitledTown Book and Author Festival: Full Schedule

10:00am CDT

Screenwriting: Ready, set, write

Is your main character already played by America Ferrerra inside your head? Have you ever dreamed of seeing your work on the screen? This engaging discussion, led by moderator Kate Farley, will tap into the visual component of written storytelling. Moderated by UWGB's Aaron DeBee

Speakers

Kat Abbott

Kat worked in the entertainment industry for 5+ years on everything from Emmy-winning TV shows to feature films to independent short films. While she’s done every crew position behind the camera, her favorites are key set costumer and assistant director. She currently resides in... Read More →

Janson Mancheski

I write fiction of all types. Mostly novels and screenplays. In 2009, I published my first novel The Chemist, a crime thriller set in Green Bay, featuring detective Cale Van Waring. It won 1st place in a national fiction contest. I wrote two more books in the series after that. My... Read More →

Monica McFawn

Monica McFawn's story collection, Bright Shards of Someplace Else, won a Flannery O'Connor Award and was named an NPR “Great Read” and a Michigan Notable Book. Her stories have appeared in the Georgia Review, Missouri Review, Gettysburg Review, and other journals. She's also the... Read More →

Saturday April 21, 2018 10:00am - 11:15am CDT
KI Convention Center - Room 6AB (Breakout Area)

Writing Craft

Ages All ages welcome
Session Type Panel Discussion
Genre Screenwriting
Tags Movies, television

12:00pm CDT

Publishing Your Work Mega Panel

You have questions? They have decades of years of experience and are ready to offer their wisdom. This highly audience-generated panel will be open to any kinds of questions -- from publishing to story to craft to agents to the best way to end writer's block (hint: usually it's coffee plus writing more). Moderated by UWGB's Stefan Hall.

Speakers

PJ Fiala

PJ Fiala has enjoyed many careers in her lifetime. But, she’s finally found her favorite and final career putting lovable characters through their paces and dreaming up fantastic worlds for them to live in, all while learning and sharing marketing strategies, writing and social... Read More →

Lora Hyler

Founder & CEO, Glendale, Wisconsin

Lora Hyler is an award-winning former radio journalist, television commentator, executive speechwriter, and manager at media and utility companies. She currently serves as CEO of her 16-year-old public relations and marketing company, Hyler Communications. She has written hundreds... Read More →

Michael Leannah

Michael Leannah, a teacher in elementary and middle schools for more than 30 years, is the creator of We Think with Ink, a program for writing teachers. He is the author of Most People, an award-winning children's picture book, published in 2017 by Tilbury House. Two more of his picture... Read More →

Stacey Joy Netzel

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Stacey Joy Netzel is an avid reader and loves all movies with a happily ever after (Ever After being a favorite). She lives in Wisconsin with her family, a horse and some cats. In her limited free time she enjoys hiking, canning fresh... Read More →

Angie Stanton

Angie Stanton is a life-long daydreamer who grew up with a book in her hands and her head in the clouds. As an adult, she’s put her talent to use writing contemporary fiction about life, love, and the adventures that follow. Angie has a Journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin... Read More →

Saturday April 21, 2018 12:00pm - 1:15pm CDT
KI Convention Center - Room 6AB (Breakout Area)

Publishing

Ages All ages welcome
Session Type Panel Discussion

2:00pm CDT

Kid Lit How to Write for young audience

A lively panel of successful children's authors share their wisdom on what's working, what's not working and how to write for this very special group of readers without pandering or dumbing down the story. Moderated by Wendy McClure

Speakers

Jessica Marie Baumgartner

Jessica’s motto is: Adventure first, then write! When not running around exploring nature and chasing after two smaller versions of herself, she also…feeds the bunny. Somehow in there she has found time to author the award winning children’s book, The Golden Rule, as well as... Read More →

Lora Hyler

Founder & CEO, Glendale, Wisconsin

Wendy McClure

Wendy McClure is an author, a columnist, and a children’s book editor. She is the author of The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie, which won the Midwest Booksellers Choice Award for nonfiction in 2011, received a starred review from... Read More →

Eliot Triechel

Eliot Treichel is the author of the young adult novel A Series of Small Maneuvers, which received the Oregon Book Award’s Readers Choice Award and the Mountain & Plains Independent Booksellers Association’s Reading the West Award. His first book, the story collection Close Is... Read More →

Jacqueline West

Jacqueline West is the author of the NYT-bestselling middle grade fantasy series THE BOOKS OF ELSEWHERE and the YA novel DREAMERS OFTEN LIE. Her next MG series, THE COLLECTORS, will be released by Greenwillow/HarperCollins in fall 2018. Her debut, THE SHADOWS (THE BOOKS OF ELSEWHERE... Read More →

Liza Wiemer

Liza Wiemer is an award-winning educator with twenty-five years of teaching experience. HELLO?, her debut realistic contemporary YA novel, is set in Door County, Wisconsin and was published by Spencer Hill Press, NY. It was named a Goodreads Best Young Adult Novel and was on Milwaukee... Read More →

Saturday April 21, 2018 2:00pm - 3:15pm CDT
KI Convention Center - Room 6AB (Breakout Area)

Writing Craft, Kids

Ages All ages welcome
Session Type Presentation
Genre Children's Literature

UntitledTown Book and Author Festival

10:00am CDT

Kat Abbott

Janson Mancheski

Monica McFawn

12:00pm CDT

PJ Fiala

Lora Hyler

Michael Leannah

Stacey Joy Netzel

Angie Stanton

2:00pm CDT

Jessica Marie Baumgartner

Lora Hyler

Wendy McClure

Eliot Triechel

Jacqueline West

Liza Wiemer

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