Schedule of Events
2013 Conference
All panels and presentations are held in the Ronk Lecture Hall located in the Schar College of Education Building at Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio.
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Friday, May 17
| 3-6 p.m. | Check-In |
| 6:30-8 p.m. | Dinner Banquet |
| 8:15-9:30 p.m. | Keynote Speaker Scott Russell Sanders |
Saturday, May 18
| 7:30-8:30 a.m. | Breakfast (Coffee and tea will also be available throughout the morning during panels) |
| 8 a.m.-12 p.m. | Manuscript Consultations |
| 8:45-10:15 a.m. |
"The Art of Mulling" |
| 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. | "Search and Research: A Discovery Process" with Hope Edelman and Sonya Huber |
| 12-1 p.m. | Soup and Salad Lunch |
| 1-6:30 p.m. | Manuscript Consultations |
| 1-2:30 p.m. | "The Stealth Memoir—Writing Your Life Between the Lines" with Michelle Herman |
| 2:45-4 p.m. | "Knowing Where You Are, Knowing Where You've Been: Writing In and About Place" with Tom Montgomery Fate and Robert Root |
| 4:15-5:45 p.m. | "Almost Like You Were There: The Necessity of Reporting to Scene-Building, Reconstruction, and Remembrance" with Brian Mockenhaupt and Earl Swift |
| 6:30-8 p.m. | Dinner Banquet |
| 8:15-9:30 p.m. | Reading – Rebecca McClanahan |
Sunday, May 19
| 7:30-8:30 a.m. | Breakfast (Coffee and tea will also be available throughout the morning during panels) |
| 8 a.m.-12 p.m. | Manuscript Consultations |
| 8:45-10:15 a.m. | "Crafting the Memoir: Carving Questions, Shaping Story, and Juggling the Shifting Roles of Memory, Imagination, and Time" with Jill Christman, Joe Mackall, and Michael Steinberg |
| 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. | "Hello, My Name Is ___________ and I'm a Writer: Navigating the Business of Marketing and Promotion" with Valerie Due and Sarah M. Wells |
| 12-1 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1-6:30 p.m. | Manuscript Consultations |
| 1-2:30 p.m. |
"ART-I-FACT: The Triumvirate of Family History Memoir (With Suggestions for Achieving a Balance of Power)" |
| 2:45-4 p.m. |
"Personal Stories & Great Realities" |
| 5-6:30 p.m. | Book Signings |
| 6:30-8 p.m. | Dinner Banquet |
Monday, May 20
| 8-11 a.m. | Housing Check-Out |
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