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Loudoun County Public Library's Writers' Conference

Everyone has a story to tell, whether it is in your head or hastily written on your favorite restaurant's paper napkins. Learn how you can reach your publishing goals when you attend the first Loudoun County Public Library's Writer's Conference. This is an all day conference for those who are currently writing a book, interested in writing a novel, desire to learn more about the business of books and those who want to write a screenplay. Learn from publishers, screenwriters and bestselling authors. Stop in for the entire day, or just the portion that interests you.

  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM - Registration and Welcome
  • 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM - Priming the Pump: The Content of Your Characters, Who Drives the Story? Presented by Author, Tracee Lydia Garner

Tracee L. Garner is a national best-selling and award winning author. She was the winner of the BET First Time Writer's Contest for her story Family Affairs which appeared in the All That and Then Some anthology. Tracee's other books include Come What May, The One Who Holds My Heart and Love Unchosen. Tracee is also a poet and is working on her first non-fiction book about disability and also a children's book.

  • 11:30 AM - 12.45 PM - How the Plot Thickens presented by Author Austin Camacho

Camacho is the author of five novels in the Hannibal Jones Mystery series and two in the Stark and O'Brien Adventure series. His short stories have been featured in four anthologies, includingDying in a Winter Wonderland - an Independent Mystery's Booksellers Association top best seller for 2008 and he is featured in the Edgar nominated African American Mystery Writers: an Historical and Thematic Study.

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  • 12:45 PM - 2:00 PM - Working lunch, Writing Exercises and Author Book Signings (Bring a bag lunch)
  • 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM - Journey to Publication: A Panel Discussion with Tracee L. Garner, Austin Camacho, Judy Coughlin and David Hazard.
Learn how to find the right publisher and about the steps your manuscript goes through before it reaches the bookstore.
Judy Coughlin is an Editorial Production Manager with Stylus Publishing LLC.


David Hazard has 31 years in publishing, is a former associate publisher and is the founder of Ascent, a private writing program.

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