BAY TO OCEAN WRITERS CONFERENCE 2019 The 22nd annual Bay to Ocean Writers Conference featured an exciting lineup of 30 different workshops and classes from accomplished authors, poets, film writers and other instructors.
Thanks to all of our presenters, attendees and volunteers who helped make the 2019 BTO conference a great success. Please check back here later this summer for details about the 2020 BTO. The 2019 conference took place on Saturday, March 9, 2019, at Chesapeake College on Maryland's Eastern Shore in Wye Mills, Md. Sponsored by the nonprofit Eastern Shore Writers Association, BTO is dedicated to helping writers improve their craft by providing first-rate educational sessions and inspirational tips across a variety of writing genres.
Below you will find the schedule for 2019. Registration, now closed, was on the event page. To read detailed descriptions of sessions and speaker bios, click on each of the Sessions Titles below. The full 2019 program brochure is online: download it here. Bay to Ocean 2019 Photo Gallery : See the photos. Below is a list of sessions. Click the large blue labels to read session summaries and speaker bios for that track. BTO 2019 -- Sessions |
Gregg Wilhelm - WRITERLY RUTS: Step Out of Your Comfort Zone to Improve Your Writing CHRISTINE Stewart and Ann Tatro – Grants and Fellowships EDITORS' PANEL - What Are We Looking For - Moderated by Gregg Wilhem: with Christine Stewart, Chris Salerno, Kim Robers & Gerry LaFemina Scott McCormick – Audio Books with Graphic Audio Director Loriann Oberlin & Robert Bidinotto – The Do Nots & Definitely Do Steps for Writers Laura Shovan – Novels in Verse Austin Camacho - Writing Winning Dialogue Amy Schisler – Using Dialogue to Advance a Plot John Dedakis – How to Write a Novel Kris Faatz – Creating Layered Fiction Joshua Isard – Autobiographical Inspiration: Finding Effective Ways to Keep Yourself in Your Fiction Tara Campbell – The World in a Flash Character Panel –Moderated by Michele Chynoweth, with Susan Reiss & Lynn Auld Schwartz
| Chris Salerno – Writing the Contemporary Lyric Poem Nancy Mitchell – Make it Sound True: A Guide to Hijacking Your Reader's Heart Kim Roberts – The Insectanuum: Small Life Forms in Poetry Christopher T. George – Resilience, Trauma & Autobiographical Poetry Gerry LaFemina – The Chapbook BhodiI Tims – Mining the World of Science for Ideas & Language to Expand Your Poetry Publishing, Marketing, Editing Sophie Moss – Secrets to a Successful Writing Career Ariele Sieling – Your Book, Your Way: Step-by-Step Self-Publishing Dianne L. Pearce – Don't Die with Your Secret: Completing Your Work for Publication Ally Machate – Perfecting Your Author Platform Pat Valdata & Kim Roberts– Residencies & Fellowships Kenton Kilgore – Hand-selling Books, Making Money & Winning Fans Children & Creative Nonfiction Mary McCarthy – Meditative Journaling David Oates – The Art & Seriousness of Humor Writing Laura J. Oliver – Micro Creative Nonfiction Chris Grabenstein (via Skype) – Everything You Want to Know About Everything You Want to Know Matthew Swanson & Robbi Behr –The Secrets of Collaboration Picture Book Panel: (Moderated by Behr & Swanson) with James Burd Brewster; Carol Franks-Randall; Michelle Meadows |
