You must be registered for the Saturday conference to register for any Sunday workshop.

Fees for each Sunday workshop below is*:
Public:
$75 through April 7, 2006;
$80 April 8-23, 2006.
ASJA Members:
$35

* Please note: there is no charge for the iUniverse workshops or for Your Annual Software Tune-Up workshop.

Registration & continental breakfast courtesy of iUniverse, Inc.

iUniverse Workshops: Self-Publishing: First Step or last Resort?
free
Self-publishing may be a better choice than you think. Learn how writers are making self-publishing pay at four special workshops presented free of charge on Sunday by conference sponsor, iUniverse.

Susan Driscoll and Diane Gedymin, who between them have more than fifty years of book publishing experience, discuss the differences between traditional publishing, supported self-publishing and self-publishing on your own. Driscoll, CEO of iUniverse, was formerly a senior manager for the academic divisions of HarperCollins, Holtzbrinck and Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Gedymin is Editorial Director of iUniverse and was formerly publishing director of HarperSanFrancisco and senior editor at The Putnam Berkley Group.

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
1: How Paying to Be Published Can Help Your Career

10:30 am - 12:00 noon
2: Preparing a Professional-Looking Manuscript: Choosing the Editorial Service that's Right for You

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
3: Beyond the Bookstore: Non-Traditional Ways to Get Your Book Known

2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
4: Turn Out-of-Print Titles into Extra Cash

One-on-One Essay Workshops
(additional registration fee)
Back by Popular Demand!
Have you written an essay, opinion piece or personal account you'd like to polish before you send it out? ASJA's One-on-One essay workshops can help. Seasoned essay writers with publishing credits from The New York Times Magazine to Reader's Digest will provide individual critiques to help you take your piece to the next level. One-on-one sessions will last 20 minutes each. (Participants attending morning workshops will get afternoon slots.) Workshop Guidelines: Send one nonfiction piece of up to 1,500 words to: ASJA One-on-One Workshops, Marcia Schonberg, 857 Vistana Circle, Naples, FL 34119. Manuscripts must be received by March 27, 2006. No fiction, poetry, scripts or screenplays. Manuscripts must be typed (or printed out) and double spaced. DO NOT send your only copy. You may also e-mail your essay, no later than March 27, 2006 to 1on1 --at-- asja.org. For further details, see www.asja.org/wc/2006/essayfaq.php.

TRACK: GETTING THE JOB
Session A:
Secrets to Nonfiction Proposals
(additional registration fee)
Nonfiction often sells by using a proposal, which means an outline, sample chapter(s), and some basic information about the project. A good nonfiction proposal is tough to write; a great one's even tougher. This nuts-and- bolts workshop provides clear guidelines of what to think about as you put together your book idea. Jeff Kleinman is a literary agent with offices in New York and Washington, D.C., and represents a mixture of nonfiction and fiction. Some of his recent successes include Inside The Wire by Erik Saar and TIME reporter Viveca Novak (nonfiction); and New York Times bestsellers Widow of the South and The Memory of Running. Joining him are Andrea Schultz, senior editor Harcourt, Inc., and literary agency Scott Hoffman.

TRACK: DOING IT WELL
Session B:
Distilling the Truth: The Art and Craft of the Essay
(additional registration fee)
An effective essay uses the intimate to cast light on the universal. The trick to writing a good essay is to make readers respond, whether they laugh, weep, or feel outrage. In this workshop we'll use discussion, example, and writing exercises to help you reach readers in a way that resonates. Bring paper and your favorite writing utensil, (no laptops, please), and an open mind. We'll examine what makes the best essays work, then we'll write, read aloud, and critique in a safe and positive atmosphere. Janine Latus has published essays in Woman's Day, Parents, American Way, Attache, and O magazine, and is now writing a memoir under contract with Simon & Schuster here and Random House in the U.K. entitled If I Am Missing or Dead.

TRACK: STREAMLINING YOUR BUSINESS WITH TECHNOLOGY
Session C:
Your Annual Software Tune-Up
(free)
How much time do you have to think about the latest computer software and what it can do for your business? This workshop features some of the nation's leading software vendors who will share the latest news on the most important applications for any writer's computer. Whether you're an early adopter or a reluctant updater, there'll be something here for you. Have a topic you'd like discussed? Send it to Lisa@TheLisaCo.com, and we'll make sure an answer or contact is waiting. Lisa Holton is a former business editor of the Chicago Sun-Times and the author of seven books, including How to be a Value Investor and The Essential Dictionary of Real Estate. She specializes in corporate and university communications, ghostwriting, and articles about money and small business for magazines including the ABA Journal, Working Mother, and Parents.

WANT TO WIN A FREE COPY OF OFFICE 2003?

In this session, we'll be raffling off software worth more than $1,200 -- copies of Office 2003, Adobe Acrobat and Adobe InDesign. Bring your business card to enter!

Sonal Jain from Microsoft will offer tips and tricks with Microsoft Office and the new Office 2007 that will launch in October. Noha Edell of Adobe Systems will demonstrate the future of e-books and other key documents by using Adobe Acrobat and Adobe InDesign.

TRACK: GETTING THE JOB
Session D:
Five Steps to Fabulous Queries
(additional registration fee)
Do you know the most important elements of a great query? Learn to write engaging pitch letters that will impress editors. Before-and-after query examples will help drive the points home. Diane Harrington will also select at least three query letters chosen from workshop participants to show to the group. To submit yours for consideration, e-mail it to Diane at DBHclasses@ sbcglobal.net before April 10 (put ASJA in the subject line). Diane Harrington, a former newspaper and magazine editor, has been freelancing since 1989, and teaches query writing online. She's a former consumer columnist for www.RealtyTimes.com and consumer finance columnist for www.MommaSaid.com.

TRACK: DOING IT WELL:
Session E:
Stylish Sentences, Crafted Grafs
(additional registration fee)
This workshop breaks down the craft of nonfiction narrative. A panel of writers and editors will discuss what we mean when we talk about "working our craft" and how exactly we do it. Then we will break into small groups so that participants can work with each of the panelists to pare prose to its essence, write sentences with flair, and build memorable characters, scenes, and stories. The workshop leader, Constance Hale, ASJA, is the author of Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose, and has worked as both a reporter and editor at the San Francisco Examiner, Wired and Health. She is joined by ASJA members Greg Breining (a freelance writer for National Geographic Adventure, Sports Illustrated, Islands, and Audubon), Heather Millar (a writer for publications as varied as Family Circle and Wired, Reader's Digest and Air & Space, Sierra and Smithsonian), and Jessie Scanlon (an editor at Business Week Online and a former editor at Wired).

TRACK: STREAMLINING YOUR BUSINESS WITH TECHNOLOGY
Session F:
Internet Technology for the Competitive Edge
(additional registration fee)
Websites, networking, and mobile technology are now a necessity for the working writer. You need your own website now — your competitors already have one. Learn how to inexpensively buy your own domain name, build a cheap (or free!) website, and get your domain and website on the web. Learn to connect laptop and desktop computers with a network, create a small home or office wireless network, use wireless (WiFi) on the road, and access your home computer while traveling. We'll also discuss great products for writers. Presented by Bill Pfleging, formerly Lycos Network Director of Community, technology columnist, computer consultant and Bruce Miller, ASJA's webmaster and database programmer, computer consultant, 12-year contributing editor to Puget Sound Computer User, and author of www.MobileWriter.com.