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SPEAKER AND AUTHOR PAGE UPDATED 8-1-10
Writers for New Orleans!
Welcome to Writers for New Orleans!
September 3 - 5, 2010
Hotel Monteleone
New Orleans, Louisiana
Masquerade
Featuring Special Guest Speakers
J.A.Konrath.....L.A. Banks.....Kayla Perrin.....and Sarah Wendell
Join us in New Orleans for a workshop that gives you one of the best networking experiences you’ll ever enjoy, panels presented by some of the finest speakers in the business, and evenings of unforgettable parties and fun. We’re seriously committed to the city of New Orleans, reaching beyond the French Quarter, and helping to restock the libraries in the Gulf region. We’re also determined to give every attendee new friends and new connections, bringing readers, writers, and editors together, and celebrating all genres of the written word.
All events are author hosted; full registration pays for all meals, panels and AV equipment, and interim beverage set-up. Each night time event is also included.
That said . . . learn from the pros, and give back to one of America’s most historical and unique cities, so frequently utilized by today’s writers. Party, party, party—enjoy old friends, meet new, enjoy one on one experiences in a learning and social setting like no other!
FRIDAY:
Afternoon panels
Welcome Party - hosted by Kathy Love and F. Paul Wilson
Join talented authors, Kathy Love and F. Paul Wilson as they host Writers For New Orleans Welcome Party, starting off Heather's wonderful weekend in true Big Easy style!
The party will include appetizers, cash bar, live music from Bourbon Street's premier zydeco band, The Bonoffs, and a private balcony with plenty of beads to throw in real Mardi Gras fashion. Food, dancing and fun!
The party will be held upstairs at Krazy Korner 640 Bourbon Street (on corner of Bourbon St. and St. Peter St.)
Invitations will be in your registration packets, and those are your admission to the party.
Helen Rosburg’s “A Night with the Stars”
Step out as the star or character of your dreams. The party takes place at the Canteen located at the World War II Museum, a spectacular venue where history collides with the present. Movie munchies by John Besh, one of the finest chefs in the city and far beyond. Fun and frolic and karaoke provided by your host, Scott Perry. Want to be Judy Garland as Dorothy and sing Over the Rainbow? Here’s your chance! Have a craving to be Madonna? Or think Clark Gable, Lucille Ball, Sophia Loren, Jim Carrey—your choices are as limitless as the stars!
SATURDAY:
Sunshine! A sumptuous Buffet Breakfast in the Riverview Room on the top floor of the Monteleone, with a spectacular view of the city and the river, which includes a chat and Q and A with our special guest speakers.
Panels
Lunch—NOLA is a walking city, with fantastic food in every little nook and cranny. Step out for lunch; pop into a shop or two. There is treasure waiting to be found.
More Panels
Saturday Night Dinner Theater
Masquerade!
Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Carnival in many places across the world, it’s a time when people put on costumes and mask, and prepare for the abstinence of Lent. In Rio, it’s sexy, wild and crazy, in Venezia, it’s the beauty and splendor of rich historical costume, and in New Orleans . . . well, it can be anything. But do we only wear masks at Mardi Gras, and what do we really hide behind them? Come in your favorite attire, behind whatever mask you choose to wear. Be sexy or splendid, eat, drink, and be merry, and enjoy an evening of fun and mayhem while we seek to look behind those different masks we all so often find ourselves wearing.
SUNDAY:
Editor and agent appointments.
Tea and Scones
Sunday Evening (for those with us through the Labor Day holiday)
A sumptuous wine tasting and vampire walk in a city famous for—vampires!
Looking forward to seeing you there!!
Heather Graham
Writers for New Orleans Registration Form
Heather's first Ghost Walk Trailer "The Lalaurie"
You can also visit Heather at
theoriginalheathergraham.com
eheathergraham.com
www.myspace.com/heathergrahamauthor
heathergraham.tv
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