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Friday, June 5 12:00 noon | Registration Opens | | 1:00 - 1:05 | Introduction and Announcements regarding Friday events - Terry Griffin and Dudley Brown | | 1:05 - 1:50 | Agent Susan Gleason, New York City | 2:00 - 2:50 | Editor Bob Gleason, New York City | 3:00 - 3:50 | Book Scout Lara Khajetoorians, Hollywood, CA | 4:00 - 5:00 | Publisher Bob Gussin, CEO of Oceanview Publishing, Ipswitch, Mass. | 5:00 - 7:00 | Mystery Mingle - Largest mystery book signing in Florida! |
Saturday, June 6| 8:00 am | Registration Opens | | 8:15 - 8:30 | Welcome: Terry Griffin, Dudley Brown | 8:30 - 9:20 | Panel Discussion: Differences in Mysteries, Cozies, Police Procedurals and Thrillers - Patrick Gray Moderator, Wayne Barcomb, Don Bruns, Blaize Clement, Jim Swain | 9:30 - 10:20 | Panel Discussion: Books to Movies Demetra McBride Moderator - Lara Khajetoorians (Warner Brothers Book Scout), Jim Swain (author), Jeanne Corcoran (Sarasota Film Commissioner) | 10:30 - 11:20 | Panel Discussion: The Influence of John D. MacDonald on Contemporary Florida Mystery Writers Cal Branche Moderator - H. Terrell Griffin, Jonathan King, Bob Morris | 11:30 - 12:00 | Demonstration - James O. Born (Some Sort of Mayhem) | 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch (provided by the conference) - Don Bruns (Additional Mayhem) | 1:10 - 2:00 | Panel Discussion: Memorable Screw-Ups. What Not to Do David Hagberg Moderator, Jim Born, Tim Dorsey, P.J. Parrish, Elaine Viets | 2:10 - 3:00 | Panel Discussion: Bad Guys-The Transition from Cowboys in Black Hats to Nazis to Russians to Arab Terrorists - Dudley Brown Moderator, Tom Corcoran, Mary Anna Evans, David Hagberg, Ward Larsen | 3:10 - 4:00 | Panel Discussion: The Maltese Falcon. Has it Stood the Test of Time? A complimentary copy of the book will be provided to each registrant. - H. Terrell Griffin Moderator, Patricia Gussin, Jim Macomber, Jim Sheehan | 4:30 - 6:30 | Poolside Cocktail Party - sponsored by Florida Chapter of Mystery Writers of America | 7:30 - | Patron's Dinner - Cafe L'Europe Restaurant St. Armands Circle |
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