The NYC Publishing & Creativity Conference
New Yorkers – get motivated to live a more creative life!
The New York City Publishing & Creativity Conference for Writers is the first conference of its kind ever to be hosted by a major book publisher. In this conference you will:
* Gain access to publishing professionals from the largest publishing company in the world
* Be inspired by JULIA CAMERON, the #1 bestselling creativity author in the world
* Learn from our creativity and publishing experts, including Tama Kieves, Barbara Diane Barry, Mari Mancusi, and others
* Meet with editors and other publishing veterans*
* Enjoy networking with other writers
* Learn about building your author platform, and using it to make your book a bestseller
Frequently Asked Questions
REGISTER BEFORE APRIL 10 AND SAVE $20
with Discount Code: TARCHERLIVE MAR
SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, APRIL 11th
3:00 – 4:00pm – Pre-registration for premiere ticket holders; editor pitch session times will be assigned during this pre-registration
4:00-6:00pm – Editor pitch sessions (15-minute pitch meetings, to be scheduled on first-come, first-served basis)
5:15-6:00pm – General registration
6:00-7:15pm – Panel: An Inside Look at Publishing
Including advice from an editor, agent, publisher, publicity/marketing director, and author
7:15-7:45pm – Booksigning
8:00-9:30pm – Cocktail party for premiere ticket holders
SATURDAY, APRIL 12th
9:00-10:00am – registration
10:00 – 10:50am – Tama Kieves: Inspired & Unstoppable: Wildly Succeeding in Your Writing Career!
10:55-11:20am – Laurie Lamson: Top Tips from the Now Write! Experts
11:20-11:45 – Book signing, bathroom break
11:45-12:15pm – Keith Ogorek: Four Key Words to Put Your Creativity to Work
12:30 – 2:00pm – LUNCH
2:00-3:00pm – Panel: Building Your Platform / The Path to Publishing
3:00-3:40pm – Barbara Diane Barry: Painting Your Way Out of a Corner
3:40-4:00pm – Book signing, bathroom break
4:00-5:00pm – Julia Cameron: Cultivating Your Creativity the Artist’s Way
5:00-5:30pm – Julia Cameron Booksigning
*Denotes activities available to those with Premier tickets
FEATURED SPEAKERS
JULIA CAMERON
Julia Cameron has been an active artist for more than three decades. She is the author of more than thirty books, including The Artist’s Way (which has sold over 2 million copies and been translated into more than a dozen languages), Walking in This World, and Finding Water. Also a novelist, playwright, songwriter, and poet, she has multiple credits in theater, film, and television. www.juliacameronlive.com
TAMA KIEVES
Tama Kieves, Harvard-lawyer-turned-career-coach, has spent the last decade crossing the 
United States and Canada, speaking to tens of thousands of people and sharing her inspiring story of moving from a career that was killing her to a life that has uplifted her, chronicled in her first book, This Time I Dance!: Creating the Work You Love. She has mentored thousands of people who, with her help, have followed their passion, and now live their dream lives. Kieves recently published a new book with Tarcher/Penguin called Inspired & Unstoppable. www.tamakieves.com
MARI MANCUSI
Mari Mancusi is a two-time Emmy award-winning television producer and award-winning author of eighteen novels for adults and teens, including Scorched, Blood Coven Vampires Gamer Girl. A graduate of Boston University’s College of Communication, she lives with her husband and daughter in Austin, TX.www.marimancusi.com
BARBARA DIANE BARRY
Barbara Diane Barry is an artist and art teacher in New York City. Under the educational outreach program at Symphony Space, she teaches in public schools throughout NYC’s five boroughs and gives tours in the city’s finest museums. In addition, she is on staff at the South Street Seaport Museum and the creator of “Art for Self-Discovery,” a studio art program for adults and children. www.artforselfdiscovery.com
LAURIE LAMSON
Laurie Lamson is a writer, editor and filmmaker who loves helping tell great stories. She is the editor of Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror, co-editor (with her Aunt Sherry Ellis) of Now Write! Screenwriting and Now Write! Mysteries. In addition, Lamson has written feature screenplays for indie producers and short educational videos, such as a series of interactive projects for the National Museum of the U.S. Army, and the award-winning “Care for our Planet” for Levi Strauss & Co.
JOEL FOTINOS
Joel Fotinos is vice-president and publisher at Tarcher/Penguin, and the co-author of The Think & Grow Rich Workbook and The Prayer Chest. A licensed minster with the Centers for Spiritual Living, Fotinos travels the country giving talks and workshops on spirituality and inspiration. www.joelfotinos.com
KEITH OGOREK
Currently SVP of Marketing at Author Solutions, Keith Ogorek has worked in product development, as an ad agency creative director, inventor of a successful game for adults and children, creator of an innovative product for parents of infants, and author of three inspirational books. www.indiebookwriters.com
2:00pm: Now Write! Screenwriting contributor Marilyn Atlas will be on a panel: “How To Pitch a Literary Agent or Publisher.”
1:45pm Laurie and 2-time contributor Brad Schreiber will present a creative writing workshop featuring Brad’s exercise in Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror: “Metamorphosis.” Laurie will also share her top 10 favorite exercises selected from all of the books in the Now Write! series.