7:00 – 10:30 AM • Networking Breakfast

Killer Nashville Network Breakfast
– Free to Those Staying at Embassy Suites (Atrium)
– $19.99 For Those Not Staying at Embassy Suites (Atrium)

8:00 AM – 3:00 PM • Registration

Registration Desk (Atrium) and Bookstore (Magnolia/Iris/Azalea) open

8:20 – 8:40 AM • Keynote

– Sunday Keynote Speech

9:00 – 9:40 AM • Panels

Panels 

– The Agent/Author Relationship (Chestnut)

– Digital Investigations (Birch)

– Twists and Turns: Crafting Plots That Keep Readers Guessing (Oak)

– Revealing Plot and Emotion with Natural Dialogue (Maple)

– The Punch in a Pitch: Crafting Memorable One Liners to Sell Your Story (Hickory)

– Police Procedures (Sycamore)

– Money Laundering (Redbud)

– How to Build a Newsletter (Poplar)

– Building Character Arcs (Williamson)

– Writing the Thriller (Franklin)

10:00 – 10:45 AM • Panels

Panels 

– The Thriller Writer's Hustle: From Book to Sales to Momentum (Chestnut)

– An Overview of Law Enforcement (Birch)

– Creating Compelling Villains: Motivations, Backstories, and Psychology (Oak)

– Scrivener Hacks: Get Organized and Streamline Your Writing Process (Maple)

– Neuroscience and Positive Psychology for Writers (Hickory)

– Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence for Writers (Sycamore)

– Writing the Legal Mystery (Redbud)

– Writing Romantic Suspense (Poplar)

– Gamify Your Writing to Level Up Your Productivity and Reader Engagement (Williamson)

– How to Successfully Self-Publish Your Book (Franklin)

11:00 – 11:20 AM • Book Signings

Authors Book Signing
– Killer Nashville Bookstore – Free and open to the public (Magnolia/Iris/Azalea)

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM • Panels

Panels 

– Harnessing Ethical Dilemmas in Crime Fiction(Chestnut)

– 10 Ways to Make Your Mystery Mediocre (Birch)

– Connecting to Characters: How to Write Characters Readers Engage With (Oak)

– How to Build the Scene / Writing Suspense: From Crime Scenes to Spy Scenes (Maple)

– Hand Selling Books (Hickory)

– Medical Pitfalls When Killing Your Characters: Strategies to Accurately Depict Medical Fact in Your Fiction (Sycamore)

– Running Your Writing Like a Business (Redbud)

– Writing the Medical Mystery (Poplar)

– Crafting Killer Synopses (Williamson)

– Writing the Historical Novel (Franklin)

12:30 – 1:15 PM • Panels

Panels 

– The Art of Red Herrings (Chestnut)

– Worldbuilding in Any Genre (Birch)

– The Author's Journey: From Concept to Publication and Beyond (Oak)

– Writing for the Inspirational Market (Maple)

– Novel Malpractice (Hickory)

– A Day in the Life of a U.S. Secret Service Agent (Sycamore)

– Writing Horror (Redbud)

– Writing YA (Poplar)

– Top 21 Editing Mistakes Authors Make (Williamson)

1:30 – 1:50 PM • Book Signings

Authors Book Signing
– Killer Nashville Bookstore – Free and open to the public (Magnolia/Iris/Azalea)

3:00 PM • Registration Closes / Conference Ends

Registration Desk (Atrium) and Bookstore (Magnolia/Iris/Azalea) close