Schedule 2025
The MSCWC schedule overflows with opportunities for you to interact with the faculty and each other as you study the craft and business of being a professional writer. If your faculty member has prepared a handout, it will be available in class.
ALL EVENTS take place at CENTRAL CHURCH, 2005 Winchester Road, Collierville, TN 38017
Friday, March 14
11:00 AM
Bookstore table setup
Bookstore tables must be reserved upon registration, first come, first served.
12:00 PM
Check-in for Friday Workshops; Bookstore Opens
Friday classes are an optional add-on NOT included in Saturday registration.
1:00-4:00 PM
Friday Workshops
What’s an Editor Good For? Everything! Led by Patricia Bradley and Rachel McRae
Devotional Writing: Capturing and Sharing Glimpses of God Led by Shirley Crowder and Harriet Michael
From Page to Platform: Master Book Marketing with Social Media, Your Website, and Email Led by Bethany Jett
Your Book Is Meant to Collect Dollars, Not Dust Led by Tammie Polk
5:30-7:30 PM
Meet & Greet
Delicious pizza, salad and desert dinner is incuded for anyone attending Friday or Saturday classes. You may bring a guest for $5 per person but you must reserve your spot during registration to ensure we order enough food.
Saturday, March 15
8:00 AM
Registration and one-on-one signups; Bookstore & Prayer Room open
Follow signs for directions to the bookstore and prayer room.
9:00 AM
Welcome & Announcements
Karla Lewis, emcee
9:30 AM
First Keynote
Bethany Jett
10:30 AM
Break/Bookstore/Prayer room
10:45 AM
First Workshops
Jessica Patch: How to Write a Stellar Synopsis (And not die doing it)
Twila Belk: Say It With Humor
Tracy Crump: Critique Give and Take
11:45-1:00 PM
BOOKSTORE/PRAYER ROOM
12:00 PM
Lunch
"He has made everything beautiful in its time"
ecc. 3:11
1:00 PM
Second Workshops
Cheri Crowell: What Makes a Book Look Self Published?
Tracy Crump: A Kaleidoscope of Opportunities for Nonfiction Writers
Marji Laine: Fiction Writing Stops & Starts
2:00 PM
Break/Bookstore/Prayer Room
2:15 PM
Third Workshops
Tim Bishop: How to Craft Nonfiction that People Will Want to Read
Victoria Duerstock: The Truth About Publishing
Deborah Sprinklel: Let’s Write a Mystery
3:15 PM
Break/Bookstore/Prayer Room
3:30 PM
Second Keynote
Jessica Patch
4:45 PM
Conclusion
Karla Lewis, emcee
5:00 PM
Conference Ends