Crime authors discuss their morally questionable protagonists and what it is like writing them.
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B. Alan Bourgeois, an award-winning author and founder of Texas Authors Incorporated, discusses various marketing strategies for authors.
Baron Birtcher leads a panel discussing the importance of using description in writing to establish time and place for the reader. The panel also touches on descriptive language when introducing characters.
The panel gives tips for pitching including only telling highlights, pitching the right genre, and being professional. The agents discuss reasons they reject queries and recommend authors hire beta readers and line editors before sending manuscripts to an agent.