The 2012 Meet has now passed, but here are the details of the programme, for posterity!

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Friday 14^th September: Overnight delegates arrive, book in. Time to meet, greet, wine, dine and (optional) cabaret.
Saturday 15^th September: Day delegates arrive, overnight delegates take leisurely breakfast.

Timexxxxxxxxxxxx

Main Roomxxxxxxxxxx

Second Room

09.20am

Registration desk opens.xxxxx

10.00am

Welcome.Novel ings xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

10.10am

Novel openings – what makes a good start to a story? Share yours!

10.50am

Coffee.Novel ings xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

11.10am

Filing off the serial numbers: adapting fanfic.

Where do you get your ideas? Where can I get mine?

11.50pm

We’ve got the gay: what about the other letters? (LBTQ)

Taking the plunge: the new author’s simple guide to getting published.

12.30pm

Lunch.Novel openings xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

1.30pm

Online marketing: how can I make it really work without losing the will to live?

Tropes: keeping the genre honeymoon fresh.

2.10pm

Publishing: the way forward.

The two-edged sword: the pitfalls of getting published.

02.50pm

Tea.Novel ings xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

3.10pm

The Buffet of Banter – BDSM, Shifters, Whose leg is it anyway?, Beta, Online Interaction and blogging, US settings, self publishing.

One-to-Ones for budding authors.

4.10pm

Hands across the water – Keynote speaker, Jordan Castillo Price.Novel openingsxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

4.45pm

Charity raffle draw, followed by opportunities to sign books/have books signed!Novel openingsxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Dinner, banter, fun and (optional) boogie on down.Novel openings

Sunday 16^th September: Leisurely breakfast. People who boogied too much apply Ralgex. Delegates depart.

Delegates depart.