Here's how this works. We will email all conference registrants when the session signup is open on March 15. You will have until April 5 to register (using the online registration form) for the sessions you want, considering your interests and your specific writing-related questions. You may choose as many as three sessions—we will do our best to schedule you with at least two. This is strictly first come, first served, so you should plan to sign up early during the registration period.

We will post a full list of coaches in February 2012. But just to give you an idea of the kind of issues they may be addressing, here are some of the coaches who volunteered their time in 2010.

	Susan Wittig Albert: Using your journal as "research material" for memoir Using your family's history in your own story Incorporating a sense of place in your story
	Kendra Bonnett: Successful Book Marketing and Publishing Choices Banishing Writer's Block: Stimulate Your Mind to Keep Writing [returning coach in 2012!]
	Matilda Butler: Family Storytelling: Issues and Considerations Writing for Yourself AND Your Readers [returning coach in 2012!]
	Helen Ginger: Working with an Editor Conducting In-Person Interviews Taking Your Book on a Blog Tour [returning coach in 2012!]
	Lynn Goodwin: Journaling to find your story Mining your journals for material Turning journaling into story What is already working (bring up to 250 words typed and double-spaced) Getting unstuck [2012 coach]
	Leila Levinson: self-publish or small press? launching your book online how blogging and twitter are critical to promotion what to expect from a publicist [2012 coach]
	Judy Miller: writing with passion how much to tell prompts and storytelling [2012 coach]
	Linda Joy Myers: Writing as a healing path Managing difficult family truths in memoir Memoir and psychological issues [returning coach in 2012!]
	Janet Riehl: Blogging Audio Books Poetry Family Stories Creative Process
	Jane Ross: Editing (tips for editing your own writing, how to do peer editing, and working with a "story doctor" or editor to polish your stories) Self publishing Facilitating a writing circle
	Carolyn Scarborough: Melting writer's block Creating a consistent writing practice Finding your authentic voice Memoir writing as spiritual practice Identifying your ideal audience [returning coach in 2012!]
	Suzanne Sherman: Getting Published/Quick Tips: How to Write a Great Query Letter Getting Published/Quick Tips: How to Write a Great Book Proposal Query Letter Critique [2012 coach]
	Amber Starfire: Journaling for Personal Growth & Healing Creating and Keeping a Regular Writing Practice Self-Publishing Considerations First-page Memoir Critique [2012 coach]
	Dawn Thurston: How should I handle family skeletons and other prickly people? Give me your problem and I'll give you some options you can live with. How should I begin my memoir? Describe your story and I'll tell you how it should begin. Quick, constructive critique of a page of your writing
	Susan Tweit: Great Beginnings and Endings Recognizing Your Writing Voice Producing Your Own Podcasts