Dave (DJ) Butler

Morning Masterclass

Query Like a Boss

Class Location: Amphitheater, Provo Marriott

Come write an actual query letter for your actual book with a writer and editor who knows what he’s talking about and has a track record of success.

Duration: 4 hours – 8:00am to noon MST
In Person: $50.00

Afternoon Masterclass

Outline Like a Master

Class Location: Amphitheater, Provo Marriott

Come jump-start your novel outlining with a method that starts at both ends and works in, building a strong overall structure as well as muscular and relevant subplots.

Duration: 4 hours – 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm MST
In Person: $50.00

D.J. (Dave) Butler has been a lawyer, a consultant, an editor, a corporate trainer, and a registered investment banking representative, and he is now a Consulting Editor for Baen Books. His novels published by Baen Books include the Witchy War series (Witchy Eye, Witchy Winter, Witchy Kingdom, and Serpent Daughter), In the Palace of Shadow and Joy, Between Princesses and Other Jobs, and Abbott in Darkness, as well as The Cunning Man and The Jupiter Knife, co-written with Aaron Michael Ritchey, and Time Trials, co-written with M.A. Rothman. He also writes for children: the steampunk fantasy adventure tales The Kidnap Plot, the Giant’s Seat, and The Library Machine are published by Knopf. Other novels include City of the Saints from WordFire Press and The Wilding Probate from Immortal Works. His novels have won the Whitney Award, the Association for Mormon Letters Award for Novel, and the Dragon Award.

Dave also organizes writing retreats and anarcho-libertarian writers’ events, and travels the country to sell books. He tells many stories as a gamemaster with a gaming group some of whom he’s been playing with since sixth grade. He plays guitar and banjo whenever he can, and likes to hang out in Utah with his wife, their children, and the family dog.