Experienced comics writers discuss the unique challenges of writing a graphic novel script that’s already been sold.
Read more about Actually Writing the Comic You Promised (Sponsored by podium audio)
Authors and editors discuss what makes a first line successful at a craft level, breaking down their favorites and sharing their own strategies.
Read more about Crafting the First Line (Sponsored by Plottr)
Authors (parents!) talk about finding time and balance between the needs of family and writing–how to keep motivation, and how to prevent and deal with overwhelm.
Read more about Writing and Parenting: Finding Balance and Time (sponsored by plottr)
Experienced authors and editors discuss how the middle grade and young adult markets shifted due to COVID-19 and how they stay agile as the rules begin to shift.
Panelists discuss the methods that help them navigate writing through pain and fatigue, and share strategies for writers in similar situations.
Read more about Writing Through Pain and Fatigue (Sponsored by Tj Berry)
Editors discuss how they approach pitching books featuring marginalized identities and non-western inspired worlds in acquisition meetings to marketing and sales teams that might fear they are not “commercial enough.”
Read more about Taking Marginalization to Acquisitions (sponsored by Liminal Fiction)
Experienced freelance editors give insights on how writers and publishing professionals can set up their own businesses in editorial.
Join short fiction writers for a discussion about best practices for assembling and publishing a collection of your own stories.
Read more about Assembling a Short Story Collection (sponsored by Kurth Lampe Worldwide)
Authors who are based outside the United States discuss their financial experiences with a publishing industry that is largely based in New York City and offer tips to those in similar situations.
Authors and editors discuss why they choose to publish with a small press rather than a “Big 5” house, including the ups and downs.
Read more about Thinking Big, Publishing Small (sponsored by liminal Fiction)