Workshop

June 06, 2025

The Longevity Blueprint: Building a Career That Lasts

Kansas City Local Time: June 6, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
June 6, 2025 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Panelists: Becca Syme

When you look into the future of your author career, what do you see? Do you see glistening highways paved with NYT#1 tags and dollar signs? Or do you see fans clamoring for the next book? Or do you see nothing, or worse than nothing? Plot twist. Each author has an individual pathway to a sustainable author career, and in this workshop, Becca Syme, author success coach and alignment expert, will illustrate different pathways to an author career for life, and the action steps to keep yourself in the game. No matter what’s coming.

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A Long, Strange Trip (So Far)

Kansas City Local Time: June 6, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
June 6, 2025 11:00 am to 12:30 pm

Panelists: Nicola Griffith

Join 41st Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Nicola Griffith, in conversation with the one who knows her best, wife and fellow writer Kelley Eskridge, for a 90-minute love letter to SFF and the wild ride of a career that’s still evolving. Come listen, laugh, and AMA—in person or online—about the importance of figuring out who you are and what you want, how to get there, and the joy of finding your people.

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Successful Strategies for Marketing without Ads (and Other Impossibilities)

Kansas City Local Time: June 6, 2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
June 6, 2025 8:00 am to 10:00 am

Panelists: Laura Greenwood

Join former marketing executive and full-time author Laura Greenwood as she presents a variety of proven strategies to market your books without PPC advertising. Whether through content marketing, newsletters, or social media, there are many ways to get your book in front of the right readers and sell, sell, sell without relying on Facebook or Amazon ads. Impossible you say? Laura will show you it’s not!

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Short Story Market

Kansas City Local Time: June 6, 2025 8:00 am - 9:30 am
June 6, 2025 6:00 am to 7:30 am

The short story market is rapidly changing, and SFWA has been working on a new tool to analyze paying markets. Join us to test out the Short Story Matrix. We will discuss what writers should look for in professional markets—from payment to legalese.

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