Joyce Reynolds-Ward

Joyce Reynolds-Ward has been called “the best writer I’ve never heard of” by one reviewer. Her work includes themes of high-stakes family and political conflict, digital sentience, personal agency and control, realistic strong women, and (whenever possible) horses, frequently in Pacific Northwest settings.

She is the author of The Netwalk Sequence series, the Goddess’s Honor series, The Martiniere Legacy series, The People of the Martiniere Legacy series, and The Martiniere Multiverse series as well as standalones Beating the Apocalypse, Klone’s Stronghold and Alien Savvy. jreynoldsward@gmail.com Joyce Reynolds-Ward has been called “the best writer I’ve never heard of” by one reviewer. Her work includes themes of high-stakes family and political conflict, digital sentience, personal agency and control, realistic strong women, and (whenever possible) horses. She is the author of the Netwalk Sequence series, the Goddess’s Honor Series, the Martiniere Legacy series, and the Martiniere Multiverse series. Joyce is a Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off Semifinalist, a Writers of the Future SemiFinalist, and an Anthology Builder finalist. She is the secretary of the Northwest Independent Writers Association, and a member of ALLi and Soroptimists International.

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Organization for Indie and Hybrid Writers


August 19, 2023 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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Panelists: Bharat Krishnan, Kate Sheeran Swed, Alex Kingsley, Rebecca M. Zornow and Joyce Reynolds-Ward (moderator)
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One of the challenges facing the indie writer, especially one with limited means, is how to organize the different roles you need to play–writer, editor, promoter, and so on. If you’re also submitting work to traditional publishers, how do you keep it all together?

 

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Genre Wars: Mashups Instead of Knockouts (Online Edition)


June 6, 2025 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm

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Panelists: Joyce Reynolds-Ward (moderator), Bert-Oliver Boehmer, Suzan Palumbo and A.D. Sui
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Urban Fantasy is the best genre ever! What are you even talking about? Space Opera forever! Pfft. You’re both wrong. Romance holds the largest share of the publishing market for a reason! Whatever. Epic Fantasy all the—STOP! We all have our personal preferences, both as readers and as writers. But what if instead of genre knockouts we explored genre mashups? This panel will explore the rich and vibrant spaces between genres and effective strategies for creating subgenre mashups that are greater than simply the sum of their parts.

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