Karen Osborne

Karen Osborne is the Nebula, Locus, and Sturgeon Award-nominated author of ARCHITECTS OF MEMORY and ENGINES OF OBLIVION from Tor Books. A graduate of the Clarion Writing Workshop, her short fiction appears in Uncanny, Clarkesworld, Fireside, Escape Pod, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and has been selected for LeVar Burton Reads. Her new novel, THE HOLLOW CROWN OF HEAVEN, will be published by Erewhon Books in 2027. For more information, please visit http://www.karenosborne.com/ 

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Never Give Up! Never Surrender!

Kansas City Local Time: June 7, 2025 9:00 am to 10:30 am
June 7, 2025 7:00 am to 8:30 am

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Panelists: Becca Syme, Brian C. E. Buhl (moderator), Scott Edelman and Karen Osborne
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Perseverance. That’s the name of the game in publishing. The odds of “going viral” are akin to winning the lottery, and it often feels like agents and publishers only know the word “no.” Not to mention the options—so many options! Do I self-publish or query? What does writing to market even mean? Will changing genres mid-career be a game changer or a game over? Decision fatigue is real, but one thing is certain—if you want to “make it,” never give up, never surrender. It’s time to discuss perseverance in publishing and how to keep going when everything’s telling you to stop.

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