Emma Dhesi is a book coach and author mentor who specialises in helping beginner authors write their first novel. Through her 1:1 Emma guides you through story development, character evolution and provides written feedback on your work. She will navigate you through the emotional rollercoaster of finishing your first novel. For more hands-off help, Emma Read More
Grace Sammon is an author, radio host, entrepreneur, and educator. Recognized in “Who’s Who in Education” and “Who’s Who in Literature,” Grace utilized skills built up over decades to re-invent herself with her award-winning fourth book and debut novel – The Eves. Always committed to creative collaborations, Grace is the founder of Author Talk Network; Read More
Mary Helen Sheriff is the author of the award-winning southern women’s fiction, Boop and Eve’s Road Trip. She serves as an Author Marketing Coach, host of Growing Up Bookish, and the CEO of Bookish Road Trip. She has 14 years of teaching experience in elementary school, middle school, college, and professionals. She earned an MFA Read More
Stephanie Larkin is the founder and president of Red Penguin Books and Web Solutions, a book and web publication company for over a decade. She is the author of Write That Book!, 365 Reasons to Celebrate! and SCORE with Social Media. Stephanie is the host of television’s Technically Speaking, an award-winning educational cable TV series Read More
“The Forked Road to Publishing Your Novel” Bette Lee Crosby is the USA Today bestselling author of twenty-four novels and recipient of numerous literary awards. Often hailed as a masterful storyteller, her novel Baby Girl was named Best Chick Lit of 2016 by Huffington Post and her 2019 release Emily, Gone won the International Book Read More
“Hybrid Publishing” Brooke Warner is publisher of She Writes Press and SparkPress, president of Warner Coaching Inc., and author of Write On, Sisters!, Green-light Your Book, What’s Your Book?, and three books on memoir. Brooke is a TEDx speaker, weekly podcaster (of “Write-minded” with co-host Grant Faulkner of NaNoWriMo), and the former Executive Editor of Read More
“The Transformational Path to Publishing Success” USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author, Christine Kloser, is the Founder and CEO of Get Your Book Done and Capucia Publishing. With 650+ published author to date, her clients have leveraged their books to launch careers, grow six and seven-figure businesses, appear on TEDx and become sought Read More
“Working With an Illustrator” Cydney Bittner is a children’s and fantasy illustrator based in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She received a B.A. in Studio Art and Illustration & Animation from Marymount Manhattan College in 2021. Her illustration credits include Libby the Ladybug Learns Helpfulness by Carly Furino, George the Alligator Finds a Home by Margaret Sansom, The 7 Days: A Classic Read More
“Wide or Kindle Unlimited” D. C. Gomez is an award-winning USA Today Bestselling Author, Podcaster, motivational speaker, and coach. Born in the Dominican Republic, she grew up in Salem, Massachusetts. D. C. studied film and television at New York University. After college, she joined the US Army and proudly served for four years. D. C. Read More
“The Right and Wrong Ways to Get Published” Erika Lance is a writer of horror, suspense, Sci-fi and a little fantasy. She has been many things in this life, but she is most proud of being a nerd before it was cool. Growing up in the 80′ s and 90’s she will tell you, finding Read More
“Authentic Voices” Natalie Obando is a graduate from California State University, Long Beach with a BA in journalism emphasizing public relations and a minor concentration in creative writing. For nearly two decades, she’s worked in the world of books as a book publicist. Natalie is the founder of Do Good Public Relations Group and the Read More
“Working with Editors in the Publishing Process” In addition to a career as a journalist, newspaper editor, publisher and media executive, Robb Grindstaff has written fiction most of his life. The newspaper biz has taken him and his family from Phoenix, Arizona, to small towns in North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin, from seven years in Read More
“Keys to Finding an Agent or Publisher” Sarah Bullen is a multi-published author, international writing coach and literary agent. Founder of The Writing Room www.thewritingroom.co.za and Kent Literary Agency. She has had over 130 books published by writers she has mentored. As well as being a regular guest on the craft of writing on talk Read More
“Audiobook Ambassadors” Theresa is an Emmy Award winning journalist. She brings warmth and wit to every project and is often cast in Cozy. She also shines in armchair travel, loving language and accent work. Her Texas roots easily come out in southern storytelling. And, she brings her love of audiobooks to the Desideratum Podcast with Read More
“Picking a Publishing Path” Valerie Willis is the COO at 4 Horsemen Publications, Inc., an expert digital typesetter, co-host to Drinking with Authors Podcast, and an award-winning Fantasy Paranormal Romance author. Her works include a workbook series, Writer’s Bane, starting with Research and Formatting 101, and novels inspired by mythology, superstitions, legends, folklore, fairy tales, Read More
“A Tale of Two Tales” McGee was born in New York City and received an MFA in Fiction from Columbia University. Among other pursuits, he represents travelers as a consumer advocate for American Economic Liberties Project; taught undergraduate and graduate Creative Writing for ten years; worked in airline flight operations management; served in the US Read More
“The Mystery of Self-Publishing” Wilnona is an, are awarded poet and member of The And I Thought Ladies. The And I Thought Ladies also have novels in romance, women’s fiction, and noire mystery. She is a co-founder of 25 Hottest Authors Magazine & The And I Thought Literary Magazine, as well as the Thoughtful Book Festival. In early 2020 they served as Read More
Zibby Owens is an author, publisher, indie bookstore owner, award-winning podcaster, and CEO. Zibby founded what became Zibby Media in 2018 with her award-winning podcast Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books, which now has more than 10 million downloads. The company (dubbed “the Zibby-verse” by the L.A. Times) has since grown to include the Read More