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Saturday, June 4 • 9:00pm - 9:55pm
Writing Romance Right

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Love triangles, unresolved tensions, playful banter, pair juggling...let's talk about the romantic tropes writers use in stories. What kind of relationships ring most true? Which ones have you had enough of? How can writers make their characters' love lives complex without leaning on the tropes of days gone by?

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Jeanne P. Adams

Virtual Guest Speaker, Science and Tech
A lifelong reader and writer of fantasy and suspense, award-winning author Jeanne Adams is an extrovert in an introverted profession. So, she's always up for talking...about ANYTHING! Geekery of all kinds, reading, books, baseball, dogs and dog-showing, suspense, and body disposal... Read More →

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Alexandra Christian

Literary Guest, Writing
Alexandra Christian is an author of mostly romance with a speculative slant. Her love of Stephen King and sweet tea has flavored her fiction with a Southern Gothic sensibility that reeks of Spanish moss and deep-fried eccentricity. Her guiding principle as a romance novelist has always... Read More →
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Marcia Colette

in a big building
I write science fiction under V.G. Harrison and paranormal under Marcia Colette. Along with loving twisted plots and supernatural thrills, I'm a geek who loves anything and everything to do with STEAM. Definitely visit me at https://www.vgharrison.com/ or http://www.marciacolette.com... Read More →
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Beth Revis

Beth Revis is the New York Times, Publisher’s Weekly, and IndieBound bestselling author of the Across the Universe series (Razorbill/Penguin ), as well as several in-world short stories published in various anthologies. Her latest release THE BODY ELECTRIC is a same-universe-different-characters... Read More →
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SH Roddey

Author, Writing
South Carolina native S.H. Roddey has been writing for fun since she was a child and enjoys building worlds across the speculative fiction spectrum filled with mystery and intrigue. She brings to the literary world a unique blend of humor, emotion, and wild ideas filled with dark... Read More →
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Sharon Stogner

Owner, Devil in the Details Editing Services
Sharon is the co-creator of the I Smell Sheep website (www.ismellsheep.com). A quirky multi-media review site of Speculative Fiction that also provides author/actor guest posts, interviews, convention coverage and other WTF-ery. She is also a freelance fiction editor (www.devilin... Read More →


Saturday June 4, 2016 9:00pm - 9:55pm EDT
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